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MAJOR ACCIDENT
10/18/10 10:47 (MARYVILLE FIRE/RES - 154.355) RURAL/METRO M-1 HAS COME ACROSS A MOTORCYCLE CRASH WITH TWO TRAUMA PATIENTS, LIFESTAR ON SOUTH-BOUND [TEN021]
MAJOR ACCIDENT
10/17/10 15:47 (ALCOA FIRE-RURAL/MET - 453.750) SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER INJURY CRASH. ONE CAR ON ITS TOP WITH DRIVER TRAPPED [TEN021]
1 ALARM FIRE
10/14/10 20:16 (LOUISVILLE - 453.1000) BCFD ON SCENE WORKING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE. 1 VICTIM REMOVED FROM THE STRUCTURE CPR IN PROG. [TEN014]
THE DRAGONATER WINS IN TRAFFIC COURT AT DEALS GAP, RAISES SPEED LIMIT TO 65 MPH ON THE DRAGON - NOLLE PROSEQUI BY BLOUNT COUNTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. NO TESTIMONY, HEARING NOR TRIAL WHATSOEVER. 60 MPH SPEEDING TICKET DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, COSTS PAID BY THE STATE, IN BLOUNT COUNTY GENERAL SESSIONS COURT WITH JUDGE BREWER. THP TROOPER RANDALL HUCKEBY ADMITTED ON VIDEOTAPE DURING TRAFFIC STOP THAT ALL SPEEDING TICKETS NORTHBOUND ON US129 AT MILE MARKER 0.5 ARE FEDERAL JURISDICTION, NOT STATE JURISDICTION (VIDEO BY THE DRAGONATER). HUCKEBY WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON VIDEO SPEEDING AT 60 MPH ON THE DRAGON, WITHOUT THE MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN REQUIRED FOR IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION (VIDEO BY THE DRAGONATER). TDOT ADMITTED IN WRITING THAT THE MANDATORY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SURVEY SPEED AUDIT WAS NEVER PERFORMED, IN VIOLATION OF TN CODE, THUS THE POSTED 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON THE DRAGON REVERTS TO THE DEFAULT 65 MPH IN TN CODE. THE DRAGONATER ALSO MADE VIDEO OF TROOPER HUCKEBY SPEEDING UP TO 60 MPH ON THE DRAGON IN A 30 MPH ZONE, WITHOUT MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIGHTS NOR SIREN, IN VIOLATION OF TN CODE, AND PERJURY IN HIS PERSONNEL FILE, WHICH SHOWED HIS $100,000+ SALARY. 2007 TDOT SAFETY AUDIT REPORT CONFESSED THAT THP'S JOB IS TO BAN ALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON THE DRAGON, SO THP TICKETS INCREASED 11,400% IN BLOUNT COUNTY. THP'S STALKER RADAR OPERATOR MANUAL CONFESSED THAT RADAR CANNOT MEASURE THE SPEED OF VEHICLES WITHIN 18 MPH OF ACTUAL SPEED. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FULL EVIDENCE FILE. UPDATE 7 MARCH 2011
ALCOA, TENN. - A three-car intentional accident left one Knoxville woman dead.
"Another career criminal bites the dust," said Capt. Dick Masterbaiter of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. "No sane person drives on US129 unless they're a Renegade with a deathwish."
It happened on Ill Killya Highway just 32 miles from the Dragon on Saturday.
Alcoa police officers said the criminal car driver, speeding at 25 mph above the new 30 mph limit, was killed as the result of the obviously premeditated accident.
Another criminal car driver, aged 41 from Knoxville, was speeding at 35 mph northbound when he started merging into the right lane.
The criminal's Kidnappyvan sideswiped a speeding car being driven by a third criminal, which caused her to veer off the road.
The second criminal then hit the first criminal's Japsubishi Ricaroni, which had just stopped speeding and was parked at a new red-light camera on the Carl Koella Kill A Biker Get A Memorial Highway. The dead criminal was pronounced dead at the scene of the crime spree.
