Saturday, August 07, 2004

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:

Thomas Nephew said...

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.

10:09 AM  
Brett said...

Uh oh. And you know what kind of car I drive, Thomas. . .

4:54 PM  

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