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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
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   "Jeff Strickland"  wrote in message   
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   > "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   
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   >>> 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.   
   >   
      
      
   Really? How does California handle elderly drivers who have no business   
   being behind the wheel? Are drivers tested more frequently there after a   
   certain age?   
      
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