Living overseas I have come to realize that Americans are the only
nationality I know of that find it acceptable to eat and drink while
walking on the street or driving. In fact, the mainland Chinese who
are considered to have arguably the least amount of common ettiquite
in the world (no flaming please, I am half Chinese) would never find
it acceptable to eat while walking or driving... that being said they
wouldn't think one nanosecond about cutting a line!
On 9/20/07, Leonard Hartnett <thehartnetts@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On the way home from the All British car meet in Palo Alto (CA), while
> driving through San Francisco, I looked over and saw a woman talking on her
> cell phone. When she looked my way, I gave her a 'thumbs down". At the
> next stop light, she had put the phone down - and was eating a bowl of
> noodles. I think she put the phone down. She may have been holding it to
> her right ear with her shoulder - while eating the noodles. They just don't
> get the message to "drive now, do those other things later".
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, California, USA
> 1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Schultz" <alan@andysnet.net>
> To: "Ed Townley" <healeymonster@fastwave.biz>
> Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake Light switch
>
>
> > This thread has generated a lot of ideas of how we can alert the driver
> > behind us that we are stopping. Just how far do we go in protecting
> > ourselves? Maybe we should install some warning device that no one has
> > thought of. How about a couple dozen brake lights sequencing and
> > several red strobe lights? Seriously, talking on the cell phone while
> > driving is asking for an accident. The other day my wife and I saw
> > someone in a SUV go around two lanes of stopped traffic at a red stop
> > light and continue traveling as though nothing happened. As we drove by
> > she was busy talking on the cell phone. Don's assume people are going to
> > stop for traffic lights anymore!!!
> > Alan Schultz
> > 67BJ8
> >
> >
> > Ed Townley wrote:
> >> Just to add a bit to the Brake light thread--those of you with third
> >> lights
> >> might want to consider a pulser for the third light-- I recently
> >> installed
> >> one of these on My Wife's Miata, and it works great-- relatively
> >> inexpensive
> >> at $35 and gives a little extra notice to the Soccer Mom in the SUV who
> >> is
> >> screaming at the kids, drinking a latte, and talking on the cell. No
> >> financial interest, etc, etc.
> >> See at http://www.webelectricproducts.com/products.htm
> >> Cheers
> >> Ed Townley
> >> Southern NM, USA
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Alan
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