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

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From: Mich Ravera
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00
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A person who drives 80 MPH in a 55 Zone may be a minor irritation.
A person who drives 38 MPH is a 55 Zone definitedly is as dangerous as 
a car parked in the middle of the road.

Dave 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.
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From: Mich Ravera <mravera@edidev.tymnet.com>
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/06/29
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