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So yesterday was my rant about explaining "promiscuous" to my little brother and the news' opinion on the influence of pop music. Today's is about another news article dealing with local speed traps.
In my city, there's a debate going on about whether or not the city government's website should post the locations of speed traps around town. The argument is, if these traps are being used to promote public safety (as opposed to promoting revenue for the city, I guess), then people should know where they are so they can slow down.
Here's what I have to say.
They call 'em "speed traps" for a reason: to trap the people who are speeding. (Um, duh.) If the speeders know where the traps are, they can slow down for the traps and go right back to speeding once they've passed them.
Here's a novel concept: DON'T SPEED. That way, you keep the general public safe and you don't have to worry about speed traps, because they won't affect you! Wow!
What saddens and scares me is that people just don't seem to understand this.
This, folks, is why we have the Darwin Awards. >>
(Needless to say, these people fail the test.)
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I suppose I should put something journal-y now, since this is a journal...
The moon is orange tonight. Harvest moon...it's really pretty cool.
I finally got iTunes to make an audio CD from AMVs, so that rocks.
I'm leaving in 13 days.
I saw a fourteen-year-old dressed as a Pikachu riding scooters with his friend on my street the other day. I found that pretty awesome, that he didn't care what other people thought. He smiled and waved as I drove by, and I waved back.
I have no idea who on Earth he was. ^^
In my city, there's a debate going on about whether or not the city government's website should post the locations of speed traps around town. The argument is, if these traps are being used to promote public safety (as opposed to promoting revenue for the city, I guess), then people should know where they are so they can slow down.
Here's what I have to say.
They call 'em "speed traps" for a reason: to trap the people who are speeding. (Um, duh.) If the speeders know where the traps are, they can slow down for the traps and go right back to speeding once they've passed them.
Here's a novel concept: DON'T SPEED. That way, you keep the general public safe and you don't have to worry about speed traps, because they won't affect you! Wow!
What saddens and scares me is that people just don't seem to understand this.
This, folks, is why we have the Darwin Awards. >>
(Needless to say, these people fail the test.)
~~*~~
I suppose I should put something journal-y now, since this is a journal...
The moon is orange tonight. Harvest moon...it's really pretty cool.
I finally got iTunes to make an audio CD from AMVs, so that rocks.
I'm leaving in 13 days.
I saw a fourteen-year-old dressed as a Pikachu riding scooters with his friend on my street the other day. I found that pretty awesome, that he didn't care what other people thought. He smiled and waved as I drove by, and I waved back.
I have no idea who on Earth he was. ^^
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