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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
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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