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<v Speaker 1>It's night time with Dan Ray. I'm Boston Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So here's an interesting, I think, a very

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<v Speaker 2>interesting issue and question which has come up. But apparently

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<v Speaker 2>there is a push to legalize or decriminalize at least

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<v Speaker 2>jaywalking in Massachusetts. Now you don't hear much about jaywalking,

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<v Speaker 2>but the law is still on the books and the

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<v Speaker 2>fine is only a dollar, which struck me as kind

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<v Speaker 2>of interesting. I mean, how do they collect the fine.

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<v Speaker 2>It's look, it may be on the books, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is not observed. I see people all the time jaywalking.

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<v Speaker 2>I jwalk. I probably do it less now than I

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<v Speaker 2>did thirty years ago, when I knew I could basically

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<v Speaker 2>sprint through any intersection without a care of the world,

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<v Speaker 2>because I was pretty quick. As you get older, you

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<v Speaker 2>lose a little bit of that quickness. Let me put

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<v Speaker 2>it like that. I think anyone on the wrong side

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<v Speaker 2>of fifty will understand what I'm talking about. When you're

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<v Speaker 2>twenty or twenty five, across that street in about four seconds,

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<v Speaker 2>that's easy. But when you're fifty or so, it may

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<v Speaker 2>take a little longer, but beyond that it takes substantially longer.

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<v Speaker 2>The bottom line is that we all jaywalk at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time, my feeling is the fact that it is

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<v Speaker 2>still illegal probably is a good thing, because I don't want.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, first of all, if I jwalk, I'm assuming

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<v Speaker 2>the consequences of my actions. If I'm really dumb and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't look both ways and I don't follow the

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<v Speaker 2>crosswalk and all of that, and I get hit and

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<v Speaker 2>hurt or worse, don't shed any tears because that will

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<v Speaker 2>have been my stupidity which put me in that situation.

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<v Speaker 2>And if the fact that a statue is still in

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<v Speaker 2>the books doesn't make me think, well, maybe I can

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<v Speaker 2>wait for the light because it's really not worth it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I'm a dummy, and I'm not a dummy. However,

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of like it on the books because I

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<v Speaker 2>swear to God, I don't want you as a hood

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<v Speaker 2>ornament on my car. Okay, I mean you may be

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<v Speaker 2>a great person. You probably are a great person. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>love you to call my show any night. We can

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<v Speaker 2>have a conversation, we can have a discussion about any topic.

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<v Speaker 2>But the one thing I do not want to meet

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<v Speaker 2>you at the intersection of the hood of my car

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<v Speaker 2>and you because I'm assuming people won't jaywalk. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>assuming that there will be someone in that group of

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<v Speaker 2>pedestrians who might decide to dart out against the traffic light.

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<v Speaker 2>So I am a very mixed mind here, I guess.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess actually I'm kind of in favor when I

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<v Speaker 2>think about what I just said of keeping this law

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<v Speaker 2>in the books. Probably I would bet you that there's

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<v Speaker 2>no city or town in Massachusetts which has collected more

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<v Speaker 2>than five bucks from jaywalkers. If the finds a panel

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<v Speaker 2>is a park, that's number one. Number two. Uh, you

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<v Speaker 2>have no idea how many people's lives might have been

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<v Speaker 2>saved because they said, you know, it would be just

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<v Speaker 2>my luck if I jump out here, some police officers

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<v Speaker 2>to grab me. And I would suspect most people don't

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<v Speaker 2>know that the fine for jaywalking is a dollar. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll give the police officer five dollars. Of course you

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<v Speaker 2>can't do that, but just to be rid of it.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the question. There is apparently some groups in

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<v Speaker 2>Massachusetts there are who are trying to eliminate any penalty

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<v Speaker 2>or fine for jaywalking. Now, my suspicion is a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of those groups want to in effect take back the

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<v Speaker 2>streets and take back the crosswalks, And I understand that,

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<v Speaker 2>just as the bicyclists have taken back a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>the asphalt with their bike lanes. So the question is

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<v Speaker 2>it's illegal in Massachusetts to jaywalk. The fine for jaywalking is,

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<v Speaker 2>believe it or not, a dollar. It's almost as if

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<v Speaker 2>you should take it off the books because of that.

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<v Speaker 2>That sounds like something from you know, the sixteen hundreds.

