VBirginia State Police...Be Careful - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

batchman · 09-10-2013

Back a while ago, when Car and Driver used to do real journalism, I think it was Pat Bedard who wrote about insurance companies distributing free radar guns to police departments where they had concentrations of customers. The big player with the most radar "gifts" was the outfit with the big ad budget and the green lizard. The point was, of course, to drum up insurance surcharges, which up here last for 7 years!

Needless to say I'll never give them my fifteen minutes. Funny that it stuck with me since at that time they were not big advertisers.

Now for what you're all seeing, now you know why I get my jollies on the autocross track - it only took a couple years before I turned from "habitual offender" into just using the streets to get from one event to the next.

Later,
- Jeff

09-10-2013	#21
batchman Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I live at Devens, one run at a time Posts: 454	Re: VBirginia State Police...Be Careful Back a while ago, when Car and Driver used to do real journalism, I think it was Pat Bedard who wrote about insurance companies distributing free radar guns to police departments where they had concentrations of customers. The big player with the most radar "gifts" was the outfit with the big ad budget and the green lizard. The point was, of course, to drum up insurance surcharges, which up here last for 7 years! Needless to say I'll never give them my fifteen minutes. Funny that it stuck with me since at that time they were not big advertisers. Now for what you're all seeing, now you know why I get my jollies on the autocross track - it only took a couple years before I turned from "habitual offender" into just using the streets to get from one event to the next. Later, - Jeff Last edited by batchman; 09-10-2013 at 04:22 PM.

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