As most of the police cars have on the side in very serious and distinct letters ""To Protect and Serve"" The question is who. I guess we all have to grin and bear it,or take it with a grain of salt , or if people who dissagree with the officer ,, after he or she gives you the ticket ,,,you can always give them the finger , its only an extra 100 bucks or so tgolds5559@xxxxxxxx Terry's TV & electronics 212 Bank ST Oak Harbor Ohio 43449 (419) 898-9641 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Royal19960@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:59 PM Subject: [TechAssist] off subject. estion on using a laptop as a video recorder in a car > Hi. In the area where we live the state patrol likes to follow you, sometimes > tailgating, to see if you would speed up or hit the brakes so then they will > pull you over. This doesn't happen everyday but I had them follow mw right to > my driveway and even when I put the turn signal on he didn't back off. He was > close enough that I couldn't see his headlights in back of my minivan. I know > this will be changing as more squad cars get dash cameras. > My question is,,,, > I have a few older laptops. Is there a way to have one boot up and run a > program automaticlly. That program would have to load and start recording from a > web cam mounted above the rear view mirror. That would show speed ( distance > between poles and stripes in the road could be measured and timed) lane > wandering ( it would show that you did or did not wander) turn signal use ( the lights > would be recorded). Don't get me wrong, I/m not against cops but I feel a > little protection would be nice. > > Roy E. Adams > > Roy E. Adams C.E.T. > Bonded TV Service > 5158 W ForestHome Ave > Milwaukee, WI 53219 > 414-541-9111 voice > 414-541-2740 fax > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/