From: Steve Firth on
Alex Heney <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:12:25 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
> wrote:
[snip]
> >
> >Well no it's not totally wrong
>
> Yes it was.
>
> As you would well know, if you knew anything whatsoever about driving
> (or about basic physics for that matter).

Get your head out of your butt Heney.
From: Steve Firth on
Alex Heney <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:25:35 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
> wrote:
>
> >Mike Ross <mike(a)corestore.org> wrote:
> >
> >> she was passing a horse TRAILER or box
> >
> >No, writing TRAILER in capitals still doesn't change the origial post
> >which referred to a carriage.
>
> And which in another part of the post referred to a trailer.
>
> It's obvious if you read the whole OP that she was actually referring
> to a horse trailer, not a horse and carriage.

No it's not.
From: Mike Ross on
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:10:06 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

>Alex Heney <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:25:35 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Mike Ross <mike(a)corestore.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> she was passing a horse TRAILER or box
>> >
>> >No, writing TRAILER in capitals still doesn't change the origial post
>> >which referred to a carriage.
>>
>> And which in another part of the post referred to a trailer.
>>
>> It's obvious if you read the whole OP that she was actually referring
>> to a horse trailer, not a horse and carriage.
>
>No it's not.

At best, it's ambiguous. At worst, it's *irrelevant*; we've moved on from
discussing the specific to the general.

Mike
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From: Mike Ross on
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:25:35 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

>Mike Ross <mike(a)corestore.org> wrote:
>
>> she was passing a horse TRAILER or box
>
>No, writing TRAILER in capitals still doesn't change the origial post
>which referred to a carriage.

It also referred to a TRAILER: "...and didn't
expect my spot behind the horse trailer to be closed up...". Saying the post
referred to a carriage doesn't change the fact that it clearly referred to a
TRAILER.

Mike
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From: Mike Ross on
<snips>

On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:25:55 -0400, Dave Head <rally2xs(a)att.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:50:01 +0000 (UTC), "steve robinson"
><steve(a)colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Dave Head wrote:
>>> Yes, a following car blocking the area behind the horsetrailer is
>>> following too close. At 20 mph, that's 58 ft following distance for
>>> the recommended 2 seconds following distance, and should be
>>> available to pull into.
>>
>>Was this the very same gap the op pulled out of , whilst its stupid
>>to drive so close its not an offence
>
>It is in Virginia - its called tailgating. It can be charged as
>reckless driving and can get you up to a year in jail.

I've seen drivers I would have liked to see get that. It could certainly be
charged as careless driving, and possibly as dangerous driving, in the UK too.

>>> Again, do you have a muffler problem? The critter isn't going to
>>> know if you have the throttle wide open otherwise, and passing is a
>>> full throttle proposition on a 2 lane road.
>>>
>>No i dont , however high revving engines emit far more noise ,
>
>You have a muffler problem. My WRX under full throttle is still
>quiet. I can't hear it well enough to know when to shift. I just
>can't hear it. Have to use the tach.

Heh. My tuned STi is a little noisy; I admit it. But it's funny, it depends on
the situation. I never thought it was *that* noisy, until I drove it through the
Brooklyn-Battery tunnel last year with the windows open and it was bloody
deafening, sounded like an F1 car at half-chat!

Mike
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