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Deer Danger 4425
Been there, done that... Before: After: Hit a pretty good sized buck doing 55+ MPH. Have the damage to show for it. Hoping to find a new rad support and...

Deer Danger 4426
Yes! It isn't just something that happens in the boondocks, although the consequences might be more severe there because of higher speeds. Deer...

Deer Danger 4427
2 Deer stories (from about 20 I could tell you. I live in a very rural area and they're a constant danger). I live in the Upstate area of South Carolina. There's a...

Deer Danger 4428
Ken I was thinking the same thing. I ride my bike up in PA with my brother. He has deer all around him. He actually feeds them. They come to his back...

You can beat a car thief to rest if you want to. 4429
If I miss a mortgage payment, I don't expect a team of foreclosers to burst into my home without notice and toss me out. Why should I expect similar from a car...

You can beat a car thief to rest if you want to. 4430
There's a BIG difference between bursting into your residence(where you have a reasonable expectation of privacy,and there's no potential threat to you and...

You can beat a car thief to rest if you want to. 4431
There's a difference, but I don't agree it's all that big. The foreclosers don't get to wait until...

Pulled over by the cops for a flat spare tire
I was recently pulled over by the cops and they ticketed me for having a flat spare tire. The cop told me my...

Police try to break up speed trap 4433
lane Around here cops don't stop to help those obviously in need. I was driving down the main road in town last month adn tehre was a little old lady in her...

Police try to break up speed trap 4434
Exactly, if what Dan said was true the police would be constantly pulling over and ticketing anyone who does more than a couple MPH over the limit. They...

Investigators Blame Stupidity in Area rest
newspaper.... you just don't see headlines like this: WHEATLEY, AR-Although reckless driving and minor driver impairment were cited as additional factors, police investigators ruled pure, unadulterated stupidity as the...

HOV lane behavior
just wondering what people's thoughts are on this.... in so. cal, the HOV lanes are restricted 24 hrs-day...

HOV lane behavior... 4437
Scott en Aztlán I am almost always in agreement with you when it comes to speed limits and KRETP. But you are clearly wrong about HOV lanes being the left lanes of...

HOV lane behavior... 4438
Scott en Aztlán In Colorado, as I mentioned earlier, it is placed right in the...

HOV lane behavior... 4439
Thank you for the citation. But paraphrasing another poster, most of the country does not live in Colorado. In Colorado. Where does CA law say that? The fact that there...

HOV lane behavior... 4440
Scott en Aztlán Nor California. But the cite is quite clear. You asked for a cite. There you have it. And everywhere I'm familiar with. You cannot reasonably integrate merging...

HOV lane behavior... 4441
brink If the main lanes are congested, the HOV lane(s) are basically a separate roadway. And since in LA most of them are single...

HOV lane behavior... 4442
Here is California Vehicle Code 21654: 21654. (a) Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits, any vehicle proceeding upon a highway at...

HOV lane behavior... 4443
Scott en Aztlán Hmmm. Are you ever the only car on the road? "Fastest car in a group" refers to the fastest driver among a group of drivers in the lane. As...

HOV lane behavior... 4444
Scott en Aztlán Umm, Scott, *not* wrong. H-O-V. "High-Occupancy Vehicle." That *is* the primary purpose of the facility, by its very name, funding and usage. You can't deny this...

HOV lane behavior... 4445
Scott en Aztlán In the very words that name the facility: "High Occupancy Vehicle" lanes. They are set up in legislation for the primary purpose of accommodating vehicles...

HOV lane behavior... 4446
Scott en Aztlán Hmmm. *I* look silly pointing out that the purpose of the HOV lane is for HOVs? And I wonder why we're not making progress here! You...

HOV lane behavior... 4447
for the most part i agree... but i dunno, it can be pretty hard to get in and get out of the HOV lanes when the...

HOV lane behavior... 4448
Craig Holl The problem with your scenario is that there is almost no chance of that happening. What is far more common is someone driving 65 to 70 mph with...

