How to prevent speeding North Carolina style

poker · 08-19-2009, 09:04 AM

Its all fun & games until a speeding driver jumps out of the car with a real gun.

M1903A1 · 08-19-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by poker

Its all fun & games until a speeding driver jumps out of the car with a real gun.

Amusing on its face, but it's really not far removed from throwing a rock at a car. This article was brought up on another board I'm on, and it was claimed by a couple of guys that firing a paintball gun at a car is technically considered assault.

08-19-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by poker

Its all fun & games until a speeding driver jumps out of the car with a real gun.

Bingo!!

DPD6030 · 08-19-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by poker

Its all fun & games until a speeding driver jumps out of the car with a real gun.

and shooting at a vehicle is arrestable and a ticket too (heck throwing any object at a moving car is a ticket here in MI). Glad to see just signs were posted and my fellow boys/girls in blue stepped up patrols as well.

Silound · 08-19-2009, 07:04 PM

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Its all fun & games until a speeding driver jumps out of the car with a real gun.

I was about to say, here in Louisiana we shoot back. With real guns.

And to those who say a paintball can't harm a vehicle, that's actually incorrect. Most paintball guns fire at a muzzle velocity of about 300 FPS, which is enough to cause damage to a car's paint job.

Having used old cars as bunkers before, I can personally vouch for this

08-19-2009, 07:12 PM

You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time......

Starscream · 08-19-2009, 07:21 PM

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To our knowledge, no shots have been fired so far.

Meanwhile, the Durham police department has stepped up its game in-and-around the affected neighborhoods and speeders has reportedly all but disappeared.

I think the message alone is what is deterring the speeders. The message brings the police into the neighborhood, which in turn, reduces speeding in the area. It's a bluff that has worked.

Col. Kurtz · 08-19-2009, 07:48 PM

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Its all fun & games until a speeding driver jumps out of the car with a real gun.

Very likely in Durham. They don't call it "li'l Chicago" for nothing.

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08-19-2009, 07:12 PM	#6
tobii3 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How to prevent speeding North Carolina style You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time......