Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site varian.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!varian!fred From: fred@varian.UUCP (Fred Klink) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: violence on the roads Message-ID: <287@varian.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 19:56:30 EST Article-I.D.: varian.287 Posted: Thu Jan 17 19:56:30 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 04:15:49 EST References: <1210@shark.UUCP> <387@hou2g.UUCP> Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 12 > 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. I think the rest of us would prefer you speak for yourself and not the whole country! We have a poor enough image in the motoring world (and the world in general) without this type of generalization.