On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:55:45 -0700, gcmschemist wrote:

>
>
> Dave LaCourse wrote:
>
> [snip sad tale of common occurance]
>
>>
>> Anyway, rant mode off. Flame suit on.
>>
>
> No flames here, Dave. Go to rec.autos.driving - this is the biggest
> issue for folks over there. LLBs and folks oblivious to their
> surroundings are a blight on our roadways.
>
> Over there, the term used for the Saturn occupant (not to call her a
> driver in any sense) is MFFY - me first, fsck you.
>
> I get it driving here in WA as well - the I-5 corridor is filled with
> folks who cannot grasp the state law saying "keep right except to
> pass." (KRETP). Oh, and those brain-dead "enablers" - the folks that
> will let anyone zoom up and cut into line, or wave at you at an
> intersection where they legally have the right of way, but feel the
> need to show "courtesy."
>
> Yes, r.a.d. is the place where we talk about this...
>
> E.P.

I agree, most of america is infested with poor, rude drivers, lacking
manners and road skills, I too have spent many years in Europe driving and
having to unlearn much of what I have seen in the US. As far east as
Greece and Isreal they drive far better than they do here. I think part of
it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
vehicles.

 

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:55:45 -0700, gcmschemist wrote:

>
>
> Dave LaCourse wrote:
>
> [snip sad tale of common occurance]
>
>>
>> Anyway, rant mode off. Flame suit on.
>>
>
> No flames here, Dave. Go to rec.autos.driving - this is the biggest
> issue for folks over there. LLBs and folks oblivious to their
> surroundings are a blight on our roadways.
>
> Over there, the term used for the Saturn occupant (not to call her a
> driver in any sense) is MFFY - me first, fsck you.
>
> I get it driving here in WA as well - the I-5 corridor is filled with
> folks who cannot grasp the state law saying "keep right except to
> pass." (KRETP). Oh, and those brain-dead "enablers" - the folks that
> will let anyone zoom up and cut into line, or wave at you at an
> intersection where they legally have the right of way, but feel the
> need to show "courtesy."
>
> Yes, r.a.d. is the place where we talk about this...
>
> E.P.

I agree, most of america is infested with poor, rude drivers, lacking
manners and road skills, I too have spent many years in Europe driving and
having to unlearn much of what I have seen in the US. As far east as
Greece and Isreal they drive far better than they do here. I think part of
it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
vehicles.

 

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:55:45 -0700, gcmschemist wrote:

>
>
> Dave LaCourse wrote:
>
> [snip sad tale of common occurance]
>
>>
>> Anyway, rant mode off. Flame suit on.
>>
>
> No flames here, Dave. Go to rec.autos.driving - this is the biggest
> issue for folks over there. LLBs and folks oblivious to their
> surroundings are a blight on our roadways.
>
> Over there, the term used for the Saturn occupant (not to call her a
> driver in any sense) is MFFY - me first, fsck you.
>
> I get it driving here in WA as well - the I-5 corridor is filled with
> folks who cannot grasp the state law saying "keep right except to
> pass." (KRETP). Oh, and those brain-dead "enablers" - the folks that
> will let anyone zoom up and cut into line, or wave at you at an
> intersection where they legally have the right of way, but feel the
> need to show "courtesy."
>
> Yes, r.a.d. is the place where we talk about this...
>
> E.P.

I agree, most of america is infested with poor, rude drivers, lacking
manners and road skills, I too have spent many years in Europe driving and
having to unlearn much of what I have seen in the US. As far east as
Greece and Isreal they drive far better than they do here. I think part of
it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
vehicles.

 

David Timothy Jones wrote:

>... I think part of
>it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
>flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
>vehicles.

There's some truth in that. Moving a car (note: not _driving_ it)
becomes like using a toy. This is slowly coming up here too, but it's
not as bad yet.


Regards

Wolfgang

 

David Timothy Jones wrote:

>... I think part of
>it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
>flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
>vehicles.

There's some truth in that. Moving a car (note: not _driving_ it)
becomes like using a toy. This is slowly coming up here too, but it's
not as bad yet.


Regards

Wolfgang

 

David Timothy Jones wrote:

>... I think part of
>it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
>flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
>vehicles.

There's some truth in that. Moving a car (note: not _driving_ it)
becomes like using a toy. This is slowly coming up here too, but it's
not as bad yet.


Regards

Wolfgang

 

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:09:23 -0400, David Timothy Jones
<david@localhost.localdomain> wrote:

>I think part of
>it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
>flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
>vehicles.

d;o)
I taught both of my daughters (age 43 and 37) how to drive using
"three on the tree" in an old pick-up. The first cars they owned had
5 speeds. One ended up teaching her husband how to drive a stick.

My two oldest grandsons drive Audis - 94 S4, and 2000 A6.

Dave

 

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:09:23 -0400, David Timothy Jones
<david@localhost.localdomain> wrote:

>I think part of
>it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
>flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
>vehicles.

d;o)
I taught both of my daughters (age 43 and 37) how to drive using
"three on the tree" in an old pick-up. The first cars they owned had
5 speeds. One ended up teaching her husband how to drive a stick.

My two oldest grandsons drive Audis - 94 S4, and 2000 A6.

Dave

 

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:09:23 -0400, David Timothy Jones
<david@localhost.localdomain> wrote:

>I think part of
>it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
>flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
>vehicles.

d;o)
I taught both of my daughters (age 43 and 37) how to drive using
"three on the tree" in an old pick-up. The first cars they owned had
5 speeds. One ended up teaching her husband how to drive a stick.

My two oldest grandsons drive Audis - 94 S4, and 2000 A6.

Dave

 

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:27:06 -0400, Dave LaCourse
<dplacourse@pirateaol.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:09:23 -0400, David Timothy Jones
><david@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
>
>>I think part of
>>it is the proliferation of the automatic transmission. ( Standing by for
>>flaming) many people that should not have drivers licenses drive these
>>vehicles.
>
>d;o)
>I taught both of my daughters (age 43 and 37) how to drive using
>"three on the tree" in an old pick-up. The first cars they owned had
>5 speeds. One ended up teaching her husband how to drive a stick.
>
>My two oldest grandsons drive Audis - 94 S4, and 2000 A6.

I also learned how to drive with a stick shift, in a ubiquitous VW
Beetle; my parents wouldn't let me drive the Olds Delta 88 automatic.
Now I'm on my third Audi/VW product, a 98.5 A4, preceded by a 95
Passat VRX and an 85 4000S (I loved that old Audi and really should
have kept her, but the breaking door handles were starting to make me
crazy).