Ferrari Mailing List: Fwd: (OT) NY Times - I'm shocked, shocked I say.

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

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> From: ken rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com>
> Date: September 4, 2007 8:10:43 AM CDT
> To: Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> Cc: Dr P Ken Rentiers <rentiers [at] mail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (OT) NY Times - I'm shocked, shocked I say.
>
> Tom:
>
> Was going west down the hill into Tularosa and then south past the  
> pistachio orchards and the White Sands up over the ridge to Las  
> Cruces, NM. All of Tularosa is one big speed trap. The speed limits  
> are unreasonably low - like 10 or 15 MPH. The streets are  littered  
> with unmarked white Caprices cruising 10 mph in a 15 mph zone just  
> saying "pass me, go ahead and pass me". If you do you will get a  
> ticket quicker than a cat can lick it's ass.
>
> Two thirds of the town is a school zone where you are supposed to  
> get out and push the car while someone walks ahead waving a red  
> lantern. Last time through I was in a Porsche Turbo, in convoy with  
> another guy driving a Camaro SS. We stood out like Flavio Briatore  
> in the girl's locker room. I had to drive 5 under, slipping the  
> clutch to maintain forward  momentum all the way.
>
> Their final trick is the town ends but the city limits don't. If  
> you exceed 20 mph for the next 2.5 miles of uninhabited wasteland  
> you can count on a personal welcome to Tularosa. Just don't even go  
> there.
>
> ken
>
> On Sep 4, 2007, at 7:57 AM, rentiers [at] mac.com wrote:
>
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> >
> > Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:45:48
> > To:ken rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (OT) NY Times - I'm shocked, shocked I say.
> >
> >
> > Ken,
> >         Was that on the way to Alamogordo or from Alamogordo?   
> > Were you
> > heading into "town" from the pass or going towards the pass?  (IIRC)
> > Tom
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ken rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>
> > To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (OT) NY Times - I'm shocked, shocked I say.
> >
> >
> > > Hey Dennis that's why Steve's F40 is so dirty. The cops feel guilty
> > > giving a ticket to some poor stiff who can't even afford to wash his
> > > Ferrari. Actually, truth is, every time Steve gets the hose out to
> > > clean it he ends up running naked through the sprinkler instead.  
> > > That
> > > boy just can't focus!
> > >
> > > Fwiw the Economics Dept at George Mason is chaired by my personal
> > > hero, Walter WIlliams. I sense his fine hand in this. Of course we
> > > all knew the only thing speed kills is the town budget deficit -
> > > sudden deceleration is another matter altogether. There are certain
> > > small towns in Texas so notorious for this form of activity that
> > > instead of paying property taxes, the residents receive dividend
> > > checks from the Dept. of Public Safety. But the worst speed trap in
> > > America, hands down, is Tularosa, NM. Just don't go there.
> > >
> > > ken
> > >
> > > .ps The NY Times? I'm surprised the article didn't read Speeding and
> > > Your Personal Carbon Footprint.
> > >
> > > On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:12 PM, Dennis Liu wrote:
> > >
> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/business/yourmoney/02view.html?
> > > > ex=13463856
> > > > 00&en=3433641694d7701e&ei=5090
> > > >
> > > > September 2, 2007
> > > >
> > > > Economic View
> > > > Welcome, Stranger. Here's a Speeding Ticket.
> > > >
> > > > By JUDITH CHEVALIER
> > > >
> > > > <snip>. Michael D. Makowsky, a doctoral student
> > > > in economics, and Thomas Stratmann, an economics professor, both at
> > > > George
> > > > Mason University, studied the issue in a recent paper, "Political
> > > > Economy at
> > > > Any Speed: What Determines Traffic Citations?"
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