Recently, a dear friend reminded me of a presumed fact, among many, which I had completely forgotten.
It began when I posted some references to those who I had referred to (privately and publicly) as thoughtless, inconsiderate, and just plain stupid, for their inability to contain themselves with respect to our published laws: we stop at the stop signs, for at least a few seconds; we do our best to manage our cars speeds to the easily recognized signs; we stop, and allow pedestrians to cross at intersections, even if there is not a painted cross-walk; we slow at corners before turning, particularly if we cannot see clearly the street we are turning into; well, and all that.
What my friend reminded me of was that the more self-aware citizens of Victoria have, for some time, known themselves to belong to what we must recognize as ‘the psychically endowed’. In other words, they don’t need to bow their knees to the rules of the commoners, because they can, actually, foresee the possible consequences of their (formerly labelled) “thoughtless” or “lawless” actions, and so, are free of the necessities of conforming to those laws.
Further, last Wednesday morning at 8:16, as I drove between Oliver and Monterey on Windsor, our police SUV arrived at the corner of Monterey, and, briefly touching his brake, continued to roll through, forcing me to apply my brakes. A few weeks earlier, my dear wife had been tagged $100, for the same (seeming) infraction. Though in her case, there was no oncoming traffic, and it was a four-way stop.
So, we would like our $100 back.
I mean, why would we follow the law, if even those paid to monitor and uphold that law feel free to ignore it?
Alec Allison
Oak Bay
