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Driving 101: what not to do when driving in the rain
Or in this case when you can't even tell where the street IS anymore. Several years ago, I lived...

Ping: Daniel Stern D2S capsule average life
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Arif Khokar H'm. It could be dead, but so could be the ballast. Have you swapped bulbs side for side to see if the failure...

Everybody speeds proves speed limits are too low FALSE 2877
I think this person has a lot of pent up hostility at someone or something specific they aren`t coming clean...

Everybody speeds proves speed limits are too low FALSE 2878
Because it's NOT dangerous, you flaming jackbutt. You've been given so much scientific proof of this it's ridiculous. Exerpt: "The...

More MADD madness
When Drunk Driving Deterrence Becomes Neo-Prohibition October 05, 2005 By Radley Balko This fall Mothers Against...

More MADD madness 2880
YourAdHere It was at about this time that MADD began to move in a differentMADD's biggest victory on...

More MADD madness 2881
No doubt about it. Being tired also does the same thing. There comes a point of diminishing returns. That point was reached previously and now it is just plain stupid to continue. Zero tolerance is...

More MADD madness 2882
Larry Bud Which is exactly why I object to the BAC model of determing who is safe on the highways and who is not. The ONLY reliable method of...

More MADD madness 2883
Perhaps, but if the statistics the Op posted are correct, those people at the .08 level aren't showing up in the accident numbers at nearly the rate...

Silver cars in rain and fog
I have noticed that percentage wise the drivers of silver vehicles are far less inclined to turn on any lights...

Silver cars in rain and fog 2885
I don't know what this has to do with silver cars in particular, other than you probably notice...

Silver cars in rain and fog 2886
Careful. You are buttuming a lot which simply isn't true. For the past few decades and well over a million (yes, million) miles, I have a perfect driving record. I even have written proof of...

3 AM lights off100 mph = Dead driver
October 7, 2005 BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter Advertisement A driver turned off his headlights and accelerated...

HOW IN THE HELL ARE IMMIGRANT CHINESE GETTING DRIVER'S LICENSES
Sorry but I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M NOT BEING RACIST CAUSE I'M AMERICAN-BORN CHINESE AND I KNOW HOW BAD...

HOW IN THE HELL ARE IMMIGRANT CHINESE GETTING DRIVER'S LICENSES
Go back and read my original posting, it states: She drove STRAIGHT THROUGH 3 FLASHING RED LIGHTS! And what the f*** do you mean by "I...

Test your driving knowledge
Garth Almgren These tests have little to nothing to do with highway safety. There primary purpose is to justify themself, as if they do have something to do with highway...

Chrysler fumbles the ball
A few years ago I went to a GM "Drive and Compare" event where they had a bunch of GM as well as other makes of...

Zetsche to try Chrysler magic at Mercedes
If there is one thing to be learned from the eviction of Juergen Schrempp from the top spot at Daimler-Chrysler, its...

Zetsche to try Chrysler magic at Mercedes 2893
I don't think it will be. What I see these days is a lot of new...

Zetsche to try Chrysler magic at Mercedes 2894
Comments4u I despise Zetsche and the Daimler ownership of Chrysler for being responsible for killing some really good looking concept...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2895
He should have been. The light is, after all, there for a reason -- a point that I trust is preaching to the choir hereabouts...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2896
Perhaps you'd be more comfortable living in Iran! No, I'm quite happy in the US (and...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2897
On 12 Oct 2005 08:47:32 -0700, "Ad absurdum per aspera" I suspect it is a violation of law since he was pulled over for...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2899
Again, Whren v. U.S. I don't think you understood it all the last time you read it so I'll point you...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2900
You have shown you aren't that stupid, so I buttume you are being deliberately ignorant. The issue isn't whether one can find and enforce violations after a stop...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2901
I think this will end up being one of the harder issues for us to come to a common ground on. There are a couple of issues with...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2904
Right, but that is a very grey area where not everyone agrees. If the cop can articulate that fact well then it is usually a good deal, but there are so many variables that some...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2905
Well said. I was recently on a jury, and like I told a friend of mine, I thought he was probably guilty of something...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2907
Of course you do, you have badge, it doesn't effect you. You're in the privledged group that won't be stomped when the time comes...

