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- From: pursell@cheshire.oxy.edu (William Robert Pursell)
- Subject: Re: Backed into
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.194537.8811@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. USA
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:45:37 GMT
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- >
- >
- >I learned riding in Japan, and had spent a couple of years riding dippy
- >scooters before getting a motorcycle. In retrospect, this was a really
- >lucky way to go, as it let me sort of ease into "nihonteki unten-dou"
- >(``The Enlightened Way of the Japanese Driver'').
- >
- >To someone from The States, drivers in Japan appear to be *exceedingly*
- >dangerous and rude. However, this is mostly because the American doesn't
- >know "the rules"... what is and isn't common. For example, it's common
- >to drive at night with only parking brakes on. If you know this and pay
- ^^^^^^^^
- I'm sure glad they don't use other brakes when they drive!
-
-
- But seriously....this article has nothing to do with
- the subject "backed into" or "re:backed into".
- I'm probably being overly sensitive, but I would
- like to suggest that everyone start a new subject
- line when they start up a new subject!
-
- -Bill
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