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From: Brent on 18 Jun 2010 00:50 On 2010-06-18, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote: > Easy. A performance driver is one who is 15+ over the speed limit on surface > streets, highways, or interstates Grey haired women driving full size buicks fit this description where I live. > Also, they are often using aggressive > acceleration instead of gradual acceleration. Ahh... you're one of these sloth drivers who takes a mile to get up to 45mph. The reason for brisk acceleration is simple and two fold. One it allows for stringing green signals together and two it is a way for compensating for absurdly low speed limits. See: http://blip.tv/file/3771594 > Furthermore, they are often > easily identified as driving well beyond the safe speed of traffic as > evidenced by their car's front noticeably dipping whenever they have to > brake hard. Additionally they are often aggressively turning and lane > changing instead of smoothly and gradually turning and lane changing. LOL. So because I don't crawl around corners I'm "aggressive"? You're so full of it. The fact is I know how to drive a little better and that's about it. When the speed limit is so low that I can turn a corner at the posted speed limit comfortably, I'm not going to slow down. > As an example, consider a two lane road at 55mph. The performance driver's > vehicle is instead doing 70mph. This describes women in their 70s and 80s driving buicks IME. > This driver also uses passing zones Because passing zones aren't supposed to be used???? Oh are you like that woman in the mini van I once encountered on a two lane road? She was doing about 40 in a 50 and I started passing her when the passing zone opened up. she responded by accelerating. I accelerated and completed the pass. She responded by tailgating. These are the kind of drivers who think passing zones shouldn't be used. > and > aggressively accelerates, then usually quickly whips back into the lane as > if they need to show the person they passed their aggression. Um, your perception filter is off. To make a pass on a two lane road you don't sit in the oncoming lane for any longer than required. If they wanted to show aggression they would cut back over so you had to brake hard. > When taking > the winding turns, chassis lean is quite visible. If they have to brake, > they wait until they are right up on the bumper of the vehicle they > approached, then brake with a noticeable dip of the front end of the > vehicle. Got a clue for you... it's visible in your vehicle too unless you're going way slower than 55mph, which is probably why you're getting passed. > The person doing 55mph certainly isn't sloth, that's for sure. So then the > performance driver is overdriving traffic and the road conditions. Even old women don't drive that slow around here. Well not on the interstates and other limited access highways, which are practically the only roads with speed limits that high.
From: Daniel W. Rouse Jr. on 18 Jun 2010 01:38 "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hvetu6$clj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 2010-06-18, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote: > >> Easy. A performance driver is one who is 15+ over the speed limit on >> surface >> streets, highways, or interstates > > Grey haired women driving full size buicks fit this description where I > live. > >> Also, they are often using aggressive >> acceleration instead of gradual acceleration. > > Ahh... you're one of these sloth drivers who takes a mile to get up to > 45mph. The reason for brisk acceleration is simple and two fold. One it > allows for stringing green signals together and two it is a way for > compensating for absurdly low speed limits. > > See: http://blip.tv/file/3771594 > >> Furthermore, they are often >> easily identified as driving well beyond the safe speed of traffic as >> evidenced by their car's front noticeably dipping whenever they have to >> brake hard. Additionally they are often aggressively turning and lane >> changing instead of smoothly and gradually turning and lane changing. > > LOL. So because I don't crawl around corners I'm "aggressive"? You're so > full of it. The fact is I know how to drive a little better and that's > about it. When the speed limit is so low that I can turn a corner at the > posted speed limit comfortably, I'm not going to slow down. > >> As an example, consider a two lane road at 55mph. The performance >> driver's >> vehicle is instead doing 70mph. > > This describes women in their 70s and 80s driving buicks IME. > >> This driver also uses passing zones > > Because passing zones aren't supposed to be used???? > Oh are you like that woman in the mini van I once encountered on a two > lane road? She was doing about 40 in a 50 and I started passing her when > the passing zone opened up. she responded by accelerating. I accelerated > and completed the pass. She responded by tailgating. These are the kind > of drivers who think passing zones shouldn't be used. > >> and >> aggressively accelerates, then usually quickly whips back into the lane >> as >> if they need to show the person they passed their aggression. > [snip...] Again, pay attention now: This driver also uses passing zones and aggressively accelerates. Note that "and" is a conjunction. Logic-wise, "and" means both apply. So using passing zones is not the issue by itself. Using passing zones and aggressively accelerating is the issue.
