Re: A New Category of Sloth

In article <Xns972AD088E262dymverizonnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, DYM wrote:
> tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxx (Brent P) wrote in

>> According to what you wrote, you won't stand up and defend your right
>> of way, you'll let them have it.

> And you're just going to slam into the idiot that "thinks" they have the
> right of way when you know you do?

You don't seem to understand that the other person is looking for someone
he can push around. Just showing you can't be pushed causes them to back
down.

> Yeah, the other driver will get the
> ticket and pay for the damages. But when gpsman or I go into a Safety
> Review Meeting we have to show that the collision was unavoidable. Was
> there anyhting we could have done to not collid with that other vehicle.
> Yeah, don't assume the other driver is going to yield. Make sure they are
> yielding. (Don't trust the yahoo four-wheeler when he says you can fit in
> that parking lot, no problem. But that's another scenario.)

I could make a nearly endless list of the moves I've seen by truckers
throwing the weight of their vehicle around as a tool of intimidation or
just plain MFFY behaviors.


>> I can do a track stand, but not for minutes at a time.

> Maybe put the training wheels back on?

Let's see you do better.


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