Re: [Paddlewise] Elite racers

From: Brad Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:18:10 -0700
   Mark Sanders wrote:

> One of my pet peeves!
>
> As far as I'm concerned, there aren't ENOUGH pedestrian deaths here in
> California!
> Pedestrians here slow down when they cross the street just to prolong the
> joy of demanding their inalienable right to keep traffic to a crawl!
> Now if we could bump off a few lollygagging, ipod listening, latte 
> swigging,
> holier-than-thou foot commuters, traffic might start flowing again.
> Heck, no one's supposed to be walking in California any way!

   Mark, this is precisely why the powerful pedestrian and bicycle lobbies
   don't want cars equipped with laser guided weaponry.

   Brad Crain 
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