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From: stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: violence on the roads
Message-ID: <387@hou2g.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 09:23:02 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 09:23:02 1985
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>    I am curious as to possible reasons for the alarming
>level of violent behaviour during driving disputes in
>the U.S. ...   such as the person whose passenger caught
>a bullet between the eyes because he flashed his headlights
>at a guy going the other way.

Every country has its own informal "code of the road" which
may seem peculiar to the foreign visitor.  In the USA it is
common practice to shoot out street lights and traffic signs
to relieve the boredom of a long trip.  Owing to the
difficulty of shooting a passenger in an oncoming car between
the eyes, it is likely that the unfortunate victim was the
unlucky recipient of a stray bullet aimed at a highway sign
or headlight.

				Not to worry,
					Jim