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Re: Aggressive Driving

#1006
From: E. Faubion
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 00:00
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joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) wrote:

>Actually, what I would like to know is how many accidents you cause by
>being on the side of the road,

None. 

>so people _stop watching where they are
>going because there is a police car at the side of the road_ and hit the 
>brakes. 

This is a juvenile argument.  Blame the cops because they use marked
units.  Oh heaven forbid someone might look at one and crash.  Oh me
oh my, what is this world coming to?

Your preference for unmarked units is duly noted.

>I know I've seen plenty of rubber necker accidents,

How?  By rubber necking?

>Maybe your OK traffic volume makes these observations different.

Perhaps being privy to the causes of thousands of crashes rather than
relying on anecdotal evidence just a tad too?

>>Baloney.  You just want to drive fast and don't like tickets.  Let's
>>call this what it really is and cut the nonsense.  

>Hey, that suits me.

The truth at last.  How refreshing!


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From: in@the.sig (E. Faubion)
Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/09
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