Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving

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From: Randolf Pitchford
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 00:00

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c.c.eiftj@22.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) wrote:

>In <6nfulk$lfp$1@camel0.mindspring.com> bishp@mindspring.com (Randolf
>Pitchford) writes:

>>>I don't see why it's unsafe to go fast on a straight highway while
>>>staying in one's own lane and maintaining a 2-3 second following
>>>distance.

>>But you miss the point, friend. The speed freaks DON'T confine their
>>antics to straight, dry roads, they DON'T stay in their own lanes, and
>>they DON'T maintain a 2 to 3 second spacing.

>I don't miss the point at all.  Mr. Weiser did not say that he found
>that accidents were caused by tailgating or rapid changing of lanes.  If
>that's what he meant, I am sure he would have said so.  What he really
>said was "I've dragged too many dead bodies out of smashed cars to have
>the least bit of sympathy for deliberate speeders."  I don't see there
>any exception for those to speed safely in their own lane.

Well, I don't know who this Mr. Wiser is, or what he does that would
allow him to pull dead bodies out of vehicles, but I have serious
doubts that he intended to imply that the folks he was talking about
were operating their vehicles in a safe and sane manner, bright boy.

Regards,
Mr. Randolf Pitchford
( the artist formerly known as "Cactus Jack" )

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From: bishp@mindspring.com (Randolf Pitchford)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/03
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