From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, ComandanteBanana and Chief of Quixotic Enterprises on 24 May 2010 14:59 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
From: N8N on 24 May 2010 15:04 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>)
From: Jeff Strickland on 24 May 2010 15:15 "N8N" <njnagel(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.
From: Brent on 24 May 2010 15:20 On 2010-05-24, N8N <njnagel(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
From: CharlesGrozny on 24 May 2010 16:01 "Brent" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:htejhr$oup$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 2010-05-24, N8N <njnagel(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
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