Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hou2h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hou2h!an From: an@hou2h.UUCP (A.NGUYEN) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Truckers ARE nice people !!! Message-ID: <297@hou2h.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 09:03:44 EST Article-I.D.: hou2h.297 Posted: Thu Feb 16 09:03:44 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 02:59:28 EST Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 24 When I really have to drive up the NJ Turnpike, I always go on the "Trucks and Buses" side. Truck drivers and bus drivers are not only much better drivers than the average car driver, they are also a LOT more courteous. They drive for a living, so they better be good. Their job also depends on their driving, so they are less likely to engage in egotistical dogfights. They are also quite mindful of their vehicle's limited acceleration, so they plan their moves well in advance and are generally very predictable. As for Wombat's bad experience, has it ever occur to this dingbat :-) that them trucks need to pick up some speed going down one hill so that they can make it up the next hill without too much huffing and puffing ? If you pull out to pass them on the uphill side when they have to slow down a bit, then you should either pick up enough speed to pull in in front of them on the down hill side without slowing them down, or you should wait for them to pass you on the right and pull in BEHIND them ! Don't be so damn timid with the gas -- punch it hard when you have to !!! What does a wombat know about driving anyway ?! Au Nguyen