Texas is where they have drive-through windows at the liquor stores, isn't it?
"HUBBARD, Charles" wrote:
> As a fellow Dallas/Ft. Worth area resident, I think the drivers here are too
> aggressive and completely inconsiderate. Everyone drives within 10 feet of
> each other doing 80+ MPH. Apparently basic physics was not a required
> course here. I see more 5 car fender benders on the highway here than
> anywhere else I've lived or visited. That's saying a lot since I travel 80%
> of the time. This has got to be the one-car fatality capital of the world!
> Most of those were probably caused by those who were not being able to flip
> someone off and drive at the same time ;-).
>
> Charlie Hubbard
> 1964 SPL310
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronnie Day [mailto:rday@airmail.net]
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 10:56 PM
> To: roadster list
> Subject: Re: Road Rage
>
> >The bottom line is: no one knows what is on the mind of the person that is
> >in a hurry.
>
> snip
>
> >the fact is that he has his right to use the roads as he sees fit.
>
> I was gonna stay out of this thread, but I've got to say that I disagree
> strongly with this last statement. No one has a inherent right to use to
> drive. It's a privilege that should be more dependent on sharing the
> roads with others in a safe, sane, manner. Roaring up behind some at a
> high closure rate, flashing lights and setting on the horn is reckless
> and immature. People who refuse to operate their cars in a safe manner do
> not have the right to endanger the safety of others. If they want to kill
> themselves, there are plenty of very lonely roads in NW Neveda.
>
> Average speeds on the freeways here in the D/FW area are approaching 80
> mph. You can be going close to that in the left (#1/fast) lane and still
> have fools come roaring up behind you and going ballistic, even if
> there's no way you can pull over to let them by. I was recently driving
> about 75 mph in the #2 lane with both the #1 and #3 lanes empty for at
> least a couple of hundred yards when this idiot in a pickup came flying
> up behind me, sat a couple of feet off my bumper for a couple of seconds
> and finally went around me, honking and flipping me off. Maybe I'm dense,
> but I fail to see where I was at fault.
>
> One of the biggest reasons I hate commuting, other than shear traffic
> volume, is that too many folks give driving minimum priority after
> talking on the phone, eating, shaving, applying makeup, or anything else
> they have feel they need to do. Driving is a dynamic, interactive
> activity.
>
> Bottom line, it is not my job to stay out of everyone elses way while
> they behave in any manner they see fit. It is my job, and in my best
> interest, to be aware of the changing environment as I drive.
>
> FWIW, Ron
>
> ________________
> Ronnie Day
> rday@airmail.net
> Dallas/Ft. Worth
> '71 510 2-dr (Prepared class autocrosser)
> '73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
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