Re: Reckless, Aggressive Drivers: Homegrown Terrorists

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:20:38 -0800, in misc.trans****t.urban-transit 
"Jack May" <jack.may@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In article <4dWdnQPkaJpDpiPanZ2dnUVZ_vumnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Jack May"
>> <jack.may@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Miles Bader" <miles.bader@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> How is the huge amount of government investment that has and continues
to
>> be invested in this technology (which hasn't been implemented yet)
somehow
>> represent less of a democracy than improving other forms of
>> trans****tation?
>
>Private companies invest about an order of magnitude more money than 
>Government on technology.   The technology is appearing at a rapid rate
in 
>the market place.
>
>Since you can't see it, that is your problem.  It is amazing how the
bottom 
>14 percent of society that wants transit seems to be totally clueless on 
>what is going on in the world.
>
>Improving on obsolete forms of trans****tation is mind numbingly stupid
and 
>is not done by the top of society that develop new technologies. 
>
Of course private companies spend almost nothing on science.