Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: re:speeding and tailgating Message-ID: <4165@alice.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 10:28:25 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.4165 Posted: Sat Aug 17 10:28:25 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 05:25:29 EDT References: <596@hou2b.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 17 > i reject the premise that you will get rear-ended driving at 55 on > the highways. especially if you are courteous and stay to the right. Well good for you. On numerous occasions I have been tailgated while doing 55 in the right lane by cars twice my size. If a deer were to run in front of me, I would be dead. > the fact is, if you are driving faster as a result of everyone else > going fast, then you can tell there's a cop when everyone in front of > you hits their brakes...if you ever take your eyes off the rear bumper > of the car in front of you and if you are not tailgating in addition > to speeding. No, sometimes you can tell there's a cop there when he walks out onto the road and forces a car off onto the shoulder. I've seen that several times too. Ever been to Austerlitz, New York? Ever driven in Rhode Island? Ever heard of Willard, New Mexico?