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From: charliep@iddic.UUCP (Charlie Perkins)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Guy H., & 55mph vs tailgating
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Date: Mon, 8-Aug-83 05:39:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  8 05:39:35 1983
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Guy Harris says that it is unreasonable for him to pull over when
people who want to pass him are tailing him.  This is untrue, but
for a very practical reason.  For one thing, all the people behind
the first car in a caravan are all getting pissed off about it!
THAT's no way to travel (especially at high speeds) and NO MATTER
WHO's in the right, we should try to minimize the neuroses of our
fellow drivers.  Secondly, in this situation Guy HIMSELF would very
likely be considering various evil practices upon the bodies of those
tailng him.  Last but not least, if he DID pull over, he would feel
so good about being "better" than the crummy tailgators that he
might even have a good trip the rest of the way.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, but on the highway let's all pretend
that we know about charity and cooperation.

Charles Perkins
Graphic Design Systems
Tektronix, Ink.

PS.  Yeah, I know, nobody read this because they were already burned out.
     But I thought I'd wait to see if anybody else said it!