Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site we53.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!we13!we53!bmt From: bmt@we53.UUCP ( B. M. Thomas ) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: "Please move over, you are blocking me" Message-ID: <204@we53.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 13:41:22 EST Article-I.D.: we53.204 Posted: Tue Jan 31 13:41:22 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:50:02 EST References: <274@hou2h.UUCP>, <207@pyuxnn.UUCP> <527@pyuxa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Technologies - St. Louis Missouri Lines: 39 Just a note to those of you who do tailgate(yes, I know you're out there!).. I don't like it (and neither do the police, if that means anything to you) because: 1. It's dangerous(No, you CAN't stop if I do!). 2. It's stupid(see above). 3. It's rude(who do you think YOU are?). 4. It's illegal(for the above reasons). Now, I know that you know all of that and remain unmoved, since you are interested only in getting where you're going or proving how smart or how powerful or how much more important you are, or whatever. What you obviously don't know is that it doesn't work! Consider this: You are in a great hurry, because you didn't get up on time, planned badly, or are just wanting to feel big. You pull up on my tail in crowded traffic in the left lane where I am passing most everybody and slightly over the speed limit. Shame on me, but that's how it is, with me and most everybody in this very busy world. Now I have no opportunity to pull over and let you by, which is what I would like to do(I haven't yet assumed that you are a jerk, and you may have some emergency) since there is another car at a reasonable distance ahead of me in my lane, and I am not about to tailgate him, since I don't like you doing it to me. As long as you are tailgating me, even if I did like it, you are not going to go any faster than I am, so the only chance you have is to go around me. Unfortunately, you can't, since I am slowly passing the car next to me. Meanwhile, you are flashing your hi-beams, honking your horn, and getting all bent out of shape, but you're not getting anywhere! So I get a little irate, and start slowing down. And sslloowwiinngg ddoowwnn, and now instead of passing, I'm being passed by the guy next to me, and you, who are also going slowly, are being passed by the tailgators in his lane, and you have no chance to speed up and go around since you have no room! So I finally pull over to let you by, you gesture provocatively at me; and me, I just laugh. Silly old tailgator! -- from over the rainbow of we53!bmt(Brian M. Thomas @ AT&T Technologies, St. Louis, MO)