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> Budd Cochran <mr-d150@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Or . . .
>>
>> ya could do like I was taught and NOT FOLLOW SO DARN CLOSE.
>>
>> The 2 second following rule applies in clear, dry weather, in rain add
> 2-3+
>> seconds and snow add about a minute, but YMMV.
>>
>> Budd
>> ( Who hasn't had an accident attributable to himself in a quarter
century
>
>> . .
>> well, no accidents in a quarter century)
>>
> I was referring to that period of time when you are pulling up alongside
> the truck - in the ADJACENT LANE!!!!!! - on the divided Interstate
> highway.....
>
> ......It CAN be a blinding experience.....
Yes, especially if you pull out too close to the truck. Try dropping back
a
bit ( gives better view around the truck as well) accelerate in your lane
and pull out before you get to the rooster tail. You'll zip thru much
faster
and lose your vision for a shorter time. Do this in dry weather and you
find
you get better gas economy because you're not putting dents in the
floorboard to get up speed.
>
> I am astounded at how often things have to be spelled out for some
> people........
>
> I said I pulled "....out into the rooster tail...."......
Now you have to be insulting? I've been driving for 40 years next month,
probably longer than you been alive. I got maximum scores in every safe
driving test I've ever taken, scored one imperfect score on a driving test
just four years ago (all others were perfect scores), was driving
instructor
in the military. . . .now, who do you think needs it spelled out for them?
>
> .......which most people of average intelligence would translate into me
> pulling out from the lane behind the truck - which doesn't even SUGGEST
> that I was tailgating - into the adjacent passing lane - at which point
I
> would NOT be following the truck "....SO DARN CLOSE..."......
If you're pulling out into the rooster tail, you're too close.
>
> ....I would not be "following" it at ALL!!!!!!
If you are in the lane behind the truck before pulling to the other lane,
you are following . . or about to be in a head on accident.
>
> ......I would be BESIDE the truck.......executing my mission - which was
> to
> safely PASS the truck......the accomplishment of said mission being made
> safer by the way Rain-X keeps the wind****eld clear of water under those
> conditions.......
Mission??? You a top-secret government agent or something? Your
RESPONSIBILITY is to pass the truck safely. By pulling out before you are
so
close as to get soaked in the rooster tail, you reduce the chances of an
accident due to reduced visibility . . .( sarcasm mode at full) talk about
needing to spell it out . . .
>
> .......conditions which often result in relatively lengthy periods of a
> wind****eld completely covered with water interrupted only briefly by the
> passing of the wiper.......Who here doesn't know what I am talking
> about???????
Only those that have not learned you don't have to be on a truck's bumper
before pulling out to pass.
>
> I, too, have been a quarter-century without an attributable accident - a
> quarter-century of 40-50,000 miles-per-year!!!!
WOW!!! That's what percent of your total driving time? Larger, btw, is not
always better. The other four accidents I was involved in were spread over
the previous 15 years and only two of the total were my fault.
> Knee-jerkers annoy me......
And spammers annoy me. So does not catching fish, but that's different.
Yours was the knee-jerk reaction, btw. I was only giving sound, proven
advice on how to drive safely. It is unfortunate it proves a lack of need
for your spam, er, product, no, spam, yep, spamola. Ah darn, you cowardly
types use a munged addy so you can't be re****ted. . . .you think . . .
>
> They skim over something quickly, and instead of paying attention what
the
> author actually said, they place their own meaning on it.......and jump
in
> with a totally unrelated, usually inappropriate answer....
ROTFLMBO!!!!! The answer was appropriate, spammer, it just didn't sup****t
your spam spiel, that's all.
>
> Doesn't ANYBODY have ANY sort of reading comprehension and attention
span
> any more?????
Well, you apparently don't, or you wouldn't have your panties in a bunch
claiming I misread your spam.
Some folks re****t spammers like you, I like to rip their spiels to shreds
.
.. .more of a mental challenge, ya know, except when they fall apart and
start being insulting as quickly as you did.
Darn, and I thought you could handle it . . . . .
Budd
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