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Re: Driving Pet peeves
In article <3sa8ga$tf@nnrp2.primenet.com>, steph@primenet.com says...
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>Alain Southiere (asouthie@volvox.qc.ca) wrote:
>: In article <3s74dh$57i@nnrp1.primenet.com>, steph@primenet.com says...
>: >
>: >Yes. MOVE OVER AND LET THEM PASS. They're going to go faster than you anyway.
>: >What's the problem? I can't understand why you guys can't figure this out
>: >for yourself.
>
>: No need for moronic shouting like that... We're not talking about someone
>: who wants to pass, but about TAILGATERS, you know, the kind of morons who
>: stick at less than 3 feet behind your read bumper, whatever you do ? The
>: kind that stay in you *ss wether you speed 20 mph over the limit or you
>: slow down 20 mph under the limit. I've even had some follow me between
>: lane changes !
>
>I let them pass the moment they appear on my rear, unless there's no
>shoulder, no other lanes, or nothing I can do. I don't play games, I
>don't speed up, I have no reason to hold my position.
How can we make you comprehend ??? Many tailgater DON'T WANT TO PASS !
Tailgating is the way they drive. Can't you understand that when you have
to pull the stunts I've described below, the tailgater in question doesn't
want to pass !!!
>: Moreover, I never ride in the left lane except to pass, the tailgaters
>: I'm talking about are people who don't want to pass me, they're just
>: morons. The left lane is open if they would want to pass, but they don't !
>: According to you, I should go onto the shoulder ? Stupid !
>
>I guess I'm fortunate that I've never encountered one of these.
Yeah ! I whish I'd never encounter them too... Makes driving too
stressfull.
>: The only way I've found to get rid of these morons is to get in the
>: left (passing lane) without signaling when there's noone on the lane
>: and then slam the brakes and return to the right lane. When I have to
>: do stunts like that to get rid of a tailgater, you can see (I hope
>: you can, or you're more stupid than you above statement imply) that
>: those tailgaters don't want to pass, they just want to tailgate !
>
>Weird! Either this is rare or a regional thing. Must make you wish you
>had a gun in your car.
Well, I'm in province of Quebec (in Canada) and drivers here are often
real morons. When I read someone complaining about bad drivers in the USA,
it makes me laugh ! They should come here a few days. For instance, I've
recently went on vacation for about 10 days. We went in Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New-Yor state. Driving over there was a real plasure. As soon as we
passed the border, we thought we entered hell, especially as we go nearer
to Montreal (principal city, about 3M people, including suburbs). In fact,
the only place I've seen that's worse than Quebec is New-York city. Even
in Boston, which about about the same size as Montreal, people are much
more courteous and les dangerous drivers.
>: >solution. Playing games on the road is a sure sign that someone shouldn't
>: >have gotten their license in the first place.
>
>: Who talked about playing games ? Don't you read a post before
>: replying ?
>
>No offense meant. I've never encountered a tailgater that didn't just
>want to go faster than me. I'm pretty responsive to this since I keep an
>eye on the rearview alot.
I do too ! People who have rode with me usually say that I'm a good
driver, expect for the fact that I drive a little too fast (always a
few MPH over the limit, that scare some people :-).
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Alain Southiere | My employers couldn't care less about what
asouthie@volvox.qc.ca (work) | I write here. Even if they did, they'd
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