Re: Ass raped at the pumps

#21

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:34:16 -0400, "dwight" <tfrog93 (AT) gEEmail (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:3bbt43d7i5ur2jbgu11rrupo849nrmjngg (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...

While I don't disagree with your hypothesis, the average American
can't drive worth a shit to begin with. Therefore, we are all held to
the LCD standard.

I do disagree with your hypothesis. I'm the average American, and I think
I
drive fairly well. In fact, AS the average American, I drive better than
95%
of the drivers out there.

Where do you fall on the curve?

dwight

I can see that you are also a product of our educational system. If
you are better then 95% of the drivers out there -- how on earth can
you be average?

Because the average driver in American truly believes that he IS better than
95% of the rest.

I repeat - where do you come in?

dwight

#22

dwight wrote:

Quote:

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:34:16 -0400, "dwight" <tfrog93 (AT) gEEmail (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:3bbt43d7i5ur2jbgu11rrupo849nrmjngg (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
While I don't disagree with your hypothesis, the average American
can't drive worth a shit to begin with. Therefore, we are all held to
the LCD standard.
I do disagree with your hypothesis. I'm the average American, and I think
I
drive fairly well. In fact, AS the average American, I drive better than
95%
of the drivers out there.

Where do you fall on the curve?

dwight

I can see that you are also a product of our educational system. If
you are better then 95% of the drivers out there -- how on earth can
you be average?

Because the average driver in American truly believes that he IS better than
95% of the rest.

I repeat - where do you come in?

Moot question. He likes mass transit.

#23

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 22:21:26 -0400, "dwight" <tfrog93 (AT) gEEmail (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:ef0v439hktecund4qcqlm30723t54o1or8 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:34:16 -0400, "dwight" <tfrog93 (AT) gEEmail (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:3bbt43d7i5ur2jbgu11rrupo849nrmjngg (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...

While I don't disagree with your hypothesis, the average American
can't drive worth a shit to begin with. Therefore, we are all held to
the LCD standard.

I do disagree with your hypothesis. I'm the average American, and I
think
I
drive fairly well. In fact, AS the average American, I drive better than
95%
of the drivers out there.

Where do you fall on the curve?

dwight

I can see that you are also a product of our educational system. If
you are better then 95% of the drivers out there -- how on earth can
you be average?

Because the average driver in American truly believes that he IS better
than
95% of the rest.

I repeat - where do you come in?

I come in where ever I want. I've earned the right to, but that is a
different issue.

Mario Andretti I am not, but I've been to his driving school. I also
got my first license in Germany in the early 70's.

I don't cruise in the left lane, I pass in it. I turn on my
headlights when it is raining or overcast. Oh, and I know where my
turn signals are and how to use them. I also know how to drive in all
weather conditions, how to control a skid, and pay more attention to
the car in front of the one in front of me then I do the other way
around.

I also campaigned in several different classes of motorcycle
road-racing over 30-years ago before it was popular.

I've owned at one time or another almost every muscle car built and
currently have a `95 Corvette, an `01 GT drop-top, an `07 Cadillac SRX
with a Northstar V8, and an `06 Harley Classic sitting in garages or
driveways.

Am I average? No not quite, but then again the "average" American is
-- well just average. It is one of the problems with this country.
The LCD mindset.

My point exactly. You seem to consider yourself above average, as does
everyone else.

Personally, I think the average driver does fairly well. When I consider the
millions of drivers in just the Philadelphia tri-state area, the fact that
traffic just seems to "work", that the number of fender-benders is miniscule
compared to the available pool of potential accidents, I think it's
miraculous.

Yet EVERYONE (almost without exception) complains about the morons out
there.

So, when I see someone complaining about "the average American driver," I
question what's behind that complaint. If I were a Christian, I would
probably say something about letting the sinless cast the first stone, and
that wouldn't be me. I've screwed up, and it's only because of the reactions
of the average American drivers around me that my car hasn't been hit. Now,
if you have never done anything stupid behind the wheel, if you've never
caused any other drivers to hit their brakes, if you're a faultless driver,
then I'm glad to meet you. You'd be the first.

