XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: crwlrjeff@yahoo.com   
      
   "JoeSpareBedroom"  wrote in message   
   news:xUsbp.11481$FA.3506@newsfe15.iad...   
   > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, aka Comandante Banana"   
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:06a031f2-ecab-4996-9e21-d64a5444da53@t15g2000prt.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Mar 2, 9:40 am, "JoeSpareBedroom"    
   > wrote:   
   >> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, aka Comandante   
   >> Banana" wrote in message   
   >>   
   >> news:e68e81e6-c6b6-4002-a54a-2a13647842ec@z3g2000prz.googlegroups.com...   
   >>   
   >> > Apparently it's not. It's been on sale for a while and the reception   
   >> > has been lukewarm. Well, it seems like a perfect fit for all those   
   >> > Toyota drivers who can save thousands of dollars, but this article   
   >> > presents a deeper reason for this lack of enthusiasm...   
   >>   
   >> Here's why I'm not enthusiastic: We allow people to drive even if they're   
   >> legally blind or clinically dead, and this will never change, at least   
   >> not   
   >> in the USA. I want a hard shell around me when I'm on the road.   
   >   
   > We must learn from the turtles in their long process of evolution.   
   >   
   > The hope is the $8 gallon will change things.   
   >   
   > ==========   
   >   
   > Sober up. The price of gas has nothing to do with the FACT that we   
   > encourage blind & dead people to drive.   
      
   Really? Maybe in New York (and possibly Chicago, where they also encourage   
   the dead to vote), they encourage blind and dead people to drive, but here   
   in California, this sort of thing is frowned upon.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
   That situation will be perpetuated until we   
   > accept the realities of growing old, and STOP seniors from driving when   
   > they're clearly unable to do so safely. The police also need to crack down   
   > on cell phone users to the point where it's financially disastrous to use   
   > those devices in cars. I'm talking about fines which begin at $1000 for   
   > the first offense, with jail time for the second offense.   
   >   
   > This has nothing to do with the price of gas. There is no price which   
   > would make me risk my life on a bicycle with certain types of drivers on   
   > the road.   
   >   
      
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