From: Brent on 18 Jun 2010 01:52 On 2010-06-18, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote: > > "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hvetu6$clj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 2010-06-18, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote: >> >>> Easy. A performance driver is one who is 15+ over the speed limit on >>> surface >>> streets, highways, or interstates >> >> Grey haired women driving full size buicks fit this description where I >> live. >> >>> Also, they are often using aggressive >>> acceleration instead of gradual acceleration. >> >> Ahh... you're one of these sloth drivers who takes a mile to get up to >> 45mph. The reason for brisk acceleration is simple and two fold. One it >> allows for stringing green signals together and two it is a way for >> compensating for absurdly low speed limits. >> >> See: http://blip.tv/file/3771594 >> >>> Furthermore, they are often >>> easily identified as driving well beyond the safe speed of traffic as >>> evidenced by their car's front noticeably dipping whenever they have to >>> brake hard. Additionally they are often aggressively turning and lane >>> changing instead of smoothly and gradually turning and lane changing. >> >> LOL. So because I don't crawl around corners I'm "aggressive"? You're so >> full of it. The fact is I know how to drive a little better and that's >> about it. When the speed limit is so low that I can turn a corner at the >> posted speed limit comfortably, I'm not going to slow down. >> >>> As an example, consider a two lane road at 55mph. The performance >>> driver's >>> vehicle is instead doing 70mph. >> >> This describes women in their 70s and 80s driving buicks IME. >>> This driver also uses passing zones >> Because passing zones aren't supposed to be used???? >> Oh are you like that woman in the mini van I once encountered on a two >> lane road? She was doing about 40 in a 50 and I started passing her when >> the passing zone opened up. she responded by accelerating. I accelerated >> and completed the pass. She responded by tailgating. These are the kind >> of drivers who think passing zones shouldn't be used. >> >>> and >>> aggressively accelerates, then usually quickly whips back into the lane >>> as >>> if they need to show the person they passed their aggression. > [snip...] > > Again, pay attention now: > This driver also uses passing zones and aggressively accelerates. Yes (considering what you call aggressive is probably what most people consider swiftly). That's how you properly use a passing zone, you accelerate swiftly so you're not there very long. So you're saying that they aren't to be used since you think that people should use them with gradual acceleration. What few passing zones I encounter on two lane roads are far far too brief to even accomplish a pass with gradual acceleration. Not to mention the fact that gradual acceleration means finding a exponentionally large gap in on coming traffic and leaves one at the mercy of the sloth, often a control freak, who reacts badly to the attempted pass. > Note that "and" is a conjunction. Logic-wise, "and" means both apply. So > using passing zones is not the issue by itself. Using passing zones and > aggressively accelerating is the issue. Um, the 'and' is a duh. That's how you're supposed to pass on two lane roads. You accelerate such that you get it over with quickly. That's what's safest. I am sure my accelerating from 40 to 50mph with my 1.8L four cylinder car would be considered aggressive by you because I do it swiftly to avoid being in the oncoming lane any longer than neccesscary. Another problem is that people getting passed decide that they have to block like the woman in the mini van that I described. The best way to deal with it is to pre-emptively accelerate such that they can't block and trap you in the oncoming lane.
From: Nate Nagel on 18 Jun 2010 06:22 On 06/18/2010 01:38 AM, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote: > > "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hvetu6$clj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 2010-06-18, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote: >> >>> Easy. A performance driver is one who is 15+ over the speed limit on >>> surface >>> streets, highways, or interstates >> >> Grey haired women driving full size buicks fit this description where I >> live. >> >>> Also, they are often using aggressive >>> acceleration instead of gradual acceleration. >> >> Ahh... you're one of these sloth drivers who takes a mile to get up to >> 45mph. The reason for brisk acceleration is simple and two fold. One it >> allows for stringing green signals together and two it is a way for >> compensating for absurdly low speed limits. >> >> See: http://blip.tv/file/3771594 >> >>> Furthermore, they are often >>> easily identified as driving well beyond the safe speed of traffic as >>> evidenced by their car's front noticeably dipping whenever they have to >>> brake hard. Additionally they are often aggressively turning and lane >>> changing instead of smoothly and gradually turning and lane changing. >> >> LOL. So because I don't crawl around corners I'm "aggressive"? You're so >> full of it. The fact is I know how to drive a little better and that's >> about it. When the speed limit is so low that I can turn a corner at the >> posted speed limit comfortably, I'm not going to slow down. >> >>> As an example, consider a two lane road at 55mph. The performance >>> driver's >>> vehicle is instead doing 70mph. >> >> This describes women in their 70s and 80s driving buicks IME. >> >>> This driver also uses passing zones >> >> Because passing zones aren't supposed to be used???? >> Oh are you like that woman in the mini van I once encountered on a two >> lane road? She was doing about 40 in a 50 and I started passing her when >> the passing zone opened up. she responded by accelerating. I accelerated >> and completed the pass. She responded by tailgating. These are the kind >> of drivers who think passing zones shouldn't be used. >> >>> and >>> aggressively accelerates, then usually quickly whips back into the >>> lane as >>> if they need to show the person they passed their aggression. >> > [snip...] > > Again, pay attention now: > > This driver also uses passing zones and aggressively accelerates. > > Note that "and" is a conjunction. Logic-wise, "and" means both apply. So > using passing zones is not the issue by itself. Using passing zones and > aggressively accelerating is the issue. Start making sense soon, bucko, you're perilously close to the bit-bucket. I've got an especially low tolerance for idiots who post nonsense this week. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel
From: T.J. Higgins on 18 Jun 2010 10:00
In article <hvetu6$clj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Brent wrote: >On 2010-06-18, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote: > >> Easy. A performance driver is one who is 15+ over the speed limit on surface >> streets, highways, or interstates > >Grey haired women driving full size buicks fit this description where I >live. > >> Also, they are often using aggressive >> acceleration instead of gradual acceleration. > >Ahh... you're one of these sloth drivers who takes a mile to get up to >45mph. The reason for brisk acceleration is simple and two fold. One it >allows for stringing green signals together and two it is a way for >compensating for absurdly low speed limits. > >See: http://blip.tv/file/3771594 Brisk acceleration gets you into top gear sooner, increasing fuel economy. -- TJH tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net |