I have no problem with the average driver. It's the boobs on the fringes who
bother me - the ones who have no business driving, either because they're so
BAD at it, or because they seem to believe they're much better than they
really are.

dwight

#24

"Michael Johnson" <cds (AT) erols (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Spike wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2007 16:40:21 -0400, Michael Johnson <cds (AT) erols (DOT) com
wrote:

Spike wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2007 04:22:35 -0400, The Wolf With the Red Roses
Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2007 19:40:41 -0500, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
(Brent P) wrote something wonderfully witty:

In article <tubs43dka67g810qdt32hlkb15n7g8enc7 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>, Spike wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2007 14:44:48 -0500,
tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
(Brent P) wrote:

SNIP
Yes, they have underposted speed limits for revenue collection too.
And people burn speed cameras over there. And when one looks into
their road safety because of said speed cameras, it's at best no
improvement and sometimes more dangerous. But if you had researched
the topic you would already know it and wouldn't be trying to recycle
back to that to cover your ass here.
While I don't disagree with your hypothesis, the average American
can't drive worth a shit to begin with. Therefore, we are all held to
the LCD standard.
Actually, when you take into account the numbers of drivers, the
conditions of the roads, etc, US drivers are not that bad compared to
many other countries I have driven in.
If you notice the drivers where you live and compare their driving to
drivers who visit your particular locale, I would say that the
"foreign" drivers are far worse. The local drivers have adopted their
style in order to survive. The "foreign" drivers have not yet learned
those survival techniques. A zillion cars flow into and out of the
major metro areas like LA, SF, NY, etc, every day and survive the trip
because the have learned the skills to survive. If that requires a
driver to be rude, or act in other ways to survive, that's what they
do. The person lacking those skills is the one most apt to initiate a
chain reaction because they are trying to use the survival skills of
their home territory.

This is something man has used since long before the car.
Environmental adaptation. For example, the colonists who adopted
buckskin and blended into the woodlands the way the Indians did not
only kept their scalps, but whipped the hell out of the British who
wore red and marched in a straight line. The Brits failed to adopt the
survival skills in the new environment.
Reminds me of one of my favorite all time movies, "The Patriot".

Mine, too. Or how about "Last of the Mohicans" when the Indians lined
the roadway and the Brits walked right into the killing zone and never
saw it coming?

That is a great movie too. It has one of the best endings of any movie
made, IMO.

I like My Cousin Vinnie.

dwight

#25

The Wolf With the Red Roses wrote:

Quote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 23:15:57 -0400, Michael Johnson <cds (AT) erols (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

dwight wrote:
"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:ef0v439hktecund4qcqlm30723t54o1or8 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
On Sat, 19 May 2007 09:34:16 -0400, "dwight" <tfrog93 (AT) gEEmail (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:3bbt43d7i5ur2jbgu11rrupo849nrmjngg (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
While I don't disagree with your hypothesis, the average American
can't drive worth a shit to begin with. Therefore, we are all held to
the LCD standard.
I do disagree with your hypothesis. I'm the average American, and I think
I
drive fairly well. In fact, AS the average American, I drive better than
95%
of the drivers out there.

Where do you fall on the curve?

dwight

I can see that you are also a product of our educational system. If
you are better then 95% of the drivers out there -- how on earth can
you be average?
Because the average driver in American truly believes that he IS better than
95% of the rest.

I repeat - where do you come in?
Moot question. He likes mass transit.

Bet your ass. When I can't even go the speed limit because of the
congestion on a 6/8 lane highway & gas is north of $3.00 bucks, I'd
like to kick back & relax on the way home instead of arriving there
more pissed off then when I left work.

I would do the same if I had to commute to DC every day.

