RE: Cellphone use while driving

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

>    I to am getting very tired of soccer moms in their
> Expeditions/Navagators 
> doing 15~20 mph over the limit/tail gating all  talking on the phone
> trying to 
> get to Nordstroms before any one else. 
> 
... this is especially bothersome when you've only got two wheels and no
cage ...

Most of my commute time is spent on the Beemer (motorcycles can use the
commute lanes) ... my favorite tool for getting someone to back off,
especially at night is to speed up just a little bit and then hit the kill
switch while the engine is still turning and in gear.  After a second or so
turn the engine back on and witness the ball of fire exiting the exhaust
pipe ... :)  Perhaps I should set up an extra injector & spark plug in the
exhaust on the cars too ...

In the area I drive I find many people drive the same speed independent of
the overall conditions ... I'll pass someone who is going 40 in a 45 ... we
then turn onto the same residential street and they're riding my butt (or
even passing me!) now that I'm going 30 ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)