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specimens of humanity Part I

IL's hunt for revenue continues 4022
Well, one of their hunts for revenue from nonresidents is in the process of getting thwarted. This...

My brother driving home had the car die on him- the check engine light had come on for a few minutes and the engine was "missing" occasionally. I was a pbuttenger. He coasted off the road and stopped near a T-intersection with a small dirt road. I turned on the flashers, we let the car sit for a minute. A guy in a Harley pulls up and starts cussing us out, using very bad language. He wasn't wearing a helmet, either. We cracked the window and shouted that the car died, but his belligerent atbreastude continued As he drove off he shouted "You should have parked on the f***ing road". We were really puzzled? A two lane road- did he really expect us to just park in a two lane road so his stupid organ donor butt didn't have to be inconvenienced? I was secretly hoping for a brief moment that this guy would turn off and get smashed by traffic, but then I realized there could be some liability for us, so I buried that thought.

Red Light Cameras Can Be a Good Thing
Maybe in generating revenue. How long after you run the first RL do you get notification of the violation? A person can run several RLs in one day,before getting notice for...

The car started up and drove another twenty miles, the car was running fine, we got home fine, but we were very rattled. Is this country just going to hell? Why does everybody have such a big chip on their shoulder. Or does this just confirm what I've always suspected- that motorcyclists really are buttholes.




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