thats too bad, but you were both victims of the "phantom passenger rule".
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: craig boyle <craig_autox@yahoo.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: Passenger Story
> all this talk about passengers or not reminded me of
> an incident a couple of years back.
>
> I had just finished taking a ride with another
> (slower) driver *before* my runs - when a competitor
> from **another class** came up to me, wild-eyed and
> started into me about "how I couldn't do that," and
> "how he was going to get me" - it was all quite
> threatening and out of place for an autox. Lots of
> people seemed to be watching.
>
> At first I didn't get it, I was searching my mind for
> what I had done to offend him. Then I figured out why
> he was mad - i.e. I'd been a passenger before running.
>
> Subsequently, he apologized (I don't know if he'd
> attempted a protest and discovered the real passenger
> rule - anybody/anytime). We get on just fine now.
>
> But, since that day I've never taken a ride, with a
> novice or otherwise, before my runs. You never know
> when a competitor is going to "Go Postal" on you. And
> I don't need the hassle.
>
> Be careful out there, some people really care about
> local event results.
>
>
> Craig
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