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first, the disclaimers:
- i have had a driver's license for over a quarter of a century.
- i have driven hundreds of thousands of miles.
- i have never been the cause of an accident.
- i was raised to respect authority in general, including the police and highway patrol.
- all of the policemen or patrolmen i have encountered have deserved that respect (with one very minor exception).
- all of the policemen or patrolmen are very helpful in the aftermath of accidents.
in all of those years, i have never ever witnessed a policeman or patrolman make any effort at all to prevent those accidents and apprehend the ignorant and/or dangerous drivers which afflict our roadways.
- not once have i seen anyone be stopped after cutting me or someone else off.
- not once have i seen anyone be stopped after ignoring yield or stop signs.
- not once have i seen anyone be stopped for merging slowly onto a highway without yielding, causing accidents or near-accidents.
- not once have i seen anyone be stopped for tailgating at highway speeds.
- not once have i seen anyone be stopped for loitering in the passing lane well below the speed limit.
- not once have i seen anyone be stopped for driving the wrong way into oncoming traffic.
- only twice in twenty-five years have i seen anyone be stopped for anything except exceeding the (often pointless) speed limit.
yesterday alone i was cut off five times:
- once by a drunk man who turned left on red in front of me,
- once by a woman who could barely see over the dashboard,
- once by a repairman probably in a hurry to a call,
- and twice by cellphone users.
please do your part. first, pay attention and drive safely to the existing road conditions, not by mere letter-but-not-spirit-of-the-law, and certainly not in passive-aggressive hypocritical vigilantism. second, fight the money-grubbing bureaucrats who have corrupted honorable law officers to inflict governmentally-sanctioned highway robbery.