Cops on fishing expeditions 2908
said the following in rec.autos.driving... Let's run the judy test on the subject from last night: Beat up POS: Check Inoperative safety equipment (lights in this case): Check Traveling significantly outside...

What If
If cops enforced all the laws, this society and economy would grind to halt. Basically all...

Dumb ParentKid
Yesterday evening my wife and I were sitting on the front porch. As the adjacent corn fields...

I BRAKE FOR TAILGATERS 2911
I'm going to pull my throbbing, thundering, 8 cylinder, 6.5 liter Hummer right up behind your little cat Mini Cooper and lay on the custom installed air...

I BRAKE FOR TAILGATERS 2912
And for that there's help: The revolutionary method of penile traction has proved to be the...

WPost: Single Glbutt of Wine Immerses D.C. Driver in Legal Battle
Single Glbutt of Wine Immerses D.C. Driver in Legal Battle By Brigid Schulte Washington Post Staff Writer...

WPost: Single Glbutt of Wine Immerses D.C. Driver in Legal Battle
Russotto) DC is just shakedown city. The "Ask The Chief" program on WTOP yesterday had the Chief of Police fielding questions statements from people such as...

The 10 Ugliest Cars
The 10 ugliest cars By David Derbyshire, 12-10-2005 www.telegraph.co.uk-news-main.jhtml?xml=-news-2005-10-12-ncars12.xml On first catching sight of the new Ssangyong Rodius, a bulbous tank of a people carrier, one critic is...

Please help me
Thank you for taking 5 minutes out of your time and reading the letter that I've wrote. Before I tell you what is it all...

Speeding 93 in a 55 on I294 Illinois 2917
Gunnar It looks like old dad didn't do much to prevent the speeding. Both of you should stop dwelling on the money and be grateful you didn't end up in one of these...

Speeding 93 in a 55 on I294 Illinois 2918
Carl Taylor Since I know my pal Chuck doesn't check in here much any more, I'll come to his defense with...

Speeding 93 in a 55 on I294 Illinois 2919
How dare you drive the speed cops drive out there. It's also a revenue central out there. Your dad is 2X stupid. Stupid...

Speeding 93 in a 55 on I294 Illinois 2920
Missed that.... up to the judge I suppose. Since your dad was with you, it should...

what happened to small cheap pickup trucks
Whatever happened to inexpensive pickup trucks? When I first started dreaming about my first car and watching the clbuttifieds carefully (around 1990), there were continually running ads for a Nissan Hardbody...

what happened to small cheap pickup trucks 2922
It is interesting what has happened to small pick-ups. The Colorado replaced the S-10 and is considerably...

what happened to small cheap pickup trucks 2923
That vintage of Jeep pickup was quite a vehicle in a lot of ways, and they're fine for big and tall people (though crewcabs and even extended cabs were...

what happened to small cheap pickup trucks 2925
Ad absurdum per aspera I guess I am just ignoring gas mileage, as at least from my cursory looks on eBay it appears...

what happened to small cheap pickup trucks 2926
Sure it is - people want vehicles that will do everything they want them to in all situations. Some...

Driver in bane crash had 42 tickets, 24 for speeding but was legal to drive
By Angela Rozas and Joseph Sjostrom, Tribune staff reporters. Tribune staff reporters Art Barnum and James Kimberly contributed to this report Published October 13, 2005 Two days after his daughter and grandson were end in...

NY Metro: 6 Hour Endurance Go Kart Race Oct 22 Arrive & Drive
NEWS RELEASE: 6 Hour Go Kart Endurance Kart Race in New York! At Oakland Valley Race Park www.ovrp.com Located about 1 hour from...

Dangerous driving prominent in car ads: study
I've been complaining about this for years. General liquidates & Ford brainwash people into being persons. Dangerous driving prominent in car ads: study CTV.ca...

