IP: `But Officer, I Didn't Do Anything!'

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:33:15 -0700
To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: `But Officer, I Didn't Do Anything!'

You may find this interesting.  Please don't cite me.  I don't want my
email address out.  I saw it reported at boingboing.net.


http://www.tampatrib.com/MGA5WPU8Z3D.html

"Off-duty troopers, hired at $30 an hour, picked motorists at random and
directed them to pull off the interstate into a rest stop, where Palm
Pilot- toting interviewers waited.

No, this roadside checkpoint wasn't looking for drunken drivers. The
survey, which will cost about $150,000, was commissioned by the Florida
High Speed Rail Authority to gauge public interest in riding a proposed
120 mph bullet train.

...

``The bottom line is, we can do it. It's well within the law,'' said
Adrian Share of HNTB Corp., general consultants for the rail authority.
``With the cooperation of state troopers, the state is allowed to pull
people over just to seek information.''



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