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Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause

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From: gmbeasley
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:00
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Dan Nagle <dnagle@erols.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>gmbeasley@mindspring.com wrote:
>> 
>> Dan Nagle <dnagle@erols.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >gmbeasley@mindspring.com wrote:
>> 
>> >> I have only once paced someone at 10 miles per hour over the speed limit
>> >> in order to keep them from passing, and in that case I was the person in
>> >> the right hand lane, and the person keeping back the impatient driver
>> >> who wanted to go 15 mph over the speed limit was someone else.
>> >
>> >So let me get this straight... You sped up to block someone who was
>> >passing you from pulling back into the right lane, thereby blocking
>> >the left lane... and you think you don't drive in a rude manner?
>> 
>> No, I was driving in the right lane as per usual at about 5 miles faster
>> than the speed limit, and several people passed me on the left.
>
><snip rest of story>
>> 
>> grandma Rosalie
>
>Well, if the story's going to keep changing, I suppose you'll
>always be right :-)

I didn't change the story.  I was pacing the pick-up truck so that the
person behind him couldn't pass.  I just tried to get away without going
into the whole story.

grandma Rosalie
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Subject: Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause
Date: 1999/02/10
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