On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, nolan penney wrote:
> > Very good advice. I have been driving for over 40 years without an accident
> > (touch wood!) and continue to practice most of your safe driving tecniques.
> > But it was refreshing to see it all in black and white again.
>
> 40 years, wow. I wish I could say the same. Unfortunately for me, I'm far
>better at
> teaching the stuff then practicing it myself. I do not have an unblemished
>record.
I'm at about 37 years and roughly a half-million miles (including
about 100K on the Dan Ryan expressway in Chicago, then reputed to
be the most dangerous highway in the US) without a scratch,
which I attribute to defensive driving, tempered by a fair share of
luck. On those occasions when I have pulled a really bone-headed move, I
have been lucky enough that the other guy was alert.
When I wonder if I am a good driver, I'm not sure of the answer. I drive
safely, I drive smoothly, and I sure don't hold up much traffic, but I
would probably be bog slow on a race track. All those years of being safe
make me instinctively want to avoid the ragged edge. At 6/10ths I ease
off.
So I guess my motto is, "safety briskly."
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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