-=> Quoting Don Guy to Wes Leatherock <=-
RW>> Please report me... I hate slow, asleep at the wheel drivers and let
RW>> them know it...
DG>> You're not the only one. What I'd give at times to have "Sunday"
DG>> drivers restricted to that eighth day of the week...
WL> But they have a lot of votes to elect (or defeat) the state
WL> representatives, senators and Congressmen who vote for (or against)
WL> the taxes and bonds for roads and highways.
DG> I'm afraid that you've lost me. What does the voting ability of lousy
DG> and/or easily distracted drivers have to do with what Roy & I were
DG> talking about?
My point, which I did not convey very clearly, is that the
slow drivers also pay taxes for the roads.
Roads are built with money provided by elected officials,
directly or indirectly. I probably get as annoyed as you do, with
slow drivers, but they are the slow drivers' roads, too.
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