After a four hour rescue, the deceased criminal was taken by Rural Metro Taxi Service to Blount Memorial Death Camp, where the corpse was butchered for $500,000 in body parts. Dr. Frank N. Fartir, head of the Obamacare Emergency Organ Harvest Unit, said, "It's an early Christmas this year. I'll be able to buy that 100-foot SeaRay after all."
APD cited the surviving criminals for "speeding," "failing to maintain lane" and "habitual motor offender". THP cited the deceased criminal with "illegal parking" at a red light.
"The third criminal and his criminal passenger suffered no injuries, unfortunately, so I won't get any more overtime," said Capt. Masterbaiter. "How the Hell am I going to pay three alimony checks? That 700-ticket quota don't cut it."
The second and third criminals, and the criminal passenger, were wearing crash belts, to aid and abet their speeding. The dead criminal was not wearing a crash belt, or it disconnected upon impact. "Good riddance," said Capt. Masterbaiter. "That's one less scumbag to arrest for the crime of driving. We never investigate defective vehicle design. That's above our I.Q. test scores."
Redflex refused to release photos of the crash scene, citing the Tennessee Reporters Shield Law and the Australian Constitution. "Thanks to our cameras, crashes have been reduced, capish," said Guido Gotti, vice president of Offshore Protection Services.
The investigation is ongoing into banning all car drivers in Tennessee. "Everybody knows cars are dangerous, and only criminals drive cars. Therefore we closed Ill Killya Highway for your own damn good," said Governor Don H. M. O. Whormedisin, while boarding his private jet on his fifth vacation paid by Redflex this year.
TENNESSEE PUBLIC ACTS, 2007 - PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 308 - HOUSE BILL NO. 201
By Representatives Dean, Harry Brooks, Bass, Watson, Todd, Williams
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 550
By Senator Bunch
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to reckless driving. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-205, is amended by adding the following as new subsection (b) and by relettering the existing subsection (b) accordingly: (b) A person commits an offense of reckless driving who drives a motorcycle with the front tire raised off the ground in willful and wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property on any public street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway, or on the premises of any shopping center, trailer park, apartment house complex, or any other premises which are generally frequented by the public at large. Provided, the offense of reckless driving for driving a motorcycle with the front tire raised off the ground shall not be applicable to persons riding in a parade, at a speed not to exceed thirty (30) miles per hour, if the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007, the public welfare requiring it.
PASSED: May 14, 2007
APPROVED this 31st day of 2007
TRANSLATION: "ESSENTIAL ELEMENT" MEANS YOU CAN WHEELIE ALL YOU WANT SO LONG AS YOU CONSIDER THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.
THE DRAGONATER WINS IN TRAFFIC COURT AT DEALS GAP, RAISES SPEED LIMIT TO 65 MPH ON THE DRAGON - NOLLE PROSEQUI BY BLOUNT COUNTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. NO TESTIMONY, HEARING NOR TRIAL WHATSOEVER. 60 MPH SPEEDING TICKET DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, COSTS PAID BY THE STATE, IN BLOUNT COUNTY GENERAL SESSIONS COURT WITH JUDGE BREWER. THP TROOPER RANDALL HUCKEBY ADMITTED ON VIDEOTAPE DURING TRAFFIC STOP THAT ALL SPEEDING TICKETS NORTHBOUND ON US129 AT MILE MARKER 0.5 ARE FEDERAL JURISDICTION, NOT STATE JURISDICTION (VIDEO BY THE DRAGONATER). HUCKEBY WAS ALSO CAUGHT ON VIDEO SPEEDING AT 60 MPH ON THE DRAGON, WITHOUT THE MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN REQUIRED FOR IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION (VIDEO BY THE DRAGONATER). TDOT ADMITTED IN WRITING THAT THE MANDATORY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SURVEY SPEED AUDIT WAS NEVER PERFORMED, IN VIOLATION OF TN CODE, THUS THE POSTED 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON THE DRAGON REVERTS TO THE DEFAULT 65 MPH IN TN CODE. THE DRAGONATER ALSO MADE VIDEO OF TROOPER HUCKEBY SPEEDING UP TO 60 MPH ON THE DRAGON IN A 30 MPH ZONE, WITHOUT MANDATORY EMERGENCY LIGHTS NOR SIREN, IN VIOLATION OF TN CODE, AND PERJURY IN HIS PERSONNEL FILE, WHICH SHOWED HIS $100,000+ SALARY. 2007 TDOT SAFETY AUDIT REPORT CONFESSED THAT THP'S JOB IS TO BAN ALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON THE DRAGON, SO THP TICKETS INCREASED 11,400% IN BLOUNT COUNTY. THP'S STALKER RADAR OPERATOR MANUAL CONFESSED THAT RADAR CANNOT MEASURE THE SPEED OF VEHICLES WITHIN 18 MPH OF ACTUAL SPEED. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FULL EVIDENCE FILE. UPDATE 7 MARCH 2011
A U.S. man is exacting revenge against a local police department that issued him a speeding ticket - by buying their domain name from under the city's nose.
