I am often annoyed on my way to the lake in the summer when somone passes me on the 4 lane and then pulls immediately in front of me. They are going faster and within a couple of miles they pull away to a safer distance but immediately after the pass I am way too close to them and feel like I need to slow down which is a bit of a pain in the butt if I'm on cruise control. Don't know why they cannot just stay out in the left lane a little bit longer and put a little more distance between us before they pull into the right lane.
Bottom line is that most people (probably me included) are basically lousy drivers who need to be re-educated and upgraded on a regular basis. The govt does not want to spend the $$ and it would be an unpopular move but it sure would reduce injuries, deaths and property damage if we were trained a bit better to anticipate trouble and how to avoid causing the other fellow trouble. Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:47 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Taking a Poll on Tailgating - Not a Rant A lot of people have no idea of the requirements of a truck and think it is just like a car. Happened to me a couple of times, leave enough room so I can safely and efficiently bring the truck to a stop and some turd in a little buzz box jumps into that space, all of a sudden a relaxed stopping maneuverer turns into a frenzied maximum braking effort. The stupid part is that idiots would not even know that they done anything wrong but think that I was a cowboy truck driver hell bent on trying to scare the brown stuff out of them, when I just managed to bring the truck to a stop a couple of feet off their rear end. Luckily most of the driving I did was out in the bush away from the yuppies and their mobile phones. Of course if you ever rear ended one of these clowns guess who is going to be in the poo for not leaving enough distance. Hendrik who don't mind driving trucks when it all goes well but it never did Fmiser wrote: > Just remember that next time you think of using the space in > front of a big truck! > > The driver has to juggle. > > One - he has a _much_ slower acceleration than a 240 automatic > with a stretched timing chain so he'll want to avoid slowing > down just to speed up. > > Two - it takes a lot of space to stop even a half-loaded big > truck. > > -- Philip > > > > _______________________________________ 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
