Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes

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From: John Gilmer
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:00

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> It isn't upset so much as it is frustration and annoyance at the
> seemingly increasing number of drivers who have a "the hell with the
> rules, I'm more important than anyone on the road, anyone in my way
> is an obstruction, and I'll speed if I want to because I'm a damn
> good driver" attitude.  The justification for a lot of the speeding
> on the interstate seems to be the "85th percentile" measurement of
> speed and no other factors should ever come into play.  I see the
> same attitude daily here in Blacksburg.  Speed limits, even in town
> and on residential streets, mean nothing.  Red lights are meant to be
> run if it means stopping might be inconvenient -- and I don't mean
> drifting through the light because stopping would require locking the
> brakes, this is the light turns yellow when the brat is 10 car-lengths
> or more from the stop-bar and they just roll right on through with no
> effort to slow or stop.  A 19-year-old student was killed last
> Saturday night on a street in town

Hey, you folks in Blackburg should be happy:  this is proof that Darwin was
right!

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