They don't learn 3534
Yes, because it sounds like what the original story described. Those conditions can be handled with a reasonable reduction in speed. If you do 35 mph in those conditions...
Rental Car Claim Other Party buttumes Liability
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:11:20 -0800, Scott en Aztlán No, its not. Not at all. What I was out, on those occasions, was a spare car sitting at my...
butthole of the day 3536
jaybird You admitted right there you don't enforce the LIMIT, you enforce an arbitrary number ABOVE the limit. ("far enough over the speed limit") Doesn't that...
butthole of the day 3537
I fail to see the problem. Drivers are required to obey traffic laws. Speed limits are posted. A driver's choice to...
butthole of the day 3538
gpsman The problem comes up in that there's officers who aren't that honest, and will write someone a ticket for 57 in...
butthole of the day 3539
gpsman Not lowering a speed limit to increase the chances of people speeding past signs unexpectedly would work also. The county, afaik...
butthole of the day 3540
Brent P Um... I think I mentioned I'd been there already, done that already, seen that already. My observations bear no resemblance to yours. No...
butthole of the day 3541
Ok..... let's go back to the basics. Working off of the concept that as speed increases, the amount of damage and injury from a sudden...
butthole of the day 3542
But why are you hiding? Or maybe they'll just speed more because they forget about you altogether. ;) In most cases there shouldn't be. That's beside the point. The...
butthole of the day 3543
Around 1-17-2006 9:04 PM, jaybird Literally decades of research on just this very topic has established it as being...
butthole of the day 3544
I've mentioned it before on occasion. I've given examples of many stops I make for LLB's and...
butthole of the day 3545
I didn't expect him to do anything but be awake in case the guy had followed me. With his ignoring me if the guy had come...
Extenuating CircumstanceAuto Insurance
Dear Mr. Customer, Thank you for contacting Progressive. The nature of your question is one that we cannot answer at this...
Do expensive cars inspire road rage 3547
Another "consumer" heard from. Unchecked consumptuon for the sake of it. Really? My 'new' car is 9 years old. The first revision of it's...
Do expensive cars inspire road rage 3548
Motorhead Lawyer At the time that I owned the car, I was living in an apartment building, and...
Why an SUV or utillity vehicle 3549
Graham, sorry about that. I intended to break up the paragraphs after writing however i...
Why an SUV or utillity vehicle 3550
Interesting time period. My guess is that that and the next few years were when the backlash against the image of the minivan was beginning...
audi and kaipola ski jump advertisiement climbing an icy hill
Erik-Jan, Actually, it had a safety line attached in case it did slip and fall off the ramp. Similar to that used by mountain climbers - it's slack, but there as a precaution. If...
Gas station economics lesson
Back in the '80's I owned one of them Hyundia Pony's, It cost $14.00 (canadian) to fill er up and that would last nearly 500...
Salt Lake City Drive a PATRIOT CAR and park free 3553
Apparently, you have a hard time distinguishing threats from irony. I'd guess you're *really* satire-challenged. Maybe I ought to revert to single-syllable words for you. Nice research. Too bad you don't...
Salt Lake City Drive a PATRIOT CAR and park free 3554
Matthew, I have no objection to facts, just people making claims without supporting evidence. The PSDS, Product Safety Data Sheet, from Energizer...
Salt Lake City Drive a PATRIOT CAR and park free 3555
I think that the CEOs are looking for the most bang for their buck and VERY little more. The auto companies are exploiting fuel prices by producing hybrids with inflated...
California Roads are About to Get a Little BIt Safer
What the hell kind of bullpoo is this? When someone is tested and deemed worthy of being issued a driver's license, it should...
Think of it as AutoDependency in Action 3560
Done, and done. But walking to school and then walking home doesn't make for much of a life. I happen to live...
Think of it as AutoDependency in Action 3561
Matthew Russotto) What's the quality of life for a kid who has to get a ride to do anything? If he...
