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- From: woods@claven.ucar.edu (Greg Woods)
- Subject: Re: Emissions Inspections, is new really be
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.234437.5837@claven.ucar.edu>
- Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR Boulder, CO
- References: <1993Jan21.231914.11500@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1993Jan25.175243.14703@claven.ucar.edu> <1993Jan27.164335.27697@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:44:37 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.164335.27697@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
- >Problems of inattentive/drunk/sleepy/incompetent drivers
- >can be addressed through existing laws (i.e. simply making licensing
- >tests more challenging, enforcing the reckless driving laws, etc...)
- >Similarly, congestion can (to some extent) delt with by improved
- >highway planning among other things. Pollution and environmental
- >damage can be reduced by emissions control devices.
-
- I think we are into an area here that is largely a matter of opinion,
- but I believe that practically all of the problems associated with cars
- are due to the fact that every individual has to drive. I really don't
- think these problems will be permanetly solved until we come up with
- some kind of transportation system (public or private) that does not
- require everyone to control their own individual vehicle. I think most
- of your proposed actions above would HELP (although some of them
- may be beyond our economic capabilities right now), but they address what I
- consider to be the SYMPTOMS of the problems, not the root cause.
- It's rather like taking a sore throat lozenge to cure strep. It
- may FEEL better on the surface, but the real problem is not addressed.
-
- --Greg
-