Jmpngtiger
January 10th 04, 11:08 PM
The only way to safely enter traffic on todays busy 4 lane streets is to do
exactly what you did, it's very common. Barney must have been trying to fill a
quota. Good luck.
jt
>The other day I received a "careless driving" citation from an officer that
>I pass every morning at around 5:10 AM. As I exited a place where I stop to
>get coffee, I used a left turn only lane to accelerate prior to entering
>the driving lane. I was cited for "driving in a center turning lane", which
>came shortly after the left turn only lane.
>
>I always carry my Yaesu VX-5R and listen to the Pittsburgh Police as I head
>to work. (It wasn't the Pittsburgh Police that pulled me over). Anyway, had
>I not shut the radio off prior to the officer coming to my window, I'd
>probably be in jail now as a terrorist. I don't believe that Pennsylvania
>or local ordinances forbid me to carry a scanner, and I am a licensed HAM,
>so I am authorized to carry the Transceiver. Supposedly the FCC permits
>Amateurs to carry radio transceivers that "are incidentally capable of
>receiving" public service broadcasts.
>
>Try to explain that to the police.
>
>It's odd how often the borough officers find it necessary to "pull their
>guns", especially contrasted to the Pittsburgh Police, where I believe that
>they are much more reluctant to use their weapons. (I believe that it's
>called discipline). The officer in my case didn't have his gun drawn, but I
>did witness another borough incident where 2 cops had a car pulled over.
>The car had 5 geriatric women in it. One officer positioned himself at the
>rear of the car, with his hand on his gun. I guess traffic stops of old
>ladies going to bingo are much more dangerous than I believed.
>
>Imagine what they would do to what they believed was an unauthorized
>monitor of police communications.
>
>Regards
>
>
>
>
>http://www.nf2g.com/scannist/us_laws.html
>
>> "Bill Crocker" > wrote:
>
>> They are really uptite, I went into the Royal Oak BK with my
>> IC2SRA
>>
>> http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=IC+2
>> SRA&spell=1and
>>
>> they eye balled it and me to death. If they had any brains they would
>> go back to wire.
>>
>
>--
>Never say never.
>Nothing is absolute.
>
>
>
>
>
>
exactly what you did, it's very common. Barney must have been trying to fill a
quota. Good luck.
jt
>The other day I received a "careless driving" citation from an officer that
>I pass every morning at around 5:10 AM. As I exited a place where I stop to
>get coffee, I used a left turn only lane to accelerate prior to entering
>the driving lane. I was cited for "driving in a center turning lane", which
>came shortly after the left turn only lane.
>
>I always carry my Yaesu VX-5R and listen to the Pittsburgh Police as I head
>to work. (It wasn't the Pittsburgh Police that pulled me over). Anyway, had
>I not shut the radio off prior to the officer coming to my window, I'd
>probably be in jail now as a terrorist. I don't believe that Pennsylvania
>or local ordinances forbid me to carry a scanner, and I am a licensed HAM,
>so I am authorized to carry the Transceiver. Supposedly the FCC permits
>Amateurs to carry radio transceivers that "are incidentally capable of
>receiving" public service broadcasts.
>
>Try to explain that to the police.
>
>It's odd how often the borough officers find it necessary to "pull their
>guns", especially contrasted to the Pittsburgh Police, where I believe that
>they are much more reluctant to use their weapons. (I believe that it's
>called discipline). The officer in my case didn't have his gun drawn, but I
>did witness another borough incident where 2 cops had a car pulled over.
>The car had 5 geriatric women in it. One officer positioned himself at the
>rear of the car, with his hand on his gun. I guess traffic stops of old
>ladies going to bingo are much more dangerous than I believed.
>
>Imagine what they would do to what they believed was an unauthorized
>monitor of police communications.
>
>Regards
>
>
>
>
>http://www.nf2g.com/scannist/us_laws.html
>
>> "Bill Crocker" > wrote:
>
>> They are really uptite, I went into the Royal Oak BK with my
>> IC2SRA
>>
>> http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=IC+2
>> SRA&spell=1and
>>
>> they eye balled it and me to death. If they had any brains they would
>> go back to wire.
>>
>
>--
>Never say never.
>Nothing is absolute.
>
>
>
>
>
>