Count yourself lucky Larry on the no experience in NM. Beautiful state, and
the car inspection process is, the clerk walks out to the parking lot the
first time you register the car, checks the VIN, and says "what kind of car
is that?" Never have to have it inspected again.
However, with a few exceptions, there are only two types of drivers in NM,
those going 20MPH over the limit, and those going 20MPH under the limit.
With a plethora of two lane blacktop, which sometimes turns unexpectedly to
dirt, this makes for interesting and exciting driving.
Can't beat the weather and the beauty though, and for miles and miles of
nothing but miles and miles (and the occasional UFO), you have to experience
it to appreciate it.
Robert Houston
74 Midget Katy
Santa Teresa, NM
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
To: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>; 'spridgets@autox.team.net'
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: tales from a 1700 mile journey (long, low LBC content)
>
>>Anyway, that's the story. I know that holiday drivers on the I-95
certainly
>>do not represent a cross section of spridget listers but do they represent
>>a cross section of the average american driver?
>>
>>
>>Daniel Thompson
>Glad you made it safely. And to answer your question - unfortunately yes.
>It has been my experience, and I have driven from sea to shining sea,
>that the majority of drivers in all parts of this country are like what
>you experienced. One area, that is no where near as bad, is in the Rocky
>Mountain States. Montana, Wyoming and Colorado (Never been to AZ or NM)
>Those folks seem to recognize when and where to pass and which lanes are
>for whom. I guess that it comes from living in an area where there are
>miles and miles of nothing much but miles and miles.
>
>Larry Macy
>78 Midget
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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>macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
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