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- From: reaper@wixer.cactus.org (Keath Milligan)
- Newsgroups: austin.talk
- Subject: Re: drunk driving (was Re: speed traps on 2222)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.175015.20463@wixer.cactus.org>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:50:15 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.152005.3082@lgc.com> <lgiebiINNk3o@boogie.cs.utexas.edu> <1992Nov18.064911.13332@wixer.cactus.org>
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- Organization: Real/Time Communications
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- I'd like to second the request for actual statistics on 2222...
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- Arguments of RR2222's need for improvement aside, I think we all agree
- that police presence is too low, traffic criminals are coddled and that
- typical drivers are incompetent.
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- Our roads and highways are like war-zones. WORSE! Look at the national
- stats -- we;ve been trough wars with fewer casualties. A drive up 183
- is about like a stroll through a city street in Bosnia-Hercegovina.
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- Our law enforcement agencies are overburdened, mismanaged and seemingly
- disinterested in taking the REAL steps that are needed to make the roads
- safer.
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- I saw a news piece about a guy (in Chicago, I think) -- a doctor -- who,
- armed with his camcorder and cellular phone patrolled the streets
- reporting dangerous drivers and recording their actions as evidence
- against them...
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