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Re: ARGH those Suburbans( Otherwise known as those damn four wheel sudiv

To: dwilkins@wcta.net
Subject: Re: ARGH those Suburbans( Otherwise known as those damn four wheel sudivisions)
From: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:40:46 GMT
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:07:39 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

>How far is far enough behind with a LBC. When my windshield was hit, I was at
>least a car lenght behind. 

Go take a defensive driving course and learn about safe distances to
follow another vehicle. The only time you will find me one car length
behind is at a stop sign or a long line of cars creeping up to an
accident ahead. Either stopped or 3-4 mph.

I am serious about the defensive driving course. There is a lot to be
learned from one of those courses. The insurance companies give
premium deductions for taking the course for a good reason.

>My guess was that she was too busy on her cell phone
>and couldn't control her turn with one hand, cutting the corner too hard,
>kicking up the stones.

My guess is that you were following too close.

I wish I had kept your original note but my recollection is that the
cell phone is a figment of your imagination.

Look face the music. You were not driving in a safe manner and now you
are complaining about mythical actions of the driver of the car ahead
of you. 

Grow up, take your medicine and learn from it.

> Those subdivions are large trucks for living in a busy
>sub-urban enviorment and IMHO, unnecessary. But what is worse is the animated
>cell phone conversations that I see while driving. I cant understand how these
>women can be in full control of thier trucks at 30=40 mph while on the
>telephone.

IMHO cell phone usage while driving should be against the law. If you
really want to ban vehicles that you don't believe are necessary you
might not like the results when the majority felt that LBC were not
essential.

>       I wish I had gotten the license plate number, but by the time I noticed
>the crack starting, I was already past the intersection and she was on her way.

Just what good would the license plate number do for you? If you call
the police with your story they will dump the information in the
circular file. They might even give you a lecture on not following at
a safe distance. 

When you are behind another car the burden is on you to keep a safe
distance. You didn't do that.

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