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Re: Re[2]: [ST] Who's Selling????



> > Ya gotta wonder about a juristiction which paints a double
> > yellow down the middle of a mile-long straight.  Sadly, it's an
> > increasingly-common trend, even on forest roads, one that's
> > making law breakers out of lots of otherwise safe & lawful [OK,
> > mostly lawful] riders.  Can you say revenue?
>
> I sometimes wonder if it's truly only about revenue, or maybe
> it's also about liability?  In our litigious society, are states,
> counties, or municipalities that are being sued over accidents
> that occur because some person made a pass in a legal zone, but
> still managed to hit someone coming the other way, for whatever
> reason? It's hard to otherwise explain the double yellow in so
> many areas that appear to be a safe place to make a pass, even in
> a slower vehicle.

Good point, Keith.  I keep forgetting we have more of a legal system
than a justice system...  :o|
Rick


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