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echo: askacop
to: ALAN RACKMILL
from: BARBARA MCNAY
date: 1998-04-16 17:46:00
subject: Legality of Commandeering cars

 >> Glenn, we can comprehend why it might be necessary for
 >> a cop to want to take our vehicle in order to chase a
 >> felon.
 >> But you don't seem to comprehend our problems here.
 >> Barbara sounds like she has the same type of problem
 >> getting out of a car that I do:  It can take an
 >> inordinately long time.
 >> I am severely limited im range of motion and mobility.
 >> Normally it takes me approximately 30 seconds to get
 >> out of my car.
 >> That is on a good day, when everything is working in
 >> good order.
 >> There are times, though, when it can take me two
 >> minutes to unbuckle and physically get out of the car.
 >  BM> I wonder if we should shatter his complacency more by
 >  BM> telling him what an effort it is to get *into* the car?
 > Nah, let him keep a few illusions.  It makes him feel
 > better.  ;-))
 > And I won't even mention the fact that there are some
 > cars I can't even get into.
Heh.  And let's not mention, either, the idea of "just" sliding over so the 
cop can do the driving (in a car without special equipment), or of getting 
out and trying to get into the other side of the car when I do not normally 
get into the other side.
 >  BM>  - Origin: The Barb >>---> Killeen, Texas, USA (1:395/48)
 > You have just restored my faith that there really IS
 > intelligent life in Texas.
 > ;-))
Only sometimes, but thanks for the compliment. ;)
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* Origin: The Barb >>---> Killeen, Texas, USA (1:395/48)

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