> Subject: Legality of Commandeering cars
 >
 > BM>And what if I was hit, due to being unable to get out of the road, or
 > being
  >unable to even get to the side of the road?  I can't believe that ensuring 
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  >reasonable safety would take lower priority than catching a murderer,
  >especially since the victim of a murderer, by definition, is dead already.
 > I doubt that you really believe that an officer would
 > leave you in such
 > a vulnerable situation.  And, while the victim of a
 > murderer may
 > already be dead, the officer has a duty to apprehend
 > the murderer for
 > the sake of Justice and to prevent him from harming
 > anyone else.
I was responding to the paragraph that appeared before mine, above, to wit:
GV > You're right...however I ask none of this...just that
 > you think and use common sence...that is all...no
 > more...no less.  Bottom line is if your the only
 > available car at the time, and the cop really needs
 > it, then he's not going to wait for you to get your
 > walker out, he's not going to wait to listen to your
 > story.  There will be no debate, no argument, you'll
 > just be out, and that's it.  You'll have the rest of
 > your life to complain, write letters, sue, stomp your
 > feet, cry, get mad or whatever else you like......and
 > in the end if you being out on your ass on the ground
 > for a while resulted in someone who just murdered a
 > wife or child or whatever being caught and arrested,
 > then I'd hope you'd also have the common sence to
 > realize that although it may not have been a very
I don't know if GV is a police or fire officer, but his attitude is certainly 
clear to me.
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