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<v Speaker 2>They find they find people a pence or whatever was

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<v Speaker 2>the coin of the realm back then, A dollar, nothing

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<v Speaker 2>when you think about it. So I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>throw it out there real quickly and let's get some

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<v Speaker 2>conversation going on it. If you've ever jaywalked and regretted it,

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<v Speaker 2>meaning you jaywalked and you came close to paying a

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<v Speaker 2>much different penalty than a dollar, I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 2>from you if you have ever had a close encounter

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<v Speaker 2>with a jaywalker. And again, if you have a close

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<v Speaker 2>encounter with a jaywalker, who do you think is going

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<v Speaker 2>to prevail you, the person behind the two thousand pound

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<v Speaker 2>vehicle or the jywalker. You know the answer. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even have to tell you on that. One six, one, seven, two, five,

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<v Speaker 2>four ten thirty six one seven nine three one ten

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<v Speaker 2>thirty Take it off the books. You say, well, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a victory for freedom, But I think I think that

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<v Speaker 2>that might be just the incentive that some as Tom Minino,

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<v Speaker 2>God bless him, would say, some knucklehead would end up

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<v Speaker 2>as a hood ornament on on on my car or

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<v Speaker 2>your cars your car. And by the way, given a

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<v Speaker 2>choice between someone ending up as a hood ornament on

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<v Speaker 2>my car or your car, I nominate your car. I

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<v Speaker 2>want nothing to do with that. Six one seven, two

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<v Speaker 2>four thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty

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<v Speaker 2>will get it going. On the other side of the

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<v Speaker 2>break back on night Side after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now bent to Dan Way live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>night Side Studios on WBZ News.

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<v Speaker 2>Radio, Jaywalkers, Let's see what people think. I think there's

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<v Speaker 2>a purpose of it it being on the books. To

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<v Speaker 2>be honest with you, Tom and West Virginia. Tom next

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<v Speaker 2>on nights Side, Agree or disagree, buddy.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I disagree. Here's the point. Number one. We have

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<v Speaker 3>crosswalks for a reason. And the people that are pushing this,

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<v Speaker 3>no doubt are probably leftists that you know, in the future,

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<v Speaker 3>because Donald Trump is now president, the country is starting

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<v Speaker 3>this wing right. These are the same jerks that are

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<v Speaker 3>gonna want to block intersections. They're going to go you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we were to save the wheels, all right. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>They almost remind me like a South Park cartoon that

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<v Speaker 3>you know, at some point just get.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we live in that climate.

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<v Speaker 4>You change and you can't.

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<v Speaker 3>Redreage your gasoline, pick up drug or.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom. I'm trying to figure out where you are in

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<v Speaker 2>the issue. In other words, right now, it's it's a

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<v Speaker 2>stat it's a law in massage use. It's the finest,

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<v Speaker 2>the finest dollar. Keep it, yeah, I'm with you. Keep

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<v Speaker 2>it yeah, because there's a lot of people out.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, but but they're they want to change it

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<v Speaker 3>because at some point there's going to be organized groups

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<v Speaker 3>of Marxist led people that are trying to weaken any

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<v Speaker 3>law whatsoever to block traffic because we have inter message Joe,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, these are the losers of our society that

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<v Speaker 3>you know, you can't organize a protest on Boston Common

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<v Speaker 3>and may bring.

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<v Speaker 2>Realistically realistically, Uh, when they have a protest and they

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<v Speaker 2>link their arms, so they put their arms in in

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<v Speaker 2>thats of cement. They're not claiming they're jaywalking, they're there.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like those people at all. You know that,

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<v Speaker 2>but having it as on the books. Because there are

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<v Speaker 2>some people who are rules followers. I'm not one of them, necessarily,

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<v Speaker 2>because I'd admit I jaywalk, but I'm not stupid. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't jaywalk on Route one twenty eight or four ninety five.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm on a street and there's nothing coming in

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<v Speaker 2>each direction, I double check a couple of times that

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<v Speaker 2>I can scoot across. Okay, technically ijwalk, but it's an

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<v Speaker 2>intelligent form of jaywalking as opposed to just jaywalking and

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<v Speaker 2>getting hit by a car.

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<v Speaker 3>Dan Dan, I've worked in thirteen states in one US territory, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>and the one thing that you find about Northeastern cities

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<v Speaker 3>is people jaywalk all the time because I have to

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<v Speaker 3>get from point A to point B. Okay, But you

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<v Speaker 3>use common sense. In other words, if you're on Commonwealth

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<v Speaker 3>Avenue and the light is green and you pause in

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<v Speaker 3>between cars, I understand that. And I don't know anybody

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<v Speaker 3>who has ever been cited. Because I used to live

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<v Speaker 3>in Beacon Hill. Starting in nineteen seventy eight, I met

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<v Speaker 3>and I did the same thing. I'm not at across

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<v Speaker 3>walk all right, but you know, if I'm on Cambridge Street,

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<v Speaker 3>and Beacon Hill, and I need to get to the

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<v Speaker 3>donut shop across the street. I'm gonna go on a diagonal.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not gonna go down and wait, you know, for whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>But I never got a citation for that. But I

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<v Speaker 3>know where this is going, all right, And it's all

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<v Speaker 3>about legalities. And you know, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you where I think.

