My first thought was, which fire department in the US has a Scania truck?

I don’t disagree, but still.

Where was this?

In a Lamborghini?

I tend to be cynical in these situations too, but in this case I’m willing to be a bit more charitable. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if it happened the way it’s described.

To give you speeding tickets. That’s it.

CHP has been running slicktops (and white slicktops!) for a long time now.

Exactly. You either buy into a utilitarian worldview or a deontological one.

Util is truetil.

That last bit was sarcastic.

That logic doesn’t make any sense.

Not really.

You live in LA?

The SSPX folks redefine the meaning of religious nuts.

The process might not be what’s important to you, but the reality is that the judicial system is the only way to protect the innocent - especially in a situation where vigilante forces abound.

Agreed, 100%.

I don’t know, I have a feeling Clarkson might fancy Duterte.

The streets sure as hell wouldn’t be as filthy as they are.

Now that’s how a civilized society works.