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> "Budd Cochran" <mr-d150@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "*" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 \
>
> Hey Budd, blow it out yer ass.... You're exactly the kind of newsgroup
> poster who doesn't bother to read a message before shoveling off a load
of
> drivel.
>
> Take a moment to read back through this inane thread, and really
> READ what Roy said,
Huh??? What'd I say???
Roy
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