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On DRS3 (well-known Swiss radio station) they've had a special week about speeders. Why some people speed, why they think it's cool, how many accidents they cause each year and how (if at all) speeding could be done away with by law. It's not about people who maybe go 55 or 60 in a 50 zone, but about those who drive 80km/h in cities, and 180 or more on highways (where the official limit is 120). Some people just don't seem to be frightened by large fines and/or suspension of their licence.

I have just the solution.

Fine them and take their licence away, as it is now.
Then scrap their cars and make them watch it and pay for it.

Think about it. Most speeders have fancy cars because they need to compensate for something: small weener, lack of confidence or coolness. (Which is perfectly okay by me, as long as they drive responsibly.) They're not intimidated by speeding tickets, heck, they even fucking brag about it! "Man, the other day the cops caught me with some 200km/h." - "Whoa, cool!" What a pathetic bunch of miserable losers.
I say, take their cars away. Take away whatever kind of compensation they seek by speeding. If they still don't get it, tattoo LOSER on their foreheads. That will teach them. Keep the streets safe.

To make driving even more pleasurable and safe, I would also introduce much harsher fines for slow driving. Anybody driving much too slow for no reason should be punished. This especially includes angst-ridden chicks who barely can drive (and usually have their fog lights on because they think it's the rear-window defroster and flip you the bird when you gesture them to turn it off), old people with bad eyes who drive with their nose on the windshield so they can see at least a few cm of road beyond their bonnet, and last but not least, men with hats! For some unknown reason they are the worst.

Unfortunately it will probably take years until appropriate laws have been passed by our slow-working (sic) government. That's why I'm planning to equip my car with an automatic machine gun and two batteries of short-range car-car missiles.

Consider yourself hugged.

To make driving even more pleasurable and safe, I would also introduce much harsher fines for slow driving.

You have no clue about slow driving. I live in one of the top retirement cities in the US, therefore our "old people" population is very inflated. Sometimes you'd think it'd be great for us to make a national listing, except for the fact it just brings in more old people that don't want to pay taxes for bond issues (you know, the kinda bonds that takes their grandchildren out of crumbling, 100 year old school buildings and gives them new ones to foster learning), and they refuse to drive the speed limits. You may think angsty chics, blind, and hat topped men(!?) are the worst, but try driving around in a poorly planned city surrounded by old people driving Buicks and Cadillacs ('cause they won't drive anything else, even if I handed them a top of the line Volvo, Mercedes, BMW, anything) drving 10 in a 55, all with a mean scowl on their face.

My personal belief ties in with yours. We should keep the current posted limits as Speed Minimums, but go around and post Speed Maximums, apply an extremely hefty fine for transgressors, and naturally have allowances for people making turns or who are having car troubles...

As to your automatic weapons idea, now since they have become legal, I think I might follow suit. Imagine, a 1990 240 DL Volvo with a .50cal mounted on top...

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This post was edited by eljefe on Sep 27, 2004.

I feel your pain!

We here have the Austrians who, for some unknown reason, always drive 60 or 70 in an 80. But that's of course nothing compared to heaps of grandparents.

I always long for a tank in such situations. You know, the army sells pretty much anything they sort out - old sleeping bags, old cars, old cooking utensils. Why not tanks?
Just imagine the blessings of truly stress-free driving! Somebody refuses to give you way? No problem, you just drive on. Somebody driving 10 in a 55? Gently knocking on their rear window with the grenade launcher should be enough to convince them to put their foot down hard. Some hot rod behind you on the freeway pestering you? Just go into reverse for a second and the problem is solved once and for all.

Imagine, a 1990 240 DL Volvo with a .50cal mounted on top...

Oh, the joy!

Consider yourself hugged.

Just walk into Russia, they'll sell anything if you've got money...

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I always long for a tank in such situations. You know, the army sells pretty much anything they sort out - old sleeping bags, old cars, old cooking utensils. Why not tanks?

Well well well .. your examples gave me a good laugh :D
The Leopard II actually is No. 3 on my list of favorite cars/vehicles - besides the always changing 'being unsure whether no. 1 car should be a tuned-up Madza 626 2.2i Kombi or just a plain Chevrolet Hope hearse' and favorite no. 2, an off-road Unimog :)

Some hot rod behind you on the freeway pestering you? Just go into reverse for a second and the problem is solved once and for all.

Got trouble finding a parking place in downtown of Munich? No problem - one turn to the left, one to the right, and all in a sudden the damn Porsche, BMW or Mercedes Bonz has disappeared. Of course its owner wouldnt want to make you angry if seeing that you've made some 'free space' using your tank :D

cu, w0lf.

Naturally, I love Jesus very much. I love him so much that I'd like to crucify him all over again.

made some 'free space' using your tank :D

HA! That's how to work traffic. I remember going to Philmont, a Boy Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico (ask any hardcore boyscout anywhere in the world and they'll tell you what philmont is... me thinks the most frequent foreign visitors are the Brits and the Chinese), and spending the night in a National Guard base. I remember looking through some barbed-wire-topped chain link fencing and looking at a HUMVEE with a TOW missile mounted on the back, and I thought to myself "Now that's a solution to rush hour traffic."

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I remember looking through some barbed-wire-topped chain link fencing and looking at a HUMVEE with a TOW missile mounted on the back, and I thought to myself "Now that's a solution to rush hour traffic"

That certainly would get 'er done.

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I remember looking through some barbed-wire-topped chain link fencing and looking at a HUMVEE with a TOW missile mounted on the back, and I thought to myself "Now that's a solution to rush hour traffic."

Reminds me quite of 'Falling Down' (the movie, with Michael Douglas) :D

cu, w0lf.

Naturally, I love Jesus very much. I love him so much that I'd like to crucify him all over again.

Reminds me quite of 'Falling Down' (the movie, with Michael Douglas)

How do you fire this thing?
This goddamn thing doesn't work!
*whoosh*
<WHAM!>
Oh.

That was a cool movie :-)

Consider yourself hugged.