<div dir="ltr">Hit the squirrel, thats dinner.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com" target="_blank">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Don't let the squirrel run in front of you and cause you to hit a tree.<br>
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Ron<br>
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Jerald Sheets <<a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com">questy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>I am so glad I moved to North Carolina right now. I believe I saw two<br>
>cows and a squirrel on my way in this morning...<br>
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>--jer<br>
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>On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> There was a wreck on I-285 that required fire trucks, ambulance and<br>
>closing down 3 lanes next to the center divider. Of course traffic is<br>
>backed up for a few miles. As the emergency vehicles are approaching,<br>
>people were, in general, making NO APPARENT EFFORT to clear a path for<br>
>the emergency access. I could see the approaching lights and hear the<br>
>sirens a full 2 minutes before they were finally adjacent to my car.<br>
>Finally, as they were nearly adjacent, traffic began to ignore the lane<br>
>markers and spread apart to allow an envelope of open road to appear<br>
>just ahead of the emergency trucks.<br>
>><br>
>> And then the most blatant example of selfishness I've ever seen<br>
>occurred. The car behind me had not made a single move to clear the way<br>
>for the ambulance. From my view, the cell phone call was far more<br>
>important than the road conditions. So when I was finally able to<br>
>squeeze left, along with the cars in front and the right side traffic<br>
>squeezing right, the car behind me took the new hole as an opportunity<br>
>to jump in front of the traffic that was making room for the ambulance<br>
>and fire rescue trucks.<br>
>><br>
>> The driver actually impeded the flow of the emergency crew as she<br>
>finally tried to merge back into traffic but there was no room. So she<br>
>stopped moving, laid on the horn and looked like she was about to ram a<br>
>car out of they way when finally some serious other car packing allowed<br>
>her to clear the way.<br>
>><br>
>> As a species, we are doomed if that mentality continues. I hope the<br>
>fire truck got her tag and she loses her license. We need to have urban<br>
>transportation that is not propelled by individual interest. The roads<br>
>are simply too crowded and people are too distracted to always be safe<br>
>drivers. We can't force people to be safe but we can remove<br>
>opportunities for people to be stupid and selfish. I like the idea of<br>
>being able to get to work/pub/friends/food without needing to sweat the<br>
>details of driving and still make it in less than 2 hours. I ESPECIALLY<br>
>want to hit my fav pubs and then get home without endangering anything<br>
>but my own liver.<br>
>><br>
>> We are close to having the capability but we are light-years from<br>
>having the social will to make the leap.<br>
>><br>
>> </rant><br>
>><br>
>> um. duh. The auto2 should have a hardened, real-time Linux system<br>
>brain.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> --<br>
>> James P. Kinney III<br>
>><br>
>> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you<br>
>gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his<br>
>own tail. It won't fatten the dog.<br>
>> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br>
>><br>
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