[ale] [OT rant] selfishness

Fri Jan 11 15:59:41 EST 2013

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Erik Mathis <erik at mathists.com> wrote:

> Thats soo true,  I got my DL in GA. I literally drove around the block,
> didn't speed and used my blinkers. Thats ALL I had to do.
>
>
I would support a mandatory retest, rules and road, at every renewal time
on a 5 year rotation. The rules _do_ change and people can pick up bad
driving habits. Maybe add in a reaction time test as well as an eye test.
Getting mom to stop driving was horrible (you can't drive if you pass out
sitting on the couch!).

>
> -Erik-
>
>
>
> On 01/11/2013 03:10 PM, Boris Borisov wrote:
>
>> Is just too easy to get driver license here. For me back in my country
>> took over full 4 months (whole traffic law + 60 hours driving lessons
>> + medical emergency + some car mechanical basics). No wonder why the
>> roads are full of morons.
>>
>> But on other hand I understand here you need car as much as water and
>> food. So it got to be easy.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
>> <atllinuxenthinfo@**techstarship.com <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Don't let the squirrel run in front of you and cause you to hit a tree.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>>
>>> Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I am so glad I moved to North Carolina right now.  I believe I saw two
>>>> cows and a squirrel on my way in this morning...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --jer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  There was a wreck on I-285 that required fire trucks, ambulance and
>>>>>
>>>> closing down 3 lanes next to the center divider. Of course traffic is
>>>> backed up for a few miles. As the emergency vehicles are approaching,
>>>> people were, in general, making NO APPARENT EFFORT to clear a path for
>>>> the emergency access. I could see the approaching lights and hear the
>>>> sirens a full 2 minutes before they were finally adjacent to my car.
>>>> Finally, as they were nearly adjacent, traffic began to ignore the lane
>>>> markers and spread apart to allow an envelope of open road to appear
>>>> just ahead of the emergency trucks.
>>>>
>>>>> And then the most blatant example of selfishness I've ever seen
>>>>>
>>>> occurred. The car behind me had not made a single move to clear the way
>>>> for the ambulance. From my view, the cell phone call was far more
>>>> important than the road conditions. So when I was finally able to
>>>> squeeze left, along with the cars in front and the right side traffic
>>>> squeezing right, the car behind me took the new hole as an opportunity
>>>> to jump in front of the traffic that was making room for the ambulance
>>>> and fire rescue trucks.
>>>>
>>>>> The driver actually impeded the flow of the emergency crew as she
>>>>>
>>>> finally tried to merge back into traffic but there was no room. So she
>>>> stopped moving, laid on the horn and looked like she was about to ram a
>>>> car out of they way when finally some serious other car packing allowed
>>>> her to clear the way.
>>>>
>>>>> As a species, we are doomed if that mentality continues. I hope the
>>>>>
>>>> fire truck got her tag and she loses her license. We need to have urban
>>>> transportation that is not propelled by individual interest. The roads
>>>> are simply too crowded and people are too distracted to always be safe
>>>> drivers. We can't force people to be safe but we can remove
>>>> opportunities for people to be stupid and selfish. I like the idea of
>>>> being able to get to work/pub/friends/food without needing to sweat the
>>>> details of driving and still make it in less than 2 hours. I ESPECIALLY
>>>> want to hit my fav pubs and then get home without endangering anything
>>>> but my own liver.
>>>>
>>>>> We are close to having the capability but we are light-years from
>>>>>
>>>> having the social will to make the leap.
>>>>
>>>>> </rant>
>>>>>
>>>>> um. duh. The auto2 should have a hardened, real-time Linux system
>>>>>
>>>> brain.
>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> James P. Kinney III
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
>>>>>
>>>> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
>>>> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
>>>>
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at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
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