Re: Road Rage, Safety, etc.

["Martin Pajak" <quattro@rogerswave.ca>]

> << There's a difference between a courtesy flash and a
>  drive-up-the-exhaustpipe-and-keep-pushing technique >>
> 
> No doubt, tell that to the driver of an Eldorado, new (f'n ugly) Town Car.
> Drivers are _usually_older_white_guys_ who are impatient.  I was going 75 mph,
> passing abunch of people with no room to get over, and these jerk-offs (can i
> say that?) flash me. 

Don't forget there is also a difference between someone in the left 
lane passing people @ 10 mph faster than the people on the right and 
one that is taking his sweet time.
Hopefully you are the first kind.
I almost always have some minivan in the passing lane with a speed 
difference of 1-3 mph to the slow lane.  Taking them 5 min to pass three 
cars (feels like that anyways).
It looks to me that people are afraid to use the gas pedal.
Try them off the line though and they won't let you in front if there 
is a merging line.
Once they get in front of you they slow down!?!?
Never fails.
I drive a lot and see a lot of really stupid drivers doing really 
mindless things.
American drivers do not like to be passed.
I don't know where it comes from but it really looks like it.
In Europe passing is a normal thing and no one (there are exceptions) 
gets pissed off if you pass them.  They actually move onto the paved 
shoulder to give you more room if there is an oncoming car.
That's thoughtfullnes.

Later.


Martin Pajak
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