RE: One foot over the brake <WOB>

["Boyd, David (Neighbour Boy)" <boydd@xxxxxxxx>]

I know I'm Mr. WOB lately, and I'll stop, but I had to pipe in on this
one, because this is one of the two things that drives me absolutely
crazy,  when somebody is on the brakes the whole time.  I've been behind
somebody accelerating up a hill with their brakes still on.  ARGGH, I
never know when they are going to hit the brakes for real.  I tend to
give them loooots of space, or get out from behind them.

And just in case you cared (probably not) but the other thing that
drives me crazy is when somebody behind me makes an effort to get in
front of me, then goes slower than they were they were following me.
Thus, causing me to slow down.  Why did they get in front of me if they
wanted to go slower, why not just slow down???

OK, done venting.

- --David Boyd, boydd@domain.elided

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> From: 	barton@domain.elided[SMTP:barton@domain.elided]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, September 22, 1998 4:38 PM
> To: 	bmw-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: 	One foot over the brake
> 
> You know, I always attributed my driving like this to the many years I
> spent on motorcycles. You don't want to put your foot down if you
> don't
> have to.(one of the things you start to do after 20 or 30,000 miles on
> bikes) With my 89 bronco I learned (cause I could see over the top of
> most drivers) that most people hit their brake lights waaaaaaayyyyy
> befor they have to and if you leave enough distance between you and
> the
> car in front of you (less than you'd probably think) you usually don't
> have to hit your brakes at the FIRST sign of red in front of you. If
> you
> learn to read the traffic around you, after a while you get pretty
> good
> at anticipating whats going to happen. 
> All in all I believe this makes for MUCH smoother traffic flow as the
> chain reaction that occurs every time someones brakelights go on for
> more than just a second goes back about 10 cars or more. Anyways, I'am
> rambling
> 
> Chris Barton
> 1995 540i 6 speed, 18" Hamanns,BL/SS'd,ES Exhaust,BMWCCA, Etc.
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