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<v Speaker 3>It's going to start.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you where I think this is going. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's going because I think some of the

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<v Speaker 2>groups that I forget the name of the group, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's like walk Boston or something like that. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think there's going to be This is part of the

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<v Speaker 2>we want to take the streets back. Uh. And we

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<v Speaker 2>don't want any or anything that prevents us from doing

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<v Speaker 2>what we want.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And and and the enemy of the people in those

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<v Speaker 2>those gas powered automobiles this is.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well those those are probably the same people that

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<v Speaker 3>a few years ago that were slashing tires and Beacon

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<v Speaker 3>Hill to stop global warming. I'm sick of these weenies,

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<v Speaker 3>I really am. And you know something, uh And I

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<v Speaker 3>always bring this up the progressive talk show host and well,

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<v Speaker 3>we've got to change are the way we drive with

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<v Speaker 3>electric vehicles. Really, you live on Joystreet and Beacon Ill.

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<v Speaker 3>How are you going to charge your electric vehicle? You

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<v Speaker 3>live on the third floor in a brownstone. Are you

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<v Speaker 3>going to run a three hundred foot extension cord out

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<v Speaker 3>to your vehicle on the streets of Joystreet and Beacon Hill? Really?

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<v Speaker 2>You know? So?

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<v Speaker 3>But here's the point. And when I always bring up China,

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<v Speaker 3>they go, well, they'll eventually get to it in fifty years.

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<v Speaker 5>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>No, if you really believe in man make climate change

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<v Speaker 3>and that we've all got to stop driving gas powered vehicles,

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<v Speaker 3>the whole world at the same point in time has

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<v Speaker 3>to do the same thing. The United States of America

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<v Speaker 3>represents five percent of the world's population. If I'm not mistaken,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, five percent of the world's population that drives

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<v Speaker 3>gas power vehicles is not going to change climate change.

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<v Speaker 3>And at some point somebody News needs to do a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit of critical thinking instead of some weenie wearing

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<v Speaker 3>a man bun that you know is a barista at

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<v Speaker 3>Starbucks who gets two minutes on Channel five of like,

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<v Speaker 3>we've good to.

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<v Speaker 6>Save the planet.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, We've good save more years to save the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you got it, Tom, you got it all in

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<v Speaker 2>you got it all in. I hope you feel better.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope I offended. So I hope I hope in Massachusetts, no,

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<v Speaker 3>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want you to know you're the second call

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<v Speaker 2>it from West Virginia. Tonight. We're building a base in

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<v Speaker 2>West Virginia. Okay. A guy in the first hour. It's

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<v Speaker 2>Bobby from West Virginia, and he was telling me how

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<v Speaker 2>he used to he hunts wild boar in Georgia. Sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like you're sort of guy. Oh, I got to go well.

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<v Speaker 3>And by the way, Dan, it's dear season down here.

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<v Speaker 3>And for those of you when need him that just

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Tom, Tom, I got it. I got out of callers,

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<v Speaker 2>get them into Thanks, good night, bye bye. Tom feels

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<v Speaker 2>in next on Nightsager right ahead?

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, how you doing Dan?

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<v Speaker 2>Great?

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<v Speaker 7>I want them to keep it on the books, but

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<v Speaker 7>I'd like to see the fine up to to at

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<v Speaker 7>Luxembourg and two hundred bucks. And you almost you and

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<v Speaker 2>So when you get nailed in Luxembourg, did you have

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<v Speaker 7>No, I was with a gale from Luxembourg, and you

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<v Speaker 7>know they speak English too, But no, we paid cash

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<v Speaker 7>right on the spot. We got it. You know, we

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<v Speaker 7>got a legitimate ticket. But Europe brilliant forces to jaywalkin laws,

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<v Speaker 7>and I wish we were too, and I wish we would,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean dollar means nothing. Here you go, officer. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>been stopped for jaywalking or worse yet, in any way,

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<v Speaker 2>shape or form penalized. But so you had to how

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<v Speaker 7>No, I've had to pain in euros and we had

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<v Speaker 2>Boy, that sounds like police work. In Luxembourg. You could

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<v Speaker 7>Bucks Dan That that was the year two thousand when

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<v Speaker 7>when I was a truck driver in Germany from sixty

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<v Speaker 7>three to sixty six. Yeah, they were real. They were

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<v Speaker 7>enforcing the laws in Germany. It's u and the last

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<v Speaker 7>my deuce in a half. So, I mean, Europe's got

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<v Speaker 2>But no, I understand that. So when you were there,

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<v Speaker 7>That's right. But but I worrying all in olive drab uniform, Yes, exactly.

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<v Speaker 7>I lived in brockd Up for nine years and I

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<v Speaker 7>I almost wiped out a few people. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>That's the reason why I think the law should stay

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<v Speaker 2>in the books. And whether or not, I'm not quite

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<v Speaker 2>with you. Increasing the fine, maybe increasing the twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>bucks or something, make it something that people yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>at all, you know, even though today, once again, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>They never look, they never say, they give you a

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<v Speaker 2>or thank you. It's like you there. They have priorities,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter what the circumstances are. And if you're kind

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<v Speaker 2>enough to stop, which I always do, don't expect to

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<v Speaker 2>have anyone ever say thank you. When I go across

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<v Speaker 2>the street and a crosswalk and someone stops at me,

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<v Speaker 2>I go out of my way, thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 7>And oh yeah, I give them my heads up myself.

