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- From: bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner)
- Newsgroups: austin.talk
- Subject: Re: speed traps on 2222
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.233314.8400@novell.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 23:33:14 GMT
- References: <PETONIC.92Nov9161203@daisy.hal.com> <1992Nov13.140820.24408@novell.com> <1992Nov16.153408.5463@wixer.cactus.org>
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- In article <1992Nov16.153408.5463@wixer.cactus.org> reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov13.140820.24408@novell.com> bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) writes:
- >>What's the deal with the accident numbers on 2222? I mean, the road
- >>has been there for ages, it's not like it up added some curves in it
- >>some night to screw with unsuspecting drivers.
- >>
- >>If people are stupid enough to get themselves killed on a road as
- >>simple 2222, so be it. If they do it before they procreate, natural
- >>selection kicks in and we have fewer stupid genes passed on.
- >
- >I think 2222s infamy comes more from the nature of the accidents than
- >the number... 2222 has long been a favorite road for racing. Couple
- >that with the fact that it carries many drunken lake-goers on the
- >weekends and you have some pretty horrendous accidents.
- >
- >I bet even they did spend millions to improve it the accidents would
- >continue.
-
- I received some e-mail last week in which the point was re-iterated
- that these bozos who waste themselves on 2222 sometimes end up taking
- out others at the same time (which has been brought up before, I know
- and I don't deny that it is a valid point). My two points would be:
-
- a) I seem to recall that the last couple have involved only the car
- driven by the bozo
-
- b) Before arguing that we should be spending millions to straighten out
- 2222, wouldn't it be wiser and cheaper to determine if say, using the
- police to ticket speeders would produce the desirable response (i.e.
- drivers taking it slower).
-
- Brendan
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