Re: Road Rage

[Memnuts@aol.com]

I have been reading all the posts on this subject and have come upon an 
interesting undercurrent to just about every post.  The offenders seem to 
lack courtesy.  I recall a very wise man by the name of Kosmo Kramer once 
said "Jerry, manners are the grease of society" and if you think about it 
that statement is very true.  It only requires a small amount of common 
courtesy to pull to the right or the left depending on the country to get out 
of the way and allow even faster moving traffic through.  It appears to me 
that fewer and fewer people are lubricating the bushings of society lately.  
	On my travels on America's highways I have noticed that it seems that 
people driving SUV's and econoboxes and young women (please no flames I tell 
it as I see it) are the ones that are the main offenders.  For what every 
reason these people seem to refuse to think that the rules and courtesies of 
the road apply to them.  SUV drivers think that because they have a huge 4 
ton vehicle that everyone should get out of their way.  Unfortunately they 
are the ones that should get out of the way since they are the ones driving 
the poor handling, lumbering vehicles that measure fuel mileage in gallons 
per mile that can't get out of their own way.  I have no idea what is with 
econobox drivers other that they have no grip on what exactly rules of the 
road are.  I have had a few girlfriends that drive like maniacs and I have 
asked them what possesses them to think an Expedition or a dodge Avenger will 
keep up with an A4q or an A2 GTI in a turn.  To my surprise most of their 
replies were why wouldn't it keep up with those cars they have for tires 
don't they.  they just don't have a firm grasp of the law of physics and they 
also think hey if a VW can do that so can a dodge Avenger (probably one of 
the least sporty sports cars ever built  hell they are built on the Intrepid 
platform one of the crappiest on the road) or an Explorer. I cannot express 
how many times I have been in my girlfriends Explorer and was yelling 
colorful words when she entered a turn to fast and felt the front end push 
closer and closer to the concrete divider on my side of the vehicle. Her 
reply to my screaming is "Oh quit yer bitchin you go that fast around that 
turn in your 34 year old mustang all the time," what she forgets is that my 
tires aren't squealing and the car is not coming within inches of the 
concrete divider.

Erich
some things stated above are opinion and opinions are like a$$holes everyone 
has one