HOV lane behavior... 4449
No. You take away all speed limits first. (no signs, no enforcement of any type). Then you do a traffic survey to measure speeds people are actually driving, in the total absence of...

Preparing a car for sun and heat
I have an '02 Ford Taurus with black leather interior and black exterior that I need to prep for usage in South Texas...

Preparing a car for sun and heat. 4451
On 24 May 2005 22:39:39 -0700, eastwardbound2003 , said the following in rec.autos.driving... I have two Taurus' (a tan '96 wtan interior...

Preparing a car for sun and heat. 4452
It can help, but be both thoughtful and cognizant of the law when deciding how much to tint and where. One of the Southwest's...

Preparing a car for sun and heat. 4453
Ask around, ask people who have tint on their vehicles and ask who did it and if they like it. Personelly...

beware VW turbo repair scham
I decided to buy a 2002 VW Jetta TDI for fuel economy on my long trips. It seemed to have good reviews...

beware VW turbo repair scham 4455
I decided to buy a 2002 VW Jetta TDI for fuel economy on my long trips. It...

beware VW turbo repair scham 4456
Magnulus Name *one* other vehicle that requires the change at 40k mile intervals. (I know of one, no longer in production.) Most TB replacements are at very...

beware VW turbo repair scham 4457
The timing belt on my Jetta wagon lasts for around 80,000 (I would have to look it up, but it is not 40k). It was only on the pre-2003 models that the belt...

beware VW turbo repair scham 4458
I hate to say it but I agree. I've owned several old Beetles (going back to a '58...

beware VW turbo repair scham 4459
Not more so than a hybrid car. Turbo doesn't make extra energy, but if you think there's...

beware VW turbo repair scham 4460
Daniel J. Stern Right - any opportunity to bash VAG is a good opportunity... I would suggest that getting a bad one is the random event. One need not be a blind...

Another LLB cop at work
running totally fastest Well on surface streets (residential zones and such) they will typically drive at least 35...

Truck Driver Clothes 4462
Guessing you are serious, and I doubt it, May large company drivers, UPS, Schneider, JBH, are issued...

Truck Driver Clothes 4463
Yeah - unlike the pair of chuckleheads I saw yesterday. I don't know if this was a typical Monday WRT truck traffic, or if the Truckers were...

I was issued a bogus speeding ticket what to do
Just want to report on the outcome of my case (see below). Maybe this will help somebody (I was hoping to find help here, but mostly...

Stretching vacation dollars on family travel
That's a tough problem that's achingly close to being an easy one -- maybe "eight is enough" on the old TV show, but eight is just one or two too many for ordinary...

85
I think that I misinterpreted what Judge C. said last week. We had a bit of JD & water last evening and this time I've got what he said right. "Pebreastions can cause the speed limits...

Worse than a MFFY
I was traveling westbound on one freeway, preparing to go south on another freeway. The ramp to the other freeway...

Worse than a MFFY
On Sat, 28 May 2005 06:36:21 GMT, "Larry Scholnick" And, of course, either one could have solved the dilemma by SPEEDING UP instead of slowing down, since there...

Crazy idea
L Sternn Actually, most cats have to be shown how to kill. Some do learn by accident. Most cats will play with rodents, but most do not actually kill them. And it isn't...

Buying a new car looking for your learned opinions on my 3 finalists
Hi all, I thought you might be a good group to pick your brains. I am looking to buy a new car. I...

Buying a new car looking for your learned opinions on my 3 finalists
I was thrilled when my mother bought a 2002 A6, she was 84 at the time and I knew I would be doing most or all of the driving. I always liked...

Now This Is Just Plain Stupid
Did you know that California pbutted a law that allows those Harley Mouth-breathers with straight pipes to wear earplugs while riding? Check out CVC 27400 (d): 27400. A person operating a motor vehicle or...

Watering down the brand
Or it means you are to self important to use turn signals, and to f--king stupid to turn off your...

