We get it. You are an Autobahn god. Wherever it is that you need to go that causes you to drive in a perpetual frenzied state, please go there. Brian
On Jan 30, 2008 8:38 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just ignore the first one, sent in error. > > > > <<Simple question: If a car in front of you is going slower than you > want to > > go, do you consider it your right to tailgate them?>> > > > > Your right? Hardly. When a driver, in traffic, is driving more slowly > than > the rest of the vehicles thus impeding the flow, you can be sure that they > are > oblivious to their surroundings and probably unskilled. And what a traffic > hazard they are. And in Washington State, tailgating is illegal and the > WSP thinks > it's a sign of road rage (term du jour lately) and you will be cited. > > > <<It used to be that, in my circle of friends and acquaintances, > tailgating > > was a sign of aggression. <snip> But now it seems as I'm tailgated every > > single time I drive.>> > > > Which seems to indicate that you are a rolling road block. > > > > <<The times I've been able to confront someone for doing it, most of > them > > have seemed genuinely clueless why I was mad at them.>> > > > You are confronting people? How? That's how people get shot. > > > > <<To answer the next logical question: I don't drive all that slowly - > just > in a sane fashion somewhere around the speed limit, or maybe 5 above or 5 > below > > depending on conditions. (talking about in-town here).>> > > > Which includes the in-town portions of the Interstate, I assume, where > moving > traffic along is the whole idea. > > > > <<And I also do not accelerate that fast because of: Fuel costs, > Environm > > ental Issues, Wear and tear on vehicle, and just generally not wishing > to be a > > pedal-mashing, non-thinking idiot that stabs the accelerator by > default.>> > > > Your job, when you are out there with the rest of us, is to move it. When > the > light goes green, be ready to go, accellerating to the speed limit when > possible. That technique, in today's packed streets, allows the rest of us > behind > you to make it through before the red appears. And then, there we sit, > engines > idling, waiting and fuming. THAT is the environmental impact of pokey > drivers. > > Just today I made a trip from North Seattle to Kent on I-5 and the free > flowing traffic speed was about 70mph (limit 60) and I (and many others) > had to > maneuver around a few cars running below 60mph. Oblivious. > > RLE > > > > > > > > > ************** > Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > > > ************** > Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
