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From: dwc@hou2b.UUCP (D.CHEN)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: re:close call(reply to comments on n.y. drivers
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 02:54:57 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 15 02:54:57 1985
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>  is it just my observation, or do people in New York are more impolite
>  and insult people my their remarks, driving and gestures than other
>  drivers?  I'm a laid back Californian and I just don't get that mad
>  driving around.

hey, i'm a laid back new yorker and i usually don't get mad.  the point is
that it was a very close call and it could well have been fatal.  i've been
driving in new york city for five years now and i've never been so close
to a "high speed" (>10 mph) accident.  i am quite taken aback that you
would compare it to the fendbenders you talk about later.
you obviously are so bent on making a statement about new york drivers
that you missed the point of my posting: should i let someone get away
with claiming that he is a cop?

>  just forget about it and be glad you didn't get into an accident.
>  No sense raising your own blood pressure over an insignificant
>  incident like that.  Whenever I'm driving in New York or Philadelphia
>  people are always impolite, cutting in front of me, cutting me off,
>  cursing, shaking their fists and being fools.  Luckily, keep my
>  fingers crossed, I have only been rear-ended once, at a stop sign
>  where I came to a slow gentle stop.  I've also almost been rear-
>  ended when I stopped at a crosswalk for pedestrians, if you can
>  believe that.  If you wanted to report all the illegal moves
>  people make on the streets of New York, you'd probably have to
>  report 3/4th of the whole city including the jaywalkers!  Take
>  three deep breaths and say, "like no big deal..."

there is a definite difference between being impolite and being dangerous
and (if one is a cop) abusing one's authority.

by the way, if you are constantly being honked at and yelled at on the road
it might actually be your driving habits rather than the thousands of people
around you.  in other words, just because people are impolite, impatient, and
acting like fools doesn't mean you are driving okay.  maybe you shouldn't
drive with your fingers crossed...its harder to steer(:-}).

danny chen
ihnp4!hou2b!dwc

"in new york city, the directional lights are not a sign for turning, they are
a sign of weakness"