[Publib] MYSpace--evils of the telephone

[Fred Beisser]

Having seen a couple "SMART cars" driving on the German autobahns 
earlier this year, I question the sanity of anyone thinking they should 
be in dense high-speed traffic with no physical protection surrounding 
the occupants of a "SMART car."  Sure looked awfully dangerous to me.

Fred Beisser


Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library wrote:

>Which leads to another interesting observation. Why have compact car spaces,
>when there aren't really that many compact cars? Being from the UK, I am
>used to seeing small cars (very costly gas over there!) that would quite
>easily fit in these spaces, but other than the offerings of VW & the Aveo,
>are there any others in the US? I can't wait till the Smarts hit the
>interstates.......
>
>http://www.smart.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/mpc-uk-content-Site/-/-/-
>/SVCPresentationPipeline-Start?Page=issite://mpc-uk-Site/mpc-uk.com/RootFold
>er/smart/home.page
>
>Terry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
>On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider
>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 2:27 PM
>To: publib at webjunction.org
>Subject: RE: [Publib] MYSpace--evils of the telephone
>
>Signage - I agree with you - why are they put up? We too have cell phone
>signs - VERY BIG ONES. The amount of 'I didn't see them' comments I hear - I
>sometimes wonder if bashing said person's head into the sign until either
>the point of the sign sinks in or unconsciousness sets in would in fact do
>the trick.
>
>-
>
>You know why? Because these are the VERY SELF-SAME people who are parking
>their humongous cars in spaces clearly marked "Compact":
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/kgs/sets/72057594128163591/
>
>K.G. Schneider
>kgs at bluehighways.com 
>
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