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From: bmt@we53.UUCP ( B. M. Thomas )
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: the right to speed
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Date: Sun, 5-May-85 16:43:08 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  5 16:43:08 1985
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I find it interesting that in over 15 years and half a million miles of driving
in nearly every kind of vehicle on every kind of road in at least sixteen states
I have never seen the kind of driver that the speedsters refer to as the 
"holier-than-thou enforcer of the 55 mph limit".  I don't keep under the limit
religiously, all I have ever seen is the kind that gets ticked off when 
someone comes up behind at a relative speed of some 20 mph or more and 
starts tailgating at 65 or 70.  I have been in that category myself.  
There is absolutely no reason to do that.  There is no need at all to be 
that close at that speed.  And yes, though it may be a fault in me, I 
have a hard time reacting with charity to someone who is willing to risk 
his and other peoples' lives for the sake of his ego.
  Understand that the person in question is not merely in a hurry.  I can get
through heavy traffic at well above the average speed without either tailgating
or braking.  So can he.  Now, as I get older, it becomes easier to ignore that
sort of foolishness, and I have also become more aware of the fact that
sometimes there is an emergency, but if I can't get out of the way, and I am
not somewhere that I shouldn't be, you might understand how I could get offended
by that kind of thing.  Maybe I've never noticed the obstructors because I'm
too busy watching the road ahead and passing them, who knows?

brain