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From: toddv@copper.UUCP (Todd Vierheller)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.cycle
Subject: Re: Obnoxious driver awards
Message-ID: <200@copper.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 13:14:48 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 13:14:48 1986
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[EAT ME]

>> I drive a pickup truck (4 wheel drive, no less).
>> I own four motorcycles.

I envy you.  I wish I had a pickup and four motorcycles.  I'd settle for
a pickup and three motorcycles.  I'd settle just for three motorcycles.
Oh well.

>> I split lanes regularly.

If you did that where I live you'd get arrested.  It's illegal.  (Oregon)

>> I try not to ride in a way that lets cars (or trucks) bother me.
>> Speed up or get out of the slow lane, and people won't tailgate you.

I ride daily (5 of 7) in rush-hour traffic.  That means there is a vehicle
immediately in front of me, immediately behind me, and one just off my right
handlebar.  (Can you guess what false assumption(s) you made?    Hint:  all
exits aren't on the right.)  I make an attempt to keep at least 1 car length
between my self and the car in front of me for each 60 mph.  I prefer 1.5 .

>> Stop wearing that bright orange vest, and they won't aim at you.

This is starting to sound like a good idea.  But I believe that everyone is
out to get me.  How unsporting to make myself hard to see.

>> 
>> Seriously, I ignored your posting originally on net.auto, where I expect
>> this kind of narrow-minded attitude, but please keep it off net.cycle.

Sorry, but my attitude isn't the problem.  The problem is your reaction to
a valid conclusion drawn from repeated observations of deviant driver behavior.
It's certainly not my fault that the offensive twits like pickups.  And unless
you are amongst their ranks, there's no reason for you to be upset.

                                               Todd Vierheller