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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On 28 Jan 2005 16:53:13 -0800, "SlothCoaster" > > wrote: > > >>Moral: Leave earlier and slow the %# down - you'll get there sooner! > > > I prefer to put the hammer down and let Sloths like you eat my dust. > That not only gets me there sooner, but it's a hell of a lot more fun. > > He has a point. I don't see a point why would I want to go "fast" from light to light? To waste gas? Yes, on highways I drive relatively fast for New York City(70s) but on the streets I usually just speed up enough to have enough momentum to roll up to the next light just as it turns green. |
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ChrisCoaster wrote:
> Answer this, Einie - What are we in such a hurry for any how? I just > don't subscribe to the philosophy that to make your 8:30 job 20 miles > away that you should leave at 8:20 and bully everyone else on the road > just to get there at 8:33.... There's a place for your point of view, but it isn't on the road. |
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:28:41 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote: >On 28 Jan 2005 16:53:13 -0800, "SlothCoaster" > >wrote: > >>Moral: Leave earlier and slow the %# down - you'll get there sooner! > >I prefer to put the hammer down and let Sloths like you eat my dust. >That not only gets me there sooner, but it's a hell of a lot more fun. > There are big differences between the way you drive and I drive. When you get into a collision, you are hoping that the other drivers will get charged with it (at fault). When I drive and I get into a collision, I can go into the safety board meeting knowing that not only was the collison not my fault, I did *everything* I could to avoid it. When asked if I was maintaining a safe & legal speed, I can trurthfully answer yes. When Asked if I maintained a safe distance from the other vehicle, I can truthfully answer yes. When asked if there is anything I could have done differently to avoid the collision, I must be able to truthfully answer yes. See, you just have youself in the car and don't give a damn about any other person. They must get out of your way, the ultimate in MFFY. I drive like I'm carrying your kids in my vehicle. DYM |
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:11:28 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote: >On 29 Jan 2005 19:06:15 -0800, wrote: > >>yes you can drive fast and still be safe, but the odds are against you >>and it depends on how you defined safe? I have driven coast to coast >>several times and have seen my fair share of junk in the middle of the >>interstate, like deer, bicycles, furniture, blow out semi tires. I >>probably would not be alive today if I was driving "fast" when I saw >>them too late! For anyone who logs in hundreds of thousand of miles, >>driving at a controllable speed is the way to survive. > >I was driving at 120MPH the other day, and I had no problem remaining >in control. I might have tried going even faster, but the engine >wasn't fully broken in yet. And when you hit me in the rear (cause I always keep to the safe & legal Speed limit), if you survive, who will be charged with the collison. DYM |
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Michael > wrote in
: > Scott en Aztlán wrote: >> On 28 Jan 2005 16:53:13 -0800, "SlothCoaster" > >> wrote: >> >> >>>Moral: Leave earlier and slow the %# down - you'll get there sooner! >> >> >> I prefer to put the hammer down and let Sloths like you eat my dust. >> That not only gets me there sooner, but it's a hell of a lot more fun. >> >> > He has a point. > I don't see a point why would I want to go "fast" from light to light? > To waste gas? Yes, on highways I drive relatively fast for New York > City(70s) but on the streets I usually just speed up enough to have > enough momentum to roll up to the next light just as it turns green. Well,there are vehicles behind you that could also get through that light,increasing the flow of traffic. Dawdling brings gridlock that much closer. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Scott en Aztl=E1n wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2005 12:11:16 -0800, "ChrisCoaster" > > wrote: > > >> If everyone on the road were in a hurry, or at least > >> had the sense to drive as if they were even when they're not, traffic > >> would move fast and there wouldn't be a problem. What creates conflict > >> and problems is the people whose attitude is "relax, I'm not in a hurry > >> and you shouldn't be either". They waste everybody's time and so have > >> no right to be there. > >_____________ > >Answer this, Einie - What are we in such a hurry for any how? > > Life is short, and you only get one go-'round. The last thing I want > is to waste time stuck behind the likes of you, as those minutes you > steal from my life can never be replaced. > _____________________ Ayyee!! Between JDG's pride and your paranoia I'm beginning to feel like McMurphy in Nurse Ratched's mental ward! Is life necessarily always about "bigger", "faster"? I thought, for lack of a better example, that Sept. 11 would have shaken America such that this country would learn its true place in this world - no higher and no lower, no better or worse off. I guess not, because I can see we're back to the same old crap, including our driving habits. In fact, I conducted an experiment: I left for my present job, 12 miles on the odometer, 10 minutes before start time. The commute is a combination of local roads and highway. I sped between lights, almost running a few reds, and slammed the brakes to make the reds. On the highway, I went 70-80 mph to get to work on time, and needed to weave between cars to get there. On the multilane boulevard leading to my workplace, I had to weave around cars to get to it. I parked and shut off the ignition 2 minutes after the time I am usually at my desk. My productivity that day: ZERO! I didn't get nearly as much accomplished as I could, I was jittery, and made many mistakes. The next day, I left my usual half-hour early. I maintained a steady speed a mile or two above the limit, and actually stood at only 1 or two red lights, the rest I coasted up to and turned green. On the highway, I set the cruise for 65 in a 55; a few drivers still went around me, but a lot remained the same distance in front or in back. Lane changes/weaves: 0. I parked 10 min early, relaxed for 5 min. with Imus or Stern(yes I'm multiple-personality!), then went upstairs to the office, sat down, logged in and put in a very productive day's work. No jitters, all was calm and smooth. And don't tell me I don't know how to drive fast either - I hear enough **** from Rumsfeld on the news I don't need to hear it from you people! -CC |
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Jim Yanik wrote:
> Michael > wrote in > : > > >>Scott en Aztlán wrote: >> >>>On 28 Jan 2005 16:53:13 -0800, "SlothCoaster" > >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Moral: Leave earlier and slow the %# down - you'll get there sooner! >>> >>> >>>I prefer to put the hammer down and let Sloths like you eat my dust. >>>That not only gets me there sooner, but it's a hell of a lot more fun. >>> >>> >> >>He has a point. >>I don't see a point why would I want to go "fast" from light to light? >>To waste gas? Yes, on highways I drive relatively fast for New York >>City(70s) but on the streets I usually just speed up enough to have >>enough momentum to roll up to the next light just as it turns green. > > > Well,there are vehicles behind you that could also get through that > light,increasing the flow of traffic. > > Dawdling brings gridlock that much closer. > Now, now... I only do that when I approach a red light. If the light is green, I floor the thing and try to get away from most of the traffic (must be my EVOC training... whole "safety envelope" thing). |
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ChrisCoaster wrote:
> The commute is a > combination of local roads and highway. I sped between lights, almost > running a few reds, and slammed the brakes to make the reds. On the > highway, I went 70-80 mph to get to work on time, and needed to weave > between cars to get there. On the multilane boulevard leading to my > workplace, I had to weave around cars to get to it. > And don't tell me I don't know how to drive fast either From what you describe above, you obviously don't. |
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