Re: Road Rage, Safety, etc.

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 18:42:18 EST, Eric Ferguson wrote:

>In a message dated 98-01-22 18:23:13 EST, you write:
>
>> 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.
>[ ... ]

It's when folks plodding along at 90mph won't return to the slow
lane when they have plenty of room to do so that some of us
old white guys get a bit peeved.

I think that to many drivers, even the most polite flash of the
headlights from well behind is regarded as a violent attack.

DeWitt Harrison    de@aztek-eng.com
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq