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Re: 4kq antenna and speed trap story



DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com> wrote:

>I hear you. There's always the traffic enforcement revenue aspect to this
>sort of thing, but the police probably aren't the ones who pushed for
>the limit change. I'd bet that a couple of "activist mommies" moved into
>the neighborhood recently and harassed the traffic department to make
>the change. Nevermind that thousands of other drivers are inconvenienced
>(and set up) because these folks are not confident they can keep their idiot
>children away from the street. Happens all the time around here. Really
>puts a crimp in the natural selection process.

They do that here, too. If you want your street to have a 20 mph limit,
just call a toll-free number- half of Zeist is already infected. And speed
bumps are the roads' bubonic plague here.

Tom
The Netherlands