not to mention mud flaps or anything else that decides to disassociate
itself from the vehicle its riding on.
tb
> ----------
> From: Robert B. Houston[SMTP:transerv@sprynet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 1:22 PM
> To: Jeff Boatright; spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Public drafting, was Re: a Very Sad thing
>
> Jeff, very true, and I am sorry I let Carl go unchallanged. As an
> experienced tractor trailer driver with a CDL he should be more aware than
> anyone that most companies run recaps on the trailers, and these fly off
> most anytime they feel like it, with little or no warning.
>
> I hate to think what one of these 50 lb. rubber alligators, flug at 60+
> mph,
> at the drafting vehicle would do to the occupant (I'm sure Carl would be
> alone in the car and not endanger a friend or relative).
>
> One of these tire casings should effectively turn a Spridget into a roller
> skate in nothing flat (pun intended)
>
> Robert Houston
> 74 Midget, Katy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 7:25 AM
> Subject: Public drafting, was Re: a Very Sad thing
>
>
> >Carl,
> >
> >So are you saying that you draft on public roads? You say that it's "True
> >dangerous." It may be your choice to do that, but what happens when you
> end
> >up smacking the semi in front of you? At the very least you inconvenience
> >the driver you've hit. More than likely you'll end up inconveniencing
> >everyone coming up the road, because now there'll be a traffic jam. The
> >even more likely scenario is that your choice would cause a multi-vehicle
> >pile-up. I wonder if those people in that pile-up would appreciate your
> >choice to be "True dangerous" and how it takes away their choice to be
> >"true alive."
> >
> >I'm not writing this to change your mind. I'm sure this diatribe won't.
> I'm
> >writing this because your post should not go unchallenged. I sure
> wouldn't
> >want you to think that every lister agrees with you. As far as I'm
> >concerned, you're getting a thrill at others' expense and without their
> >agreeing to it. Doesn't say a lot about your personal responsibility
> level.
> >This choice about your personal safety has ramifications for many others
> on
> >the road, even if they are yuppies in SUVs. Racers go on the track
> >acknowledging the inherent dangers. They've all agreed to that danger
> >level. Drivers on public roads know that there are inherent dangers, too,
> >and they've agreed to that different danger level. However, that level
> does
> >not include intentional recklessness ("True dangerous"?) by other
> drivers.
> >If you want to develop your racing skills, do it on a track.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >At 9:33 AM -0500 10/29/98, Carl Elliott wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Have CDL can drive anything anywhere and have been doing so for a long
> time,
> >> Drafting is an art, developed by the best racing drivers in the world.
> >> True dangerous, But thats my choice, As far as the guys putting their
> time in
> >> on the road, I respect them and never bother the guys in the big rigs,
> >> Buses on the other hand , Well thats personal, And the yuppies in their
> SUVs
> >> are the biggest bunch of it Ive ever seen. I have been trained at the
> then
> >> Calif. State Pol. high speed driving school , Along time ago, and have
> driven
> >> under conditions no other human is subject too except for other
> >>professionals.
> >> I enjoy driving, any where any time, Carl E.
> >>
> >> "Robert B. Houston" wrote:
> >>
> >> > It's ful like that Carl, that drives the professional drivers crazy.
> They
> >> > just hate having to hose you off the rear bumper....
> >> >
> >> > Robert Houston
> >> > 74 Midget, Katy
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
> >> > To: Ajhsys@aol.com <Ajhsys@aol.com>
> >> > Cc: transerv@sprynet.com <transerv@sprynet.com>;
> spridgets@autox.team.net
> >> > <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >> > Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 6:07 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: a Very Sad thing
> >> >
> >> > >I do that with my escort on the parkway with the buses running to
> AC,
> >> > >Gets me about 4 more mpg, And they stay around 70 or so.
> >> > >Makes for fun comuteing. Carl E.
> >> > >
> >> > >Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> I used to work with a guy who drove a Triumph GT6. He was more
> than
> a
> >> > little
> >> > >> nuts! He found that his car was light enough to slip-stream
> behind
> >> > tractor
> >> > >> trailers on the turnpike at 70 MPH! He says he saved a lot of gas
> that
> >> > way.
> >> > >> I think he's still alive. (Folks, please don't try this!)
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Allen Hefner
> >> > >> '77 Midget
> >> > >> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
> >> > >>
> >> > >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >> > >>
> >> > >> In a message dated 10/23/98 2:09:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> > >> transerv@sprynet.com writes:
> >> > >>
> >> > >> << Tractor trailers are a necessary fact of transportation life on
> our
> >> > >> highways, and I make my living through them, but when driving on
> the
> >> > >> highway, I am always aware of them, and give them as much leeway
> as
> >> > >> possible. 80,000 pounds does not stop on a dime, move much when
> you
> >> > crash
> >> > >> into it, or veer defensively worth a darn.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Let's all be careful out there folks.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Robert Houston
> >> > >> 74 Midget, Katy >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> >Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> >http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> >Mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
> >404-778-4113
> >
> >
>
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