On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:35:51 GMT, laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
They're gonna have to tack-on an amendment saying that you cannot be charged IF you were already going the speed limit NO MATTER how fast the other traffic wants to go. As is, the law sounds like it's aimed at 'relative speeds' ... and while it makes a certain kind of sense it also encourages (almost DEMANDS) law-breaking, which doesn't make sense.
Of course if they raised the limits on interstates to 85 .....
Oh well, once gas hits three, four or even five dollars a gallon there won't be much driving going on anyway - much less at 90mph. Only the 'rich' could afford the fuel bill. If they can, then all power to 'em, but MOST people will be in the 'slow' lane trying to stretch every drop.
I suppose there's one other possible fix ... to more aggressively target 'rage'-filled and reckless drivers. Treat each incident like a DUI - lots of points off the license, traffic school, fines, GPS monitors interlinked with the ignition (at the offenders expense), suspensions, jail. Alas, cops have to INTERPRET what's 'reckless driving', and that means hostile cops can screw over a lot of people who didn't deserve it.
No perfect solutions ... as usual .........
