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From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: ignorance and high beams
Message-ID: <976@vax1.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 12:14:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 17 12:14:13 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 18-Apr-85 05:07:34 EST
References: <109@pyuxh.UUCP> <1458@sunybcs.UUCP> <400@sftri.UUCP>
Reply-To: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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In article <400@sftri.UUCP> mom@sftri.UUCP (Mark Modig) writes:
>> 
>When some nut comes barelling along the highway behind me (which is
>usual, since I normally try to keep the car around 50 on freeways 
>for various reasons, all of which seem worthwhile to me), flashing
>
>of the way.. SAFELY.

Mark, you have your worrk cut out for you.  Try to convince me that driving
5 mph slower than the preponderance of traffic is safe.  It seems that you
are creating a situation where large numbers of cars must pass you and it seems
to be a problem for at least some of them.  Another question is; if you are
only going 50 shouldn't you be glued to the right hand lane?  In this state
the only people driving 50 (barring poor weather) are those that can't drive
faster.  If you are in the right lane I imagine that most cars pass you on the
left and your diatribe is meaningless.  If you are driving this slow in one of
the other lanes you probably deserve one of the cute treatments recently
discussed, do you prefer lasers or ICBMs? 

Sincerely,
Peter Barbee