Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!sys5 From: sys5@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Idiots Message-ID: <519@ukma.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 21:18:06 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.519 Posted: Thu Jan 17 21:18:06 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 04:25:05 EST References: <154@terminus.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 36 > > Idiots on the highway. While driving to work this morning on I-287, > something happened to me that happens much too often for my temper. > I was cruising along in the fast lane at XX miles per hour, preparing to pass > these two cars going XX-10 miles per hour. When I had approached almost next > to the rear car, the cretin pulled out to pass the front car at XX-5 MPH. > This he could have done at any point in the minute during which I was > approaching these two, but he waited until I would be forced to hit > my brakes. Once past the front car, I finally had to pass the cretin > on the right. Any ideas on how to handle these incompetants? > > JCA YES!! Back off and forget about it. Just because one person acts unsafely doesn't mean you should to. Getting yourself bent out of shape over another drivers actions only causes you to act irrationally, thereby jeopardizing not only your safety, but that of the other drivers as well. Playing the cat&mouse game is probably the worst thing to do. The road is no place for games! Infuriating other drivers serves no practical purpose. So what if you get off on some power trip by playing with the other guys mind? Your ego boosting seriously compromises the safety of everyone on the road. And please don't lean on the horn. One driver has already shown his stupidity by driving irresponsibly. Don't advertise your stupidity by blowing your horn. In short, be the bigger man, back down first. edward ....cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!ukengr44!bennett (my real address) "Seatbelts save lives. Buckle up."