Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!hybrid!dptcdc!lsuc!jim
From: jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Driving (was Re: car phone - its real advantage)
Summary: defensive/offensive driving
Message-ID: <1989Sep1.083657.26906@lsuc.on.ca>
Date: 1 Sep 89 14:40:05 GMT
References: <2588@gandalf.UUCP> <331@ccu.UManitoba.CA> <3713@uwovax.uwo.ca> <309@sickkids.UUCP> <1989Aug30.114349.2899@lsuc.on.ca> <169@bmers58.UUCP>
Reply-To: jim@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Mercer)
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Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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In article <169@bmers58.UUCP> hwt@bmerh490.UUCP () writes:
>In article <2899@lsuc.on.ca> jim@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Mercer) writes:
>>
>>... leaving hordes of space in front of him, 
>
>Since when is leaving space bad driving ? :-) The rest of the posting 
>describes behaviour that _is_ bad driving.

typically, yes, but in context:

In article <2899@lsuc.on.ca> jim@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Mercer) writes:
>the guy was all over the road, not to mention that he was doing 80 km/h
>on the inside lane, leaving hordes of space in front of him, while maintaining
>the same speed as the transport to his right.

i doesn't bother me that he had space in front of him, it was the 50 or so cars
riding on my bumper that bothered me about the space he had in front of him.

don't the signs say "slower traffic stay right"?
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