Re: Ten Common Courtesy Commandments of Driving
- From: Studemania <midlant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:38:31 -0700
On Sep 26, 3:51 pm, Rayvan <rvannul...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 26, 3:09 pm, Studemania <midl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 26, 12:14 pm, Garth Almgren <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 26, 12:07 pm, Rayvan <rvannul...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
1. Stay Focused on Driving when Driving.
2. Keep Right Except to Pass.
3. Use Turnouts if You Are the Hold-up.
4. Merge at the Speed of Traffic if Possible.
5. Use Turn Signals if Other Drivers Can Possibly Use the Information.
6. Maintain your Vehicle.
7. "Go" When the Traffic Light Changes to Green If there are others
counting on you.
8. Do Not Exceed Posted Speed Limits in Residential Areas.
9. Park "Between" the lines.
10. Get to Know *intimately* all the [2] Limits of Your Vehicle in All
Weather Conditions (Including Dry Weather).
You should modify commandment number 5 by dropping the "if Other
Drivers Can Possibly Use the Information" part, and number 8 I would
change to say "Never exceed a speed that is reasonable and prudent for
current conditions".
With those changes, you've just described my normal driving
behavior. :)
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~/Garth |"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie.
Almgren | I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave.
******* | And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."
--H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
CHange "other drivers" to "other road users"
Good catch! I agree.
Change the crap about "oposted speed limits" to "as suitable for
conditions."
Your way is to avoid tickets. My way is to avoid accidents.
Actually that was aimed at the dorks (a cop and (mostly) his family,
of all people) that live down my street, who constantly fly by at
40/50 mph+ even when groups of kids are walking to school. 25 mph I
thought was a reasonable speed. BTW, I fear only for the lives of the
neighborhood residents, not tickets. This cop's kid has already
totalled his car doing this. Think they'd learn? Nope. To be fair, the
wreck slowed the kid down (a bit). Dad the Cop has always gone pretty
slow, but his wife? Double the posted, every day.
Okay, I'll bite. So:
"Do Not Exceed [as suitable for conditions] in Residential Areas."
For sake of discussion, is there ever a condition in "residential
areas" when it *safe* to exceed the posted limit? I mean, this is
where people live. Side streets with lots of houses. Where kids play,
ride their bikes, play ball. Elderly people cross streets, pets roam,
cars are parking, maneuvering etc. To go blindly speeding down one of
these streets; Is it *ever* safe to do so?. Even at 3:00 AM? I'll keep
an open mind. Perhaps you're thinking is to perhaps go *slower* than
posted speed? If that's your thinking I'll buy that...
But, the idiot cop's family that live down my street; there's no way
to trust them to even *know* what "suitable conditions" are, they're
so friggin' stupid. In that case, they should just stick to the posted
25 mph....
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Rayvan- Hide quoted text -
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I haven't been there for years, but some streets in Ashland Mass used
to have a 10 MPH speed limit. (There were no comments thereon
regarding times, schools or anything.)
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