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

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From: Scott Weiser
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 00:00
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On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 18:06:15 GMT, eta@my-dejanews.com (Eric Anderson)
wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 16:23:45 GMT, weiser@dimensional.com (Scott Weiser) wrote:
>
>>>Ah, well we of the fast-drivers association will happily take you to task with
>>>a pro-speed Jihad of our own.  The more the authorities squeeze, the faster
>>>we'll go, and the cleverer we'll get about doing it.
>>
>>Which is why the penalties for doing so should include permanent
>>revocation of your license, seizure of your auto and jail time.
>
>Fat chance.  Fortunately there are plenty of people out in the world who still
>care about civil liberties.  Enough to keep the highway Nazis at bay anyway.

Really?  Would those be the same people who are keeping the Drug
Warriors at bay?   They appear to be remarkably ineffective if you ask
me.

>
>>>If you *truly* care about safety (and this I doubt), you should realize that
>>>you'll never get what you want by force.  The "drug war" is a losing
>>>proposition (and a huge waste of tax dollars), and so is your private "speed
>>>war."  If you really wanted more safety you'd push for dumping the speed limit
>>>entirely and work for more driver education.
>>
>>I don't think so.   
>
>I do.

You would....but that's hardly germane.

Regards,

Scott Weiser

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From: weiser@dimensional.com (Scott Weiser)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/04
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