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You are correct regarding a deliberate act. I did not address that issue as we were discussing an impaired driver or an incidence of driver error.

It appears from your statements you are desirous of attaining the dominant position in this discourse and in my experience you will continue in that vane until you have established that position. Acquiring dominance and exerting control effectively closes the debate. But by exerting that control and closing the debate room for arriving at a solution of the issue at hand is impossible for you have determined it will be “your way or the highway” by continually raising issues of “Oh yeah, well what about this?”. Well, you now have the dominant position as well as not having addressed the underlying issue of providing a mites worth of constructive analysis toward solving the issue of providing safety measures.

I’ve satisfactorily expressed my concerns, attracted attention of the readers to the issue of safety previously, I’ve discussed awareness and offered minimal solutions toward the issue to be considered. As it appears this thread has died my responses are no longer needed except to debate that which is no longer debatable with you.

You have the floor. Good day sir.

LOL

I appreciate the debate, but if you wish to take your ball and go home, I understand.

I tried to reason with you that you cannot expect every small berg in the nation to install cement barricades along a parade route.

1. too much effort is needed to procure, maintain, install, and remove these barricades.

2. The disruption to the downtown loop would be too much. Businesses and the community would complain.

3. This would result in fewer events

4. The barricades could be too easily defeated

5. The accidental person can also avoid the barricades, driving around them. That’s what drunk people do.

6. It’s one thing to ask for reasoned preventative measures, but it’s another to ask for top level high maintenance systems that are too much buck (and effort) for the bang.

7. These WOULD NOT wind up preventing the public from being exposed to danger. If not, then why bother?

I would suggest people line up on the parade route in places other than intersections. I would also suggest it might be a good idea to position in front of a business with a recessed front facade. That way you could huddle back in there and avoid being struck by a car going by.

I’m not sure why you felt you had to part by insulting my attempt to explain my position as clearly as you did yours, but that was your choice to make.

So be it.