> This thread started because there was the information that in Venezuela > traffic offenders used to be immediately executed by policemen some years > ago. With all due respect, there is no way I could believe this. Five years ago I went from the US to Caracas on a business trip. The client sent a car and driver to pick us up. The driver got in a minor accident. I expected to see tempers flare. Instead cell phones were whipped out and we were calmly put in a taxi. Later I saw the driver and asked what happened and if he needed witnesses. "Oh we know the best way to get something done is to settle it ourselves. Everything's straightened out." Impressive work-around when the legal system is inaccessable. Of course it took US$2,000 in bribes to get an exit visa, but that's another story. Win Wiencke Image Logic Corporation _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist