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Article #211Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause
From: bryan
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:00
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camaroz28@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > Walt Horning wrote: > > > nkibe@ifc.org (Nitin Kibe) wrote: > > > > >Yesterday's WP had an article on the leading cause of "road rage" in the > > >Washington metro area. > > > > > >No surprise: it's the usual collapse of lane discipline. > > > > > >Unfortunately, I see no solution in sight: so mired are drivers in legalism and > > >legalistic thinking and so flawed are existing laws, driver training, > > >enforcement practices and penalties. > > > > > >Personal views, of course. > > > > > >Nitin Kibe > > > > Greatest country in the world is beaten once again by a bunch of > > European drivers who stop road rage in their tracks, because road > > discipline is the law and is strictly enforced. > > And what country is that? Just kidding. > I think the main problem is lack of driver education. It's pretty obvious that just > because someone can parallel park doesn't mean they are good drivers. In my opinion > the drivers test should include highway and interstate driving as well as city > driving, but of course that would take too much time and cost too much. > > Ulf I had to do that for my test...had to drive all over the danmed place. But that was years ago... -bryan
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