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   Wise TibetanMonkey, Humble Philosop to Malcolm McMahon   
   Re: Is Driving Evil?   
   16 May 14 23:45:47   
   
   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, May 16, 2014 11:36:22 AM UTC-4, Malcolm McMahon wrote:   
   > On Friday, 16 May 2014 15:53:25 UTC+1, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble    
   >    
   > > Our traffic system is libertarian (anything goes, the mighty rule), except   
   that they hit you with those outrageous tickets to feed the city coffers once   
   in a while. Or if you are not careful reading the fine print, they tow your   
   car in the blink of    
   an eye. The most important deterrent is missing though: THE SPEEDING CAMERA.   
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > I did drive for a week in California a couple of decades back. Actually I   
   thought the American drivers relatively disciplined, driving without much   
   panache but less courtesy than you'll find in the UK.   
      
   This is probably the #1 cause of road rage --rightly so:   
      
   "left lane is for passing only, as how it should be and was how i was taught.   
   passing on the right is more dangerous, not to mention extremely annoying.   
   it's the one rule of the road that i think should be strictly enforced."   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA2Dj-yy6oE   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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