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From: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: List of Drivers to Avoid
Message-ID: <391@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 11:28:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  4 11:28:19 1986
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Reply-To: tjsmedley@watmum.UUCP (Trevor J. Smedley)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <206@druhi.UUCP> jhs@druhi.UUCP (ShoreJ) writes:
>Trevor Smedley writes:
>> Well, if you want my opinon (and nobody ever does :-) I think the
>> pepole who are the *worst* drivers are the ones who drive cars with
>> Goodyear tires.
>> or... people who drive red cars
>> or... people who drive cars with no cassette player
>> (the list goes on... and on...)
>> 
>> Do you people have any idea how silly you sound?
>
>Yes, Trevor. At least I hope we all know how silly....and sometimes 
>it is great fun! A little (relatively harmless) spleen venting
>makes you feel better, and lessens the likelihood of the all-too-human
>tendency to respond in kind. We can't feel quite as superior if we do.
>Fortunately, I'm above that sort of thing; I just get even! :-)
>
>--Jeff Shore, crusader at large in defense of all us sillies!

What I meant was, the type of car is not as good an indication of the
personality as the little things about the car. I mean, anyone can go
out and buy a Saab, or a BMW or whatever, but only a particular type
of person will buy a $20k+ car, and ask the dealer to get one without
a decent stereo (and leave it without one). These are the same people
who don't make shoulder checks. And everyone knows that red cars go
faster, so look out when you see a bit of red in your rearview. Other
examples are cars with dents. Never, absolutely *NEVER* trust someone
driving a car with a dent in it. If he can make you hit him, and make
it look like your fault, then he'll get the dent fixed for free!!!!

So, you see, we should be discussing drivers of cars with such-and-such
an option, or a particular defect (people with burnt out headlights
are particularly dangerous), and not just drivers of particular cars.

Anyway, everyone knows that the worst drivers are invariably found in
cars which belong to someone else :-).

Trevor J. Smedley                    University of Waterloo

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