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  Kathleen

  2:33 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  Because that recommending thing works so well: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/on-the-long-island-expressway-cold-hungry-and-stranded.html?_r=0

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  Kathleen

  2:29 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  Right. 'Cause this didn't cost a state any money or divert resources from getting businesses back up and running: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/on-the-long-island-expressway-cold-hungry-and-stranded.html?_r=0

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  Kathleen

  12:30 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  I'll repeat what I said on a previous post: There are a lot of stupid people who would have gone out in this, and it isn't a matter of Darwinism - it is a matter of resources having to be diverted to rescue idiots rather than towards minimizing the impact of the storm so that we can get back to business more quickly when the storm is over. And the fact that an infraction CAN get you a year in jail, doesn't mean it WILL. A year sounds scary enough to keep us all of the roads, but I would bet that anyone who actually got busted for it will not serve a single day. This was NOT tyranny, it is prevention of resources being diverted for things like this: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/on-the-long-island-expressway-cold-hungry-and-stranded.html?_r=0

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  Kathleen

  4:49 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013

  "I had a MG sports can and no trouble driving around then"

  You, sir, are exactly the kind of idiot this ban was enacted to protect us from. Our resources would still be out rescuing fools like you instead of our being almost ready to get back to business as usual with this ban.

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  Kathleen

  12:25 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  "I had a MG sports can and no trouble driving around then"

  You, sir, are exactly the kind of idiot this ban was enacted to protect us from. Our resources would still be out rescuing fools like you instead of our being almost ready to get back to business as usual without this ban.

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  Kathleen

  12:20 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  So essentially you are anti-business, then. Because the point of the ban was to make it possible to use all resources to get us back up and running as soon as possible without diverting them to rescue idiots. I, for one, would prefer that we get back to business as soon as possible, which isn't possible if people are out on the roads.

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  Kathleen

  12:17 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  I'm pretty sure you can. They have leeway to make reasonable exceptions. If you live in an area with no power and are going to relative's to get out of the cold, they are not going to put you in jail.

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  Kathleen

  12:12 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

  There are a lot of stupid people who would have gone out in this, and it isn't a matter of Darwinism - it is a matter of resources having to be diverted to rescue idiots rather than towards minimizing the impact of the storm so that we can get back to business more quickly when the storm is over. And the fact that an infraction CAN get you a year in jail, doesn't mean it WILL. A year sounds scary enough to keep us all of the roads, but I would bet that anyone who actually got busted for it will not serve a single day.