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Article #457Re: Last minute lane changers
From: Charlie in San Francisco
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:00
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Office wrote: > > Tony Wang wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Why does someone tailgating you make you nervous? You must not be a very good > > driver if that frightens you. > > > > -- > > Tony Wang > > http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/2544 > > > > Remove the nospam from my name to send me mail > > Tailgators make me nervous for the single reason that should I have to > make an emergency maneuver there is a very likely chance that my car and > his might collide due to the fact that there is only 3'-5' of space > between his bumber and mine. Thanks, but that's a chance I'd rather let > Rahul take. > > -- Brian Wilborn > > e-mail: bwilborn@ix.netcom.com.REMOVE.THIS.TO.REPLY > > "Due to rounding, statistical totals may not add up to 100%." This is to answer Tony Wang's question, "Why does someone tailgating you make you nervous?" It's because I know that if I have to stop suddenly, the tailgating jerk will run into me. And I don't care who would be legally at fault, my car would be damaged and I would have to go through a lot of crap about it. -- Charlie in San Francisco
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public 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 X-Google-Thread: f4d80,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public From: Charlie in San Francisco <cmullins@sirius.com> Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers Date: 1998/07/27 Message-ID: <35BD49F9.4DB0@sirius.com> X-Deja-AN: 375542451 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6ni8hf$fq9$1@samba.rahul.net> <359CF0A2.2D8A@richmond.infi.net> <6njfc6$na2$1@samba.rahul.net> <Pine.SUN.3.96.980710135451.29319E-100000@eve.speake <35AAD986.A119B347@prodigy.net.nospam> <6oerjp$o92$1@samba.rahul.net> <slrn6qnalm.77e.joelga@pebble.org> <6oge17$iac@news.microsoft.com> <6ogk3e$5ch$1@samba.rahul.net> <slrn6qqbv0.aoi.joelga@pebble.org> <6ok282$okk$1@samba.rahul.net> <slrn6qt0hm.ch4.joelga@pebble.org> <6om1uj$76v$1@samba.rahul.net> <35af97e9.296701542@news.v-wave.com> <6om9at$8n0$1@samba.rahul.net> <35B217C1.FC482296@prodigy.net.nospam> <35BB48E8.794BDF32@home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Sirius Connections Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: cmullins@sirius.com Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving