wilt wrote:
SMS,
I have long noted that drivers picking up and dropping off their
children at school are horribly preoccupied and oblivious to their
surroundings...other than their own children. Driving is atrocious. My
wife, who teaches school, agrees with my observations. Probably
somewhat analogous to drivers who have so little brain matter available
that they cannot even control the pressure of their accelerator foot as
they talk on cell phones! But this is NOT a newsgroup for political
or civil matters, it is about DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY. Get the hint?

The point really is that just carrying a dSLR (as opposed to a small
camera) is an intimidation tool against these drivers (this was the
original subject of this post). You'd be amazed to witness the change in
behavior of some drivers when you raise the camera and point it at their
car; you can read their mind, "why is he pointing a camera at me?
should I go or stop? oh, I'm supposed to stop so I'd better stop).