by Pa Rock
Cautious Driver
If you are a Missouri motorist, this might be a good weekend to stay close to home. I drove from Kansas City to West Plains, Missouri, earlier today and found the entire length of the trip punctuated with the flashing red lights of police cars, with the Missouri Highway Patrol being the most highly visible. I guess that as the month of January draws to a close, the police departments many municipalities are finding that they have not met their speeding ticket quotas for the month.
Forewarned is forearmed!
In Texas County, close to Cabool, I came upon two Missouri Highway Patrol vehicles with motorists pulled over - about a mile apart! The rest of us were moving slowly along that stretch of road - you betcha we were!
(I don't begrudge the Highway Patrol their presence because I believe that by just being on our roadways they decrease the number of accidents and injuries - and their fines and forfeitures go to the local school districts - always a good cause, especially when our legislature is actively trying to destabilize and bankrupt our schools.)
But for today at least, Pa Rock did not make an involuntary donation to Missouri's public schools!
Drive safely. The life you save might be mine!
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