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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
Considering your final statement, maybe you can understand why a police car legitimately keeps the motor running and the video camera running during a traffic stop. I'm not a big fan of traffic patrol but your gripe about conserving 10 cents worth of gasoline in the idling of a patrol car is truly petty and also absurd.
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Why would you be picking on my statement? Besides it being true, what is your motivation?
In actuality, all the patrol cars are running full time from the time their shift starts until it ends, and sometimes through to the next shift. It's not just during traffic stops. Two months ago a cop was killed in STL in broad daylight. The running engine didn't help.
Waste seems to be more accepted when
everybody foots the bill. Individuals only have to worry about paying their tickets.