Subj : I'm being slammed by thes
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun Nov 15 2020 21:23:00

Barry,

 BM>   U.S. Mail is protected by more than 200 federal laws enforced by the
 BM>   Postal Inspection Service, one of the nation's oldest law enforcement
 BM>   agencies. ... The Postal Service receives NO tax dollars for
 BM> operating
 BM>   expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to
 BM>   fund its operations.

  And, postage keeps going up...as more folks go to email, FedEx, UPS,
DHL, etc.

 BM> Plus of course the possibility of porch pirates.

  The YouTube videos of "Glitter Bomb" hit the nail on the head.

 DS> repeatedly. It was a blond who had encountered a traffic signal
 DS> that was flashing yellow. :P

 BM> Bleaaaa!!

  In Rodney Atkins' song, "Watching You", the traffic light goes
straight from green to red. That'll happen on the rail lines, but
not so much on regular traffic lights...unless it's going from
WALK to DONT WALK. But, if you're on the corner of WALK and DONT
WALK, are you are a CROSSWALK?? :P

 BM> We had a bunch of traffic cameras in the area years ago, then removed
 BM> because of legal action.  In general I was in favour of the 'red light
 BM> cameras' as there are two intersection I used to travel through when I
 BM> was working where some idiots were always running the red.  The light
 BM> timing was fine (not short), just some driver thinking he/she is better
 BM> than everyone else and doesn't need to stop.

  There has been discussion on that for traffic patterns, but for
red light runners.

 BM> On the other side of the coin I could see problems where the owner of
 BM> the car was getting ticketed but they weren't the driver.  Father buys
 BM> car for daughter, daughter runs light, father gets ticket based on
 BM> registration.  Here daughter would not be driving my car any longer
 BM> plus paying fine.  Seems similar could be done with rentals and company
 BM> cars.

  That's a double edged sword.

 DS>   Sort of like "Hit Me. I Need The Money". :P

 BM> Well adults might do that, I don't think kids nor animals.

  True...especially the squirrels.

Daryl

.... I was told "Have emergency # on vacation". I wrote "911".
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