Thanks Bob - it needed to be said. Just be thankful you don't live in
British Columbia where our government has spent millions on an advertising
campaign based on "Speed Kills" and are actually paying the overtime for
members of the RCMP to lurk behind bushes dressed in reflective clown
suits with their radar guns. We also have a really neat photo radar
system that was designed to bring in an extra $100 million a year to
the government coffers in fines, that is running at a deficit and only
brought in a measly $35 million last year. Meanwhile we get to listen
to these ridiculous commercials on "Speed Kills" while we drive down
highways with a speed limit of 80 kph (about 48 mph) following the
typical "geezer" who knows well that "Speed Kills" and motors along
at 70 kph and slows down a half mile in advance of a curve sign that
could safely be negotiated at 100 kph. The 30 or 40 cars following
him are getting their lesson that "Speed Kills" while looking for an
opening to pass.
Despite the initial assurances from both the police and government that
the photo radar units would only be in operation in areas of high accident
or danger spots, the units can now be found anywhere where they are likely
to bring in a lot of dollars (at the bottom of long hills, etc.).
Ah, the wonders of new technologies.
Cheers,
Len Drake
Kelowna, B.C.
At 02:41 PM 7/18/98 EDT, you wrote:
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>Just can't pass this one up! Driving any type of vehicle on any street,
>highway or interstate in the United States is a PRIVILEDGE not a right.. If
>you are prone to
>drive in the fast lane at or five miles over the speed limit, then you are a
>menace to traffic, especially during high density periods. A slow or ("half-
>fast") driver, who demands his right to travel in the fast lane without
>keeping up with the traffic in front of him (or her) createds a parade of
>impatient drivers behind him.These impatient drivers will at some point
>endanger himself and others by attempting to pass to the right which is
>inherent ly dangerous because there is a blind spot on his right, and if he
>takes his eyes off the rod to check that blind spot, anything can happen and
>usually does and more often than not he and some innocent driver are involved
>in a serious crash. While the slowpoke goes on blissfully unaware of the
>carnagew he has created. I am in my upper sixteies, retired chief of police
>and have seen too many of these incidents., If you are holdiong up traffic,
>either fish or cut bait. MOVE OVER.
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>Bob Roberts
>TR$ 35411
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