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From: halfanorange on 28 Jan 2008 16:18 On Jan 28, 9:13 pm, "Brimstone" <brimstone520-n...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > halfanorange wrote: > > On Jan 28, 9:09 am, gazzafield > > <rufty_tufty_hoolyt...(a)nospam.says_I.thankyou.ko> wrote: > >>> 6. Take every opportunity to flash cars in or out of junctions, > >>> anything to put a bit of traffic and time between the tailgater and > >>> their destination. > > >> 7. THINK! The person just may have a legitimate reason for wanting > >> to get somewhere in a hurry. And I don't mean they may be late for > >> work. > > > No one has a legitimate reason enough to tail gate or break the speed > > limit unless their vehicle is equipped with flashing blue lights. > > But they do have a legitinate right to pass the car in front. What has that got to do with this thread?
From: David Taylor on 28 Jan 2008 16:16 On 2008-01-28, halfanorange <halfanorange(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 28, 9:09 am, gazzafield ><rufty_tufty_hoolyt...(a)nospam.says_I.thankyou.ko> wrote: >> > 6. Take every opportunity to flash cars in or out of junctions, >> > anything to put a bit of traffic and time between the tailgater and >> > their destination. >> >> 7. THINK! The person just may have a legitimate reason for wanting to get >> somewhere in a hurry. And I don't mean they may be late for work. > > No one has a legitimate reason enough to tail gate or break the speed > limit unless their vehicle is equipped with flashing blue lights. Odd that you don't apply the same high standards to your own behaviour of delaying and inconveniencing following vehicles. -- David Taylor
From: Brimstone on 28 Jan 2008 16:28 halfanorange wrote: > On Jan 28, 9:13 pm, "Brimstone" <brimstone520-n...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> halfanorange wrote: >>> On Jan 28, 9:09 am, gazzafield >>> <rufty_tufty_hoolyt...(a)nospam.says_I.thankyou.ko> wrote: >>>>> 6. Take every opportunity to flash cars in or out of junctions, >>>>> anything to put a bit of traffic and time between the tailgater >>>>> and their destination. >> >>>> 7. THINK! The person just may have a legitimate reason for >>>> wanting to get somewhere in a hurry. And I don't mean they may be >>>> late for work. >> >>> No one has a legitimate reason enough to tail gate or break the >>> speed limit unless their vehicle is equipped with flashing blue >>> lights. >> >> But they do have a legitinate right to pass the car in front. > > What has that got to do with this thread? Someone wishing to pass and getting close the the vehicle in front might be mistaken for a tailgater.
From: Mark W on 28 Jan 2008 16:44 On 28 Jan, 20:56, halfanorange <halfanora...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 28, 9:09 am, gazzafield > > <rufty_tufty_hoolyt...(a)nospam.says_I.thankyou.ko> wrote: > > > 6. Take every opportunity to flash cars in or out of junctions, > > > anything to put a bit of traffic and time between the tailgater and > > > their destination. > > > 7. THINK! The person just may have a legitimate reason for wanting to get > > somewhere in a hurry. And I don't mean they may be late for work. > > No one has a legitimate reason enough to tail gate or break the speed > limit unless their vehicle is equipped with flashing blue lights. Yes they can have. I certainly would have had one less sister had my old man not managed to cover some 4 miles in as many minutes (in an Austin Maxi at the time !) despite the 30 limit and Norfolk village roads. Cos thats how long it took to meet the ambulance coming the other way when she stopped breathing as a baby. If some tosser played silly buggers in front of me under similar circumstances there would be two casualties in the ambulance.
From: Mark W on 28 Jan 2008 16:44
On 28 Jan, 20:56, halfanorange <halfanora...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 28, 9:09 am, gazzafield > > <rufty_tufty_hoolyt...(a)nospam.says_I.thankyou.ko> wrote: > > > 6. Take every opportunity to flash cars in or out of junctions, > > > anything to put a bit of traffic and time between the tailgater and > > > their destination. > > > 7. THINK! The person just may have a legitimate reason for wanting to get > > somewhere in a hurry. And I don't mean they may be late for work. > > No one has a legitimate reason enough to tail gate or break the speed > limit unless their vehicle is equipped with flashing blue lights. Yes they can have. I certainly would have had one less sister had my old man not managed to cover some 4 miles in as many minutes (in an Austin Maxi at the time !) despite the 30 limit and Norfolk village roads. Cos thats how long it took to meet the ambulance coming the other way when she stopped breathing as a baby. If some tosser played silly buggers in front of me under similar circumstances there would be two casualties in the ambulance. |