Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!hou2g!stekas 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 Article-I.D.: hou2g.387 Posted: Mon Jan 14 09:23:02 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:07:13 EST References: <1210@shark.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 17 > 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