PIGGYBACKING?
Busy week, including a lighting trip to New Haven (I'm back now).
The signs on the highway ("Report Suspicious Activity") had me wondering: if policymakers can use terrorism and terror alerts as a justification for things that they wanted to do already (e.g., close down DC streets), can I report "suspicious activity" that happens to include driving like a total idiot, swerving in and out of traffic at 80+ mph, tailgating, and willfully cutting off other drivers?
OK, it's not really a national security issue, but it sure is "suspicious(ly)" likely to end up causing actual harm.
I hate driving.
NOTE: No, I'm not really advocating using the "suspicious activity" hotline to report reckless drivers. I know that the policy "end user" doesn't have the same freedom of action as the policymaker.




2 Comments:
Hey, that was me! I figured the faster I get home, the sooner everyone else on the road can relax.
I'm reporting you for insufficient faith in our nation's homeland security team.
Uh oh. And you know what kind of car I drive, Thomas. . .
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