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Sunday, April 25, 2010

#693 Top This One For A Speeding Ticket

Thanks, Orv and Joe.




Two Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-5, just north of Oceanside, San Diego, California.


One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill. 

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour and climbing. 





The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then it suddenly turned off. 








Back at the California Highway Patrol Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the US Marine Corps. Base Commander for shutting down his equipment.



The reply came back in true USMC style:

'Thank you for your letter.

You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down.

Furthermore, an Air-to-Ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your equipment location.

Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position. 

The pilot suggests you cover your mouths when cussing at them, since the video systems on these jets are very high tech.
Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar. It appears the filling is loose.. Also, the snap is broken on his holster.' 



Semper Fi

#693

5 comments:

Peter said...

Just caught up with you after a bit of an absence Jack, good to see you are still finding some good material!!!!

Jack K. said...

Peter, welcome back. Hope all is well with you. I look forward to seeing more of your photos. I've been posting most of mine on Facebook.

Anonymous said...

Semper Fi and mwhahahahahaha!

Sandee said...

That's a good one Jack. Bwahahahahahaha.

Have a terrific day. :)

Merle said...

Hello Jack ~~ This was a great post and would be frightening to be there with the plane approaching. Poor Maryann setting off the alarms with her 2 metal hips. That would be disconcerting.
Glad you liked the ladies luncheon dates. I liked it too. Shows how our thoughts change with age. Take care.
Regards, Merle.