To those interested in the
I'll-drive-while-I-wave-my-hands-around-doing-something-else saga may also
be interested in this. There is a vehicle that is starting to be noticed
by the public. After extensive research and development this vehicle slids
along high quality steel ribbons embedded in the road. It requires no
input from the driver who can shave, eat, make phone calls, and even
urinate while in motion.. Speeds up to 100mph are easily attained. A
variation of this mode has also been developed using independent rubber
guided devices. By using a combination of both the driver can get to his
destination at a cost well below that of current SUV costs and less than
regular automobiles. The steel guided transport has been named a train,
and the latter has been named a bus. It is thought that with more consumer
support these transport units will become very practical and save
energy/pollution.
At 02:27 PM 5/6/02 -0500, Rick Lindsay wrote:
>Afternoon LBC-ers,
> Please forgive my non-MG content note but I
>gotta comment. Delete now if you must.
>
>Mini-rant follows:
> In a time when modern automobiles are actually rated
>by the quality, quantity and placement of their cup-holders
>(don't laugh! Just pick up any Consumer Reports!), it
>is of minor interest that in Oklahoma, it is illegal to eat
>or drink while driving a car! I doubt that that law has
>been enforced in decades as I have seen donuts and
>coffee in the hands of driving OK boys in blue. :-P
> I do believe that modern cars have gotten to easy to
>drive. There is nothing fed back to the driver to tell
>him just how much energy he is throwing around. In
>a new BMW (for example only), you can go into a turn
>at 90mph, sipping a latte and taking a cell phone call --
>and come out of it okay. Set down in one of my classic
>cars and the first thing they say is, "I'm going to KILL you!"
>That is the way it should be.
> The one that gets me here is the number of drivers I
>see in Tulsa's morning commute who are SHAVING
>on the way to work! They just sit up there in their
>two-story-tall SUVs, rear-view mirror twisted around,
>leaning in for a close view and plow right on. Another guy
>I see regularly has his cereal bowl up on the wheel as he
>motors to work. Then there are all the 'gummers' puttering
>around with 1920's driving mentality -- not to mansion
>impaired abilities. This is a dangerous town to take your
>MG <or any car> out in!
>
> Thank you. I am better now.
>
>rick
>Emerald Research / Tulsa OK USA
>
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson - barrier@bconnex.net
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