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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
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Posted: Thu Jan 17 19:56:30 1985
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> 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.