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[miles]

I can't decide if this is the saddest thing or the funniest.

Of the two following things, which is saddest:

Dying young, or this?

[jay-ell]

Of the two following things, which is saddest:

Dying young, or this?

So afraid to click.

[linear]

sorry for responding to the start of this thread which is from back in '08, but I do have a thought on it.  Sorry also if this has been covered already as I haven't read the entire thread.

I work in a huge factory that covers a few square miles.  There's this strip of private road that runs through it, complete with stop lights and stop signs.  I often just blow through the stop lights and signs because hey, I'm on private property.  The cops have limited jurisdiction on private property, right?  Or am I wrong?  I've never tested this theory in as much as I've never been pulled over.

Supposedly the factory has an "agreement" with the local cops for them to patrol the area.  Is there some legal concept whereby a private property owner could authorize a cop to give you a speeding ticket or whatever while you're driving on his or her property? 

I know that cops can write tickets for parking in handicapped spaces on private property, but this is because state law specifically authorizes this.  However, if you have a traffic accident in a private parking lot, the cop isn't going to write someone a ticket for failure to yield or similar, because it's private property.  This creates difficulties for determining who is liable, because without a finding of fault by the police it's much easier for the insurance company of the responsible party to argue that it has only partial liability.

any one know anything about these concepts?

[AugustWest]

Say, that gives me an idea...

There's this guy I don't like.  I think I'll invite him over to my house, then murder him.  It won't be illegal 'cause it happened on private property!

[jay-ell]

Jeezum crow, Ash. Cut the kid some slack; it's a twelve page thread. *I* haven't read the whole thing, for pete's sake.

Linear -- incidentally, you're going to need a nickname, because your name scans too much like "linnea" -- I know that the university in my town is technically private property, but a local cop is still gonna give you a ticket if you're speeding on campus. In fact, I don't think the campus police write speeding tickets as a general rule. They're mainly on bikes and mostly take care of parking and public safety issues.

[linear]

oh come on!

half the stuff in this thread is unrelated to the other half.

Why stop with this thread!  Why not demand that I read the entire message board before I post!

anyway I was just pointing out that some traffic laws don't apply on private property.

This document seems to support this concept:

http://portal.countyofventura.org/portal/page/portal/PUBLIC_WORKS/transportation/citizen_brochures/documents/Speed%20Limit%20Enforcement%20on%20Private%20Roads_0.pdf

unfortunately, this document indicates that at least in California, private property owners in unincorporated areas can effectively authorize law enforcement to regulate speed on their private property.

moreover, it occurs to me that laws which are peculiar to a town, city, etc, might well allow for police enforcement of speed limits on private property.

this country sucks.  

[linear]

Jeezum crow, Ash. Cut the kid some slack; it's a twelve page thread. *I* haven't read the whole thing, for pete's sake.

Linear -- incidentally, you're going to need a nickname, because your name scans too much like "linnea" --

heh yeah I took Mr. Ashedern's rhetoric as tongue in cheek.  He seems like a nice fellow.  Even if his avatar is kind of disturbing. 

I see from searching that linnea is another user on here.  well my nickname should just be my user number. 1337. How do I set it?  I've never used this message board software befroe.

[pmcd9]

Why stop with this thread!  Why not demand that I read the entire message board before I post!

That's a damn good idea.

[jay-ell]

heh yeah I took Mr. Ashedern's rhetoric as tongue in cheek.  He seems like a nice fellow. 

That's your first mistake.

As for the nick, we'll give you one when you're ready, young padawan. Don't you worry your pretty head about it; we'll take care of it in due time. (Assuming you stick around.)

[linnea]

That's your first mistake.

As for the nick, we'll give you one when you're ready, young padawan. Don't you worry your pretty head about it; we'll take care of it in due time. (Assuming you stick around.)

Can't one of the mods just change his nick to something else?

[littlefallsmets]

May I suggest "Philbert"?

[jay-ell]

Dear Asswipe Client,

Stop IMing me to ask if you can call me at home, I have shit to do that is incompatible with listening to you take fifteen minutes to explain to me that you need a description for the product that you're going to email me a link to. Just send the email with the link in the first place, I check my email more reliably than I answer my phone anyway.

Also, if you want me to include seven specific keywords/phrases in the title, you might also want to let me know that you have a hard limit of 88 characters *before* the third revision, otherwise I will keep sending you stuff that is too long. Especially since the bizarre keywords you gave me add up to more than the word limit BEFORE the addition of conjunctions, punctuation, or words that describe what the actual product is used for.

In other words, dickhead, email me your requirements before I start writing, or I'm going to start charging you every time I have to do something over because you weren't up-front about simple but important shit like character count.

Sincerely,
 -- Your Copywriter