Recent content by quiet

Amen brother.

"All that is needed is a transponder, the data is there on a serial bus." That right there.

It's not an easy subject question to discuss. So, the state of wherever says it's going to limit capability. Then that begs the question of can they even do that comes up, or some similar question. And my very first question is will it produce fewer accidents. And my first answer is, I don't...

That's what we have to work with at this time.

Enforcment after the fact

I've begrudgingly accepted that it's best to leave my hard stubborn head at home when I drive.

Everything is a muscle car now. Aggressive drivability is standard equipment.

No reason to expect a kid to have the wisdom and experience of a 60-year-old. Or a 40-year-old, but I wasn't so smart at that age either.

I see driving as a sport, like football. Exactly like football. I'm the quarterback with the ball and everyone wants to hit me. I've been practicing defensive driving with a program that I call the DENY THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIT ME program for a long time now. Basically, it's works by...

Most people drive to the speed that they "feel" is comfortable and safe. On boulevards and parkways that speed can be adjusted with long branch trees and curves that "close in" on the driver without actually reducing the runout space available in the event you need to leave the road. This...

This society operates by assumption. It's assumed we will obey the laws of the land. And that's what happens for the most part. But if you speed, maybe you get a ticket. I see no reason to change the program. If every car on a particular stretch of road is over speeding all the time, then the...

I see.

Yep, that's him.

Is that C.G. from West Springfield High driving that Olds? If so and you were friends with C.G. in 76 or so, then I probably know you. C.G and I worked together in high school, at a bicycle shop in Springfield, when he was still rocking a Honda motorcycle, before the 1970 W30. I drove AMX...

It helps not having stuff all over the place. Long threads, but it saves a lot of searching and still missing the cure.