Highway Robbery

Yesterday while traveling, I witnessed many highway robberies. The criminals were driving cars of many descriptions, most were camouflaged as normal vehicles, but they all had flashing lights. One city that I passed through was particularly dangerous for the travelers; I witnessed a crime every half mile or so. Some people may think that these robbers are making the road safer for travelers, but I saw no difference in the behavior of the drivers in the places with lots of government shake-downs and the relatively freer areas. The drivers who are driving erratically are never the ones I see getting violated. It is usually the safe drivers whose only "offense" is driving faster than the government mandates. It is not about safety; it has never been about safety. It is about stealing the money needed to finance these and other state abuses. A free country would never, and should never, tolerate these highwaymen and their bosses harassing motorists.