If I felt I was guilty I would not have made this post. Sean > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Steven Fish [mailto:fish@salzburg.co.at] > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 11:13 AM > To: Sean Garrett; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights > > > I have one simple question for you..... > > Did you go through the yellow (or red) light? > > If the answer is yes, then pay your ticket, learn your > lesson, admit that > you made a mistake, stop trying to pretend that the entire > government is > corrupt, and spying on you, and out to cash in on your > innocent and harmless > actions. > > There is a reason why they install those cameras which take > photos of the > cars who run yellow (or red). The reason is that many > innocent men, women, > and children are killed each year by folks who are in a > hurry, and speed up > at the yellow. There is a trend towards ever increasingly > aggresive driving > and road rage in the States... while the crime rate is also > so high, that > hte police force is busy 24-7 catching the rapists, murders, > and high school > kids killing their teachers. There simply are not enough > resources for a 30 > minute personal ticket giving ceremony for running a light. > > Here we have radar boxes both in the sities and on the > autobahns and when > you get a ticket, you pay it, and people do not really freak. > We are not > living in a totalitarian, nor "Orwellian" society here > either... it's just > that Europeans tend to be a tad more responsible for their > actions than > perhaps residents of some other countries. > > Now, having said all that.... if you did not run the yellow, > then fight it. > > Good Luck with whichever you choose to do! > > RSF > > PS. Most lights these days are controlled by traffic, and > weight or other > sensors... so your timing it by using the clock may not do much good. > > IMPORTANT!!! In order to reply to me, you must have the word "FISH" > somewhere in the subject line of the email. Otherwise it > goes directly in > the trash. > > <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ > > Robert S. Fish > Salzburg, Austria > 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender > 1987 Golf Cabriolet > 1991 Golf > > |
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