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From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: PISSED OFF
Message-ID: <308@scc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 18:34:45 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 18:34:45 1985
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> I've had it with the bullshit double standard that goes on in this
> state (Calif.).	 The DMV (Dept.	of motor vehicles) sent	me a nasty
> gram saying that one more ticket and I'm WALKING instead of driving
> to work.  

	My wife got too many points once (before we were married).
She went to a hearing to get her license back.  It was a forgone 
conclusion that she would get her driving privilages restored for 
merely bothering to show up.  They made us all sit through a little 
lecture where the fellow pointed out that only a small percentage of 
drivers ever get their driving privilages recinded because of
points.  That small percentage accounts for many of the accidents,
much more than its share.

	He pointed out that people who accrue too many points have
an attitude problem.   It is never so important to get somewhere in
a hurry that your would take any chances whatsoever in a car.

	I know that the experience made my wife think about
her driving and she has mellowed out.   The poster of the
above passage said that he *voluntarily* has been driving 
more carefully.  It seems like a pretty good idea to me.
-- 
scc!steiny
Don Steiny - Personetics @ (408) 425-0382
109 Torrey Pine Terr.
Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060
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