Re: When are you too old to drive?

Dave Smith (adavidsmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying : 

> Some car drivers can be real dicks.

Indeed they can.

So can some pedestrians, cyclists, horse riders, truck drivers, bikers.

> I had a run in with one a number of years ago while out walking my dogs 
> at night.>

> Some dick head comes flying down the road at high speed and instead of 
> moving over to the centre a bit, moves over to threaten me.

Yup, that was ****ing stupid.

But he missed you.

> I whacked the side of the guy's car.

And that was ****ing stupid, too.

Either he wasn't *really* travelling that quick, or you were bloody lucky 
not to do yourself some serious damage.

> He stops and comes back to confront me....

Not surprised. You've just committed criminal damage.

> tells me I am walking on the wrong side of the road, have no business 
> being on the road ????

See? Told you he was ****ing stupid.

> The idiot leaves, turns around, and comes flying back at high speed.

Utterly ****ing stupid.

> Knowing that he he about to do something dumb to intimidate me, I
> stepped back and picked up a handful of 3/4inch gravel off a driveway.
> As the guy approached me he swung toward me. I guess  he wasn't
> expecting me to whip a handful of gravel at his car when he did that. 

Just as well he didn't lose control of the car, eh? Wouldn't *that* have 
been funny...?

One person's ****ing stupid, and the other shakes his head and continues 
with his day.

BOTH people are ****ing stupid, and there's very nearly serious harm done,

potentially loss of life.

I hope you're *really* proud of yourself...