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[ILUG-SOCIAL] Speed kills - or does it ?

[ILUG-SOCIAL] Speed kills - or does it ?

Paul Jakma paulj at alphyra.ie
Thu Apr 10 16:55:21 IST 2003


On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Joe Desbonnet wrote:

> Agreed completely. But the problem is how to you measure and
> prosecute "bad driving".

indeed. far too difficult, so just order the cops to sit at the side 
of the road with their lidars and radars.

>  The cops can only enforce things they can measure absolutely
> (speed, alcohol levels etc). 

what about sitting in the fast lane? thats quite a determinate thing, 
but noone ever gets pulled for it - you will in the UK.

> Fixing bad driving is not going to be easy. I can think of
> solutions, but they would be expensive and unpopular (eg retaking
> the car test ever 5-10 years, mandatory "blackboxes" in the car,
> lots and lots of video surveillance etc).

training is the solution. but that costs too much money.

> 
> Joe.

regards,
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Paul Jakma	Sys Admin	Alphyra
	paulj at alphyra.ie
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