Jules' Inklings

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Friday, March 03, 2006

Genius
A group of college kids from Georgia State set out to prove a point. Necessary to accomplish it: Drive the speed limit on the interstate in rush hour traffic in Atlanta and just try to survive. They filmed the whole thing and submitted it to their Campus Movie Fest. Watch the video here.

In four cars, on all four lanes, the students from Georgia State University and other local colleges paced the entire midmorning flow of Perimeter traffic behind them at 55 mph for half an hour. They call it "an act of civil obedience."

"I get a lot of tickets," said Andy Medlin, 20, the Georgia State student who came up with the idea. "The best way to expose the flaws in the system is by following it."

Thankfully, they survived unharmed, though much maligned. The eight students captured it all on video for a student film competition, and the five-minute piece has fired up the country this week on blogs, talk radio, and national news broadcasts. - By Ariel Hart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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