Maybe he just wants to know where his friends are so he can say hi to them.

Gee, and I was just wondering when we were going to hear a story about bad government from Lousianna. It had been a while.

Does that thing tell him how fast the hurricane whipping through his state is going?

also from thenewspaper: never get a DWI again! [www.thenewspaper.com]

OMG he's in an RHD car and is flying into oncoming traffic!

Flout the law.

But don't ask me the difference between paper and unmmovable.

@mechimike: Probably between eight and ten miles per hour.

I hope he writes himself an obstruction of view ticket.

@ash78: har har dee har har. couldn't pass on that much detectorage, despite the wrong side driving position.

@Unregular:
WTF? The Peoples Republic of Texas?
[www.thenewspaper.com]

i'm not surprised at all. i'm a former resident of lake charles, la for 4 years. i'm surprised he even needs a radar detector in his personal car. w/ the good ole boy system proud at work in south la his friends in office would make the ticket disappear as fast as it was written up. that goes for dwi's too.

Is the splash image a shot from the guy's actual car?

I thought the picture with the embedded news story was an actual shot, but that image isn't damning enough to hang him. That could be one of those in-car performance meters. Some are intended to mount to the windshield.

Another point is, Louisiana has no regulation regarding radar detectors or jammers, so he's in the clear as far as that's concerned.

Of course, why the LDOT traffic cam guy would be sporting such a device is a question similar to the radar detector one. If it ain't track day, put it away.

All of that said, it takes an asshole to regulate from the one hand and defy in the other. If he has a detector, strip his right to excuse tickets, otherwise his possession of the device - either device - represents a serious conflict of interest

@skyln95: Yes, I find this story is challenging all my existing data on the great state of LA.

@elhigh's star is a black hole: that pic isn't even in the u.s., much less south la. probably just a generic picture. as for your last paragraph, south la politics is a serious conflict of interest. just read about the two previous governors, and you'll get the idea. that kinda stuff rolls all the way down to parish govt.

Yeah, I live outside of New Orleans... I can't say I'm surprised. I hope Jindal does a good job cleaning up the crud.

Plus I hope that the money for traffic tickets gets rerouted to general funds rather than directly funding the police. It just makes the police hierarchy be out there for money rather than the actual goal of safe motoring. I don't want the government to save me from myself.

From the last paragraph:
"Tramel is considered an expert on issues of transportation and ethics."

Well (insert pregnant pause here)... There you go...

its too bad people still expect ethics out of low level non-elected officials. (or high level elected officals, for that matter)

I'm suprised anyone with an IQ of over 70 expects ethics out of anyone who is a saleman of any sort. Politicians are merely selling themselves.

@Kelly:
Although I am inclined to agree eith you, I guess I still expect some level of human decency/ethics/whathaveyou from people.

Sad I should be so out of touch...

Bumblebee is correct. The word is FLOUT.

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Is it true that hairspray works in concealing your licences plate?
I know they tried this on Mythbusters, but nowadays those fucktards couldn't properly organise a blowjob in a brothel and I cannot trust their results...