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<v Speaker 7>And this is not part of your show, is not

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<v Speaker 7>part of you. I never blocked the box.

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<v Speaker 3>Never.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that's a different I would now those should be

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<v Speaker 2>twe hundred dollar fines those.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, there you go.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Thanks, George's always.

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<v Speaker 7>Are You're welcome? All right, buddy, Thanks.

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<v Speaker 2>You six four ten thirty. That's the only lines that

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<v Speaker 2>are open right now. I got two of them. Therefore

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<v Speaker 2>you six months seven two five four to ten thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Back with Laurie uh and Connie. Laurie from Idaho, Connie

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<v Speaker 2>from Medford and I got room for you at six

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<v Speaker 2>months seven two five four ten thirty. Should they basically

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<v Speaker 2>take the jaywalking law off the books in Massachusetts or

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<v Speaker 2>leave it? I think you leave it just so that

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<v Speaker 2>some people might at least think about it if they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to jump out into traffic. That's my thought. Love

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<v Speaker 2>to know what you think. Back on Nightside after.

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<v Speaker 1>This Night Side Thought with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's

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<v Speaker 2>So we're talking about jaywalking. Let's see what Laurie in

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<v Speaker 2>Idaho says. I don't think they have rules against Jaywalkee

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<v Speaker 2>and Idaho. I suspect do they, Laurie.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. I haven't checked.

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<v Speaker 8>No, I don't think so. But I do know when

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<v Speaker 8>I was, you know, back in New England Boston Arey,

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<v Speaker 8>I had, you know, two thoughts on the law. If

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<v Speaker 8>I wanted jay walk, I wish it weren't there, and

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<v Speaker 8>if someone idiot was walking in front of me, I'm

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<v Speaker 8>glad it's there. So which is probably what everybody else.

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<v Speaker 3>Has been saying.

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<v Speaker 8>And you know, and her good reason. But your last

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<v Speaker 8>collar brought up a very interesting point. My parents were

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<v Speaker 8>in Germany from fifty to fifty six or fifty seven. Well,

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<v Speaker 8>my dad was doing his army service, and they say,

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<v Speaker 8>a little bit longer becauthing liked it. And so even

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<v Speaker 8>like my mom would come back to visit me in Mastitute, Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 8>why is down there, said a little bit. And if

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<v Speaker 8>I wanted to same thing, go all the way up

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<v Speaker 8>half a block, to go across and go back down

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<v Speaker 8>half a block that's just right across the street, and

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<v Speaker 8>there's no traffic, she would have a fit. And now

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<v Speaker 8>I understand why because they lived in Germany for seven

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<v Speaker 2>But so so in Germany. Your parents were very respectful

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<v Speaker 2>of the law because, as George said, you get grabbed

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<v Speaker 2>for it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, and it was it was the rule. And my

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<v Speaker 8>dad was obviously in the army there, and so they

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<v Speaker 2>But she she's always very good for the Germans fault.

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<v Speaker 2>They're rules followers, you know, as a society.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, and then my mother respected that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I get it, I get it.

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<v Speaker 3>It was like all the loss.

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<v Speaker 8>But that explains why I never knew why she was.

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<v Speaker 8>She's freaked out so badly every time I said, let's

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<v Speaker 8>Now we're j jay walking.

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<v Speaker 4>Who's looking?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've jay walked in different places, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>you're a little more cognizant of it when you're in

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<v Speaker 3>Romans do, right, exactly?

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<v Speaker 8>And she was young, I mean, you know, she was twenty. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 8>but but I was always very very you know, cattal era.

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<v Speaker 8>But as sometimes no traffic was around, I would never

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<v Speaker 8>dive in front of traffic. But I did get really

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<v Speaker 8>pissed off and picked off when you know, these kids

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<v Speaker 8>with the headphones on and just walk across the street

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<v Speaker 8>and not care.

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<v Speaker 3>We need we need a hold.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a whole that's a whole nother story, as as

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<v Speaker 2>I said, right, but.

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<v Speaker 8>We need the law books to protect us from that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. No, every day I drive through a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>student areas and it just looks to me like the

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<v Speaker 2>student's attitude is, hey, guess what you know. I'm here,

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<v Speaker 2>I paid my tuition. I got to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>do whatever I want to do. And that bothers me

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<v Speaker 2>a bit. But I just think my feeling is leave

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<v Speaker 2>it in the books, because even if one person thought

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to be run over by two thousand pounds

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<v Speaker 2>of steel and rubber, that's a good thing. That's that's

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<v Speaker 2>a good thing. And maybe, as George said, let's let's

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<v Speaker 2>make it a little more, a little bit more of

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<v Speaker 2>a bite that it's one police office going to enforce

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<v Speaker 2>one dollar fine. Most police officers going to laugh at that,

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<v Speaker 2>say what, I'm wasting my time?

