home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk!antipope
- From: antipope@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (charless@scol.sco.com)
- Subject: Re: Driving with Parking Lights!
- Organization: The Vatican at Avignon
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 08:20:06 GMT
- Message-ID: <Bx8HtJ.492@ibmpcug.co.uk>
- References: <BwzxIn.HGo@rahul.net>
- Sender: news@ibmpcug.co.uk (News System Administration)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk
- Lines: 30
-
- phil@rahul.net (Phil Gustafson) writes:
- > In article <1992Oct27.092513.14191@sco.COM> charless@sco.COM (Charlie Stross) writes:
- > >Me, I too drive with my
- > >parking lights on during the day (and headlights at night!), as
- > >a matter of deliberate policy;
- >
- > From the California Vehicle Code:
- >
- > 24800. No vehicle shall be driven at any time with the parking lamps
- > lighted except when the lamps are being used as turn signal lamps or when
- > the headlamps are also lighted.
- >
- > ObPeeve: Habitual criminals with net access.
- >
- > ObPeeve2: Some clown is going to assume I'm in favor of this law and ask
- > me to defend it.
-
- Worse: Some clown is going to point out to you that I'm from England,
- where silly laws like that are not in force. On the other hand, we have
- separate parking lamps and turn indicators -- by law -- and by
- law they're different colors so you can tell them apart.
-
- Now about the implication that I'm a habitual criminal. Would you
- care to withdraw it, or are you willing to provide me with
- the satisfaction of a duel? It's your choice of weapon; I would
- suggest used BMW's at half a mile ...
-
- --
- Antipope -- HE gives you Bull, I give you the Straight ... er ....
-
-