From: Matthew Russotto on 22 Sep 2009 16:48 In article <h9963s12gj8(a)news5.newsguy.com>, Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote: >Wouldn't it be better to raise fuel taxes or registration fees or >something? I mean, it may sound old-fashioned, but to me it only seems >fair to assess things on a case by case basis and assign blame to the >party that was actually negligent, reckless, careless, whatever. That would be hard. Much simpler to just blame the driver. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: gpsman on 22 Sep 2009 17:20 On Sep 21, 8:34 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...(a)roosters.net> wrote: <maniacal crossposting adjusted> > > I mean, it may sound old-fashioned, but to me it only seems > fair to assess things on a case by case basis and assign blame to the > party that was actually negligent, reckless, careless, whatever. > > I know, quaint and amusing, but still. Lol. What about crashes "caused" by RLCs, underposted speed limits, etc., ad nauseum...? ----- - gpsman
From: Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS on 22 Sep 2009 23:44 Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote in news:h9bgvd0bm1 @news6.newsguy.com: > > If a known short yellow light causes a driver to panic stop to avoid a > ticket, and he is subsequently rear-ended, the blame should be on the > last person to work on that signal. Simple, no? > Hey stupid. If the driver in front of you had room to stop, what's your excuse??
From: necromancer on 23 Sep 2009 00:29 SFB spewed: >Hey stupid. If the driver in front of you had room to stop, what's your >excuse?? I hope you get rear ended by a gas truck at a light with a camera. -- S&DDAM admits to being drunk and to possible drunk driving by way of a sentence with the poor grammar of the double negative: "I ain't not never been drunk none in my life. " --Speeders & Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS," a.k.a. LBMHB, lb-VH, Pride of America, aunt millie, Judy Diariya etc... May 1, 2007, 1331 hrs EDT Ref: http://snipurl.com/1j04u Message ID: 1QKZh.5840$Ut6.5643(a)newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net
From: N8N on 23 Sep 2009 11:24
On Sep 23, 2:31 am, gpsman <gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 22, 5:51 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...(a)roosters.net> wrote: > > > > > > > gpsman wrote: > > > On Sep 21, 8:34 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...(a)roosters.net> wrote: <maniacal > > > crossposting adjusted> > > >> I mean, it may sound old-fashioned, but to me it only seems > > >> fair to assess things on a case by case basis and assign blame to the > > >> party that was actually negligent, reckless, careless, whatever. > > > >> I know, quaint and amusing, but still. > > > > Lol. > > > > What about crashes "caused" by RLCs, underposted speed limits, etc., > > > ad nauseum...? > > > ----- > > > > - gpsman > > > If a known short yellow light causes a driver to panic stop to avoid a > > ticket, and he is subsequently rear-ended, the blame should be on the > > last person to work on that signal. Simple, no? > > Simpleminded. > > TTBOMK, the greatest reduction of a yellow interval was on the order > of 0.1 seconds. False. Plenty of cites out there of lights that were short of ITE standards by a half second, a second, etc. nate |