From: oneill@teecs.UUCP (Sean O'Neill)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 89 08:53:22 EDT
Subject: Re: Driving (was Re: car phone - its real advantage)
Message-ID: <150004@teecs.UUCP>
Organization: Litton Systems, Toronto ONT
Path: utzoo!lsuc!teecs!oneill
Newsgroups: can.general
References: <169@bmers58.UUCP>


In message <1989Aug30.114349.2899@lsuc.on.ca> jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer)
writes:

>i actually saw this while driving in this morning.
>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.

>commuting's enough of a hassle without a??holes like this.

Since when do people driving all over the road, doing 80 km/h in the left 
lane (the same speed as the guy beside him), leaving hordes of space in
front, have to have a phone before being considered an a!!hole?!?!

Are you saying its alright to drive like this _unless_ you have a phone?
For all we know, the guy could be drunk, or asleep, or fumbling for his
cigarettes.

Use a little defensive driving skills when confronted with a situation
such as this.  Speed up, or slow down, hell, change lanes, just "leave
yourself an out".  (extract from Y.D. of C. drivers ed. book)   Its
the same situation as if the car was a truck hauling an insecure load of
fire wood.  Why stay close to this guy?

BTW, if someone is complaining that the guy next to you is on the phone
while driving, that means you are actually looking at him rather than
the road ahead of you!  What's wrong with this picture? :-\ 

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