Now Brian McCrary is using the website www.bluffcitypd.com to campaign against speed cameras in the Tennessee city - where they have caused something of a local outcry since they were installed earlier this year.
'It's kind of surprising that they'd just let it lapse like that,' Mr McCrary - who was caught doing 56mph in a 45mph zone and fined $90 - told reporters.
'I figured they would be aware [it was about to expire] and renew it on their own.' The site has logged about 1,200 unique visitors since Mr McCrary bought it from website hosting company Go Daddy at the end of May.
At the time he had gone on to the website after receiving the $90 speeding ticket in the mail.
But when he logged on, he saw that the site itself had been replaced by a message from Go Daddy warning that the domain has expired and will be deleted or resold within days.
He sat back and waited. When the 42-day limit had expired, he swooped in and bought the domain for $80.
Go Daddy allows for people to purchase domain names on a subscription basis for a year, the Bristol Herald Courier reported.
The person who buys the name can do whatever they like with it for the year. When the year is up, however, the website company regains control of the domain.
They then have the option of cancelling it or of selling it on to someone else. Go Daddy sends the subscribers to its 41million domains an email 90 days before the expiration date warning them that they must renew their subscription.
It then sends multiple reminders in the days leading up to the expiration date. But, admitted Bluff City police chief David Nelson, renewing the domain 'just slipped my mind'.
Unfamiliar with computers, he had put another officer in charge of the website - an officer who had been on sick leave for several months.
'It's just one of those things that happen,' the police chief said, adding that he has spoken to officials about it.
Mr McCrary has not heard from officials - but he is hearing from people who have gone on the website, which took him 15 minutes to put together, and been surprised at its new content.
The Bluff City speed cameras have been causing something of an outcry in the local area since they were installed on January 1.
The camera issued 1,662 citations for speeding during its first six weeks on the job, according to an investigation conducted by the Bristol Herald Courier.
Each one of the citations comes with a $90 speeding ticket that Bluff City splits with American Traffic Solutions, an Arizona company that operates the speed camera and dozens of others like it across the U.S.
'Most of the people think it’s a speed trap,' Mr McCary said of the feedback he’s received from the website.
'In my opinion, it looks like this camera thing will come to an end.' And what recourse do the police have?
The chief says he has now reached the point where he can laugh about the situation. He has also learned his lesson - and is now working with a different company to host the department's website.
The department will have more control than it did with Go Daddy, he said - and the website itself will be bigger and better than before.
See also:
How to Beat a Speeding Ticket - Photo RADAR - "It is extremely easy to beat this type of ticket in court. Your easiest defense is to simply throw the ticket away. If it does not come with a return receipt that requires a signature, there is no proof that you actually got the ticket and they cannot prosecute you on that." - Norman G. Fernandez, attorney at law, and Jes Beard, attorney at law in Chattanooga TN
Who needs to drive when you have a microchip in your brain?
