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Some taxi cab drivers are terrific. Ah, I remember getting a taxi cab ride in
NYC that was outstanding! The guy was a master of traffic, corners, on his
toes. I was home from college, and my dad greatly resembled the NYC Police
Commissioner (no, he wasn't, tho), so it looked like the cabbie knew we'd
appreciate the trip. Guess he figured that's what the Commish wanted. :-) And
he delivered. The only one who didn't appreciate it was my mom. :-)
--Pat Kelly
Gail/Sid deLeon wrote:
> If seat time=skill level,then taxi cabs have the world's best drivers.
> Sid
>
> "Mark J. Andy" wrote:
>
> > Howdy,
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, The Narbys wrote:
> > > If you start with the statement:
> > > I admit I broke the law
> > >
> > > the assertion:
> > > Others got away with it and were not stopped
> > >
> > > is meaningless as a defense. As is the assertion:
> > > I am a better driver than the average police officer.
> >
> > I agree. However, when you throw in the common accepting of traffic law
> > breaking, particularly with regard to speed (on everyone's part), things
> > get a bit more muddy, don't they? Now its a matter the individual cop's
> > determination if your speed was a "bit too much over the acceptable amount
> > you can speed by." And that opens up the door for selective enforcement
> > based not on the cop only being able to pull one person over, but rather
> > on the cop not liking that I have a shaved head.
> >
> > In my mind, the fix for this is to raise the speed limit 5mph and start
> > ticketing anyone that's .01 mph over the new limit. Publicised correctly,
> > it'd have a positive effect on the populous, and the whole "the cop didn't
> > like me" thing would get tossed away. If we continue to rely so heavily
> > on the cop's judgement (and don't get me wrong, at some level we'll need
> > to, just not as much as we currently do), there will always be accusations
> > of impropriety (some founded, some unfounded).
> >
> > > On a separate note I question that assertion, too - the number one thing
> > > that everyone (on this list) knows will improve your driving is seat
> > > time. Which is the number one thing your average highway patrol officer
> > > has literally YEARS of, training notwithstanding.
> >
> > Um, I'd bet a fair amount that seat time cruising around at 50% of the
> > limit doesn't count when you're talking about high performance driving.
> > Now if the test was "ability to drive well while talking on the radio/cell
> > phone" I'd agree with you...
> >
> > Mark
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