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Article #615Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes
From: Frederick E. Jorden
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:31
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:31
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Kenneth Coney wrote: > Well we got too many people on the roads. What we should do is make a > drivers license tougher to get, w/mandatory retesting every 5 years. Points > should be higher. The goal of DMVs should be to winnow out drivers, not > give out licenses. This would force more people to use public transport and > force businesses to stop moving further and further away from the cities. > Why not get to the real problem, too much procreation goin on. We should put a tax on sex. With a higher rate based upon quantity and quality. Obviously the returns should be posted so that your neighbors will be able to judge you veracity. Not everyone lives in nor wants to live in a city. Too many folks move out from the cities and then want the services they had in the city. If you get what you wish for you will wind up back living in a city. > > Cyberbilly wrote: > > > In article <9664el$qhv$1@perki.connect.com.au>, > > "Motorists Advocate J.H.P" <jpkt@wxc.com.au> wrote: > > > Gee America, your still arguing basic lane discipline? > > > > > > In Australia, we have a Federal law which reads to the effect - that > > in > > > speed limit zones 80km/h (50+ mph) and above, and/or where a "keep > > left > > > unless overtaking" sign is posted, drivers MUST keep to the left lane. > > > > > I'm sure that works fine Down-Under, but Americans are so brazenly > > oblivious to traffic laws, that instituting such a law here wouldn't do > > much good. > > > > -- > > Cyberbilly > > > > http://www.cyberbilly.net > > > > Sent via Deja.com > > http://www.deja.com/ -- Frederick E. Jorden http://fejcpapc.com/ Frederick E. Jorden, CPA PC 10049 Midlothian Tpk - 2-H Richmond, VA 23235 EMAIL fejcpa@erols.com (804) 320-6210 FAX (804) 320-6211
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 10a587,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gid10a587,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-15 15:33:01 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail From: "Frederick E. Jorden" <fejcpa@erols.com> Newsgroups: va.general,dc.driving,alt.appalachian,dc.general Subject: Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:31:49 -0500 Lines: 52 Message-ID: <3A8C66E5.F21E80F2@erols.com> References: <3A868BB7.F3EEE25B@ix.netcom.com> <9664el$qhv$1@perki.connect.com.au> <96697g$2d7$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A86DC5A.5B23B5FA@visuallink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVYNLVbXBu5ExmGPfOljx677TJcDt+RLPODQURJef1xwV51JFBfF/uVz X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Feb 2001 23:32:14 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en