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To: glabbe

I taught both my sons a simple rule about driving on 2-lane highways:

If ever someone has to pass you on the right, YOU fail as a safe, courteous driver. Your speed is irrelevant - When someone wants by, you let them by. It’s not your job to police the speed of others.

In this case, while I shouldn’t guess about it, I can almost feel the delight from the 18-wheeler driver, knowing that the two of them have boxed the a-hole Camaro in. How easy would it have been for the 18-wheeler driver to lift, momentarily, to allow the Camaro to get by the truck, and therefore contribute to a safer driving environment.

Truckers are taught Smith Driving Principles, and one of them is “Leave yourself an ‘out’.” He has failed in that regard, and shares a small degree of responsibility for the wreck that ruined his day.


72 posted on 04/27/2015 6:06:32 PM PDT by Carlucci
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To: Carlucci
Truckers are taught Smith Driving Principles, and one of them is “Leave yourself an ‘out’

Reminds me of a rule of war I just read in Barbara Tuchman's book The Guns of August: "never commit an asset you're not prepared to lose."

74 posted on 04/27/2015 6:11:15 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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