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Re: Aggressive Drivers

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 00:00
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E. Faubion wrote:

>Proving the world is round to a moron is a waste of time.  

Once again, I am truly flustered by your brilliant rebuttal skills.
How shall I combat this dizzying round of sound argument?

>Take an aspirin and read these.  There'll be pop quiz when you're done.
>
>http://www.aloha.net/~dyc/testimony.html
>http://www.aaafts.org/Text/roadrage.pdf
>http://www.nku.edu/~durmj/
>http://www.aloha.net/~dyc/testimony.html
>http://www.aaafts.org/Text/RagePSAs.htm
>http://www.statefarm.com/consumer/crash1.htm
>http://www.statefarm.com/consumer/crash2.htm
>http://www.statefarm.com/consumer/crash3.htm
>http://www.aggressivedriving.org/
>http://www.ducksculpture.com/
>http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/~leonj/leonj/leonpsy/leon.html
>http://www.aloha.net/~dyc/rr.html

All very interesting, my personal favourite is Leon's pages, I had the
overwhelming urge to sing "Kumbaya".  What they are calling road rage
I would agree with.  Using one's vehicle as a weapon is stupid and
should be severely punished.  Calling Interstate speeding equivalent
to road rage is just plain stupid though, providing one isn't
attempting to do it through heavy traffic.

My response to being tailgated is to get out of the way if I can, if I
don't have that option I let a little more space open up between me
and the guy in front of me.  Should stopping be required, I can
balance my braking against that of the guy behind me with the extra
room.  If I'm cut off, I back off.  The last thing I want to do is be
involved in an accident and close proximity to another vehicle runs
counter to that theory.

What I find interesting is your assumption that if a driver exceeds
the speed limit they must be a time bomb waiting to go off.  And your
debating style is truly effective in demonstrating the correlation...
-- 
Brandon

"Spooooooooooonnnnn!"
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From: grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville)
Subject: Re: Aggressive Drivers
Date: 1998/07/03
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