Adventures on Wheels, Part I

by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/2/2005 2:15 PM EST
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  • Pythias - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link

    Yeah everybody KNOWs how evil cops are.
  • johnable - Monday, September 5, 2005 - link

    I am working on a project and would love to know what graphic component you use on your site. I need one for .NET and would really appreciate it if you could share what you use, it obviously works well.

    Thank you,

    John
  • MikeyJ79 - Monday, September 5, 2005 - link

    There was a situation when I was driving on the freeway and there was a ladder in the middle of the road. If I remember correctly, I had just entered the left lane to pass somebody when suddenly I saw this ladder. There was little time for me to react, and little space to swerve without going into the median or hitting one of the reflector poles on the side of the road. It was definitely one of my scarier moments in driving.
  • luftwaffles - Sunday, September 4, 2005 - link

    You weren't pulled over simply because the cop was driving in the other direction. Usually a cop must be behind you to legally pull you over for a traffic violation.
  • rqle - Sunday, September 4, 2005 - link

    really, i see cops make a fat ass u-turn on those open freeway all the time. i encounter this a lot when visiting relatives in texas.
  • creathir - Monday, September 5, 2005 - link

    I LIVE in Texas, and this happens ALL the time. Where we are, the Interstates and some of the highways are 4 lane divided highways with medians in the middle, and sometimes the cops will FLY across the grass to nab ya. I've seen it on street roads and all sorts of stuff... Sounds to me like the cops in CT are pretty lax and laid back from the way Anand is describing them.
    - Creathir
  • overclockingoodness - Monday, September 5, 2005 - link

    Yep, I agree. Those Highway Patrol officers really do jump over the median to grab you.
  • brshoemak - Saturday, September 3, 2005 - link

    Anand,

    I might have an explanation for your non-radar gun experience. I live in State College, Pennsylvania (Penn State University is here, so not a hick town by any means). Anyway, there are all kinds of ordinances like store signs can't be taller than 20 feet and the city/county cops can't use radar guns. Instead, white lines are painted all over town at set distances and when you cross one, the cop starts his stopwatch.....and stops it when you cross another. Distance divided by time = speed. So after he does his little calculations he decides whether or not to nail you. Unless you are absolutely flying past him, the cops are pretty laid back. Your town may have similiar ordinances to keep that small town feel without reds and blues flashing all the time. Be careful of State Troopers though, they ALL have radar guns.

    -brshoemak
  • cooldadd - Saturday, September 3, 2005 - link

    Must be a thing about shovels on I-95...I recall an experience on the CT Turnpike watching a shovel bounce end-over-end OVER my car after it fell off a truck ahead. <shudder>
  • ksherman - Saturday, September 3, 2005 - link

    yikes! must have been pretty scary!
  • rrsurfer1 - Saturday, September 3, 2005 - link

    Yea that does sound scary. I once witnessed a car towing a trailer on a bridge directly in front of me lose a whole riding lawnmower! I swerved just in time to avoid a collision...
  • Furen - Saturday, September 3, 2005 - link

    Driving over anything at 60 miles an hour is a good way to get a flat tire... at 60 miles an hour.
  • jbond04 - Friday, September 2, 2005 - link

    What kind of car do you drive, Anand? I heard you a while back that you owned a BMW...what model/year?
  • gnumantsc - Friday, September 2, 2005 - link

    Gas is so expensive he now owns a the Smart car, he could easily get 800 miles to the gallon in that thing :D

    I think around 2001-2002 he drive a BMW z3.

    What you think Anand would drive a hummer? Although the Anandtech cross country lab tour would be pretty cool :) See Anand benchmark computers while in his modded Hummer.
  • overclockingoodness - Saturday, September 3, 2005 - link

    Anand doesn't drive a BMW anymore. But something that's far more expensive. I know what he drives, but if Anand doesn't want to disclose that info., I won't either.
  • GhandiInstinct - Saturday, September 3, 2005 - link

    Anand has a CT2004, Cement Truck 2004 Edition.

    Anyway, what kind of cops are those? Rich cops? Don't they have quotas to meet?

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