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[jb fentner]

"However, we found the headline "BU bridge plans could spur road rage" unnecessarily alarmist."

There isn't a damn thing anyone can do about the fact that ANY road construction in this town WILL incite road rage. There's absolutely nothing alarming about that. Anyway, I get the impression that the majority of drivers in this town allow the need for safety over belligerence. By majority I mean like 52% and am discluding tourists who can just get horribly clueless and therefore dangerous. Personally I think some sort of in-town or just "dangerous spots" e-governor for autos would be handy: microchips in the road that communicate with cars and tell them to chill out despite what their driver is trying to make them do. Like, say, a guy in his BMW SUV is trying to floor it in a 15mph area.. the chip tells said SUV "No, sir. You must chill." The dude can't hear that part.. he just starts thinking about bringing his SUV in for a checkup due to the lack of acceleration. Or something. I'm aware of the "tons of implications" part of this insane scheme.. but I guess that'll be left up to the tech guys/gals and the moral-transportation-authority guys and gals. 8]


                        




From: leepeters at gis.net
To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:18 -0500
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http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/02/17/bu_bridge_work_is_an_effort_to_forge_path_to_better_transit/  

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