ebh@hou4b.UUCP (Ed Horch) (04/29/85)
>From: rob@osiris.UUCP (Robert St. Amant) > >I suppose most of the contributors to net.auto were driving long >before the national speed limit came into effect. Not me. I was 12 when the national speed limit was enacted (1974). >I have my various reasons for never driving over 60. So if I stay in >the fast lane driving, say, one mile over or under the speed limit, >tough shit to the speeders. _I'm_ not breaking the law. If there >are so many people set on speeding, they can change the laws, right? So how come I occasionally drive over 60? Simple. I regularly drive on the Garden State Parkway, where everyone goes *fast*. In many places, all traffic averages upwards of 70mph. The only people who go 55 are the ones who probably should not be driving anyway, or those slowing down for exits or to stop on the shoulder. And they all stay to the right, so that those of us in the center and left lanes can go about our business. Going 55 in the normal traffic flow may be legal, but it's also *dangerous*. >Self-righteous crap, you say? Is your house burning down? No? >Then slow down. [FLAME ON] You're damn straight that's self-righteous crap! If my house is or is not burning down, what the hell business is that of yours? The only way it would be is if you were a cop. Your organization says Johns Hopkins, so I think we can safely rule that out. It *certainly* is not your job to protect us from our speeding selves by obstructing traffic (something else you can get ticketed for, O last of the law-abiding citizens). I have a new idea for you. Add stars, bangs and underbars for emphasis. C O M M O N S E N S E Common sense says that if EVERYONE is going a certain speed, you should do the same, to protect your divine head/ass (which is which?) from getting rear-ended. Or are you *hoping* that that'll happen so you can collect on somebody else's insurance? Or maybe you're not confident that you can safely drive at high speeds. If that's the case, stay the hell off the freeways, or (and this is the main point of this whole article, more stars, bangs and underbars): STAY OUT OF THE GODDAM LEFT LANE [FLAME OFF] In short, nobody is saying you *have* to speed. But if you must go that much slower than the rest of the traffic, don't endanger yourself or the rest of us by deliberately creating a hazard. Rebuttals are welcome by private mail. -Ed Horch {ihnp4,akgua,houxm}!hou4b!ebh After 5/1: mtx5b!ebh
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (04/30/85)
FOR THE PERSON WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT A YUPPIE IS. Read the article this refers to by Ed Horch. This is a Yuppie.
man@bocar.UUCP (M Nevar) (05/01/85)
>I have my various reasond for never driving over 60. So if I stay in >the fast lane driving, say, one mile over or under the speed limit, >tough shit to the speeders. _I'm_ not breaking the law. Oh Yeah ? If you're in New Jersey doing this, you're breaking the law. It is illegal to drive in the left lane if there is room to drive in the lane immediately to your right !!! I'm sure this law is in effect in other states also. It's called STAY RIGHT, PASS LEFT. The only time you can be in the left lane legally is for passing or in bumper to bumper traffic.
mark@nvuxb.UUCP (M Friedman) (05/01/85)
Here Here!!!
It's about time someone put the 55mph drivers in their place...
It really pisses me off when I'm doing 65 - 70 on the GSP and some
asshole in front of me in the LEFT LANE is doing 55mph, and refuses
to move over. You can tailgate the SCUM, but he won't moveover!
For all intensive purposes, driving 65mph on the GSP is safer than
driveing 55mph. The slower drivers cause excessive breaking on the
highway, inturn causing fender benders or worse...
And another thing, the cops won't stop you for speeding if your doing
65. Holy shit, you need to go 65 - 70 just to keep up with traffic !!!
{FLAME ON !!!}
ATTENTION ALL DRIVERS WHO ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE OVER 55:
STAY THE HELL OUT OF THE PASSING LANES!!!
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*As the song goes, "I can't drive 55!".*
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758 - 2621phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (05/03/85)
In article <148@nvuxb.UUCP>, mark@nvuxb.UUCP (M Friedman) writes: > For all intensive purposes, driving 65mph on the GSP is safer than ^^^^^^^^^ Another moronic flame from someone who reads a book once a year whether he needs to or not. Perhaps you mean "intents and purposes"? Even that's not appropriate. -- I speak for myself and no one else. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA
sth@rayssd.UUCP (05/11/85)
What is it about automobiles that so totally removes the veneer of civility
from us?
Steve Hirsch, {allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccieng5}!rayssd!sth
Raytheon Co, Submarine Signal Div., Portsmouth, RI