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From: Martin on 29 Jan 2008 09:46 >>No one has a legitimate reason enough to tail gate or break the speed >>limit unless their vehicle is equipped with flashing blue lights. Bleeding badly relative dying in hospital
From: Martin on 29 Jan 2008 09:49 >>I'm sure your father would have had a few points on his license if he >>did the same thing today. Better than a dead baby you tosser
From: john doe on 29 Jan 2008 14:49 "halfanorange" <halfanorange(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:c85ba33a-f4e7-4162-ba61-93226dd2afd2(a)i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > On Jan 28, 9:44 pm, Mark W <miwater...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> 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. > > I'm sure your father would have had a few points on his license if he > did the same thing today. > and i'm sure he'd think it was worth it. james
From: TripleS on 29 Jan 2008 05:13 Bill wrote: > In message > <d96d813c-04ed-4fa9-ab61-51f92f9555ee(a)j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>, > Mark W <miwaterton(a)tiscali.co.uk> writes >> 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. > > Ditto with an uncle of mine when he slashed his arm open on a job we > were doing, not quite so near terminal but not far off. I had already > decided that I would rather have a speeding conviction than risk loosing > him. > > Bottom line is YOU don't know why the other driver is in a hurry so let > him past if he wants to go. Exactly. It's the only sensible thing to do. Best wishes all, Dave.
From: Steve in Herts on 2 Feb 2008 04:54
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:51:17 -0800 (PST), halfanorange <halfanorange(a)gmail.com> wrote: <snipped> More like halfabrain Tailgating is dangerous and the best thing you can do is to minimise the risk to yourself by leaving a larger gap in front of you and also allowing the tailgater get past as soon as possible when convenient. I have no sympathy for people who tailgate but pissing them off is only going to make an already dangerous situation even more dangerous. |