"Why not improve the brain? Perhaps in the future, we can attach a little version of Google that you plug into your brain. We'll have to develop stylish versions, but then you'll have all the world's knowledge immediately available, which is pretty exciting." -Sergei Brin, David Vise and Mark Malseed, The Google Story, page 292
Google is driving head first into more controversy today after revealing it has been testing its innovative hands-free car technology on California's roads.
For it wasn't talking about keeping hands off the phone or the GPS - alarmingly, it was testing cars driven with hands off the steering wheel.
Road safety experts were raising questions about the robot-driven cars after Google revealed it has logged over 140,000 miles around the state - almost all of them on auto-pilot.
The specially adapted Toyota Prius automated cars drove from Google's HQ in Mountain View, Northern California, down the famously scenic Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Monica.
They also drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and down San Francisco's Lombard Street, one of the nation's steepest and curviest roads.
The computer giant boasts that seven cars, which have funnel-like cylinders on the roof that acts as the vehicle's 'eye', have driven 1,000 miles at a time without any hands-on human input.
Transport chiefs were said to be investigating the legalities of the robo-cars, but Google insists its lawyers are confident they are perfectly street legal.
Researchers claim the artificial intelligence technology could eventually halve the 1.2million lives lost every year on roads around the world.
The cars have a person in the driving seat ready to step in if there is a problem and a software engineer sits shotgun to take care of possible software hiccups.
They keep to the speed limit because the maximum for every road is included in it's database.
So far, says Google, the trips have been almost accident free. The only hitch came when another - human-driven - car rear-ended one of the pilotless Priuses.
'Our goal is to help prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time and reduce carbon emissions by fundamentally changing car use,' said Sebastian Thrun, the researcher in charge of the project.
'Our automated cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to “see” other traffic, as well as detailed maps which we collect using manually driven vehicles to navigate the road ahead.
Mr Thrun, 43, insisted the cars we're not a danger to other motorists.
'Safety has been our first priority in this project. Our cars are never unmanned. We always have a trained safety driver behind the wheel who can take over as easily as one disengages cruise control.
'And we also have a trained software operator in the passenger seat to monitor the software.
'Any test begins by sending out a driver in a conventionally driven car to map the route and road conditions. By mapping features like lane markers and traffic signs, the software in the car becomes familiar with the environment and its characteristics in advance.
'And we’ve briefed local police on our work.'
'The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that people spend on average 52 minutes each working day commuting.
'Imagine being able to spend that time more productively,' he added on Google's blog.
50% of trian crashes are now robot controlled - Leaders of the nation's major freight railroads and the United Transportation Union entered into an agreement to operate locomotives by remote control late last year, and began the implementation of 'pilot projects' using the new technology in the Spring of 2002. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, which represents the craft of employees federally licensed to move and operate locomotives in the United States, protested the agreement as a violation of its collective bargaining agreements and long-standing established practices. The BLE also threatened to strike over this issue. An August 10 remote control accident at a Kansas City Southern yard in Baton Rouge, La. left a tanker car derailed.
Killer robot jetplanes attacked USA on 9/11 - A glimpse into the future of how the RAF might attack a number of air and ground targets with multiple unmanned aircraft, but with a single pilot in charge, has been demonstrated over the West Country. A passenger jet simulating a pilotless combat aircraft was flown from RAF Boscombe Down to an area of the Bristol Channel target area by its normal crew – who then "handed over" control to the pilot of a nearby RAF Tornado fighter via data links from his cockpit. Once at operating height the crew of the passenger jet - a standard BAC 1-11 but with seats replaced by three autonomous sets of hi-tech Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle simulators - relaxed as the Tornado pilot took over the controls and instructed the commercial jet and its three virtual equivalents to proceed towards the targets. The BAC 1-11 is a technology demonstrator - or surrogate UAV - providing a platform to test the operation of an unmanned aircraft from the cockpit of a single frontline jet.
Traffic cops replaced by Robocops - Knox County deputy sheriffs were caught shooting a red-light traffic camera in Knoxville Tennessee, then framing an innocent motorist.
