Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Kurt Huhn]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:49:31 -0600 (MDT)
Dan Duncan wrote:

> 
> Driver's ed 101.
> 
> When you come upon a blind curve, you need to SLOW DOWN.  In addition
> to not overdriving your stopping distance, you certainly shouldn't
> overdrive your VISIBILITY! 
> 

So, one should slow down to, what, 10MPH or 20MPH?  You live in a
fantasy world.  *Experience* teaches you how to drive, not some wanker
in a tweed sportcoat.

> Do you also follow a car moving ahead of you at 50mph into a fog
> bank and just assume it's going to keep travelling at that speed?
> 
> How about overdriving your headlights?
> 

I made no mention of the above.  Non sequitor.


> How on earth did you ever get a driver's license and how on earth
> have you managed to KEEP one?
> 

Ad hominem.  Fuck you.

> 
> That's an extenuating circumstance.  Your brakes failed.  Stopping for
> a squirrel was irrelevant.  They could have made a nice leisurely stop
> for a red light or stop sign and you might still have hit them.
> 

Nope.  The VW Rabbit had a backup mechanical backup system for brakes -
coupled with a handbrake, and the fact that it's a manual transmission,
made stopping with even somewhat short notice very easy without a
primary brake system.  Truth is, with the VW Rabbit Diesel, I never had
to use brakes until I was going about 5-10MPH, 97% of the time.

You nothing of what you speak.

> > Do you *really* want to slam on your brakes when you *know* that a
> > large portion of the population follows too closely anyway?  Are you
> > *really* going to take that chance for a squirrel?  Is that *really*
> > an acceptable risk?
> 
> It depends.  Do you live near me?
> 

Probably not, but that shouldn't make a difference.  Before hanging your
life (and the lives of those around you) on the edge of a knife,
consider the possible outcomes of slamming on your brakes to avoid
killing potted meat.  It simply is *not* important enough to initiate a
panic stop.

Note, I haven't even touched on the possibilities of losing control
during that idiotic panic stop and killing someone else when you do.

-- 
Kurt                 "I am not aware that any community has a right to 
kurt at k-huhn.com       force another to be civilized." 
                                                   --John Stuart Mill