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Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause

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From: bryan
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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