Don't worry, Roy, he's just a moderator wannabe.
Budd
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>> "Budd Cochran" <mr-d150@[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,
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> Huh??? What'd I say???
>
> Roy
>
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