RE: Road rage (long, but not boring).

["Browning David (TVCS)" <BrowningD@tce.com>]

Ever think about running for office?  You have my vote.

dB

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	James A. Desveaux [SMTP:desveaux@ucla.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 13, 1999 1:54 PM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	RE: Road rage (long, but not boring).
> 
> (For those who want to skip the anecdotes and cut to the chase, go to the
> last two paragraphs.)
> 
> What's the solution?  Double the budget for the CHP, and for local traffic
> enforcement, and CHANGE THE INCENTIVE STRUCTURE FOR COPS.  Instead of
> trying
> to nail people for going a couple of miles over the speed limit, start
> going
> after people for unsafe driving.  Unfortunately, this takes more work and
> better training for cops, and there appears to be zero incentive for that.
> For the libertarians out there, sorry, unfettered individualism doesn't
> work
> on the highway, unless you price gasoline and cars so that 95% of people
> can't afford to drive (and there's no rule that says rich people are
> better
> drivers).
> 
> Every moron who crosses a double yellow line with impunity, and runs a red
> light without worry, because his or her appointment is more important than
> the collective rights of the rest of us, has a whole cast of similar
> characters emboldened to engage in the same behavior.
> 
> - Jim