Thread Of The Day

Happy New Year. We took an extended break for the holidays, but are now back with today’s Thread of the Day.

Fredericksburg, Maryland citizens discuss this scenario: You are in your house enjoying alcoholic beverages, then realize you have documents you need to put into your car’s glove compartment. So you go out to the driveway and into the car. An observant police officer sees you in the car and gets suspicious. He approaches, notices you are clearly intoxicated, and have keys in hand. Can he charge you with DUI?

Probably not, but the members of Fredtalk at Fredericksburg.com discuss this and similar scenarios.

http://fredtalk.fredericksburg.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1432420&an=0&page=0#Post1432420

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There sure are a lot of insurance commercials on TV lately. Where can one learn even more about insurance? An insurance forum of course.

Today’s thread of the day is in the forums of ampminsure.org.

This poor guy walks out to where his car is parked. He finds it has been totaled and there is a police report attached to the door.

Two other cars were involved in an accident then crashed into his parked car. The guy contacts the insurance carriers of those cars. Each company says it wasn’t their client’s fault, they will not pay for damage. His own insurance company can’t pay it because he only had liability coverage.

So he starts this thread seeking advice.

http://www.ampminsure.org/auto/totaled-liability.html

It doesn’t look good so far. The innocent bystanding car’s owner seems ready to give up.

I think both insurance companies should be required to immediately pay one half each to get this guy back in a vehicle. Then decide who was at fault. If that cannot be determined, then they already paid their fair share. Too bad it doesn’t work this way. Instead he would have to spend time and money suing in court, and he doesn’t even know who to sue.

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Officer.com has a forum where police officers discuss their jobs. In this thread they compare stupid things they have done while on duty.

http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98040

There are stories of locking themselves out of the squad car while a suspect is in the back seat and even locking themselves in while cleaning the back seat. One sergeant was reprimanding a rookie officer after he made what could have been a deadly mistake. He warned his officer to “always be aware of your surroundings” then immediately walks into a glass wall.

One policeman had the evidence, a bag of weed he confiscated from the criminal in the back seat, fly out the window while driving down the highway. Another had a bear take a bite out of his steering wheel. He even got a picture of the bear.

Bear at Police Car

There are quite a few funny stories in this thread. Make sure you catch the one about the tube an officer pulled out of a suspect’s pocket. A definate must read.

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