Sunday, October 24, 2004
Here We Go Again or How To Get A Cheap Vacation
Not long ago in our city there was a rash of pedestrian crosswalk deaths and injuries. Everyone was up in arms with tearful stories about the victims and the situation had to be corrected by changing the location of the pushbuttons that activate the lights to more enforcement. Nothing changed.
Now it is high speed runs that are wiping out innocent people in other vehicles or innocent people in the speeding cars who think it is cool to ride along. "More enforcement is needed, we gotta talk to the young people" is heard in every corner.
Welll guess what folks. Don't look now, they may be following the adult lead. I am on the road every day. The drivers I see exceeding the speed limit are not kids. It's Mum or Dad, in a hurry to get to work or to day care. The ones driving through stop signs at full speed are not kids. It's Mum or Dad in a hurry and everyone else should wait. The drivers I see pulling out into traffic cutting other drivers off are not kids. You got it, it's Mum and Dad saying to hell with them, they will stop.
You may think I am ranting again, and I am. But I see this hundreds of times a day, every day. What are you teaching your kids? They do catch on fast.
Oh yeah, one more thing. Our system of punishment helps a lot. For if you succeed, you just might win a no expenses fully paid vacation to a warmer climate. Here's the proof. Scroll down to the article : Bus thief off to Cinnamon Hills .
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Not long ago in our city there was a rash of pedestrian crosswalk deaths and injuries. Everyone was up in arms with tearful stories about the victims and the situation had to be corrected by changing the location of the pushbuttons that activate the lights to more enforcement. Nothing changed.
Now it is high speed runs that are wiping out innocent people in other vehicles or innocent people in the speeding cars who think it is cool to ride along. "More enforcement is needed, we gotta talk to the young people" is heard in every corner.
Welll guess what folks. Don't look now, they may be following the adult lead. I am on the road every day. The drivers I see exceeding the speed limit are not kids. It's Mum or Dad, in a hurry to get to work or to day care. The ones driving through stop signs at full speed are not kids. It's Mum or Dad in a hurry and everyone else should wait. The drivers I see pulling out into traffic cutting other drivers off are not kids. You got it, it's Mum and Dad saying to hell with them, they will stop.
You may think I am ranting again, and I am. But I see this hundreds of times a day, every day. What are you teaching your kids? They do catch on fast.
Oh yeah, one more thing. Our system of punishment helps a lot. For if you succeed, you just might win a no expenses fully paid vacation to a warmer climate. Here's the proof. Scroll down to the article : Bus thief off to Cinnamon Hills .
This work by NSCAVE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
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