PASTA

So, I am starting a new group in response to an annoying circumstance I seem to encounter about 3-4 times per week. The group will be called PASTA; People Against STaring at Accidents. In a recent drive to class I was forced to add an additional 10-15 minutes to my commute due to an accident. I can understand if there were actual victims suffering and samaritans trying to lend a hand. From three miles back I imagined a real community effort to pull children from burning wreckage, clouds of billowing smoke, smoldering tires melting into asphalt and a make shift field hospital...This particular traffic jam resulted, however from people pausing to stare at a parked bus on the other side of the highway...There was no real obstruction to traffic flow on my side of the interstate asside from the artificial one created by drivers slowing down to gaze at people milling about a large bus pulled to the side of the road. I guess it had run out of gas or overheated or something. My question to society is "When are we going to evolve beyond this type of voyeurism?!?" Is gauking at hapless victims somehow gratifying? If you are fed-up with unesessary traffic jams, join PASTA today! Members of PASTA will recieve a T-Shirt with the PASTA logo and a quarterly newsletter. ($25 annual membership fee; tax deductible)