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From: mag@whuxlm.UUCP (Gray Michael A)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: violence on the roads
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Date: Tue, 22-Jan-85 09:24:26 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 22 09:24:26 1985
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> > Every country has its own informal "code of the road" which
> > may seem peculiar to the foreign visitor.  In the USA it is
> > common practice to shoot out street lights and traffic signs
> > to relieve the boredom of a long trip.  Owing to the
> > difficulty of shooting a passenger in an oncoming car between
> > the eyes, it is likely that the unfortunate victim was the
> > unlucky recipient of a stray bullet aimed at a highway sign
> > or headlight.
> 
>  I think the rest of us would prefer you speak for yourself and
>  not the whole country!  We have a poor enough image in the motoring
>  world (and the world in general) without this type of generalization.

Uhhh. . .I think the original article is a, uhhhh, joke, y'know?

Mike Gray, BTL, WH