🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: dc.driving
Article #1295

Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)

#1295
From: Joel Garry
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
32 lines
2312 bytes
On Sun, 5 Jul 1998 22:26:51 -0400, Showbiz <showbiz@raex.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Don't yield to tailgaters unless absolutely necessary.  By doing so you
>>are rewarding and reinforcing their unsafe behavior.
>>--
>>Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
>
>I disagree Rahul.   When you have a chance to move back into the driving (as
>opposed to passing) lane, taligater behind you or not, you should do so.
>Staying in the passing lane just to irritate the 'gater is foolish.

You may not realize some of us are posting from ca.driving, where we
don't have a passing lane.  So Rahul's position is not so extreme as it
may seem to you elsewheres, but still wrong IMO - he shouldn't try to
play policeman as though it were netcopping on usenet.

>...Bob
>******************************************************************
>***FORGET WORLD PEACE!! VISUALIZE USING YOUR TURN SIGNALS!!!!  ***
>******************************************************************
>
>
>


-- 
These opinions are my own and not necessarily those of Information Quest or 
Pebble In The Sky http://www.informationquest.com mailto:jgarry@nospameiq.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/joel_garry   Remove nospam to reply.  
mailto:joel_garry@compuserve.nospam.com  "See your DBA?"  I AM the @#%*& DBA! 
Technical Details
Message-ID: <slrn6q2q4v.e3f.joelga@pebble.org>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <35941A85.7310@erols.com> <35952cff.791952@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <3596B924.5FF6@erols.com> <6n7bd1$onb$1@supernews.com> <6n7g9k$hrt$1@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <6n943o$dio$3@supernews.com> <6nm9pj$8b4$1@clarknet.clark.net> <6nme5n$7qk$1@hustle.rahul.net> <6npbpb$fup$1@tenax.raex.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2
X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public
X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,a813ba40692ae7c2
X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public
X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2
X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public
From: joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/07/07
Message-ID: <slrn6q2q4v.e3f.joelga@pebble.org>
X-Deja-AN: 369061692
References: <35941A85.7310@erols.com> <35952cff.791952@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <3596B924.5FF6@erols.com> <6n7bd1$onb$1@supernews.com> <6n7g9k$hrt$1@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <6n943o$dio$3@supernews.com> <6nm9pj$8b4$1@clarknet.clark.net> <6nme5n$7qk$1@hustle.rahul.net> <6npbpb$fup$1@tenax.raex.com>
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 17:15:23 PDT
Reply-To: joelga@nospam.pebble.org
Organization: Natural Surrealist Light Peoples Party High Speed Transport Division
Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,ca.driving