ShimAct - &neb Šizák in English

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The ShimAct
Today is July 7 2007, and it has been one year and one week since that red-letter day, when the Road Act proposed by Milan Šimonovský that drivers often call “Shimact”, went into effect in the Czech Republic. This Act gave every driver 12 points and every driving infraction took away some points. And when I look back, I have to ask myself this question: “What has changed during the year?”

During the first month after the Shimact was established, Czechs gathered millions of points and thanks to speeding fines many of them fell into poverty. A sad and typical example is the story of a poor retiree Josef K. He was driving on July 1 2006, through a populated area 35.001 MPH slightly above the speed limit. He was picked up by a mounted radar device and lost two points and was given a hefty five hundred dollar fine. Thereafter, he despondently sat back behind the wheel and listlessly watched his speedometer so as not to exceed 35 MPH while driving through his village. His eyes full of tears prevented him from seeing local sheriff Nováček, who was staying on the side of pedestrian crossing waiting for a driver that would not yield to him.

Nováček, who had three times been prosecuted for harassment, robbery and embezzlement, but not convicted on questionable technicalities, pulled poor Josef over for failure to yield and fined him for two thousand dollars and another four points. In his despair, Josef then forgot to fasten his seatbelt and was fined again, lost his license, ran into dept and committed suicide.

Three months into Shimact two million drivers had lost their license, while state and local governments levied five hundred million dollars in fines. New roads were built. Only wealthy citizens were able to avoid fines by supporting needs of corruptible officers.

Six months into Shimact: even those who bribed, ran out of their money and the streets were used more or less just by police. But even the mobile police were subject to violation by their fellow pedestrian officers and therefore even the police became less able to drive their automobiles.

Seven months into Shimact: food-supply and goods delivery has slowed to a halt; there is no one to drive even an ambulance – many patients die. Bus transport totally collapses. The last two cabs in Prague are fully busy. People scramble for street cars. Gas stations go bankrupt in droves.

Nine months into Shimact: the Czech driving era is over. Even Zdeněk Bambas, the National Road Traffic director, forfeits his driver’s license. No one has a permit anymore. People start to buy horses, mules, donkeys and dog sleds. More people die from the equestrian accidents than they had from traffic accidents five years prior. Today, July 7 2007. Furious crowds of rebelling citizens that lost their mobility burned Minister of Transportation Milan Šimonovský to death, despite his shouting: “Victimize Shimact, not me!”

scout66 · Registrace: 14. 02. 2005 Příspěvky: 696

A co? Mame se zasmat? Po par mesicich je vsechno zpet a zase jezdi jako prasata Sad

Jestli to mela byt obhajoba vsech oponentu noveho silnicniho zakona, nebo jeho zesmesneni, tak je to dost trapne, vytrzene ze souvislosti, nepodlozeno statistikami... proste BS