re: #125 Guanxi88

Yeah - Reagan was in the White House at the time.

Yunno, back when Reagan was still president, I got a sppeding ticket (in Tempe, AZ) and was offered a chance to take a driver safety course that cost half of what the ticket would and without any points on my license.

I expected to see films about mechanized Death or god-knows-what, but the main theme was simply that you cannot possibly be in so much of a hurry that you wanna put your own life and that of others on the line, And if it is, call 911 and get a police escort.

It taught me as well that driving in traffic is not the time and place to teach people lesons about manners or how to drive, or to vent one’s frustrations.

it was a very useful course, and proboably helped me avoid any number of probmens, tickets or even accidents.