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<v Speaker 8>Well so, but then if you if you can get

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<v Speaker 8>away with that, you know, jay walking across the street,

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<v Speaker 8>you know a couple of lanes and nobody's there. If

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<v Speaker 8>the police officer could go and collect the buck, they're

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<v Speaker 8>not going to get you for it, But if it's higher,

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<v Speaker 8>they're going to notice it. So I don't know. It's

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<v Speaker 8>kind of a double resort.

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<v Speaker 2>It definitely is, and you've got to be got to

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<v Speaker 2>be always careful of who's around in the circumstances. Laurie

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<v Speaker 2>loved them. Loved a couple of text you sent to

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<v Speaker 2>me lately. I'm glad we're in the same wavelength from

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<v Speaker 2>a humor point view. Thanks Mustard, Doctor Soon six thirty,

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<v Speaker 2>Got a bunch of lines open here, so fill them up.

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<v Speaker 2>Jaywalking is it something that bothers you? There's a there's

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<v Speaker 2>an effort right now by group that is in that

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<v Speaker 2>is and we attempted to have the group join us tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't think producer Marita was able to reach them. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>They are organized and they want to get rid of jaywalking.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to make it so that jaywalking no well,

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<v Speaker 2>that the penalty against jaywalking no longerings exists. Connie is

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<v Speaker 2>in me. Hi, Connie, welcome, Hi Dan, how are you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll do great? Thanks for calling it well.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, I have a story. I think I was

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<v Speaker 6>about twenty years old and that happened. I was coming

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<v Speaker 6>cross you know, I was in Midford Square like, and

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<v Speaker 6>I was going to cross the street. There was nothing around,

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<v Speaker 6>and all of a sudden, when I got to like

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, okay, you mean you were hit by a car.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I was hit by a card. Where as a

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<v Speaker 6>the ground, so they stopped. Okay. Then before you know it,

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<v Speaker 6>the police were there, the ambulance and they took me

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<v Speaker 6>to the hospital here in Medford, Lawrence Morrow, and I

423
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<v Speaker 6>had a baseball on my leg and I had to

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<v Speaker 6>cut under my chin. My parents didn't even know that

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<v Speaker 6>at the time until they called him, you know, if

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<v Speaker 6>the hospital called them. But anyways, I didn't realize that

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<v Speaker 6>was going to happen, because, like I said, I usually

428
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<v Speaker 6>walked you look before I crossed the street. But evidently

429
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<v Speaker 6>it happened to me, and I said, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 6>I'm in trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, So I asked you this, have you ever jaywalked again?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean since that. No, But well now I'm now

433
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<v Speaker 6>I'm old. Now I'm maybe six years old. I'm not

434
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<v Speaker 6>going to jaywalk. I look at all of the traffic

435
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<v Speaker 6>lights now too.

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<v Speaker 2>So no, but I went with you when you were younger.

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<v Speaker 2>When you were you said a teenager.

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<v Speaker 6>I think no, I think I was about twenty. I

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<v Speaker 6>think at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>That's okay, Yeah, you're quite young at twenty.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>Now i'm eye six years old. Now I'm eye six,

443
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<v Speaker 6>and I don't think that I was going to do that.

444
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<v Speaker 6>I learned my lesson after that happened. And I don't

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<v Speaker 6>think there was any any laws in the book for

446
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<v Speaker 6>jaywalking then. Anyway, when I was that age that.

447
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<v Speaker 2>That I know of the law of survival, it was okay.

448
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<v Speaker 6>So I mean if there is one now, then yeah,

449
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<v Speaker 6>they should do something about it, because a lot of

450
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<v Speaker 6>people they don't look, they don't look at at at

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<v Speaker 6>when they cross, especially young people. I noticed they have

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<v Speaker 6>their their cell phones glued to their ears and they're

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<v Speaker 6>not paying attention to the traffic, you know, and they're.

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<v Speaker 2>Walking as someone who you didn't have a cell phone

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<v Speaker 2>back in those.

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<v Speaker 6>Days, right, we didn't. But now that they have them,

457
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<v Speaker 6>that's what they do. They're not looking at the traffic.

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<v Speaker 6>And this makes me very nervous because I drive, but

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<v Speaker 6>like I say, usually I stop all the time when

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<v Speaker 6>I see somebody that's walking on the street, or even

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<v Speaker 6>when they're going to Wegmans and Method, I usually stop

462
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<v Speaker 6>because I know that's a very busy place, so I stop.

