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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:43 PM
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A way to protest - drive the speed limit
If traffic is slowed to 55 or 65 and businesses are tied up because of traffic MAYBE just MAYBE someone will pay attention.
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:45 PM
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1. errr, we don't know how to drive the speed limit. It's California.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:46 PM
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2. Errr...no.
I live in NJ.

Speed limits are for the weak.

And in NJ, only the strong survive.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:47 PM
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3. No, passive-aggressive behaviors only serve to piss people off.
Especially around the D.C. beltway, it's a good way to inspire road rage and put a premature end to your day. :shrug:

Coming home, haggard and burned out after a hard day's work, people are not in the mood to have their time messed with ... for ANY reason.

No, IMO, NOT a good idea - we can do better without irritating our audience. :(
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:51 PM
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5. I don't know - just seemed to me to be a way to help some folks
suffer a bit for this stupid war they ignore. Maybe if their lives were disrupted it would get their attention?
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man4allcats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:50 PM
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4. I already drive the speed limit
even when assholes are on my bumper. Fuck'em. I hope they do hit me. I am the kind that sues!

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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:51 PM
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6. i always always go exactly the posted speed limit.
well sometimes i let it drop to just under a little bit, no hurry :D

its amazing how angry people are... in general. just because you want to be a law abiding citizen even little old ladys flip you the finger or do the angry speedracer zoom around you or something dumb.
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:53 PM
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7. I live in Illinois
and we have the worst roads in the country so you sometimes have to drive the speed limit. Maybe if I take off my clothes and drive naked it would draw some attention and then when I get arrested I can announce what I am protesting.
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VTMechEngr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-10-07 10:54 PM
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8. Sorry, I'm not the Suicidal Type.
Connecticut Turnpike...
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