State With Most Dangerous Roads
Nominate your state. I nominate Virginia. We have roads around here with: Guard rails with ends not buried in the ground so cars can still hit them. Little ditches very close to the...
State With Most Dangerous Roads 3563
I'll go along with that. When I first moved here, I thought I'd be spending a lot...
State With Most Dangerous Roads 3564
John S. It's a shorter way to give one or more examples. There's nothing false about it. ... does not define reality. That's why laws...
State With Most Dangerous Roads 3565
Arif Khokar We have based our driving laws on fact, but thresholds are required for enforcement. It's really very simple my friend - we have decided that 65mph is...
State With Most Dangerous Roads 3566
Arif Khokar I'm quite comfortable that the legislature in combination with the highway department and...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3567
Had Bush&Co. been at and paid attention, they could have-should have been stopped dead 9-11. How is it that the boxcutter-wielding, hijackers' photos...none Iraqi's, the majority from Saudi...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3568
Matthew T. Russotto They can find the images on Google. I have taken a look at them and I can certainly say that anyone who claims that they weren't meant to offend...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3569
Daniel J. Stern Regardless of my spelling error, it does apply. The publishers were well...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3570
jcr That's quite possible! A few examples have shown up here in NZ recently: eg...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3571
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Arif Khokar They didn't need to ask that question, they already knew the answer: Because of Islamic intellectual terrorism. That is exactly what you've done. There you go...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3572
jcr Very true. There's a very fine line between insulting someone with a (political) purpose and insulting a billion people because you don't like the actions of...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3573
jcr I have no problem there. So this IS still "politics", like it or not. Of course it is politics. There were...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3574
On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Arif Khokar That, Arif, is a simplistic approach to a complex issue. Some peoples are capable...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3575
The same old story" "Yet another IDF investigation ended this week without finding anybody responsible for the rest of an innocent civilian. This time, the child was a 13-year-old girl...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3576
phat boy slim True. Evidence? Here: I can furnish a repost. Once a palisimian child is slated for a palisimian ritual child sacrifice she-he is to become...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3577
Wiping pizza sauce from his chest, "fart boy slime" Israel reacts to attacks against them. I know...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3578
AUK Registrar Your buttumption doesn't pan out. It has been shown that they do hold free and fair elections. Why...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3579
Arif Khokar I suspect the reason why you did not see a major problem prior to the US invasion was mostly because the press (internationally) barely...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3580
AUK Registrar But if Hamas, as a political party, was running for office in the Israeli government, it wouldn't be in their self interest to disband...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3581
Hamas, as an avowed enemy of Israel, would probably never acknowledge that anything about Israel, including it's election process is legitimate. Doing so would be official recognition of Israel. I don...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3582
Greg Procter Of course. You don't think we'd kill ourselves, do you? I know, you are never right...
Remember Terrorism is a MICROSCOPIC problem 3583
Greg Procter Yeah. Davey doesn't understand that Bushler has been the best rucruitment tool that Osama ever had. Now the war has...
It's an Urban Legend, but What the Hell
This showed up in my email box today. It has all the earmarks of an Urban Legend, but I'm posting it here for the amusement value. ;) === BEGIN QUOTED EMAIL === For...
It's an Urban Legend, but What the Hell
The CHP claims it's a fake. Of course, what better way to lull drivers into a...
New Graduated Licencing Restrictions Came Too Late to Save This One 3587
That's an interesting question. Let me see if you can answer it, in reverse: How do you expect a new driver to be experienced before he gets behind the wheel? You can raise the minimum...
Reckless drivers kills 3 friends "Sentenced" to $100 fine
No felony, not even a misdemeanor. Just an infraction. The person wasn't even required to attend sentencing!!!! Driver To...
Reckless drivers kills 3 friends "Sentenced" to $100 fine 3590
Why did you not post the entire article? QUOTE Driver To Pay $100 In bane Crash Skip directly...
