law enforcement
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What should have been a fairly mundane traffic stop turned into a viral video in less than two weeks. YouTuber "Stig's Persian Cousin" posted an interaction with an Oregon State Trooper in which there's a major riff between knowledge of local and international driving laws. It appears the YouTuber resides in the United Arab Emirates, and every couple of years, he imports his Lamborghini to North America for a road trip across the U.S. and Canada. In Oregon, a state trooper stopped him because the Lamborghini did not have any license plates. In fairness, that's a pretty easy call for an...
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2015 Chevrolet Tahoe PPV Is Ready To Fight CrimeThe redesigned 2015 Tahoe puts on a police uniform.
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Now Your Smartphone Can Be A Breathalyzer
A new device can turn a smartphone into a breathalyzer, but is that a good idea?
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Cop Says He's Written 800 Texting And Driving Tickets This Year
Texting while driving is still a major problem, apparently.
Stephen Edelstein -
IIHS Study Shows Drivers In Favor Of Red-Light Cameras
Despite plenty of evidence of backlash, a new study shows that drivers in 14 metro areas are in favor of red-light cameras.
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Senators Push Apple, Google To Nix DUI Apps -- But Does It Matter?
In March, we told you that four U.S. Senators had pushed Apple, Google, and Research In Motion (creators of the Blackberry) to remove apps that revealed the location of DUI checkpoints. At the time, RIM was the only provider that agreed to do so, but now Apple and Google have indicated that they...
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The navigation-system provider TomTom, which uses crowd-sourced traffic data to help find the fastest routes, has been caught in the Netherlands selling users' speed data to police—who then might use that to decide where to set up speed traps. Live traffic information is arguably one of the most useful developments of the past decade, combining quicker-thinking navigation systems with crowd-sourcing innovations. As such, systems can take into account the average speed along particular routes and calculate—both in real time and based on predictive averages—which route is...
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Muscle Car Collector Arrested For Sales Tax Evasion
If you've got the cash to buy 150 classic muscle cars and house them in an immense garage, you ought to have the cash to pay the sales tax on them, right? Not if you're Mark Pieloch, according to Nebraska authorities. Pieloch has been arrested for "felony willful avoidance of sales tax" on more...
Nelson Ireson
