Audi Caravan

[Michael Riebs / Audi V8]

I read your follow-up, and it's a sad attempt to cover up your poor driving
skill, and failure to observe what goes on around you while driving at
speeds exceeding the posted speed limit.

I am sure, had you been paying attention, you would have observed these cars
at a great distance closing in on you quickly - especially considering that
it was dark, and one presumes that everyone had their headlights ON?!? - and
could have easily and safely pulled aside and let them by. This is
demonstrated by your statement that "the first 3 zoomed by at 100Mph". In
other words, there was PLENTY of room for you to travel in the right lane,
instead of the left - even at your speed.

'Sides, there are no "rights" that belong to any motorist, only "duties",
and these duties don't constitute rights for others which can be "claimed".
Your duty here was to pull over, and give up the right-of-way of the left
lane to the faster car - while the faster car did not have the "right" to
the left lane at all, regardless of your actions or speed.

Michael L. Riebs
Grand Rapids, Michigan

'90 V8Q
'98 A6QA

www.1stchoicegranite.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Behm" <jacob.behm at bisinc.net>
To: "Michael Riebs / Audi V8" <AudiV8 at 1stchoicegranite.com>; "Marc Swanson"
<mswanson at sonitrol.net>; "David Head" <v8q at bellsouth.net>
Cc: "Jacob Behm" <poster at bitstream.net>; "qlist" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: Audi Caravan


Don't make assumptions.  Read my follow-up.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Riebs / Audi V8 [mailto:AudiV8 at 1stchoicegranite.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 4:34 PM
> To: Marc Swanson; David Head
> Cc: Jacob Behm; qlist
> Subject: Re: Audi Caravan
>
> > While I mostly agree with you, some tolerance needs to be given for
> > situations where say, traffic in the left lane is moving at 60 on a
> > 65mph 2 lanes each direction road and you move over to pass at say
75.
>
> See, the problem is, that this was not the situation, as we are told
it. I
> believe the quote goes something like "at a cruising speed of about 80
mph
> when I was unreservedly passed by a caravan a 6 new Audis. It was dark
but
> they looked like A6s.  I was in the left (fast) lane as I was pushing
the
> limits of 'safely' exceeding the speed limit. The first three cars
zoomed
> past me on the right at a speed exceeding mine by at least 20 mph."
>
> In other words, there was NO traffic in the right lane, since the
first
> three could "zoom past on the right", at 20Mph higher speed. Jacob was
> only
> in the left lane because he felt like being there, and for no other
good
> reason at all!
>
> Michael L. Riebs
> Grand Rapids, Michigan
>
> '90 V8Q
> '98 A6QA
>
> www.1stchoicegranite.com
>