I was obeying the speed limit on ym way home tonight
I had the same experience. Due to interminable construction taking place on I-10 north of Tucson, the speed limit drops from...

Reminder Mountain DriversPull Over
I experienced an extremely aggravating situation coming down State Road 77 from Globe to Winkleman to Tucson in Arizona. That is of course the...

Red Light Cameras: O.C. Results Blurry 4476
So can you point me to a study that actually addresses too close following distances as the...

Red Light Cameras: O.C. Results Blurry 4477
Daniel J. Stern Then come to New York City, where the RLC intersections are conspicously NOT marked at all (if you use an RLC intersection enough, you...

Red Light Cameras: O.C. Results Blurry 4478
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 18:15:32 -0700, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr." I haven't seen too many, but all...

Red Light Cameras: O.C. Results Blurry 4479
L Sternn Your belief is completely off the mark. Only in cases where someone runs the red well...

Red Light Cameras: O.C. Results Blurry 4480
L Sternn It is. Many surface streets where I live have speed limits of 25 to 35 mph. Most traffic lights have 4 second yellow interval times. We don't have problems...

click it or
I agree with you 100%. The MD's responses here warrant the biggest "ah c'mon for crying out loud" type of response imaginable. It goes...

click it or
The repliers to this were right. Just because something cost others doesn't mean we should micromanage every...

How to really avoid an accident
The other day I was coming home from work, doing 55MPH on the frontage road. I saw a car coming down...

How to really avoid an accident 4485
Oh, it'd be worth a lot -- to the expert witne$$. And the jury might well have heard it anyway. Even if your attorney gets it dismissed outside the...

How to really avoid an accident 4486
Firstly just chill fool, just chill. The idot driver had his car is "drive" which is...

How to really avoid an accident 4487
Reminds me of one of those clbuttic psych-philosophy questions that are supposed to provoke thought and discussion rather than an answer. J...

Funny Road Rage Incident
Walking back from lunch today I saw a white sedan in the dedicated left turn lane pull a common bonehead maneuver: once he was solidly embedded in...

ticket ticket ticket ticket
There are 4 very handsom men in a new Volkswagen Golf TDI. The men were traveling west down I70, one...

OT: Star Wars Episode III
Well Anikin was such a handsome fellow in Episode II. I loved the way he had his hair styled...

Accident
Oh it was clearly a stop sign violation. You can easily rack up a stop sign violation even...

fun weekend
OK, due to circumstances I won't get into here, my wife was stranded in MD so I had...

Yet Another Drama Queen Gridlock Incident
Both directions of the nation's busiest freeway were completely shut down for FOUR HOURS today while some scumbag held police at bay in a standoff. The cops ought...

Yet Another Drama Queen Gridlock Incident
breathtaking the and The videos shown by the news show three attempts to PIT the suspect into a spinout--two...

Ran off the road by a truck Considerations for making a claim 4497
Dave Head Its the way the world works - something gets to be more trouble than its worth, you stop doing it. All we'd have to do is have the government subsidize the construction and maintenance...

Ran off the road by a truck Considerations for making a claim 4498
I'm sure you came up with those numbers out of a hat. There is no way anyone would...

Chinese BMW X3 knockoff to sell for $15,000
I buy made in the USA, europe, or japan if I can. It's strictly a quality-labor-environmental regulation thing. I am not rabid 'buy...

Saudi Arabia says PLENTY OF OIL
Yup - there is no oil shortage. The huge rise in prices has been engineered by oil-men bush and cheney. THATS A FACT. Top Saudi Says Kingdom...

Saudi Arabia says PLENTY OF OIL
Dirty little secret nobody talks about: The oil that the world commodities markets based gas prices on is "light sweet" crude. It is low in sulfur content and require...

I've Never Seen So Many Truckers!!! 4502
I think these can be very similar events in terms of cause and effect: a big pulse of time-sensitive cargo. In the case of 880, when a container ship comes in...



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