[ale] [OT rant] selfishness

[Boris Borisov]

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 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> 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.
>>> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
>>>
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