Re: American's and stick shifts (long)

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>]

At 14:18 19.08.98 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:

>Get caught driving with a cellphone in your hand over here and it's
>GBP40 and three points on your licence.  Same goes for breakfast.

The law was recently changed in Poland and now explicitly prohibits talking
on the cell phone without hands free kit while driving. I personally really
can't understand how some people can do this. Both my hands have to be on
the steering wheel or I feel my that ability to control car is seriously
impaired. And I drive an automatic. Having to change gears while holding
the phone is purely suicidal, as there are moments when one has to take
both hands off the steering wheel.

>Same goes for cup-holders.  You can't control a couple of tons of moving
metal
							 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You should consider removing at least some of the inventory from your
trunk, Phil ;-)

>and drink at the same time.

Cup holders are sometimes useful, thought. I occasionally eat lunch at
McDonald's (when the local bar serving home cooked-like meals is closed)
and take the Coke with me to drink later at work. Without the cup holder,
there's no place I could put it and be sure it won't spill.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)