I flash my lights a lot when someone in front of me thinks he is entitled to
the fast lane, even though he is driving slower than those in the slow lane.
All it gets me in the states is the "bird"...
If only they had the death penalty for idiot drivers, the highways would be
much clearer and faster!!
Bryan
TR owner wannabe
----Original Message-----
From: Albert F Jones [SMTP:fisher@hctc.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 11:02 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Bad Day
>Paul & Rod,
>
> I am not sure just what you mean about 'senior citizens',
but I
definately don't fit into the 'teenager' group. Most people can't
keep up
with me long enough to 'tailgate' me, and maybe it is the look of
determination on my face that ensures that people get out of my way.
I
don't find myself intimidated by anything I may encounter on the
road, from
18 wheelers on down.
>
> I drive fast most of the time, especially on the twisty
roads we have in
the Texas Hill Country, but positive driving always seems to win the
day.
>
> One of my pet peeves is people who can't make up their
minds, or make
them up at the last minute and don't bother to signal their
intentions. Of
course that is not all!!!!!!!!! There are those people who will
insist
on staying in the 'fast' lane, (that I encounter _when_ I _have_
to
travel on a four lane road) and when they decide to drive in tandem
with
another like minded person, just because they happen to be doing
identical
speeds, drives me to distraction. It is such a pity that Americans
can't
adopt the practice of European drivers who put their headlights on
to
advise people of a greater speed, and reminds them to get out of the
way.
>
> I'd better not start on the list of other peeves, or we'd
be here all
night, or I'd be being flamed for wasting bandwidth.
>
> I always stand up for my rights, especially on the roads,
and since I
have to be right :^) I don't put _my_ car at risk, they put theirs!
>
> Just my 2c. worth.
>
> Elizabeth Jones
>
>At 10:33 PM 7/16/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>
>>Rodney Orr wrote:
>>>
>>> Along the same train of thought, is it just me or do other lbc
drivers
feel
>>> that many other drivers (especially of Yank tanks, SUVs and 1/2
tons)
don't
>>> 'respect' your lbc by tail gating, cutting off, and generally
taking
>>> advantage of a smaller vehicle - who's driver is very unlikely
to put his
>>> car at risk by 'standing-up for his rights'?
>>> Rant mode off.
>>> Rod. '70 TR6 CC55899L
>>
>>> >
>>Rod: I think people buy SUV's to compleatly obliterate any
sensation of
>>the outside world! Why deal with with other cars when you think
you can
>>just drive over them? Around here I'm constantly dodging idiots on
cell
>>phones, teenagers with 1000 watt stereos and the drivers seat
reclined
>>half way into the trunk (What's up with that?) and senior citizens
(who
>>should be on life support) trying to figure out them new fangled
>>freeways! Jeez! Hang up and Drive! Listen to the stereo in the
lounge
>>chair at home! Take the bus! AGHHHH GET OUTTA MY WAY!!!!
>>Whew, just getting pumped for the morning commute.
>>
>>
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