463
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<v Speaker 6>But when I do, they have those phones, they glued

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<v Speaker 6>to the end. They don't even pay attention because they're

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<v Speaker 6>either texting or they're talking on the phone. And that

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<v Speaker 6>makes me nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>It makes me nervous too. Thank you for call, Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>so much. Be careful out there.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, Oh I will thank you for taking my call.

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<v Speaker 2>Dan, thanks for calling in. Have a good night, have

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<v Speaker 2>a nice celebrate Christmas. I assume oh you.

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<v Speaker 6>Too, Yes you too Christmas because I listen to you

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<v Speaker 6>all the time. I listen to it night all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you very much, don't you ever. Okay, talk

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<v Speaker 2>to you soon. Have a great night.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, you too.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me get Gary for Muburn in here. Gary will

478
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<v Speaker 2>always have sort of a an interesting take. Gary, your

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<v Speaker 2>take on the jaywalking laws in Massachusetts. They're there, they're

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<v Speaker 2>not particularly enforced. Is it time to get rid of them?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm totally confused by the subject come out of but

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<v Speaker 4>as I get older, sixty one years of age, I

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<v Speaker 4>definitely do not jaywalk. When you're younger, you do it.

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<v Speaker 4>And the lady at eighty six years of age, God

485
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<v Speaker 4>bless you for calling at the Dan show. You sounded

486
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<v Speaker 4>very lively and talking about young people. The cops should

487
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<v Speaker 4>be getting off their butts and writing them out a

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<v Speaker 4>checkout for twenty five dollars right away by you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, well, where what what the police? First of all,

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<v Speaker 2>the police, Uh, the fine for jaywalking in Massachusetts is

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<v Speaker 2>a dollar. A dollar.

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<v Speaker 3>That's terrible, So I got bump it up first.

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<v Speaker 2>The first question that we're trying to just to get

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<v Speaker 2>your confusion straighten out here, the question is is it

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<v Speaker 2>worth it to have it on the books if all

496
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<v Speaker 2>the fine is a dollar? Because what police offers waste

497
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<v Speaker 2>his time unless somebody's doing it so so obviously, or

498
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<v Speaker 2>maybe even in the middle of the street taunting people.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you j I'll bet you do. I'll bet you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Gary, what's that?

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<v Speaker 2>Stay with the program, Gary? Do you j walk?

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<v Speaker 4>At sixty one years later, I stopped doing that type

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<v Speaker 4>of time I get as I get older, I go

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<v Speaker 4>more by the law and so far because I see

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<v Speaker 4>the younger people and so forth, and I want to

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<v Speaker 4>try to be a little bit more of an example.

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<v Speaker 4>But one time before I let you go, because I'm

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<v Speaker 4>working right now, Dan, I want you to know Gary

509
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<v Speaker 4>Tangway filled in for you while you were gone. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't worry about Yeah, David from San Francisco called

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<v Speaker 4>in last week, and David, I just want you to

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<v Speaker 4>know we all love David. We don't agree with what

513
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<v Speaker 4>he says, me and you, but we love David. David.

514
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<v Speaker 4>If you're listening, and Gary Tangway hung up on him

515
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<v Speaker 4>so disrespectfully when you have an outside call outside Erie, Dan,

516
00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:51.680
<v Speaker 4>you always treat everybody more special because they're not from

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<v Speaker 4>New England.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct, No, I treat everybody special. But here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't hear Gary the call that Gary had. I

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<v Speaker 2>know Gary a little bit, worked with him in Channel four.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a very decent guy. David could be a very

522
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<v Speaker 2>frustrating caller.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, he wasn't frustrating. He was very nice and that

524
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<v Speaker 4>station and Gary sang way, they owe him an apology.

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<v Speaker 9>David, we love you.

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<v Speaker 3>Keep calling it to be a favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>Call Gary next week and explain it to him. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he'll appreciate hearing from you. Appreciate it. Thanks,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks so much. Thanks gone. Gary has a tendency. Gary

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<v Speaker 2>from Woburn has a tendency to kind of leave the

531
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<v Speaker 2>conversation while it's half over. But that's okay, So I

532
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<v Speaker 2>want to wrap it up on the other side, and

533
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<v Speaker 2>we're going to talk for the balance of the hour

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<v Speaker 2>about jaywalking. Jaywalking's on the books in Massachusetts. You're not

535
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<v Speaker 2>supposed to jaywalk. Ironically, the fine is only a dollar, okay,

536
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<v Speaker 2>so it's an unenforced law. I say keep it on

537
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<v Speaker 2>the books, and I say raise the price, so it's

538
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<v Speaker 2>worth the police officer's effort to write a ticket. Jaywalking

539
00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:03.839
<v Speaker 2>is dangerous. It's also dangerous to me when I'm driving

540
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<v Speaker 2>my car, and one thing I do not want is

541
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<v Speaker 2>to end up having someone on the hood of my

542
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<v Speaker 2>car as an ornament. So I'm looking at it from

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<v Speaker 2>the perspective of a pedestrian who has jaywalked. I'm more

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<v Speaker 2>than happy to admit that if I look both ways

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<v Speaker 2>and I realized there's nothing I'm probably gonna go across

546
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<v Speaker 2>the street to prefer to go across in a sidewalk

547
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<v Speaker 2>in a crosswalk. But so I'm I'm not without sin

548
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<v Speaker 2>on this one. But I'm more concerned about I'm driving

549
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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden there's someone who's not looking.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've had those situations, both with drivers and with walkers,

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<v Speaker 2>and I always try to drive as defensively as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>And my attitude is there's someone out there today that

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<v Speaker 2>wants to crash in to me, I want to avoid them.

