Date:         Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:16:26 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
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> My son was doing this this past winter in an abandoned  parking lot
> in Waterloo.  He woke up a cop napping nearby at 2AM and was promptly
> written up for reckless driving.

That's a shame. He ought to have fought it, as you can't be cited for
a moving violation on private property as definitively as on a public
road. In the absence of any other occupants, it'd be hard for the cop
to argue the was endangering life or property. I knew of an old
sergeant in the army who wrapped a brand new VW bus around a light
pole in an empty parking lot. He and another guy had decided to trade
places while the vehicle was in motion. Both of them had been
drinking, of course, but after the incident, the cops basically told
the insurance company to figure it out themselves, because they
couldn't say for sure who was technically driving at the time, and
since it was private property, they didn't care. This was in the 70's,
before the modern draconian "drunk in the car with the keys in the
ignition equals DUI, even if you're sleeping in the back seat" laws,
of course.


-- 
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
'90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"