Date:         Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:40:18 -0500
Reply-To:     "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         "Roy O." <keepsake@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Fw:      Re: Fw:      Re: Driving & camping in Mexico  (No
              Vanagon Content)
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> >On our recent trip to the U.S. Northwest, we drove U.S. #2 and U.S. #87
> >through
> >Montana where we encountered many white crosses along both sides of the
> >road, as
> >well. Whatever the reason for the many traffic fatalities along this route,
> >seeing the white crosses certainly makes a person back off on the accelerator
> >and think "maybe we don't have to make so many miles today".
> >
>
>
> It's not speed that kills (speed is easy to make money from, so governments
> target it as a "safety" issue, while totally ignoring incompetent driving).
> When did you last see a cop pull someone over for failing to indicate?

Speeding is part of incompetent driving as is driving while talking on a cell
phone, driving drunk, driving sleepy, and a host of other things that
irresponsible
drivers do while piloting a vehicle.

Roy O.
'87 Westfalia GL
(till death do us part)