From: saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Drivers from Hell
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:33:08 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison

In article <BsvIq0.92o@wpi.WPI.EDU> padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan Dutton) writes:
>In article <Aug.11.13.11.01.1992.11642@remus.rutgers.edu> kretz@remus.rutgers.edu (Kevin Kretz) writes:
>>
>>In article <Bsrt5A.CLL@wpi.WPI.EDU>, padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan
>>Dutton) writes:
>> 
>>> Has it ever occurred to you that people don't pull over precisely
>>> BECAUSE you flashed your lights? Contrary to what you might think,
>>> most people agree that "If I am driving in the fast lane and a car
>>> comes from behind and flashes its lights then its driver is an
>>> arrogant asshole who deserves to be boxed in by 18-wheelers going 
>>> 50 mph."
>>
>>Wrong, jerky.  Worldwide, the flashing of lights is not viewed as rude
>>or obnoxious except in the U.S. where more people drive, including
>
>Yes, but in most other countries it is standard to be rude and
>obnoxious behind the wheel at all times. What does this prove?
>
>>people with inferiority complexes who suddenly grow balls once they're
>>locked in their cars and say things like:
>>
>>> If I am passing someone who is going, say, 55, and I am perfectly
>>happy
>>> passing at 65, and some bozo going 75 comes up behind me while it is
>>> perfectly obvious I am still in the middle of passing AND THEN
>>FLASHES
>>> HIS LIGHTS, I find it extremely satisfying to pull up just enough
>>> so that the idiot tailgater can't get to the right and then slow to
>>> the speed of the car on the right. 
>>
>>If it satifies you to decrease the efficiency of our highways, you are
>>warped. Plus, many more accidents are caused by people passing on the
>>right because of boneheads like you than by people speeding. 
>
>How long have you been in the Northeast? WHAT efficiency of the highways?
>And where are your statistics proving your blind assertion? If one is
>passing on the right (which is NOT illegal, at least in NYS), that one
>is probably speeding (which IS illegal, though most people, myself
>included, don't act that way). Now if that person cracks up, do you
>think maybe he shouldn't have been speeding?
>
>Of course, there are those who think that they have balls simply because
>they are going 100mph in their Camaros (these idiots are the reason why
>my insurance is so high, I suppose). And there are those who "grow balls"
>once they're behind a computer keyboard.
>
>>> This usage of lights seems to be a recent phenomenon in the
>>Northeast.
>>> I hope it doesn't catch on.
>>> Peter!
>>
>>Idiots like Peter! seem to be a less recent phenomenon everywhere.
>>While I hope they don't catch on, a gesture which communicates the
>>vsame idea as flashing lights ('Move over, dork') is to put on your
>>left turn signal in the left lane.  Unfortunately, this also presumes
>>intelligence on the part of someone already shown to be stupid.
>>
>>In many states, the penalty for failure to keep right is more than
>>that for speeding.  But it is harder to convict for that ticket in
>>court. 
>>      : - (
>
>"Keep right except to pass" means just that. And if I choose to pass at
>65, then too bad. Even still, it's a moot point on most New York City
>area roads.
>
>And again, I seriously doubt your yet another blind assertion. "In
>many states", yeah, right. Tons of people get speeding tickets. Has
>anyone ever heard of anyone getting a "staying to the left" ticket
>(besides as an addendum to a speeding ticket??)
>
>Peter!

Maybe you should sign your posts "Dick!" instead.
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Brian E. Saunders			saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu