TimDauwalter
12-03-2004, 10:26
This is an interesting issue that I'm curious to find the effects of....
Due to the ever-increasing traffic on TimDauwalter's highways, commuter tempers are flaring, leading to an increase in road rage related accidents. A recent case in which a very impatient driver attacked and seriously injured a slow driver has brought the subject rapidly to the highest levels of the government.
The Debate
1. "The problem is that our highway system is sorely in need of an overhaul. TimDauwalter's highways were constructed with a far smaller number of cars in mind- we've exceeded that traffic load by a substantial amount, resulting in traffic jams. Traffic jams lead to impatience, impatience leads to anger, anger leads to road rage, and road rage leads to violence." Claims social commentator Bill Jong-Il. "We need to expand the freeway system by adding more lanes to relieve the traffic congestion."
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2. "You add new lanes, even MORE people will drive, putting us right back at square one!" Counters Tobias Winters of TimDauwalter's public transportation committee. "Instead of throwing tons of money at a short-term solution, why not spend it on improving bus and rail service and encouraging carpooling? Oh, and get more highway patrol officers to crack down on these violent drivers who pose safety threats to the rest of us."
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3. "*BLEEP!* that *BLEEP!*" Aaron Dredd yells at the top of her lungs from the window of her very large pickup truck with a gun rack mounted in the rear window. "The government should just *BLEEP!*ing stay out of our daily *BLEEP!*ing drive! They ought to let us *BLEEP!*ing rushed businesspeople go about our daily *BLEEP!*ing business, no matter what *BLEEP!*ing measures we have to take to get to *BLEEP!*ing work on time!
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Due to the ever-increasing traffic on TimDauwalter's highways, commuter tempers are flaring, leading to an increase in road rage related accidents. A recent case in which a very impatient driver attacked and seriously injured a slow driver has brought the subject rapidly to the highest levels of the government.
The Debate
1. "The problem is that our highway system is sorely in need of an overhaul. TimDauwalter's highways were constructed with a far smaller number of cars in mind- we've exceeded that traffic load by a substantial amount, resulting in traffic jams. Traffic jams lead to impatience, impatience leads to anger, anger leads to road rage, and road rage leads to violence." Claims social commentator Bill Jong-Il. "We need to expand the freeway system by adding more lanes to relieve the traffic congestion."
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2. "You add new lanes, even MORE people will drive, putting us right back at square one!" Counters Tobias Winters of TimDauwalter's public transportation committee. "Instead of throwing tons of money at a short-term solution, why not spend it on improving bus and rail service and encouraging carpooling? Oh, and get more highway patrol officers to crack down on these violent drivers who pose safety threats to the rest of us."
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3. "*BLEEP!* that *BLEEP!*" Aaron Dredd yells at the top of her lungs from the window of her very large pickup truck with a gun rack mounted in the rear window. "The government should just *BLEEP!*ing stay out of our daily *BLEEP!*ing drive! They ought to let us *BLEEP!*ing rushed businesspeople go about our daily *BLEEP!*ing business, no matter what *BLEEP!*ing measures we have to take to get to *BLEEP!*ing work on time!
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