Would you support a "stick shift only" drivers license?
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From: richard on 24 May 2010 16:12 On Mon, 24 May 2010 11:59:40 -0700 (PDT), comandante.banana(a)yahoo.com wrote: > In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic, > which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a > bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the > road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving > facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE, > NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of > Russian Roulette... > > So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it? > Problem is, trying to find a manual transmission. Most cars today all have automatics. -- I learned my lesson well. You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself. - Ricky Nelson from "Garden Party"
From: dr_jeff on 24 May 2010 16:56 His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises wrote: > In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic, > which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a > bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the > road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving > facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE, > NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of > Russian Roulette... > > So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it? It's reversible, but, the type of transmission in a vehicle is not an issue. Jeff
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on 24 May 2010 17:10 On May 24, 3:15 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "N8N" <njna...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:cc570190-2dc2-4384-949b-639577f4dd12(a)q23g2000vba.googlegroups.com... > On May 24, 2:59 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana > and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic, > > In most parts of the world, you're considered to be a complete idiot. In most parts of the civilized world, American driving would look funny and crazy. Even your traffic signs are out whack and your metric system sucks. Oh, I'm told they laugh the loudest at the SUVs.
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on 24 May 2010 17:11 On May 24, 4:56 pm, dr_jeff <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote: > His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic > > Enterprises wrote: > > In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic, > > which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a > > bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the > > road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving > > facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE, > > NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of > > Russian Roulette... > > > So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it? > > It's reversible, but, the type of transmission in a vehicle is not an issue. > > Jeff The automatic transmission DEMOCRATIZES DRIVING so even a monkey can drive.
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on 24 May 2010 17:15
On May 24, 4:01 pm, "CharlesGrozny" <n5...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:htejhr$oup$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > > > On 2010-05-24, N8N <njna...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On May 24, 2:59 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana > >> and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> > >> wrote: > >>> In most parts of the world driving means "stick shift," not automatic, > >>> which even a monkey can do. The result is that obviously we got a > >>> bunch of monkeys driving, some of them wanting to be "king of the > >>> road" and driving SUVs... Of course, this "automatic pilot" driving > >>> facilitates all the other crazy stuff such as: TALKING ON THE PHONE, > >>> NO SIGNAL LIGHTS, ZIGZAGGING, which makes driving such a game of > >>> Russian Roulette... > > >>> So is this IDIOCRACY reversible, or we just have to live with it? > > >>> ----------------------------------------------------- > > >>> THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS > > >>> "Make driving hard and cycling easy. A monkey on a bike is not that > >>> dangerous" > > >>>http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION > > >> How about we say that you have to take your driver's test in a car > >> with a three-on-the-tree with no first gear synchros and a worn out > >> linkage? > > >> nate > > >> (actually, that'd be pretty cool, because I could still get my license > >> but most of the idiots on the road couldn't <G>) > > > The effect would be short lived. From watching 1930s driving films I've > > found that the idiotcy we deal with today was present then. This was the > > era where putting the shifter on the column made things easier. > > > One difference is that 'speed kills' hadn't yet taken hold. One > > particular film a lawyer argues someone doing 70mph on what today would > > be a divided four lane arterial (with nothing along side it and little > > other traffic)) wasn't driving recklessly because his car was equipped > > with the latest technology and he was paying attention to his > > surroundings. The title is apt... "Wreckless" > > >http://www.archive.org/details/wreckless > > There were some states, Illinois, for instance, that had R&P as a rural > speed limit. (Reasonable and Proper) Now what constituted R & P was open > to various interpretations. Trucks over 4 tons were restricted to 40 > MPH. When Illinois had to put in numeric speed limits in 1957 so they could > get Interstate funding, big trucks went to 50 MPH. A couple of decades ago, > they went to 55. Just this Jan 1, big trucks running on the interstates > downstate can now do 65 legally. > > On interstates, Illinois had 5 different speed limits, which was kind of > wreckless in itself. > > 70 for cars > 65 for trucks under 4 tons > 60 for busses. > 55 for cars towing trailers > 50 for trucks over 4 tons. > > Of course, this being Chicago, nobody actually obeyed the speed limit. > > Charles Grozny Laws on books but not enforced. Same thing here. Sign of Banana Republic. |