Cop cut my tint!
#46
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Yes, *help protect* your property, as long as they are notified of the crime as it's happening. After the crime has already been comitted, what do you want them to do?
They'll be interested in finding the criminal, not your car. That's between you and your insurance company.
It wouldn't surprise me if there were special units, whose job it is to track down and handle car thieves (among other things). But again, they're after the thieves, not your car. That's between you and your insurance company.
They'll be interested in finding the criminal, not your car. That's between you and your insurance company.
It wouldn't surprise me if there were special units, whose job it is to track down and handle car thieves (among other things). But again, they're after the thieves, not your car. That's between you and your insurance company.
#47
Good point. They should still keep an eye out for these things though. If a car was reported stolen and it got a ticket on it, you'd think they'd check the plates or something to see if there are any other reports on the vehicle. I do agree that you can't spend a millenia on one stolen car.
#48
If I see the crime happening, I don't need to rely on police to help me, I'd much rather take matters into my own hands and hang these thieves on a nearest lightpole. But after the crime has already been comitted, it is the police's responsibility to investigate the crime. I understand they may not give a flying crap about Och's Oldsmobile Calais, but the Oldsmobile Calais might be more important to Och than a few stolen songs to RIAA. If they find and prosecute music downloaders on RIAA's request, they should damn well find and prosecute the people that stole Och's Oldsmobile Calais.
I guess in the end, the police have to balance their time between the stuff they know that they can handle and solve, with the rest of the stuff that goes on which requires their attention, like accidents, assaults, etc. If someone was holding you at gunpoint while another person raped your wife, and your son called 911, would you want to hear "sorry, we can't help you now, we're trying to find someone's stolen car"?
I don't see how anyone could make that statement.
#49
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Absolutely, as long as the car had been reported stolen at the time the parking ticket was written. And also depends on where the car was parked. If it was parked in a downtown area, and a meter maid issued the ticket, do they even run plate numbers, or do they just write out a ticket and move on to the next car?
In fact these meter maids prey on stolen cars that can be sitting in the same spot for months, and keep writing parking tickets. I guess they have a quota to fill, so they will never report a car that appears to be stolen. I remember when I was a kid, I used to walk from school, and every day I would pass this car that always had a galore of parking tickets on it. It was parked in the same spot for month, receiving parking tickets on daily basis. I told my parents about it, they called the police, and what do you know, next day the car was gone. I guess it was stolen, but the meter maid was preying on it. Now, why do we need such useless law enforcement?
#50
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I guess in the end, the police have to balance their time between the stuff they know that they can handle and solve, with the rest of the stuff that goes on which requires their attention, like accidents, assaults, etc. If someone was holding you at gunpoint while another person raped your wife, and your son called 911, would you want to hear "sorry, we can't help you now, we're trying to find someone's stolen car"?
#51
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This is exactly why I believe it's better not to have any law enforcement, and it should be up to the citizens to protect themselves and their own property. This way most everyone would be carrying weapons, and criminals would think twice before commiting crimes. If I was in a situation you just described (god forbid), I'd much rather prefer to be able to pull out my own weapon and shoot the bastards, rather than rely on someone to call 911.
Would you really want to take matters into your own hands? How do you the particular thief isn't part of a bigger organization?
#52
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We're a flawed species, if everyone carried a gun we'd probably have less crime... because we'd have a pile of bodies instead. Everyone would be dead.
Would you really want to take matters into your own hands? How do you the particular thief isn't part of a bigger organization?
Would you really want to take matters into your own hands? How do you the particular thief isn't part of a bigger organization?
#54
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When my ex girlfriend's car got stolen the police actually found the car within a few days. Obviously the thieves were nowhere near the car anymore and the stereo was gone, but at least the police recovered the vehicle and fingerprinted it for evidence just in case those finger prints show up again they have it on file. I guess not all police are useless like some make them out to be.
#56
Got stopped for the plastic covers!
Funny that I should read this AFTER I get pulled over by the police in Vancouver. I just moved out here (from Toronto) and didn't realize the clear plastic protective covers weren't allowed beceause it supposedly prevents the Traffic Cameras from taking a snapshot of your license plate. I was lucky enough to get off with a warning, but I had to take them off on the spot. The cop wouldn't even let me drive home to do it...!
Latahs.
Carib.
Latahs.
Carib.
#58
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In GA, that WAS the law. Then for a year, they actually REPEALED the tint law, b/c of situations like this. For a year, there was no maximum tint.
2 years ago, the punks in office made it a NEW law that even cars DRIVING THOUGH GA, can get pulled over and ticketed for tint.
I kid you not. Its a law now.
2 years ago, the punks in office made it a NEW law that even cars DRIVING THOUGH GA, can get pulled over and ticketed for tint.
I kid you not. Its a law now.
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