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- From: chroma@toad.com (Steve XI The Entity_Attache')
- Newsgroups: ba.general
- Subject: Re: Phone number to report cars spewing fumes?
- Message-ID: <30934@toad.com>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 08:19:03 GMT
- References: <malcolm.726960502@wrs.com> <C0tEzr.D2B@cup.hp.com> <16419@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <4000@wyse.wyse.com>
- Reply-To: chroma@toad.com.UUCP (Steve XI The Entity_Attache')
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- Organization: Skyline Genetic Engineering
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- In article <4000@wyse.wyse.com> jmunro@wyse.wyse.com (Jim Munro x2497) writes:
- >In article <16419@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
- >>In article <C0tEzr.D2B@cup.hp.com> balon@cup.hp.com (Tom Balon) writes:
- >>|
- >>| I think it's silly that you can register an old beat up car that
- >>| pumps out lots of smog for a fraction of the cost of registering
- >>| a new fuel effecient, far less polluting car. (In Ca. that is)
- >>
- >>But, Tom, Malcolm said "isn't in a financial situation where they could
- >>do anything about it." Some poeple can't even afford a tune up let alone
- >>a new car.
- >
- >
- >Some people don't have driving licenses but that doesn't mean they should drive.
- >
- >The DMV reminds us that driving is a priviledge not a right and I sya thet
- >it is reasonable to expect people to keep a car roadworthy and safe, to maintain
- >their driving skills, and also to keep pollution down.
- >
- >If you can't afford to maintain a car in decent order and pay the appropriate
- >taxes, then you shouldn't be on the roads.
- >
- >Jim Munro
- >
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-
- Giggle I am always charmed by all these atitudes. If this is the case
- then where is that nice 24hr public transit that I have always wanted.
- Why don't we have a nice 30% tax on all those people who drive private
- motorcars. Alas, driving in Carifornia often bubbles down to being close
- to being a necessary thing. It is sort of very double-bindish to have
- things that are "privileges" and "necessities" at the same time.
-
- Be Seeing You,
- Sends Steve
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