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On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 18:05:17 GMT, Dave <dco2393@NO_SPAMrit.edu> wrote:
>>	This policy is being tested in Frederick County, Maryland. 
>>Unfortunately, the only description I have is a biased editorial from
>>the Washington Post, which opposes this policy--which one would expect
>>from a liberal DC paper.  Still, this conveys the general gist of this
>>innovative solution to aggressive driving.
>
>I would definitely agree that the officers showed excessive force and
>a lack of understanding.  Thier behavior was undoubtedly excessive and
>totally inappropriate.  But I agree with the basic idea: ticketing
>slow drivers.  People who drive excessively slow are just as much or
>more of a menace than fast drivers.  IMHO anyone who drives that slow
>is doubtlessly going to panic in any kind of emergency situation.  I
>think as people get older they should be given driving tests every
>couple of years.  My town has a lot of older people and I have been
>cut off, held up excessively, etc by older people who either aren't
>paying attention or just aren't capable of driving a car anymore.  

Yesterday I was coming up to a freeway and trying to get to the right lane
to get on.  I kept speeding up to pass the car I was slightly ahead of,
and the car kept speeding up, ignoring my turn signal (or, it initially
appeared to me, trying to prevent me from getting in the right lane).
Finally I pulled a "Top Gun" braking manuever and pulled behind it.  As
it went by, I saw it was a very old lady.  My wife and I watched aghast
as she blew through the red light, went under the freeway, hit the brakes 
and started to get on the freeway _offramp_.  Then I couldn't see her anymore.

jg
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