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<v Speaker 2>My question to you is jaywalking. Should the lost stay

555
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<v Speaker 2>in the books? That's number one? If it's if you

556
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<v Speaker 2>agree it should be on the books. Should the should

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<v Speaker 2>the find go up a little bit? I think so.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I think a dollar this kind of a

559
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<v Speaker 2>ridiculous number might have been good around the time of

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<v Speaker 2>I guess when cars first came on the road, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think we're past that stage now. So love to

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<v Speaker 2>get your opinion. Six one, seven, two four ten thirty,

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<v Speaker 2>six seven nine three one ten thirty. Kathy from Ludenberger

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<v Speaker 2>is on the other side. I'd love to hear from

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<v Speaker 2>you on this, and we are going to talk after

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<v Speaker 2>the eleven o'clock News tonight about why is Congress sitting

567
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<v Speaker 2>on the radio in cars bill? You'll be interested with

568
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<v Speaker 2>some of the statistics. It's a majority of support in

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<v Speaker 2>both the Senate and the House, and yet it has

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<v Speaker 2>not been acted upon. I don't want to see this

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<v Speaker 2>bill die. I want to see it pass because I

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<v Speaker 2>think we need AM radios in cars. I say that

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<v Speaker 2>selfishly from the point of view of as a talk

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<v Speaker 2>show host. I know many of you are listening on

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<v Speaker 2>radio right now in your cars, but I also think

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<v Speaker 2>that in the time of a national emergency, AM stations

577
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<v Speaker 2>have a much bigger area that they broadcast to the

578
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<v Speaker 2>FM stations. FM stations are wonderful, and they're great for

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<v Speaker 2>music and things like that, but it has really a

580
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<v Speaker 2>small footprint. WBC has a huge footprint, and in the

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<v Speaker 2>case of some sort of natural disaster, a man made disaster,

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<v Speaker 2>we need as much communication, as much communication as possible,

583
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<v Speaker 2>and as many media outlets to spread that information as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming right back on Nightside, let's finish up on Jaywalking

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<v Speaker 2>between now and ten give me a call.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming back now back to Dan ray Line from the

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<v Speaker 1>Window World Nightside Studios on WBZ the news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get everyone in here, starting off with

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<v Speaker 2>Kathy and Lunarburg. Kathy, your thoughts on jaywalking. Is it

590
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<v Speaker 2>a law we should keep a get rid of.

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<v Speaker 10>Definitely keep Okay, I agree wholeheartedly with what you said.

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<v Speaker 10>I think the fees should be higher. People are paying

593
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<v Speaker 10>less attention these days, walking around you attached their phones.

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<v Speaker 10>I was in downtown Boston last night and it's amazing

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<v Speaker 10>to me how many people just you know, shoot out

596
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<v Speaker 10>here and they are not paying any attention. So, but

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<v Speaker 10>I have to say, what drives me absolutely nutstand especially

598
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<v Speaker 10>out where I am is now we have bike lanes

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<v Speaker 10>and allowing bikes to ride almost in the middle of

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<v Speaker 10>the road. It's so illogical and encouraging it. I mean,

601
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<v Speaker 10>everything is so upside down.

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<v Speaker 8>I look, I.

603
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<v Speaker 2>Get they get everything they ask for and more and more.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like they'll say, give us a bike lane ten

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<v Speaker 2>feet wide. They say no, no, no, no, no, We'll

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<v Speaker 2>give you.

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<v Speaker 8>One fifteen feet I know, I know.

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<v Speaker 10>And electric bikes, oh my god, you know, even more

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<v Speaker 10>of a hazard. So it's like anything goes, you know,

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<v Speaker 10>just like the cafes.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we talked last time about opening up cannabis.

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<v Speaker 10>Cat, I know I was listening. Yeah, I don't agree

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<v Speaker 10>with that either, Vanity.

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<v Speaker 2>What you do in Boston went to a play or

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<v Speaker 2>have dinner or something or.

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<v Speaker 10>Mattheop holiday party?

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<v Speaker 2>Easy, easy to find parking spaces.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, oh sure, so you know good?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and all the garages are reasonably priced. How much

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<v Speaker 2>sixty dollars, seventy dollars?

