[ale] [OT rant] selfishness

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

They've strengthened the requirements to get the license in recent years.  They now require formal training or structured documented parental training.  Many of the bafoons out there are middle agers who got their license when the laws were more lax.

Ron


Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> 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 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
>>>>
>>>> http://electjimkinney.org
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Please excuse my potential brevity.

(To whom it may concern.  My email address has changed.  Replying to former
messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go to the wrong
address.  Please send all personal correspondence to the new address.)

(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
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