Tail-gating

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <1997Feb24.155649.1540.5943@mailgate02.mobility.com> tkomljan@mobility.com (Komljanec, Tony) writes:
> 
> No problem Igor.  I think there is a cultural difference here....  I > couldn't have realized that the tail-gating jerk behind you could be using > you as a screen.  I'm not used to that in Ontario.  People just pass, and > they are gone....  130 km/h 
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...   When I follow a speeder, I follow 400 > metres back.... way back and away.   That's how I can see the smokey minion > > come out of hiding and go after the 'faster' car.
> 
> It's interesting, but when I drive to Detroit from Toronto, it's never in > the southbound direction that I pick up "stragglers".  Only in the > northbound direction, and with Michigan plates on it.   The revenue > generators sure have them trained.  D
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 they ever pull over the *following* > car instead of the first one?
> 
> Geez, Igor, I had one of those hydraulic bumpers on my '82 Jetta.  That was>  > when it was still easy to strap a $50 trailer hitch to a car.
> Got hit twice from behind (like you) with no damage.  Laughed, cause after > > they met my trailer ball, they weren't as lucky.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tony K
> '93 QCS 100
> Also accustomed to driving in Europe.... except the rental agency gave me a> n > Opel Astra that could only do 160 km/h! ....poor car almost had a coronary!
>  ---------
> >I learnd how to drive a car on the other side of the pond, and among the
> >first things they teach you, while hammering the postulates of European
> >traffic laws is: you never_ever sit in a left lane, when the right lane
> >is free. And man, do they enforce it!
> >I am probably the only driver in Philly, who shoots to the right
> >immediately after passing, and to add insult to the injury, I do it with
> >a blinker flashing. To say that I hold a clear left lane to enforce the
> >speed limit is like....jeez, I can't even come up with a colourfull
> >enough comparison, to illustrate how ludicrous it sounds. It's like
> >accusing Phil of speaking inproper English or something. ;)
> >Typical Philly drivers would form a "caravan of idiots" (as I call it)
> >going slowly in the left lane, while the right one, my personal favorit,
> >is totally free. Actually, when I come to think about it, the right lane
> >IS the fast lane here.
> >
> >Igor Kessel
> >'89 200TQ
> >18psi of boost + MOMO inside and out. Speed limit? What speed limit?
> 
> >P.S. No flame was intended, Tony, I am just trying to clarify some
> >things :-)
> 
> 
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 Phil Payne
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 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club