From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on
In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic,
which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a
bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the
road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving
facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE,
NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of
Russian Roulette...

So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it?


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THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS

"Make driving hard and cycling easy. A monkey on a bike is not that
dangerous"

http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
From: N8N on
On May 24, 2:59 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana
and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic,
> which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a
> bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the
> road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving
> facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE,
> NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of
> Russian Roulette...
>
> So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it?
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
>
> "Make driving hard and cycling easy. A monkey on a bike is not that
> dangerous"
>
> http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION


How about we say that you have to take your driver's test in a car
with a three-on-the-tree with no first gear synchros and a worn out
linkage?

nate

(actually, that'd be pretty cool, because I could still get my license
but most of the idiots on the road couldn't <G>)
From: Jeff Strickland on

"N8N" <njnagel(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cc570190-2dc2-4384-949b-639577f4dd12(a)q23g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
On May 24, 2:59 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana
and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic,


In most parts of the world, you're considered to be a complete idiot.






From: Brent on
On 2010-05-24, N8N <njnagel(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> On May 24, 2:59�pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana
> and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic,
>> which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a
>> bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the
>> road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving
>> facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE,
>> NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of
>> Russian Roulette...
>>
>> So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it?
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>
>> THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
>>
>> "Make driving hard and cycling easy. A monkey on a bike is not that
>> dangerous"
>>
>> http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
>
>
> How about we say that you have to take your driver's test in a car
> with a three-on-the-tree with no first gear synchros and a worn out
> linkage?
>
> nate
>
> (actually, that'd be pretty cool, because I could still get my license
> but most of the idiots on the road couldn't <G>)

The effect would be short lived. From watching 1930s driving films I've
found that the idiotcy we deal with today was present then. This was the
era where putting the shifter on the column made things easier.

One difference is that 'speed kills' hadn't yet taken hold. One
particular film a lawyer argues someone doing 70mph on what today would
be a divided four lane arterial (with nothing along side it and little
other traffic)) wasn't driving recklessly because his car was equipped
with the latest technology and he was paying attention to his
surroundings. The title is apt... "Wreckless"

http://www.archive.org/details/wreckless


From: CharlesGrozny on

"Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:htejhr$oup$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> On 2010-05-24, N8N <njnagel(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 24, 2:59 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana
>> and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic,
>>> which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a
>>> bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the
>>> road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving
>>> facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE,
>>> NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of
>>> Russian Roulette...
>>>
>>> So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it?
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
>>>
>>> "Make driving hard and cycling easy. A monkey on a bike is not that
>>> dangerous"
>>>
>>> http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
>>
>>
>> How about we say that you have to take your driver's test in a car
>> with a three-on-the-tree with no first gear synchros and a worn out
>> linkage?
>>
>> nate
>>
>> (actually, that'd be pretty cool, because I could still get my license
>> but most of the idiots on the road couldn't <G>)
>
> The effect would be short lived. From watching 1930s driving films I've
> found that the idiotcy we deal with today was present then. This was the
> era where putting the shifter on the column made things easier.
>
> One difference is that 'speed kills' hadn't yet taken hold. One
> particular film a lawyer argues someone doing 70mph on what today would
> be a divided four lane arterial (with nothing along side it and little
> other traffic)) wasn't driving recklessly because his car was equipped
> with the latest technology and he was paying attention to his
> surroundings. The title is apt... "Wreckless"
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/wreckless
>
>


There were some states, Illinois, for instance, that had R&P as a rural
speed limit. (Reasonable and Proper) Now what constituted R & P was open
to various interpretations. Trucks over 4 tons were restricted to 40
MPH. When Illinois had to put in numeric speed limits in 1957 so they could
get Interstate funding, big trucks went to 50 MPH. A couple of decades ago,
they went to 55. Just this Jan 1, big trucks running on the interstates
downstate can now do 65 legally.

On interstates, Illinois had 5 different speed limits, which was kind of
wreckless in itself.

70 for cars
65 for trucks under 4 tons
60 for busses.
55 for cars towing trailers
50 for trucks over 4 tons.

Of course, this being Chicago, nobody actually obeyed the speed limit.

Charles Grozny