I beleive the idea is that the us military in iraq tends to kill anyone driving agressively towards them, on the assumption that the person's car is loaded with explosives. This initially caused problems at road blocks, but it seems that either we've stopped hearing about it causing problems, or word has gotten around to slow down at the road blocks.

Of course, if feeling threatend, I suspect most soldiers would reach for the rifle before the laser pointer, so why we're not investing is laser scopes is beyond me.

Matthew