Reckless drivers kills 3 friends "Sentenced" to $100 fine 3591
leftists=traitors is a fool. In fact, that's being kind to him. Here is the full article. A...
Cobalt or Focus 3592
Those are tougher questions than you might think. Do you go with the newly-released Cobalt, which most people agree is very much better than the Cadavalier it replaces (it could scarcely be worse...
Cobalt or Focus 3593
The US Focus is essentially the same basic design as the 1999-2004 Ford of Europe Focus, but decontented. Some of the decontenting included things that affected reliability in the first few...
Cobalt or Focus 3594
My response would be, after having recently test driven both of them as a potential customer, Honda Civic. I really...
Same Surprise for over 30 years
We've all come upon a situation where high-speed traffic on a freeway suddenly slows to a crawl, usually due to an...
Gaywood Road Signage Problem
Enough already, say the residents of Gaywood Road who are darned tired of getting their street signs nabbed by pranksters humored by the name. The fourth...
More clueless female SUV drivers
Here's something funny that happened to me on Sunday. I was meeting up with a couple of friends at a coffee shop before going to...
Teenager point system... 3598
if i recall the latest "speeding average" which is the the speed limit (anywhere + average of what people everywhere go on them) is like 9.45 over. and noone here can...
Teenager point system... 3599
yeah wisconsin has a messed up point system... everywhere else ive been is more like...
Teenager point system... 3600
zx2guy Uh yeah; right. Even the most blatant of the liars over in the DSM Laser group won't...
Iran Sanctions Could Drive Oil Past $100
Time to upgrade to a real economy vehicle, isn't it? Iran Sanctions Could Drive Oil Past $100 By BRAD FOSS...
Iceland The First Country To Try Abandoning Gasoline
www.fuelcellsworks.com-Supppage4338.html Iceland The First Country To Try Abandoning Gasoline Hot Water Heats Homes, Businesses; Hydrogen Fuel...
Iceland The First Country To Try Abandoning Gasoline 3603
Alan Baker Learn to read- from the very link "The 2.2 is one of the most reliable four-cylinder engines ever made, and in all its forms, from under 84 hp to...
Iceland The First Country To Try Abandoning Gasoline 3604
Alan Baker You really can't discuss turbos if you have no idea of even the basic concepts. First you claim the turb HP figures I post can't be true, then when...
Iceland The First Country To Try Abandoning Gasoline 3605
Mike, here: This graph from the Mbuttachusetts Insbreastute of Technology *might* teach you something. I emphasize "might" because you...
Iceland The First Country To Try Abandoning Gasoline 3606
Sorry, but you'll have to explain how a change in *timing* will change the amount of fuel burned... *How*? It will still ingest precisely the same amount of...
Iceland The First Country To Try Abandoning Gasoline 3607
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:21:51 -0500, mike wilcox That is a lie. When was the last time you...
BuyDrive a new Chinese car 3608
Brent P It had industry, but in comparison to other industrial countries it was most butturedly developing. Pre-war Japan was not a compebreastor in many industries. Post War Japan became a compebreastor because...
BuyDrive a new Chinese car 3609
Brent P An equipped military by itself signifies a developed industrial country. Hardly. You are missing the point, please gop back and reread what I wrote. Well, of course it is about making money...
BuyDrive a new Chinese car 3610
Exactly. They were a developed industrial nation capable of making complex machines of sound engineering and quality of their own design and manufacture. Glad you agree. Now chinese military equipment...
BuyDrive a new Chinese car 3611
Brent P You need to go back and reread what I said and please try to not insert what you think I might be saying...
BuyDrive a new Chinese car 3612
Compartively china is. Why don't you go baby sit a chinese supplier for awhile. Maybe you'll then understand that they aren't developing, improving, enhancing or...
BuyDrive a new Chinese car 3613
Well, yes, but haven't people always looked for a bargain? Decades ago bargains used to be called sales. One of the...
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