Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 13:56:33 +1000
Reply-To: STEPHEN OVERMYER <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
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From: STEPHEN OVERMYER <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject: RESubaru Engines (NVC):
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Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 16:27:12 +1200
From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Subaru Engines (NVC)
>That is the biggest load of hooey I've read in some time. If you can't
>control your road rage, then see a therapist. Don't even get me
>started on your interpretation of what constitutes a 'sports car.'
>
>
Really? So it's fine to be stuck behind some road pig who sits on 90kmh
on the straights on a twisty 100kmh highway, slowing to 70 for the
slightest HINT of a bend, not allowing following traffic to pass and
building up a queue of irritated drivers behind? Get real! This happens
constantly, and of COURSE the following drivers are going to be pissed.
My road rage is generally restricted to swearing (to myself; the pig
can't hear me) and sometimes honking or flashing headlights. BUT some
people are less in control, and this is where assaults are happening.
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Hmmmm....unless I am very much mistaken,a 100kmh speed limited road (for
example) means that 100kmh is the MAXIMUM speed
at which you are allowed to travel.It does not mean that is the speed at
which you MUST travel.
If you wish to travel faster than someone ahead of you who is driving
within the speed limit,well that's tough.You wait untill a safe place to
pass.If there aint one for a while...well,too bad.Put on some soothing
music and relax.
They aren't doing anything wrong and the driver behind has no right to
be pissed off at them.
Sure it can be annoying but in my opinion it is the height of arrogance
to believe any other road user should drive at
the speed as decreed by the impatient jerk behind.
Sure,we've all been frustrated by a slow driver or the clown who baulks
at corners and then accelerates on straights so as to make it difficult
to pass,but it aint worth raising one's blood pressure over.Life's too
short as it is....
Chill...:)
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top....80 kmh max and I don't give a f@#%
:)