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[Kevin]

Ok... Here is an idea I've thought about for implementing traffic harmony... A form of laser tag. If someone does something wrong, like cuts you off, or tail gates you, you press a button on the dash or steering wheel and your car scans and enters their license plate number into a DMV database. Every "zap" costs something like a quarter to keep people from going nuts and zapping everyone. But, every zap you get against your license plate also costs you some small "fine". Rather than get angry at some jerk on the road, I'd be willing to zap them with a fine, even if it cost me a little to do it. The bad drivers would end up literally paying for their mistakes, and this psychologically would induce them to alter their behavior. Kind of like the ultimate game of "Survivor" where we all get to vote the jerks off the island (er, roads). Beyond that, it would be a new revenue source for maintaining the roads, and make rush hour much more fun.

Why only be able to report negative, why not be able to report positive as well? I would also want the system to record a brief voice snippet of the reporting driver ("He cut me off" "Made an illegal turn" or "Slowed down used signals and waved me in", "stopped at mark cross walk, let pedestrian cross"). I mean if you've got the system in place why not report positive behavior as well that could likely get discounts for insurance for people, etc. I do like the cost required to use the system for reporting violations, maybe not for reporting positives. But I want the extra level of simple recording to also cut down on anonymous use. If the bad drivers got to hear all the little accusations against them it might have a larger impact on their behavior as well.