Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pegasus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!pegasus!avi From: avi@pegasus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: [some] Truckers ARE nice people !!! Message-ID: <944@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 14:01:20 EST Article-I.D.: pegasus.944 Posted: Thu Feb 16 14:01:20 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 00:55:50 EST References: <297@hou2h.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 26 Truckers may be nice people when they start to drive! However, after enjoying being in their huge powerful machines and being able to literally look down at the puny little vehicles that insist on sharing the road with them, they can often undergo a drastic personality change. Lets face it. When a truck crashes into a standard automobile, who gets hurt more? Usually, the truck plows right on while the car bounces off the road. Many truckdrivers are not aware that their headlights are blinding us because they are mounted higher. They may also not know how threatening it is to have their shadow fall on us and how we can not see a damn thing ahead of us because they blot out the sky. I particularly hate the tankers that have signs like "Warning: Flammable or Explosive materials". Although truckers may be nice people, I prefer them when they are not sitting in the cab of their trucks. With the 55mph speed limit, many of them are now trying to hurry to get somewhere without too many tickets. This makes it very tempting to be less than courteous. I don't totally blame them. For those who are not faint of heart, there is one good thing about trucks. If you stay right behind them, you get better mileage because you just get sucked along with a decreased amount of air resistance. This is not reccomended when the ground is wet. Absolute power corrupts, -- -=> Avi E. Gross @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6241 suggested paths: [ihnp4, allegra, cbosg, hogpc, ...]!pegasus!avi