Posted on 01/21/2007 8:37:38 AM PST by nuconvert
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A friend of mine had a plan for traffic control where everyone with a driver's license gets three paintballs and a paintball gun for their entire driving life. Folks police the bad drivers themselves. This way, if a cop sees a person with three paintball splots on their car, he can pull `em over and take their license and car away on the spot. It'd also make people more courteous, knowing if you pissed someone off enough, they could splot you and stick you on the bus for the rest of your life.
I have had a solution for wrecks from redlight runners for years. When the light changes from amber to red, the cross street light doesn't change to green. There would be a five second delay where all lights on both streets are red.
I can speak to the annoyace of the jerk who parks their tiny 300 series bmw (why is it always a bmw?) across TWO parking spaces?
It is generally the same jerk who has kept up their handicapped tag YEARS after their temporary need from a broken leg has looooooong passed.
This was discussed in the science fiction short story by Lester Del Rey, "Why Johnny Can't Speed."
Essentially you take the right to self defense to the national highway system with 50 cal machine guns, dropable highway mines, rocket launchers, and luxury paint armor.
If you watch closely you'll find there already is a small delay of maybe half a second where all the lights are red or at least there is around here.
"I have had a solution for wrecks from redlight runners for years. When the light changes from amber to red, the cross street light doesn't change to green. There would be a five second delay where all lights on both streets are red."
They do that in Japan. The delay is more like three seconds, though.
What happens is that several cars tailgate the last car that could safely go through, running the red. Then somebody approaching the green slams into the last car at 50.
The only way to stop people from trying to squeak through a changing light is to bring back flogging.
The idiots in NM would factor that into their bad decision making in about 2 minutes. Once I had two cars in fronot of me proceed through on green, then a car blew through between us.
my snow tire has a rip on the inside of the tire. How in the world does that happen? I drive a Miata and haven't run over anything that I can remember. Of course I also have a bruise on my tummy and I can't remember why that would be there either.
The author was Allan Dean Foster, Del Rey was the publisher just in case anyone wanted to read it. Lovely little story.
Be safe. Drive Offensively.
Police accident report: " A green light anticipator met a yellow light accelerator." True story, I think.
"I can speak to the annoyace of the jerk who parks their tiny 300 series bmw (why is it always a bmw?) across TWO parking spaces?"
I like when that happens!
I park my work truck jjjuuuuussssttttt far enough away from the drivers door so the occupant of the other car CAN'T get in without actually making contact with my truck. I am then very careful NOT to do any damage to their car (I really am a nice guy) and I exit my truck by sliding over the bench seat and out the passenger door.
It drives these morons up a tree.
FMCDH(BITS)
I drive a real little car. When I see some twit parked straddling the line, I park so close to it that I have to jump out my passenger's side. The beauty of it is that since my car is so little, when they pull away, I'm sitting dead center in my spot.
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