January 17, 2010
From the Page: “Every evening, sometime between 9 and 11, the police set up barricades on the major streets in my neighborhood. These aren’t concrete barricades, but metal fence barriers set in the street in such a way that they make a slalom course for passing cars. The point, of course, is to slow the cars down, though why this is the goal mystifies me. After all, if a bomb-laden car were driving past the central bank, I would like it to speed on its explosive little way as quickly as possible. Perhaps the barriers are designed to prevent bomb-and-runs?” I’ve said the same thing countless times… it’s nice to know these things pass through the minds of others. link via clingtomymouth

From the Page: “Every evening, sometime between 9 and 11, the police set up barricades on the major streets in my neighborhood.

These aren’t concrete barricades, but metal fence barriers set in the street in such a way that they make a slalom course for passing cars.

The point, of course, is to slow the cars down, though why this is the goal mystifies me. After all, if a bomb-laden car were driving past the central bank, I would like it to speed on its explosive little way as quickly as possible. Perhaps the barriers are designed to prevent bomb-and-runs?”

I’ve said the same thing countless times… it’s nice to know these things pass through the minds of others.

link via clingtomymouth

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