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Cameras to watch the cameras.	31 Jan 2007 22:56 GMT	112
Looks like they'll just need two burning tires. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6293823.stm "Speed cameras in the Scottish Borders may soon be monitored by security cameras to protect them from vandals."
wheel size	31 Jan 2007 20:23 GMT	6
Am looking at VW Passat for new AWD car. Based on model the rims are 15",16",17". Can anyone explain the difference in driving each size offers? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
Mayor going to prison for demanding a bribe from RLC company	31 Jan 2007 15:08 GMT	6
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/15/1577.asp Missouri: 18 Months in Jail for Red Light Camera Bribe Red light camera bribe will put the former mayor of St. Peters, Missouri in prison for at least nine months.
Suppose terrorists staged a 9/11 attack EVERY MONTH	31 Jan 2007 14:56 GMT	18
Well - that's what our highway terrorists, the speeders and drunk drivers and red light runners and other criminal drivers do. Over 3000 americans killed every month by these psychos and yet nothing is done about it. These monsters get off with fines and the idiot american says ...
I saw it on tv, so it must be true. Right?	31 Jan 2007 03:13 GMT	6
Last evening, I watched local channel 13 news at 11 PM, here in Las Vegas. A story came on that said 206 motorists were ticketed for not yielding to j walkers. They said that they used an undercover police officer, and then stopped vehicles that didn't yield.
MISDEMEANOR Vehicular Manslaughter???	31 Jan 2007 01:25 GMT	3
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_en_mu/brandy_fatal_crash Signature Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. --Beethoven
16 states see road deaths slashed	30 Jan 2007 20:21 GMT	3
Updated 1/30/2007 9:14 AM ET By Larry Copeland, Alan Gomez and Oren Dorell, USA TODAY Traffic deaths dropped substantially in 16 states last year, in many cases reflecting stepped-up enforcement and education campaigns,
UK plan takes things a step further.	30 Jan 2007 18:49 GMT	5
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/29/nxray129.xml http://www.hemelhempsteadtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2003098&sectioni d=4068 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6309917.stm X-ray cameras that would "undress" passers-by in a bid to thwart
MI: speed limit 65mph is 70mph except where it's really 65mph	30 Jan 2007 17:53 GMT	19
From fark.com http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070129/COL12/701290344&&imw=Y <...> "Hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of signs still say 65 on I-94, I-75,
Al Unser Jr.causes freeway crash and charged with DUI	30 Jan 2007 17:44 GMT	6
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/6411460?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT= 167 Unser Jr. charged with DUI after crash - Jan 26, 2007 LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. was
Geezer drives into school, killing student (near STL)	30 Jan 2007 16:46 GMT	4
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16877972/ SHILOH, Ill. - A car plowed through the wall of an elementary school cafeteria during lunch Monday, killing an 8-year-old boy and injuring two other students and the 84-year-old driver, police in this St.
Tire patch vs plug	30 Jan 2007 13:38 GMT	5
My sister says she had her radial tire patched. Can you do that? Is that better than having them plugged? She said there was a nail in the tire tread that had not made it go flat yet.
Finally: A REAL Solution for Traffic Congestion?	30 Jan 2007 05:25 GMT	6
I have long believed that we will never be able to build roads quickly enough to cure today's traffic congestion, let alone add enough capacity to meet tomorrow's new demand. Road building costs too much money and takes too much time. But what DOES have a chance of working
Assumption of Guilt.	30 Jan 2007 04:23 GMT	158
What we have always known was SOP is now becoming codified: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/15/1566.asp "The legislation, HB 203, also requires that municipalities using photo ticketing capture the face of the driver. Once a ticket is issued to an
Toll Road operators buy newspapers	30 Jan 2007 04:21 GMT	23
I've been told by a few people in this group that there is nothing underhanded going on in Texas with regards to the toll road plans where by many new roads and some existing ones would be controlled by foreign corporations. That there is nothing wrong with taking people's land ...