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Re: Aggressive Driving

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From: Joel Garry
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 00:00
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On Thu, 02 Jul 1998 17:01:02 GMT, E. Faubion <in@the.sig> wrote:
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>AAA: Americans acknowledge some aggressive driving
> 
>By GLEN JOHNSON
>Associated Press
> 
>WASHINGTON - One in four Americans owns up to driving
>aggressively, most commonly by speeding and because they are
>running late, according to a study released Tuesday by the
>American Automobile Association.
> 
>That translates into 45 million aggressive drivers and represents
>a bigger problem than ``road rage,'' a better known but different
>pattern of driving behavior. In road rage incidents, drivers
>attempt to harm others with their vehicles. Aggressive drivers,
>by AAA's definition, drive without regard for others' safety.

My driving is assertive, not aggressive.  Speeding by itself is not 
aggressive.  I wouldn't speed at all if there weren't absurdly low 
speed limits.
 
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From: joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/03
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