Date:         Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:58:56 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Fw:      Re: Driving & camping in Mexico  (No Vanagon Content)
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>> lights off zooming up out of the pitch darkness, you soon learn why there
>> are innumerable little white crosses along both sides of the road.
>
>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?


Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
1975 Kombi derelict ex 3.6 Toyota V8
1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6
1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel