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   In article   
   , Liam   
   O'Connor  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 1 Mar 2014 16:20:26 -0800, Savageduck wrote:   
   >   
   > > So you have some concern that there might be some legal consequences   
   > > for not stopping at that "illegal stop sign"?   
   >   
   > I keep an older paper copy of the manual on uniform traffic control   
   > devices in my trunk, wrapped in plastic with the spare tire.   
   >   
   > If a cop ever stops me, I'm going to turn on my voice recorder,   
   > and I'm going to tell him that the stop sign doesn't deserve   
   > respect, and that I want him to note that I purposefully   
   > ran the stop sign because it deserves no respect on the ticket.   
   >   
   > Then, when I go to court, I will bring a printout of the current   
   > version of the manual on uniform traffic control devices (they   
   > don't sell the book anymore) and I will show the court   
   > that the stop sign doesn't even come close to meeting the   
   > requirements set by the NHTSA for valid stop signs.   
   > http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/mutcd09r1r2editionhl.pdf   
   >   
   > In fact, I will show the court the paragraph where it says that   
   > the signs should NOT be used as speed-limit signs, lest the   
   > general public form disrespect for them.   
   >   
   > My point will be that it is our *duty* to disrespect the law   
   > when the people who made the law disrespected the law in the   
   > first place.   
   >   
   > Whether or not I win on appeal will be up to the courts. :)   
      
      
   Geez, another selfish, brainless moron meets the killfile.  :-\   
      
   Thank goodness I'm nowhere near this idiot who zooms through Stop signs   
   while mucking about with his cellphone. I pity the poor sods who are   
   though.   
      
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