Dangerous driving prominent in car ads: study 2930
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:32:07 GMT, "C. Pangus" following: The troll who started this thread...

Dangerous driving prominent in car ads: study 2931
The Sacramento Bee reported this morning on an "accident" which took place at 2:00AM, yesterday. A gold Mercedes stopped by...

Chinese car crash test results
Nate Nagel And no legislation can touch them restrospectively. If you're talking about *new* vehicles then they should be safe. There is *no excuse* for unsafe vehicles with...

Million Dollar RVs
People that drive these 10 ton tanks are a menace to all the patriotic americans driving small vehicles. And that's...

Million Dollar RVs
The Laura Bush liquidateed Her Boyfriend Blade" John Madden: America's biggest commuter By Paul Bannister . Bankrate.com Sportscaster John Madden has not boarded a plane since 1979, but crisscrosses the nation weekly during the football...

5 end as 78 year old bus driver hits jackknifed semi
5 end in Wisconsin school bus crash 29 injured in morning collision with tractor-trailer; NTSB Updated: 6:43 p.m. ET Oct. 16, 2005 OSSEO, Wis. - A bus carrying high school students home from a...

5 end as 78 year old bus driver hits jackknifed semi
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:23:19 -0700, The Real Bev Bev, that was exactly my point (or one of them). Ignoring the others, driving without a seatbelt is dangerous...

Insurance company's settlement for automobile loss: Is it unfair
Ok, here's my story. I got into a car accident a few months ago where I was rear-ended here in Florida. Obviously, it's the other...

Insurance company's settlement for automobile loss: Is it unfair
It sounds like you've already gotten an offer for way more than the car was worth. To...

no wonder the US auto industry is dying
WAYNE -- Ken Pool is making good money. On weekdays, he shows up at 7 a.m. at Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, signs in...

no wonder the US auto industry is dying 2940
The CEO's performance is set by the board. The board's responsibility is to get someone that they believe can make the...

no wonder the US auto industry is dying 2941
That's fair enough, but let's have that accountability for real. I do not understand out of my Republican Party is an economic policy that talkes about accountability while at the...

no wonder the US auto industry is dying 2942
Works for me. Sure looks like they get a perpetual free pbutt, doesn't it! ...and at the same time, we are now reaping the rewards of having stopped teaching...

Kansas City rush hour question 2943
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:03:34 -0400, John R Cambron 10 minutes - oh my! That's why I laugh at the thought of towns like KC having...

Kansas City rush hour question 2944
I think this is a good idea, but the Southwest Trafficway has a lot of...

Here's a good reason to buy a hot rod 2945
Why is this thread still going? I didn't think anyone needed justification to buy a hot rod, other than "because I can" or "because it's cool...

Here's a good reason to buy a hot rod 2946
poo head' should be two words there, Judy. Actually, if your verbal thought processes were buttumed to be vaguely...

Would you buy a new car with 300 miles on it 2947
Any car with double digits on the odometer I do nto consider to be new. If you wanna pay full...

Would you buy a new car with 300 miles on it 2948
service, both and afford much paying my Okay, maybe my math is wrong, but 75 - 8.5 = 66.5 last time I checked. That's $66.5 per man hour the dealership...

Would you buy a new car with 300 miles on it 2949
Well, I'm late to the conversation but I'm also over sixty and have owned more than a dozen cars, in a dozen states, so maybe I can...

Columbus OH going to red light cameras No more criminal coddling
City Council Approves Cameras At Red Lights And sure enough, the speed loonies, who accept cameras at nearly all...

What is it about tailgating 2951
Kenneth Crudup For me, tailgating is when you're so close in my rearview it looks like you're parallel parked behind me. Less than a...

What is it about tailgating 2952
Scott en Aztlán I don't pull off. The law requires me to if the line equals six or more cars, including me. But if the limit is 65, I'm going 70...

What is it about tailgating 2953
Scott en Aztlán Of course I am. And doing so does not automatically make me...

I peeed on my car seat
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:51:12 -0400, Paul. stated the following: Thanks for pointing this out; I thought Aunt Judy had...



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