{"id":135,"date":"2005-07-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/11\/under-the-radar-gun\/"},"modified":"2005-07-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-11T12:00:00","slug":"under-the-radar-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/11\/under-the-radar-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"under the (radar) gun"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’m crusing down route 8, minding my own business and trying to get home – when, all of the sudden, everyone in front of me hits their brakes. So, I hit my brakes too – wondering for the billionth time what’s going on up ahead. Accident? Idiot? Cosmic glitch in space\/time?<\/p>\n

Nope. It’s a cop standing nex to his car, aiming his radar gun into traffic like a papparatzi tracking Jennifer Aniston. He’s hunting speeders, so everyone slams on the brakes so as not to be a speeder. And nearly causes an accident.<\/p>\n

Now, I’ve heard about this big push to get rid of the “speeding cushion” to “help save lives”. Well, I’ve got news for you. It doesn’t matter how fast you’re going – the real danger is from idiots on the road that don’t pay attention. Maybe they’re talking on cell phones or yelling at their kids or putting on makeup – they’re still under the general catagory of idiots and they’re still a menace on the road.<\/p>\n

So, everyone slows down to the speed limit for awhile – then once we’re all past him, everyone speeds back up to about 5-7 miles over the speed limit. <\/p>\n

Is this really the best use of this officer’s time? Aren’t there bigger problems out there that he could have helped with – or prevented? <\/p>\n

Seemed like a waste to me – but hey, what do I know? I’m just one of the majority of people out there that think they are better than average drivers. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

In other news…been working my posterior off with a file for work. The freaking thing is 9.7 mb and I’m trying to get it down to 2 or 3 mb. I’ve flattened the images, ripped out the fonts, and tried every compression option I can find. The best I’ve been able to do is 9.5 mb. I think I’m going to have to call in the experts – or maybe just delete a few sections. Think anyone would notice if I skipped pages 20-160?<\/p>\n

I guess that’s it for now…time to get back to work…<\/p>\n

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