Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 6/3/05 10:38 PM, Marc James Small at msmall@aya.yale.edu wrote: > I understand that one of the world-class courses in defensive driving is > taught at Black Point or thereabouts, near to your environs. Instead of > getting nasty, why not learn how to drive intelligently? The alternative > would be to promise never to curse the highways of the US again with the > sort of inconsiderate foolishness conducted constantly by > automatic-transmission drivers. Marc, had it occurred to you that I've driven manual transmissions and that for some circumstances I prefer an automatic? Stop-and-go traffic comes immediuately to mind. For example: 5 years driving a 4-speed VW Dasher, including round trips betweeen interior Alaska and south Florida and several winters in the Chicago area 5 years driving a three-on-the-tree camper van with unsychronized first and reverse A few more years driving a 5-speed Dodge Omni a smattering of VW beetles, Rabbits and microbusses, Datsun B210 and 240Z, various three-on-the-tree cars and pickups, a 1950's-era 6-speed 40-passenger bus and a 15-speed Kenilworth. Not to mention no moving violations since 1976. This is incompetent? You know Marc not everyone needs excitement in their driving. I prefer the driving part of my road trips to be uneventful. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com