Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hound.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hound!rwhw From: rwhw@hound.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: being passed by idiots or others Message-ID: <284@hound.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Aug-83 15:01:40 EDT Article-I.D.: hound.284 Posted: Thu Aug 4 15:01:40 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Aug-83 00:09:53 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 23 To all drivers. When somebody comes up behind you with the intentions of passing, you should only move out of their way when it's safe for you to do so. It really doesn't matter who they are. Your own safety and the safety of the other drivers around you is what counts. By safe, I mean that you have enough view of the road to be able to spot hazardous conditions (pot holes etc.) and enough room to make a lane change without interfering with other drivers. If you are on a road that has only a single lane in each direction, expect the passing vehicle to cut short in front of you and prepare to take evasive. action. To do this in a comfortable way, slow down before the *tailgator* passes. How much to slow down depends on you and the road conditions (blind curves, hills etc.). Try to keep calm and don't let insane drivers intimidate you. Always drive as though your life depends on it, IT DOES. Keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down, -- Roy W. H. Walters Jr. 201-949-5743