From: baloo@ursine.ca   
      
   Larry Caldwell wrote:   
      
   > In article <6591-4469987B-1@storefull-3337.bay.webtv.net>,   
   > jacknifejim@webtv.net (jacknifejim@webtv.net) says...   
   >>  I saw a truck load of brown skinned people wearing straw cowboy hats in   
   >> an old Ford truck stopped at a green light.   
   >>  The driver was looking both ways...   
   >   
   > I have also gotten into the habit of looking both directions before   
   > proceeding through a green light.  It's not the old days any more out   
   > there.   
      
   I remember having to do this before we moved back to Oregon after a couple   
   years in California.  Given that you can fail the driving portion of the   
   test and pass the written exam in California to get a license, and the   
   written exam answers are available upon request while you're taking the   
   test, why the hell does Oregon even allow people trade a Californian   
   license for an Oregon one, no questions asked?   
      
   Seems like it would make more sense to not honor Californian licenses as a   
   valid license to drive in Oregon under any circumstance, and stop allowing   
   out-of-state trade-ins without taking the Oregon test.  If you want to   
   drive in Oregon, you learn to drive in Oregon, no exception.   
      
   --   
   Paul Johnson   
   Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca   
   Jabber: Because it's time to move forward  http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber   
      
   *** Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com ***   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)