I got up early one day and before making breakfast, I took a drive to the local supermarket to pick up the day's newspapers and a few groceries. It was a quick errand but look at what I found on the tops and bottoms of my car tires and on the pavement when I got back to the parking lot.
There is a nearby main roadway with a 30 MPH speed limit, with traffic lights, with "No U-Turn" signs and with a one-way cross-street which intersects that main roadway.
On most days on that main roadway I get to see speeding cars being driven through red lights, drivers making illegal u-turns (often several of each in any one day) and occasionally, a car being driven the wrong way on that one-way cross street.
Rarely, if ever, have I seen any traffic law enforcement in response.
However, the local guardians of our public safety were fortunately alert enough to spot yours truly as a potential public menace who might have exceeded a three hour parking limit. It seems that I came within two hours and forty-one minutes of being ticketed.
Sleep well tonight knowing that our public safety is assured.
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