Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hp-vcd!johne From: johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Amendments Message-ID: <6750023@hp-vcd.HP.COM> Date: 15 Apr 91 15:03:26 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA Lines: 14 <<< < a sudden stop. It is possible that the basis for the "violations" was < dependent on distinctly individual and spacially separated timekeeping < devices with no assurance of synchronization. If that was the basis then ---------- Thats what I heard, they could not guarantee the clocks were close enough to prove a conviction for short trips. For long trips speeders could simply "Lose" the ticket out the window and sinply pay the longest possible distance fare. That is far cheaper than a speeding tickect. John Eaton !hp-vcd!johne