" Just my 'magination.....

[Michael A. Carr]

I have been ranting about this for at least the last five years
to anyone who'll listen!!! & I have, to a fault, been chided as
Paranoid most every time it comes up !!!

Praise the truth!!!
Praise this list !!!
Need I say?;.........Praise the Lord !!!
;-)
So.....What is this phenomenon anyway???
Earthday types against fuel waste???
or Anti drunk-driving activists gone evangelical on the road,
throwing themselves in harms way as a sort of activism against
speeders?
Just another red-neck idea of road-sport;...... or wuuuhht ???
I could write a book on the number of incidents I've encountered
especially here on Route 1 in Maine; but 95 is just as notorious !!!!

;-)
Michael

From: George Selby <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: quattro digest, Vol 1 #1590 - 18 msgs

At 04:59 PM 5/31/01 -0400, you wrote:
>If you lived in Pennsylvania you'd be a pro at that.
>I posted maybe a year ago about people who I've
>actually SEEN watch you coming in their side mirror.
>You going 100 mph, them 56.  They will wait until you
>are less than 10 car lengths away and then pull into
>the left lane.  I now take it as a given and
>automatically let off the gas when approaching until
>I'm SURE they aren't going to pull this stunt.  It
>served me well on the autobahn, but 1 a-hole did get
>me when they came from the merge lane to the far left
>lane in 1 move.  Luckily the 2001 C200 Mercs have
>pretty good brakes.  1 other thing I found out is that
>very large, expensive German cars, esp. with HID
>lights still get some respect.

I've found that my 78 F-150 gets a lot a 'respect' on the highway.
It's
lifted 4" and has 35" tires, and a steel winch bumper and winch.  Paint

looks like (and it's true I don't) care if any more damage is caused to
my
vehicle.  Usually I can just cruise down the left lane (when necessary,
I
normally drive as right as possible) and traffic parts as if I were a
cop.

One jack-ss  (young driver driving a brand new Range Rover Discovery)
came
across 4 lanes of traffic immediately after entering the freeway,  not
even
up to speed yet when he did this.  I was cruising along and when he
planted
himself in front of me he had the audacity to smack on the brakes for
no
reason (Everyone else is going 75 in a 65 zone, he's going 60.)  I
didn't.  He got within about 3 feet of my bumper before he decided to
floor
it and get out of the way.  Funny, he decided to drive in the proper
lane
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