We're not the worst?

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
>I was going to say something 'cute' in response to your post but when I saw
>your name at the bottom ............ well, that just cracked me up. Sorry,
>but is that your real name or are you just a beer aficionado?

Or ice cream?

miker

Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
> I was going to say something 'cute' in response to your post but when I
> saw your name at the bottom ............ well, that just cracked me up.
> Sorry, but is that your real name or are you just a beer aficionado?
>
> Chris
> 99BBB
>
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>> Malt Lover
>> '91 BRG Eunos Roadster (Wasabi)
>> Alberta, Canada
>

Malt Whisky afficionado!

Stuart H.

Yes!
It's infuriating when two drone drivers are in "lock step".

Most of the complaints in this thread prove that most drivers are SO
isolated from the World and the road that they are oblivious to their
surroundings. Maybe someday smaller cars will be typical and people will
suddenly notice they share the roads.



Carbon wrote:
> On Mon, 25 May 2009 08:02:17 -0400, peter wrote:
>
>> the one law i wish were enforced is the "drive right" law where slower
>> vehicles should stay to the right
>
> Nothing is more aggravating than two or more cars driving side by side
> at exactly the same speed, oblivious to the train of aggravated drivers
> behind. This is a very common occurrence on the Interstates, to some
> extent caused by cruise control coupled with extreme laziness. "Well, I
> could move out of the way, but then I'd have to pay attention for a
> couple of minutes..."

CR > wrote:

> Maybe someday smaller cars will be typical and people will
> suddenly notice they share the roads.

Works in the UK. Most drivers appear vaguely awake over here, and I've
never seen anyone reading a book on the Motorway, though I have seen
makeup being applied and obviously mobile phone use (now illegal over
here to use a handheld mobile - fixed fine and 3 points on your licence
- 12 points = loss of licence).


--
Rob - Shropshire
So many cats,
So few recipes...

CR > wrote:

> Yes!
> It's infuriating when two drone drivers are in "lock step".
>
> Most of the complaints in this thread prove that most drivers are
> SO isolated from the World and the road that they are oblivious to
> their surroundings. Maybe someday smaller cars will be typical and
> people will suddenly notice they share the roads.

One suggestion was that a motorcycle license and two years and 20,000
miles be a requirement for a car license. That just might work...



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That's more like it! Miker, 'ice cream?!' Come on man! ;-)

Hey, this may sound crazy but speaking of whisky, I took what I believe to
be my first ever shot of the stuff straight just the other day. Not near as
nasty as I expected. Course, I'm only 49, didn't want to rush into it ;-)

Chris
99BBB

"Stuart H." > wrote in message
...
> Chris D'Agnolo wrote:
>> I was going to say something 'cute' in response to your post but when I
>> saw your name at the bottom ............ well, that just cracked me up.
>> Sorry, but is that your real name or are you just a beer aficionado?
>>
>> Chris
>> 99BBB
>>
>>>
>>> SNIP
>>>
>>> Malt Lover
>>> '91 BRG Eunos Roadster (Wasabi)
>>> Alberta, Canada
>>
>
> Malt Whisky afficionado!
>
> Stuart H.

I like that plan!
Chris
99BBB

"Rob" > wrote in message
k...
> CR > wrote:
>
>> Maybe someday smaller cars will be typical and people will
>> suddenly notice they share the roads.
>
> Works in the UK. Most drivers appear vaguely awake over here, and I've
> never seen anyone reading a book on the Motorway, though I have seen
> makeup being applied and obviously mobile phone use (now illegal over
> here to use a handheld mobile - fixed fine and 3 points on your licence
> - 12 points = loss of licence).
>
>
> --
> Rob - Shropshire
> So many cats,
> So few recipes...

Interesting-- If memory serves, in the US, fog lights are interlocked such
that the low beams must be on to activate the fog lights. Not that
aftermarket fogs are always installed that way. It made more sense to me to
install the fog lights such that the "parking lights" or the low beams are
on. (One relay activated by the appropriate light circuit does the job.)
The "old" federal standards had something about the low beams being on to
activate the fog lights. I have no idea what happened when "deregulation"
ocurred.

In the late 70's we lived in a rural section of Germany, in a small town
(Ehlenz) fairly close to Trier and Bitburg. So, I've had experience with
heavy fog, "Black Ice" and all that. We did have to install a rear red fog
light on my 77 Buick Regal. It was the only Red Buick Regal with Hurst
Hatches in the area, and generally got a wave thru at the border crossings.

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> On the fog question, you have to remember that if you simply turn on fogs,
> you don't necessarily have tail lights on. That's the key there. They're
> not saying that having fog lights on is wrong or bad but just that 1) you
> don't use high beams and 2) you don't drive with only fog lights on,
> potentially getting hit from behind.
>
> Chris
> 99BBB
>
> "Carbon" > wrote in message
> g.com...
>> On Thu, 21 May 2009 21:51:11 -0700, XS11E wrote:
>>
>>> Take the test yourself he http://nationaldriverstest.com/
>>>
>>> State Rankings for best/worst drivers: Note: Many states tied for the
>>> same position in the rankings.
>>
>> Got 100 but I admit that I guessed on a couple. I wasn't sure about the
>> fog question, whether you should use low beams or fog lights. And I also
>> thought the steady yellow light question was misleading.
>>
>> Having said all that, I notice that large numbers of people somehow
>> manage to fail this test. How is that even possible?
>