prgclb (12/21/82)
Those interested in the continuing drunk driving discussion on net.auto should pick up a copy of today's Wall Street Journal (Tuesday, December 21, 1982). I'm not going to transcribe the whole thing -- it's too long -- but it describes how a combination of realistic laws, workable enforcement techniques, and clever public messages all come together to cut the state's traffic death rate. The article opens: "Burma Shave's roadside advertising jingles delighted motorists in the 1940s and 1950s. Two weeks ago, a similar cluster of five little red and white signs popped up again, along U.S. Highway 169 in northern Minnesota. The message: 'It's best ... for one ... who hits the bottle ... to let another ... use the throttle.'" Carl Blesch Bell Labs - Naperville, Ill. IH 2A-159, (312) 979-3360 ihuxm!prgclb