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Even thugs sometimes obey the signs

This evening, whilst waiting for the bus, I observed the following: an older white mercedes SUV, with huge gaudy rims and two white-rapper-wannabees (complete with the over-the-top hooded sweatshirts, and the passenger tapping on his cell phone) come to a tire-squirming stop at the light.

The jostled passenger looked up and said something angrily with a motion of the hand to the driver. To my absolute amazement, the driver stared him down for a few seconds with a "what's the matter with you?" look, and pointed to the traffic light where a "no turn on red" sign. The passenger responds with incredulousness, is stared down some more, and returns to his cell phone.

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MIT grads?

By Lanny Budd | Thu, 11/20/2008 - 8:14am

I wanna roll with-
The gangsters
But so far they all think
I'm too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
Think I'm just too white n' nerdy
I'm just too white n' nerdy
Really, really white n' nerdy

From California, Maybe?

By SwirlyGrrl | Thu, 11/20/2008 - 9:22am

There was a time when California cops would pull over people they thought might be gang bangers for failing to signal, ignorning a no turn on red, etc.

Boston cops pull people over for that all the time

By adamg | Thu, 11/20/2008 - 9:36am

And based on what they post on BPDNews, at any rate, it's one of the more effective tools for taking drug dealers and armed thugs off the street, because they seem unable to comply with simple traffic rules.

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