RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Offtopic - speeding now

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Now, if you really wanted to improve road safety via ticketing
> people, you would still ticket people who were driving irresponsibly
> fast (80+ on a rain-slicked road), but you would concentrate more on
> the lane-weaving speed-varying maniacs we all know too well.  And,
> alas, also on those people who cannot any longer drive safely at
> highway speeds.  A big hidden problem coming up for us will be how
> we can simultaneously keep the highways safe and manage to keep the
> elderly independently living in an age where there are going to
> many, many more people who "need" to drive but really can't hack it.

A senior citizens lane on the Missouribahn?

Or better yet, instead of paying for medicare to keep them alive longer, pay for public transit for senior citizens, which would make other drivers happy that the elderly aren't blocking traffic, and the environmentalists because they're more fuel efficent. If thats not independant enough for them, they can hire a chauffeur.

I hate to say it, but I have absolutely no sympathy for someone who refuses to stop endangering those around them.

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