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Scruit

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  1. Clearly heat-related. Didn't Ford TFI ignitions cause heat-related stalling? I wonder if the fuel lines are getting heated up and causing vapor lock. Used to get that in my old Volvo.
  2. This is a clear loophole, and he should win. There are two different standards... O.R.C. 2901.05 Burden of Proof and Self-defense This allows the rebuttable presumption that you acted lawfully when using deadly force to stop a BG who is trying to enter a vehicle you are lawfully in, as long as the BG does not have a lawful right to be in the vehicle also. (The prosecutor must prove that you knew the BG was not trying to harm you) This applies to any car you are lawfully in, and the BG has no lawful right to enter. Then there's O.R.C 2901.09 which states you have no duty to retreat (NOT that you are presumed to have acted lawfully) YOU must still prove that youe reasonably thought the BG was going to use deadly force against you. This applies only to your car, or an immediate family member's car. On the one hand the civil and criminal protection from liability applies only to a vehicle owned by yourself or an immediate family member... But that only negates the duty to retreat - the defendant still has to prove (by preponderance) that the person trying to enter the car was It's going to depend on the individual circumstances of the event in question. If the prosecution can convince the judge/jury that he knew he was not at risk of deadly harm then neither of the laws above apply to him, and the conviction should succeed. Was this a jealous ex-bf who was unarmed and just in a verbal? (not covered) Or some random dude walking up to the car whose intentions are not known? (covered)
  3. Even more ironic when you consider that England has an official state religion (Church of England) whereas the US does not.
  4. And a GPS bug implanted in his arm... Good to hear he's ok. People who go incommunicado like that for days often don't know how much fear and pain they create by doing so.
  5. To England, apparently. Anyone else other than me recognize that coin?
  6. Was there an obvious place he would have been headed, like home form work or to work? Would his journey there have taken him through rural areas? I hear often about people who are found days after crashing their car off the road into dense vegetation and can't be seen from the road.
  7. IT Geeks? Oh, k, that makes more sense. You can set that stuff up in minutes if you know what you're doing. Best indicators will be using his debit/credit card, but the police will be the only ones who get to see that. Fingers crossed.
  8. It therefore also makes it look like you are going faster than you really are. People watching gopro videos (and other wide-angle videos) often say; "Holy crap look how fast you were going!"
  9. She pulled out into the oncoming lane to pass before checking to see if it was empty. The lens makes it look further, but it was 3 seconds between her changing lane and me reaching her. No way she could have completed a pass. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2
  10. Changing lanes in an intersection is dangerous if some else expects you to go in one direction and you suddenly change lane/direction. Nobody was in a position where my lane change affected where they wanted to go, nor did it change the fact that i was going straight through those two intersections. If anything this is a failure to "ride like you are invisible" Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2
  11. Scruit

    Old dog

    Wait... What are all these Twinkie and White Castle wrappers doing in her bed?
  12. Scruit

    Old dog

    Just got back from the vet. The news is better than we feared. Not glaucoma. The fixed wide dilation, the vet says, is either inflammation that is affecting the signal to the irises, or the iris muscles are worn out. If it's inflammation then it may even correct itself. It won't cause her to go blind, and it's not causing her any pain (she just has to squint) Hmm... Maybe I can get some doggy sunglasses for when she goes outside...
  13. Anyone want to quote the section of law that states changing lanes in an intersection is illegal? I can't find it. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2
  14. This SanDisk card has never, ever given me a moment's trouble - I love it. It cuts off at about 36 minutes and starts a new file, but I regularly review the files end to end. If they would make an auto-record, auto-loop version then I'd chainsaw my way through a room of babies to buy them.
  15. In Ohio it is natural. This is also a downtown area where cars can turn left or right at regular intervals. I would prefer passing on the left, however you would need to legislate (and enforce effectively) a slow-traffic-stay-right rule.
  16. Sure. SanDisk Class 4 32GB SDHC. What version GoPro is it? Don't use Class 2 cards. As a rule I only buy Class10 cards for HD recording these days, but I just happened to have this one lying around so I still use it.
  17. Head drag sounds like something you'd get in a Brazzers video. or so I hear... I don't get the drag effect because my windshield is the size of a sheet of drywall.
  18. 32gb class 4 SD card - gives me about 10 mins per GB but is broadcast quality HD. Does not loop - I have to delete the old files from the card. I have to remember to charge it, and I have to remember to turn it on and off. The camera on the windshield mount it auto-record, auto-loop and wired into the ignition circuit - I never have to touch that one, but the quality is not as good and it doesn't follow where I'm looking.
  19. Yeah, this is a gopro. Love it.
  20. The Civic was supposed to be stuck in her lane by the tail end of the left turning traffic. My plan was to left her get stuck and then me move back into the left lane.
  21. I use the helmet mount with the 3m tape - works like a charm, no vibration. Lots of weird stares from people though.
  22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3xt9KTC6Og http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2_gSdgTS0
  23. Not running the gopro then? I view running my gopro like wearing my helmet - every time, no question.
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