I have got to go along with the cell phone and talking while driving
thing. It is probably OK on the interstate, during the day, in good
conditions, but any other time is a bad idea.
Wish I had thought about it, I wouldn't have a bent Midget. My fault - I
admit it. I haven't and won't do it again.
Larry
>>>>On 10/12/99 4:15 PM so and so (j r overcash) said. (And I quote:)
>Andrew,
>
>While I agree with you to a point, we are not in Japan, nor Canada, or
>Europe. We are in the US. I was one of the listers that suggested getting
>her plate and contacting the police.
>IMHO there are far to many people driving cars that are purchased soley for
>their status value by people who don't need the power and don't know how to
>drive them! Especially SUV's, lets be real Mercedes and Lincoln are selling
>SUV's now. I beleive Lexus or Infinity has one too!
>I think the real point of the original post might have been that drivers are
>not very curteous, and that possibly we shouldn't talk on Cell Phones and
>drive at the same time, unless they are the hands free operation type!! The
>same thing could have happened if the car was a Hyundai too...
>
>just my additional$0.02 worth
>
>Ross Overcash,74B,NAMGBR 1172
>Ayer, MA
>http://www.tiac.net/users/jroverca/index.htm
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>> Behalf Of Andrew B. Lundgren
>> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 6:13 PM
>> To: mgs@autox.team.net; mkris@sprynet.com
>> Subject: Re: ARGH those Suburbans( Otherwise known as those damn four
>> wheel sudivisions)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:18:27 -0400 (EDT), mkris@sprynet.com wrote:
>>
>> > Can anyone answer me why these women NEED a MASSIVE TRUCK
>> which they
>> >cant handle to transport one child and a cell phone?
>>
>> Because they can have one. Someone might ask why you should be allowed
>> to drive a '77 car with weak emissions controls... IIRC Japan has some
>> pretty strict engine restrictions... Something like no engine older
>> than 2 years or with more than 100k miles is legal. How many engines
>> would you have gone through by now? My car would be on #14 or 15. My
>> point is I would rather have her be left alone for driving her car and
>> me be left alone driving mine.
>>
>> I agree with the lister who suggested taking down the plate number.
>> Doesn't much matter what she was driving, she could have hit you! :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew Lundgren
>> Lundgren@iname.com
>> http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
>>
>>
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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Neuropsychiatry Section
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University of Pennsylvania
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