HAH! There's nothing that makes me madder than idiots who cruise in the breakdown lane when the beltway traffic has come to a halt.
On 9/28/05, Peter Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "Gabriel S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Road manners (was: Auto tranny 240Ds are slow!) > To: "Dave M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mercedes mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Said in part: > > 9. In instances where traffic slows to 10mph, all shoulders shall > become lanes. > > _________________snip_______________________________________________ > > Sounds like an idea from New York/New Jersey. If a 2-lane road has > one lane blocked, it becomes a 1-lane road. How does feeding 3 or 4 > lanes into it speed things up? Is there some magic here? > > THE SHOULDERS ARE THE ONLY WAY THE EMERGANCY VEHICLES HAVE TO GET TO > THE SCENE! Plug them up and you guarantee a bad situation will get > worse in a hurry. > > Hope it's not me that needs the help. > > Than there is the issue of road rage; If I'm waiting patiently in line > {be it grammar school lunch or a traffic jam.} What gives anyone the > "right" to cut-in being rude to all who are doing the right thing? > > There are several State Troopers in this state {Connecticut} that will > divert such cars to the side of the road, wait until the road hazard > is clear and than go over and explain the laws to the folks that are > in a bigger hurry than I am. > I always give them a thumbs-up sign as I go past. > > Pardon the rant here. Stupid driving bothers me. Don't get me > started on idiots that drive with 4-ways on in a situation they > believe is dangerous. > > -- > > Peter T. Arnold > Windsor, Connecticut > U.S.A. > > 1987 Mercedes 300SDL, 231 Kmi on Delvac1, changes when f-soot is 2% > > 1995 Ford F-250 W/PSD, 189 Kmi on Rotella @ 5 Kmi Changes > > 2002 PT Cruizer, 74 Kmi, Every 5 Kmi with what's on sale > > 1954 Metropolitan {My Hanger-Queen} > > None use oil between changes, go figure ;-) > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >