leroydb 0 #1 March 28, 2004 Tip and Trick of the Week Cheat...RoadBlocks! If you should find yourself on the lam, driving without insurance, or had a beer, the last thing you want to encounter is a police checkpoint. But with a calm head and reasonable downfield vision, you can escape unpleasant legal entanglements and their even more unpleasant prison sex consequences. As soon as you notice the roadblock ahead, put on your emergency flashers, carefully pull over, kill the engine and remove the keys. Lift up your hood to create the impression that your car is cooked (instead of you) and start walking the other way. While high-tailing it out of there, get on your cell phone and call a friend or a cab to pick you up. Return early the next morning to pick up your car. Repeat until busted.Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxmadmax 8 #2 March 29, 2004 I like it! Don't go away mad....just go away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #3 March 29, 2004 QuoteTip and Trick of the Week Cheat...RoadBlocks! Gee, what is it you were trying to hide? When I lived in Florida, a County Sheriff put up a sign on I-95 heading north that there was a police roadbloack ahead. The idea was to scare anyone running drugs up north from Miami. In fact, there was no roadblock, because that was illegal to do. But the drug runners didn't know that - so when they saw the sign, they U-turned through the median, and headed the other way. At this point, patrol cars on the lookout for people making U-turns, would go after the drivers, under the logic that making a U-turn after seeing the sign, constituted probable cause that a crime was being committed. A warrentless search of the car was thereby justified. Busted! So pulling over and abandoning the car might save you. But making a U-turn might not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
