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From: peterb@pbear.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: L.A. drivers
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 10:23:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 10:23:00 1985
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Nf-From: pbear!peterb    May 24 10:23:00 1985




Yes Boston is a drag to drive in. Its real bad to try and park. Every day
8000 more cars come into Boston than there are parking spots, so everybody
makes a buck. The meter maids write out tickets at a rate of 2 million dollars
worth a MONTH! (Of course everybody waits to pay the tickets and get the BOOT)

Speed limits, lets laugh... The state police don't bother you if you're under 
80. Unless its late at night or near quota time. 

Insurance, lets get mad! I thought people in Joisey had it bad. I have a
2K$ motorcycle and the insurance agency wanted 864$/yr for JUST comprehensive!
I asked why it was so high, and the answer was "Well we take the schedule for
a 2K$ car and multilpy by 2.65 to adjust for the fact that motorcycles vanish
that much faster in this city." Come off of it, that about 46% of the value of
the bike! Collision was about 560$/yr, so I just put liability on it for
148$/yr and 2 days later the bike gets stolen ... I got it back a week
later with about 600$ damage!!!

Feel fortunate you don't have Cape Cod out there with only 2 4-lane bridges
to get the cars on or off. This weekend about 45,000 - 60,000 cars are going
ointo Cape Cod.(Quoted by Len Gobeil, executive director og the Hyannis
Area Chamber of Commerce) On Memorial Day last year there was a 12 mile
backup of cars on Rte 6 trying to get off of Cape Cod. It took about 3 hours
for people to get off of Cape Cod.

If you don;t like it, tough. Don;t yell at me about how bad LA is, come on
out here and get some driving lessons....

Peter Barada
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