Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!sjk From: sjk@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: 55 saves lives - (nf) Message-ID: <5664@sri-unix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 20:22:40 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-unix.5664 Posted: Thu Jul 7 20:22:40 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 14:52:56 EDT Lines: 22 #R:utcsstat:-66700:sri-unix:4900005:000:713 sri-unix!sjk Jun 14 02:53:00 1983 I've heard that the three major causes of auto accidents are (in this order): 1) Illegal lane changes 2) Tailgating 3) Speeding Now, how many people do you see getting stopped for the first two??? I've been hit by a loser who was tailgating me, and I had a gnarly experience involving an illegal lane changer. I was once fortunate enuf to suck a tailgater into getting a ticket by not switching lanes, increasing my speed to about 75 with the guy a few inches off my bumper, and crusing by a highway patrol. Had he stopped me, I'm sure I'd have taken the case to court. Anyway, it seems that the inforcement of traffic laws doesn't reflect the statistics. Such irony. scott kramer