[SpamCop-Social] Re: It is quite possable Bush has likely done more damage to the Republican Party in the South than Lincoln

[Frog Prince]

"Bcs1"
| >
| > | > Can you imagine the flurry of lawsuites if one of those
non-qualified
| > bus
| > | > drivers wrecked and killed their passengers?
| > |
| > |    There are already laws passed that protect cops from these kinds of
| > | suits. Laws could be passed that exempt volunteer drivers in emergency
| > | evacuation situations.
| >
| > Carried to extremes: some student pilot with 10 hours in a Cessna 150
| > flying
| > a 747 ...

|  well we're talking about a 60' long vehicle, and MOST ppl have driven
20 -
| 25' vehicles anyway... all that's required is to go slow, and pay
attention,
| it's no big deal, and actually going slow would be the norm in that
| situation as you would be looking to pick people up......

Bad assumption.

My son is a mechanic with one of the major volume sales outlets for RVs on
the east coast.  It takes them hours, often all day, to show new buyers how
to drive something as simple as a Class C RV (less than half the size of a
school buss) so that they don't wreck the thing on the way home.  this
without evacuation traffic, over roads they know intimately, with the
benefit of a bright sunny day.  (think turning radius, many people believe
if the front misses the curb the rest of the dog follows, not to mention
stoping distance)

Look at traffic and accident reports (and testimony at the insurance rating
commission) people in this country and New Orleans/Houston (actually
Louisiana and Texas) in particular, have a serious problem piloting your
average car.