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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Wichita Falls (Texas) police received a rather unique call Friday morning involving a woman drinking wine in a Walmart parking lot. Don't know about the US, but here in Australia while parking lots are the property of the company that owns them, people are still subject to the local road rules while driving vehicles in them. So they can be done for DUI (Driving Under the Influence), defective vehicles etc while in the parking lot. Grant Darwin NT |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Wichita Falls (Texas) police received a rather unique call Friday morning involving a woman drinking wine in a Walmart parking lot. DUI's exist here too, but that's 50 types at the very least, plus there is public intoxication, texting while driving, others would know more on this than I do. Parking lots are private here also, but are accessible by the public and police do come and drive thru, sometimes when called or on their own. Walmart has it's own Security, though they will call the cops if needed. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22160 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
...is this a test marketing of a new variety of Pringles??? If not I would have thought the salt and other flavourings left on the inside of the can would spoil the taste of the wine. Also, surely the "can" would get rather soggy when containing fluid of any sort..... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Wichita Falls (Texas) police received a rather unique call Friday morning involving a woman drinking wine in a Walmart parking lot. There have been cases of DUI while on horseback - no the horse wasn't drunk. Of course they can always charge drunk in public. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3194 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Sheriff injured in police chase — his son was driving the stolen car, Oklahoma cops say An Oklahoma sheriff is recovering from injuries he sustained during a Christmas Eve police chase — and deputies now say his son is the culprit. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
At his age he should just stick with driving around the estate these days and leave the public roads to chauffeurs. Cheers. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I'm getting really tired of people speeding. It happens just about any time, any day of the week, with the minor exception of Sunday morning. And I'm not talking about on the highway/expressways. It's on the regular city streets, and it's ridiculous. The speed limit in my neighborhood is 25 mph, but quite a few people just zoom down the streets with no regard for others(or wildlife, for that matter). It's especially bad at night. My street is normally a quiet one, and there is very little traffic other than the residents, but it's common to hear somebody zooming down the street at what sounds like double the speed limit in the middle of the night. Stop signs in the neighborhood are also poorly observed by many people. I see people roll through them, steal a turn at a 4-way stop, or if they're behind me, and I take a full stop, they nearly run into me, or get irritated, and go around me at the first opportunity they see. Throughout town, road rage seems rampant. I recently saw a van and a car nearly sideswipe each other, and then one of them chased after the other to get to the red light. Really? Is it that important to get to your destination a minute or two before the other guy? The police are understaffed and too busy fighting other crimes to monitor traffic, nowadays. It's like the wild west out there! I think I'll just stay home and post on SETI. ;~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Stop signs in the neighborhood are also poorly observed by many people. I see people roll through them, steal a turn at a 4-way stop, or if they're behind me, and I take a full stop, they nearly run into me, or get irritated, and go around me at the first opportunity they see. You forgot to add than many of these people are the ones sitting at the traffic lights, and are still sitting there after the lights go green until someone honks their horn because they're too busy playing with their phone to notice that the lights have changed. Grant Darwin NT |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I look forward to the day when people aren't driving anymore. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
My phone stays in My pocket, I don't text much, when I do it's not in a car. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
My phone stays in My pocket, I don't text much, when I do it's not in a car. Glad to hear it, Vic. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14649 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
At his age he should just stick with driving around the estate these days and leave the public roads to chauffeurs.Or, as a letter writer in today's New Scientist suggests, get an autonomous car. I'm sure some enterprising developer will be glad to sponsor a 'By appointment to...' badge on the side of their self-driving offering. Perhaps even Land Rover needs a new crash-test dummy? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The following is the main issue why Safety within the Transportation profession will always be debatable: Speaking afterwards, Ms Walker said the A149 had been discussed at "virtually every meeting" of the committee but the topic had been "pushed to the side". Safety measures to be implemented |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I bet he's in the doghouse over this - https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/20/uk/duke-of-edinburgh-philip-car-crash-seat-belt-gbr-intl/index.html The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3194 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Driver who tried to destroy a 9-foot snowman rams car into the stump at the snowman's base Would-be vandals trying to destroy a snowman in front of a Kentucky home get a nasty surprise when they hit the tree stump that made up the snowman's base. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I bet that driver was surprised when he came to a sudden stop. :D Cheers. |
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