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- From: garrett@Ingres.COM (TRUTH IS. BELIEF IS NOT REQUIRED.)
- Subject: Re: Misc Traffic Rules
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.041725.8403@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Summary: Obnoxious Drivers
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- Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Ingres Product Division
- References: <1993Jan26.220823.103180@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <C1Ht9n.6z7@coral.cs.unm.edu> <1993Jan27.061100.20004@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 04:17:25 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.061100.20004@pony.Ingres.COM>, garrett@Ingres.COM (TRUTH IS. BELIEF IS NOT REQUIR writes...
- >In article <C1Ht9n.6z7@coral.cs.unm.edu>, sgupta@coral.cs.unm.edu (Sarang Gupta) writes...
- >>New Mexico Driving Law #2 (I post these as they happen to me in real-life)
- >>LAW: If the guy in front of you has room to make a left turn, so do you...
- >>COROLLARY: This law is recursive.
- >
- >If we are going by what happens in real life then I have a few to add.
- >#1: If you cut in front of someone, then you will have an overwhelming
- > urge to slam on the brakes.
- >#2: If someone tries to pass you, the gravity under your gas pedal will
- > suddenly and unexplainably increase.
- >#3: Turn signals are for wimps.
- >#4: Working brake lights are optional.
- >#5: Never wait in a line of traffic when you can cut in at the last second
- > and almost cause an accident.
- >#6: You should never exit a freeway until the last second from the far left
- > lane.
- >
- #7: Traffic laws do not apply in Chinatown.
-
- #8: When in doubt, assume that the next guy is your enemy.
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- #9: Misery loves to be laughed at.
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- #10: You can judge the severity of an accident by the speed of the traffic
- going by it.
-
- I have a question for those readers out there. Why don't people
- break out the mashmellows at a car fire?
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