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dco2393@NO_SPAMrit.edu (Dave) wrote:

>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.  

Well, I'll throw in with the opinion that they are missing the entire
point.  Tailgating and noncompliance with stop signs are a lot worse
threat to life and safety than someone driving too slow.  I live in
the West, where we have freeways that wind over steep hills, and
trucks often can't manage more than 30 mph (in a 70 mph zone) up them.
Are they going to get tickets? No.  And they shouldn't; signs should
be posted warning people to expect slow moving trucks, just in case
anyone isn't thinking ahead, and that's that.  But a lot of people
tailgate aggressively, either from lack of discipline or simple desire
to intimidate, and I think they should be focusing on those people.
Same for the people who won't obey four-way stops--they are a menace.

A better idea would be to require anyone driving less than 10 mph
under the speed limit to turn on their hazard flashers and headlights,
to alert everyone to their slow movement.
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Jonathan K.