Monday, September 26, 2011

Speeding or Safety?

53 year old Nancy Stevens from Yorbalinda, California suggested a new program in 2005 to ensure public safety. This program was suggested to prevent speeding and the accidents which may come from speeding because she does not feel safe with the young adults' reckless driving around her city. The program, which was never enforced, would allow for an easy detection of speeding through yellow stickers which would have to be placed on each vehicle. The city and many of her friends supported her and were very impressed. People who disagreed with it, on the other hand, sent Nancy Stevens threats to her safety and her property. Threats were sent through phone calls, e-mails, and even her personal social networking systems but were always unidentified. The city did not help her situation, although they thought her idea to be brilliant, they did not get involved with helping her out of danger from threats because of her idea. She believes that these threats have come about because the friendly people who used to live in her home town have all moved out and now there are new people who show no support or care for community. She is now thinking about moving away from Yorbalinda but finds it hard because she has grown up knowing this town for many years.

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