#26

dwight wrote:

Quote:

"Michael Johnson" <cds (AT) erols (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:bqqdnT9lS5ZMPdLbnZ2dnUVZ_sPinZ2d (AT) giganews (DOT) com...
Spike wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2007 16:40:21 -0400, Michael Johnson <cds (AT) erols (DOT) com
wrote:

Spike wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2007 04:22:35 -0400, The Wolf With the Red Roses
Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2007 19:40:41 -0500, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
(Brent P) wrote something wonderfully witty:

In article <tubs43dka67g810qdt32hlkb15n7g8enc7 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>, Spike wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2007 14:44:48 -0500,
tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
(Brent P) wrote:

SNIP
Yes, they have underposted speed limits for revenue collection too.
And people burn speed cameras over there. And when one looks into
their road safety because of said speed cameras, it's at best no
improvement and sometimes more dangerous. But if you had researched
the topic you would already know it and wouldn't be trying to recycle
back to that to cover your ass here.
While I don't disagree with your hypothesis, the average American
can't drive worth a shit to begin with. Therefore, we are all held to
the LCD standard.
Actually, when you take into account the numbers of drivers, the
conditions of the roads, etc, US drivers are not that bad compared to
many other countries I have driven in.
If you notice the drivers where you live and compare their driving to
drivers who visit your particular locale, I would say that the
"foreign" drivers are far worse. The local drivers have adopted their
style in order to survive. The "foreign" drivers have not yet learned
those survival techniques. A zillion cars flow into and out of the
major metro areas like LA, SF, NY, etc, every day and survive the trip
because the have learned the skills to survive. If that requires a
driver to be rude, or act in other ways to survive, that's what they
do. The person lacking those skills is the one most apt to initiate a
chain reaction because they are trying to use the survival skills of
their home territory.

This is something man has used since long before the car.
Environmental adaptation. For example, the colonists who adopted
buckskin and blended into the woodlands the way the Indians did not
only kept their scalps, but whipped the hell out of the British who
wore red and marched in a straight line. The Brits failed to adopt the
survival skills in the new environment.
Reminds me of one of my favorite all time movies, "The Patriot".
Mine, too. Or how about "Last of the Mohicans" when the Indians lined
the roadway and the Brits walked right into the killing zone and never
saw it coming?
That is a great movie too. It has one of the best endings of any movie
made, IMO.

I like My Cousin Vinnie.

I like Vinnie's wife. Good looking and she can replace the head gaskets
on my Mustang.

#27

On Sun, 20 May 2007 20:15:59 -0400, The Wolf With the Red Roses
<Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Sun, 20 May 2007 10:04:47 -0400, "dwight" <tfrog93 (AT) gEEmail (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

"The Wolf With the Red Roses" <Wolf (AT) Red (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:hltv4353ob25g6ppqtbfgcrk5523vve7d1 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
On Sat, 19 May 2007 22:21:26 -0400, "dwight" <tfrog93 (AT) gEEmail (DOT) com
wrote something wonderfully witty:

SNIP

Personally, I think the average driver does fairly well. When I consider the
millions of drivers in just the Philadelphia tri-state area, the fact that
traffic just seems to "work", that the number of fender-benders is miniscule
compared to the available pool of potential accidents, I think it's
miraculous.

Probably chaos theory at work. We have ton's of rear-enders where I
live. I've been rear-ended three times in 14 years. Almost every
accident I see is a rear-ender.

I hear they have that problem in San Francisco a lot. :0)

Quote:

Yet EVERYONE (almost without exception) complains about the morons out
there.

So, when I see someone complaining about "the average American driver," I
question what's behind that complaint. If I were a Christian, I would
probably say something about letting the sinless cast the first stone, and
that wouldn't be me. I've screwed up, and it's only because of the reactions
of the average American drivers around me that my car hasn't been hit. Now,
if you have never done anything stupid behind the wheel, if you've never
caused any other drivers to hit their brakes, if you're a faultless driver,
then I'm glad to meet you. You'd be the first.

In damn near 4-decades of licensed driving I've never bee the cause of
an accident, nor been involved in a solo one either in a car. I have
had two solo street motorcycle incidents.

I have no problem with the average driver. It's the boobs on the fringes who
bother me - the ones who have no business driving, either because they're so
BAD at it, or because they seem to believe they're much better than they
really are.

Guess it is just a difference of opinion. I think the average ones
are the boobs.

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