by John Galt
January 24, 2012 17:00 ET
It has been a few years since I wrote the initial 24 part Prepetorial series and I feel like I never really finished the writings with a climatic finish. I remind everyone that the first portion in italics is a fictional account of a potential future event and how I perceive one might prepare for that situation. While the technology exists for everything described in the fictional portion below, the legal implementation indicated in the story has not happened.
Yet.
Our Ford Explorer smoothly drifted off the ramp as my wife and I approached the toll booth and inspection station. Unfortunately for us, the tone of the transponder changed from a clear, short beep to an almost annoying broken non-stop squeal as the flashing sign ahead said “White Ford SUV tag number 98V X3L Florida, pull into the inspection lane.
“Sigh, now what?” is all that I could think to myself. As I wheeled my Ford around to the inspection line, the shock hit my wife’s face and then mine in very short order. In the past when there was an issue, it was just a Florida State Patrol officer checking insurance and sometimes inspecting vehicles which appeared unsafe. The shock of the mess around the concrete barriers caused us both to gasp, but there was not much time to do more than that.
“YOU, IN THE WHITE SUV, HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASH VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES!!!!”, the voice screamed out through the bullhorn. There were two men wearing solid black uniforms pointing M-16 at us as if we were criminals. One of the men turned around as he walked around the front of our Explorer and I could see the large lettering spelling out “DHS Police” on the back of his uniform. My wife started to shake as she put her hands on the dashboard while I slowly put my other hand on the steering wheel in plain sight. An officer wearing some sort of personal armor and high tech camera gear on his helmet walked up to the driver’s side window.
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