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Re: Route 81 - railroad

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From: Dan Nagle
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00
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Hello,

Philo wrote:
> 
<snip ongoing discussion>

> the most part, my perception is that most TT's are operated pretty
> responsibly - better than the average motorist, while dump trucks seem
> to be the most negligent drivers on the road.

While I'm not trying to defend the dump truck drivers, part of the
blame lies with the way they're paid.  It's by the ton-load.

If you can drive (ahem) a bit quicker, and get in 11 round trips
per day rather than 10, you just earned a 10% raise.

<snip sig>

-- 

Cheers!
Dan Nagle		dnagle@erols.com
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