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[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

tee hee maggie
ok but what about global positioning units?

I doubt very much that speed enforcement is what the cabbies are worried about. They just don't want their company to know in real time when they're not where they're supposed to be.

[Elspode]

I've always liked the comedic take on this sort of thing...namely, the fact that, when you bounce a check, they charge you for more of what they know you don't have in the first place.

Business is paradoxical that way. Got millions? Then you can get a 2% loan on large ticket item purchases. Stone broke? Then your rate is 20%.

It may make business sense, but it doesn't make a lot of sense.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Although I doubt it would add up to being $1000 like I exaggerated above.

It could quite easily cost you a grand around here. If they grab it on Friday and you can't get it until Monday.

If you don't know it was towed, and not stolen, it could take days or weeks to just find out where it went. If you report it stolen the cops should be able to cross check and discover it was towed, easily. But that doesn't happen in reality, because interdepartmental information exchange is poor at best.

Towing your car without notice for an overdue book or tax is stupid, but Florida grabbing your car, just because you have been accused, not convicted, of a misdemeanor, just boggles my mind.
How can that possibly be Constitutional?

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

How can that possibly be Constitutional?

Haven't you heard? There is no Constitution anymore. It's like the road blocks they put up around here sometimes. They say it is Constitutional because they pick, say, every 5 cars...so that somehow makes it "random" and therefore is not entrapment. Pffft.

I think they should just wait outside bars and gun you down for walking out of one. That will show those social animals a thing or two. I'm sure it will make them think twice about that second Smirnoff Grape.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I think they should just wait outside bars and gun you down for walking out of one.

My point exactly. Hey, you break the law, you pay. I say, guilty until proven innocent and simply looking guilty is proof enough. Also, people who are mindless enough to forget to return library books or to bounce a check every five years or so are showing a pattern of escalating criminal behavior and it's better for ME if they are simply out of society for good.

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Elspode

I've always liked the comedic take on this sort of thing...namely, the fact that, when you bounce a check, they charge you for more of what they know you don't have in the first place.

So...you should only be charged for things if you have money? I'm going about this all wrong, then.

Actually they don't know how much money you have. They only know how much you're letting them keep for you.