Re: With higher speed limits, our highways have been getting safer.

Brent P wrote: <brevity snip>
gpsman wrote:

I retract my statement. I couldn't find the post. I stand corrected.
I made a mistake. I apologize to Brent and the group for the error. I
should have located the post and cited it.

Now you're trying to be nicey-nice. Your motivation was pure trollism
and slander.

It's an apology. I was mistaken. I owed it to you, so I delivered it.

My motivation was to point out that you are stupid, very stupid, and
very often stupid, to any person whose intellect those facts may have
escaped. It appears in hindsight, those persons exist.

If you had any motive to make a valid 'attack' you'd have a
little file saved of quotes and message IDs to make it real easy.


I'm not that interested. Anyone who chooses to may copy my inclusions
of your inane quotes into Google Groups and find they are attributed
correctly.

In fact I found numerous instances where Brent cited using his turn
signal, advocated the use of signals and objected to others failing to
use their signal.

I signal everything.

But I did trip over this: "Signals are to be used when other traffic is
present, period."

As is his habit, Brent presents another contradiction. That does not
mitigate my error, or my regret for the error.

Technically,
under IL law (and most states I believe) one does not have to signal if
nobody else is around.

And, you are very often wrong:

(625 ILCS 5/11-804) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-804)
Sec. 11-804. When signal required.
(a) No person may turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the
vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in Section
11-801 or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or
otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left
upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with
reasonable safety. No person may so turn any vehicle without giving an
appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided.
(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required must
be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled
by the vehicle before turning within a business or residence district,
and such signal must be given continuously during not less than the
last 200 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning outside a business
or residence district. http://tinyurl.com/r5htb

But hey, you're about trolling and spin.

I'm sure you see it that way, but you're an idiot... as I have
previously documented.

Your own reports of your driving habits indicate you are stupid to the
nth degree. You are an aggressive driver and oblivious to proper,
polite and safe vehicle operation (signaling turns a questionable
exception, IMO). You care about none but yourself, so you are probably
the most MFFY driver in the Chicago metro area.

Your logic is laughable and often suffers giant leaps. One example:

"I have cops follow me all the way home looking for violations and give
up in frustration."

1. Do you mean several cops followed you at the same time, or that a
cop has followed you home on more than one occasion?

Then, the question that pops into an inquiring mind is: Why would a cop
follow you home? You seem to have concluded yourself that it wasn't to
present you a Good Driver Award.

2. You have no idea what a cop behind you is looking for, or at.

3. You have no idea why a cop would stop following you, if they were
following *you* or anybody else and not merely on the same route, or
their level of frustration or any other emotion.

4. If a cop wanted to stop you, they could and would, violation or not.

So you see... you are in the habit of thinking you know things you
couldn't possibly know, then stating that questionable knowledge as
fact. I'm a little tired of your inane arguments and perception of
infallibility.

If you prefer that I not point out your stupidity, think a little more
and post a lot less.
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- gpsman

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