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From: luner@uwai.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Hateable driving habits...(NOT speeding or Seat Belts)
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Date: Sat, 11-May-85 20:03:19 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 11 20:03:19 1985
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>> Sanjay Tikku (...!vax135!petsd!peora!san) writes:
>> 
>>>   ... stop abruptly, just on the spur of the momment and the traffic ...
>>>   behind them is left to fend for itself.

So I say:

>> Driving, as states see it, is (1) a privilege and (2) at your own risk. You
>> have to be responsible for your own safety and keep proper distance. ("If you
>> can read this, you're too damn close!")

Evan Marcus {ucbvax|decvax}!vax135!petsd!pedsgd!pedsga!evan flames:

> So this means that I can drive like an asshole, cutting people off, left and
> right, just so long as I don't kill myself?  It seems as though a lot of
> (I bet you are one of those guys I originally flamed who changes lanes 
> without signalling!) 

No, but I'm always on the lookout for those who do. If someone does something
stupid and kills you, it's their fault. For all the good legality does.

> ... the guy I got behind last night who had no break lights?  I was at a
> safe distance, but he stopped short, and I almost didn't notice.

You could have hit him. It would propabally not be considered your fault,
but it still would ruin your evening. -- "Just because you're not paranoid 
doesn't mean they're not out to get you." 

> Of course it is a risk, but why do some of these jackasses have to make it
> worse than it already is???  

It's to keep you on your toes.

I don't disagree with you. Drivers, as a group, are a lower form of life. 
I'm of the "I wish I didn't need a car in this society" (because of the risk)
persuasion. I have a car and on many occasions have entertained Arndt-ian 
ideas on what to do with those individuals who clearly pose a threat to the 
populace with their driving habits.

I have sworn at them, threatened to sue them for stupidity and even asked God
for a one and only one wish. This did nothing other than raise my blood pressure
and further increase the risks to my life (to say nothing of the 1 in 133 chance
of being murdered in the next [for me] 45 years). To decrease my blood pressure
and allow me to lead a happier life, I just say "Joke It". I accept that every
time I get on the road someone is trying to kill me. That way I'm never
surprised and, often, happy when I get home because I feel I got away with
something. 

										/DLL