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From: ddw@cornell.UUCP (David Wright)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Letting people pass
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Date: Sat, 6-Aug-83 14:22:43 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  6 14:22:43 1983
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From: ddw (David Wright)
To: net-flame

If someone passes me, whether it be in a legal place or not, I will slow
a bit and let 'em.  HOWEVER, pulling over to let some moron go by me is
another story.  Most of the road shoulders around here are either too
too narrow to permit it, or are covered with stones, or both.  I do not
choose to pick up some stone chips on my car so some imbecile can reach
his destination 2 minutes faster.  (We had a case near my home recently
where the cops nailed a guy for doing ~70 in a 30 zone.  His reason:  he
was trying to make his starting time at the golf course.)  Naturally,
all you stainless-steel superbeings out there are never guilty of bad
judgement, and only travel fast when you have a reason, and are just
trying to stay alert.  But it's hard to verify all this just by looking
in my rear-view mirror.

I get tailgated a lot locally by people who seem to resent my doing
30 in a 30 zone.  (What they don't seem to know is that the local
cops are very fond of speed traps, and the more of these bastards they
ticket, the better, as far as I'm concerned.  The roads around here are
such that going over 30 isn't safe in most places anyway.)  My defensive
driving course recommended that if you are tailgated, SLOW DOWN.  At
least that way if they hit you, it'll be a slower collision.

                   A speeding ticket would double my insurance rates,

                                 David Wright

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