You Can't Win with These People

October 16, 2009

A Maryland State Trooper gave Erik Bonstrom an $80 ticket for driving too slowly. Bonstrom was doing 58 in a 65 mph zone.

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|10.16.09 @ 7:09AM|#

http://www.npr.org/templates/s.....d=91582619

Deputy Has Midas Touch in Asset Seizures
by John Burnett
Listen Now [7 min 44 sec]
Third installment of a four-part series
All Things Considered, June 17, 2008

Chief Deputy Eddie Ingram is a devout believer in highway traffic stops.

[snip]

Stress-induced Indicators

Later, Ingram climbs into his white Ford Crown Victoria and heads out
onto U.S. Highway 431 — the main north-south thoroughfare through
Barbour County.

"I look for things that just are different, and there's no one way to
explain it, there's no one indicator. I just look for people that try
to fit in that make themselves stand out," he says.

Without giving away his secrets, here's one thing Ingram looks for: If
the speed limit is 65 mph, most people will drive 75 mph. But someone
wanted by the law will go 65 or less, and avoid eye contact with a cop
who pulls up alongside. Ingram calls them "stress-induced indicators."

[snip]

|10.16.09 @ 10:33AM|#

He must get a lot of little old ladies that way!

|10.16.09 @ 4:09PM|#

Obviously, the people with seatbelts on are drug dealers.

Kimberly|10.16.09 @ 9:54AM|#

Hmmmm...when I was learnding to drive my Dad always said "Kimberly, it's a speed LIMIT, not a speed MINIMUM. You can go under it. You should go under it in some situations." Apparently it's a good thing I never listened to him.

anarch|10.16.09 @ 12:57PM|#

It's not your father's highway, as the kids say.

|10.16.09 @ 2:46PM|#

If he was in the passing lane, he deserved it.

|10.16.09 @ 8:59PM|#

Agreed, sean. And probably what happened, if we had the full context.

If he was in the right lane, though, isn't the minimum speed 45 mph on freeways with a 65 max?

What is this...|10.18.09 @ 2:23PM|#

a cop site?

...which implicitly calls out:|10.18.09 @ 2:24PM|#

Drink!

|10.21.09 @ 8:13PM|#

I think if he were going slow in the passing lane he would have gotten a ticket for failing to keep right.

Paul|10.27.09 @ 4:38PM|#

With all due respect, it's the freeway... it's for the big boys. If you can't handle it, stick to the side streets.

gruntledman|11.2.09 @ 8:11AM|#

Arrogant!