Carl,
So are you saying that you draft on public roads? You say that it's "True
dangerous." It may be your choice to do that, but what happens when you end
up smacking the semi in front of you? At the very least you inconvenience
the driver you've hit. More than likely you'll end up inconveniencing
everyone coming up the road, because now there'll be a traffic jam. The
even more likely scenario is that your choice would cause a multi-vehicle
pile-up. I wonder if those people in that pile-up would appreciate your
choice to be "True dangerous" and how it takes away their choice to be
"true alive."
I'm not writing this to change your mind. I'm sure this diatribe won't. I'm
writing this because your post should not go unchallenged. I sure wouldn't
want you to think that every lister agrees with you. As far as I'm
concerned, you're getting a thrill at others' expense and without their
agreeing to it. Doesn't say a lot about your personal responsibility level.
This choice about your personal safety has ramifications for many others on
the road, even if they are yuppies in SUVs. Racers go on the track
acknowledging the inherent dangers. They've all agreed to that danger
level. Drivers on public roads know that there are inherent dangers, too,
and they've agreed to that different danger level. However, that level does
not include intentional recklessness ("True dangerous"?) by other drivers.
If you want to develop your racing skills, do it on a track.
Jeff
At 9:33 AM -0500 10/29/98, Carl Elliott wrote:
> Have CDL can drive anything anywhere and have been doing so for a long time,
> Drafting is an art, developed by the best racing drivers in the world.
> True dangerous, But thats my choice, As far as the guys putting their time in
> on the road, I respect them and never bother the guys in the big rigs,
> Buses on the other hand , Well thats personal, And the yuppies in their SUVs
> are the biggest bunch of it Ive ever seen. I have been trained at the then
> Calif. State Pol. high speed driving school , Along time ago, and have driven
> under conditions no other human is subject too except for other
>professionals.
> I enjoy driving, any where any time, Carl E.
>
> "Robert B. Houston" wrote:
>
> > It's ful like that Carl, that drives the professional drivers crazy. They
> > just hate having to hose you off the rear bumper....
> >
> > Robert Houston
> > 74 Midget, Katy
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
> > To: Ajhsys@aol.com <Ajhsys@aol.com>
> > Cc: transerv@sprynet.com <transerv@sprynet.com>; spridgets@autox.team.net
> > <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 6:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: a Very Sad thing
> >
> > >I do that with my escort on the parkway with the buses running to AC,
> > >Gets me about 4 more mpg, And they stay around 70 or so.
> > >Makes for fun comuteing. Carl E.
> > >
> > >Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >> I used to work with a guy who drove a Triumph GT6. He was more than a
> > little
> > >> nuts! He found that his car was light enough to slip-stream behind
> > tractor
> > >> trailers on the turnpike at 70 MPH! He says he saved a lot of gas that
> > way.
> > >> I think he's still alive. (Folks, please don't try this!)
> > >>
> > >> Allen Hefner
> > >> '77 Midget
> > >> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
> > >>
> > >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > >>
> > >> In a message dated 10/23/98 2:09:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >> transerv@sprynet.com writes:
> > >>
> > >> << Tractor trailers are a necessary fact of transportation life on our
> > >> highways, and I make my living through them, but when driving on the
> > >> highway, I am always aware of them, and give them as much leeway as
> > >> possible. 80,000 pounds does not stop on a dime, move much when you
> > crash
> > >> into it, or veer defensively worth a darn.
> > >>
> > >> Let's all be careful out there folks.
> > >>
> > >> Robert Houston
> > >> 74 Midget, Katy >>
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
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