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In article <sasrer.722098348@cinnamon> you write:
>barber@jazz.concert.net (Scott Barber) writes:
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>>In article <1992Nov17.222606.18335@rti.rti.org> wgr@rti.rti.org writes:

>>Uh-oh, don't get me started...  One difference here, though, the 
>>tailgaters are definitely endangering the lives of those in front,
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>>as well.  Not only stupid, but criminal, it seems to me.
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>And you don't think those that run across railtracks are not endangering the
>lives of those on the train? A car can cause a train to jump the track,
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In general, I think the person running the track is taking most of the
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risk on themselves, while the tailgater has an even break (possibly even 
an advantage, given momemtum and direction) with the car in front of them.  

>endangering the humans on board, and possibly causing other damage (depends 
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>upon what they are hauling: sometimes tankards of flammable liquids).
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>So, yes, there is a difference: but the end result is that lives are endangered
>either way....

I agree, wholeheartedly.

For the most part, it is apparent that tailgaters do not view their
behavior as life-threatening, to themselves OR their road-neighbors.  
This is, in my mind, a dangerous, criminal, and, for that matter, 
a relatively stupid position, considering the minor benefit gained, 
relative to the potential cost of disaster.

Scott

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