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<v Speaker 10>I don't know. I let my husband pay.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't be at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Jaffy is always thanks so much for calling. Appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>you all right, thanks, thanks, I get two more in

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<v Speaker 2>here before the end of the night. Bill in South Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>Bill you next time, night said, welcome.

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<v Speaker 9>Back, Hi Dan, thank you your Darren. There's another side

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<v Speaker 9>to the whole j walking thing, and that is being

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<v Speaker 9>able to safely walk through a crosswalk.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So, in other words, you.

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<v Speaker 9>Don't have a lot of confidence walking through a crosswalk

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<v Speaker 9>in Massachusetts because this rare little or limited enforcement. But

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<v Speaker 9>I think if people actually had confidence walking through a

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<v Speaker 9>crosswalk and they were repercussions for somebody driving through them,

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<v Speaker 9>we might have a little bit less jaywalking.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good point that that's that's a good point.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, if I'm going to crosswalk. I don't. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a light shopping traffic. I'm gonna make sure

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<v Speaker 2>the traffic.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm not gonna oh yeah, no you no, no, no no.

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<v Speaker 9>But it's still it is amazing, though. I've been in

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<v Speaker 9>the middle of a crosswalk and had a coach bus

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<v Speaker 9>while I'm halfway through the crosswalks go speeding through it.

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<v Speaker 9>And it was a couple of times where it's been

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<v Speaker 9>a close call.

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<v Speaker 3>But you do have to use caution.

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<v Speaker 9>But when somebody's speeding around the corner, you know, you

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<v Speaker 9>obviously have to walk, pick up your feet and make time.

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<v Speaker 9>I lived in southern California about twenty five years ago.

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<v Speaker 9>I was out there for about a decade and two

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<v Speaker 9>things I learned very quickly was you don't jaywalk and

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<v Speaker 9>you don't drive through a crosswalk. And for that reason,

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<v Speaker 9>you know, that's one thing that they very much have

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<v Speaker 9>together out there. And also is there's six to eight

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<v Speaker 9>lanes in each direction on the highway. People actually use

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<v Speaker 9>turn signals. They abide by the traffic law because the

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<v Speaker 9>California Highway Patrol is all over you if you're driving erradically,

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<v Speaker 9>So I ride bill.

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<v Speaker 2>What Bill, you've used a term that we're unfamiliar with

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<v Speaker 2>here in New England's a turn signal. It's like a

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<v Speaker 2>holy kid exactly.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, if I wonder, sometimes you'll see it hundred hundred

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<v Speaker 9>thousand dollars car and for some reason it doesn't come

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<v Speaker 9>with directionals. It's amazing, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, I get I gotta get one more in here.

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<v Speaker 3>I love to call take care everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Take it easy, Merry Christmas. All right, let's go to

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<v Speaker 2>John and Drake and John, I'm gonna sneak in for

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<v Speaker 2>about a minute or so because you're calling leap it.

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<v Speaker 2>You got the microphone.

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<v Speaker 5>Go ahead, John, Oh no, this is a perfect again.

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<v Speaker 5>Check this out right. I had a jaywalker and there

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<v Speaker 5>was no Crosswalky jaywalks walked into my car, sell down,

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<v Speaker 5>and now I have to go in front of the

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<v Speaker 5>merit rating board because I got points on my driving record.

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<v Speaker 5>Now I also had a witness that saw the whole

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<v Speaker 5>thing happen. The gentleman had a fluorescent vest on underneath

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<v Speaker 5>his jacket, but yet he walked into the side of

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<v Speaker 5>my car around fell and broke his glasses. Now he

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<v Speaker 5>was also quite frankly liability wise. They went after my

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<v Speaker 5>insurance company. So now I have to dispute the fact.

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<v Speaker 2>What besides broken glasses. First of all, he walked into

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<v Speaker 2>your car. You didn't hit him, he hit you case,

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<v Speaker 2>that's right, as I'm concerned John, if I'm the hearing officer, no, you.

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<v Speaker 5>Are, and the report says differently. But guess what I

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<v Speaker 5>have to dispute that. I have to dispute it because

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<v Speaker 5>family members were around the corner from this particular incident

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<v Speaker 5>and walked up to the scene and said, well, we

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<v Speaker 5>don't sue.

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<v Speaker 7>People, but yet they did put in acclaim.

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<v Speaker 9>How about that?

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<v Speaker 2>And the gentleman keep me posted. Tell the hearing officer

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<v Speaker 2>as far as Dan Ray's concerned, case dismissed. Maybe that

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<v Speaker 2>will help.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm glad I got one in. Thank you sir, and

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<v Speaker 5>happy all days.

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<v Speaker 2>Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas to you two. Thanks to talk

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<v Speaker 2>to you. So here comes the eleven. Right after the eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to talk about how we keep AM radios

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<v Speaker 2>in cars. I've been meaning to do this for some time.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's an important issue for me. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>it's an important one for you. We'll be back. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>explain right after the break here at the at eleven

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock