From: padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan Dutton)
Subject: Re: Drivers from Hell
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:56:24 GMT

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!

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