Riding vs Flying -- How many here ride?

Philip S. wrote:
in article , John Gaquin at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:48 AM:



Maybe it's some kind of SoCal thing. You ought to drop in on
rec.autos.driving. There are about 4-5 people (I think 3 from California)
there sound a great deal like you in general outlook, if not in detail.
They regale the whole newsgroup with almost daily tales of near-death
experiences, always at the hands of some other totally witless, incompetent,
oblivious driver. They've even invented cutsie nicknames for the different
types of drivers who inconvenience them, or don't see the traffic world in
quite the "right" way. They refuse to even consider that their own driving
style, self-described (in their case) as including abrupt acceleration and
braking, rapid lane changing, etc., may have just a little bit to do with
their virtually constant brushes with danger. It's always the other idiots,
and their incompetent driving, that force these guys into horrendous
circumstances.


This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed, he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.

What state was that? In PA or NY, you do that for about two months and
you'd no longer have a license.

Sounds like an urban legend to me...

Matt

in article , Matt Whiting at
wrote on 7/3/06 5:58 PM:

Philip S. wrote:

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed, he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.

What state was that? In PA or NY, you do that for about two months and
you'd no longer have a license.

Sounds like an urban legend to me...

Matt

Washington State. And I can assure you, it's no urban legend. I have no idea
whether the guy in question ever had his license revoked, though.

My one time in traffic court, I listened as the rap sheets of other drivers
were read out, and some of them ran on for a considerable time. And they all
had valid licenses. For the moment, anyway.

"Skywise" wrote in message
...
Jose wrote in news:0B5qg.61392$fb2.57224
@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net:

It almost always boils
down to money and greed.

No, it boils down to an acceptance that life has risk.

Jose

No, it's greed. If there is a safer alternative, one with less
risk as you put it, more often than not the only thing preventing
that safer solution from being used is greed...money rules. If
some rich mutha'****a would only make 50 million instead of 100
million, it won't get done.

Not an entrepreneur, are you? :~)

"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , John Gaquin at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:48 AM:


Maybe it's some kind of SoCal thing. You ought to drop in on
rec.autos.driving. There are about 4-5 people (I think 3 from
California)
there sound a great deal like you in general outlook, if not in detail.
They regale the whole newsgroup with almost daily tales of near-death
experiences, always at the hands of some other totally witless,
incompetent,
oblivious driver. They've even invented cutsie nicknames for the
different
types of drivers who inconvenience them, or don't see the traffic world
in
quite the "right" way. They refuse to even consider that their own
driving
style, self-described (in their case) as including abrupt acceleration
and
braking, rapid lane changing, etc., may have just a little bit to do with
their virtually constant brushes with danger. It's always the other
idiots,
and their incompetent driving, that force these guys into horrendous
circumstances.

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed, he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.


Hmmm...most places I've seen, two tickets a month would last about a month
and a half before your license was pulled.

Methinks you exaggerate....grossly.

"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , Matt Whiting at
wrote on 7/3/06 5:58 PM:

Philip S. wrote:

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I
christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed,
he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on
him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.

What state was that? In PA or NY, you do that for about two months and
you'd no longer have a license.

Sounds like an urban legend to me...

Matt

Washington State. And I can assure you, it's no urban legend. I have no
idea
whether the guy in question ever had his license revoked, though.

My one time in traffic court, I listened as the rap sheets of other
drivers
were read out, and some of them ran on for a considerable time. And they
all
had valid licenses. For the moment, anyway.

Hmmm...when I had jury duty (twice...we don't have a lot of potential jurors
around here) the bailiff read the charges, but no one EVER read the rap
sheets. AAMOF, a persons record is NOT admissible in court, and that would
only be a points summary if the judge was going to revoke the drivers
license.

Try again.

in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:08 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , Matt Whiting at
wrote on 7/3/06 5:58 PM:

Philip S. wrote:

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I
christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed,
he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on
him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.

What state was that? In PA or NY, you do that for about two months and
you'd no longer have a license.

Sounds like an urban legend to me...

Matt

Washington State. And I can assure you, it's no urban legend. I have no
idea
whether the guy in question ever had his license revoked, though.

My one time in traffic court, I listened as the rap sheets of other
drivers
were read out, and some of them ran on for a considerable time. And they
all
had valid licenses. For the moment, anyway.

Hmmm...when I had jury duty (twice...we don't have a lot of potential jurors
around here) the bailiff read the charges, but no one EVER read the rap
sheets. AAMOF, a persons record is NOT admissible in court, and that would
only be a points summary if the judge was going to revoke the drivers
license.

Try again.

Umm...try again with *what*, exactly--somebody else's personal experience?
Sorry, Matt, I can only give you my own.

And my particular traffic court didn't have a jury. Perhaps it's different
where you live.

in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 6:45 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , John Gaquin at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:48 AM:


Maybe it's some kind of SoCal thing. You ought to drop in on
rec.autos.driving. There are about 4-5 people (I think 3 from
California)
there sound a great deal like you in general outlook, if not in detail.
They regale the whole newsgroup with almost daily tales of near-death
experiences, always at the hands of some other totally witless,
incompetent,
oblivious driver. They've even invented cutsie nicknames for the
different
types of drivers who inconvenience them, or don't see the traffic world
in
quite the "right" way. They refuse to even consider that their own
driving
style, self-described (in their case) as including abrupt acceleration
and
braking, rapid lane changing, etc., may have just a little bit to do with
their virtually constant brushes with danger. It's always the other
idiots,
and their incompetent driving, that force these guys into horrendous
circumstances.

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed, he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.


Hmmm...most places I've seen, two tickets a month would last about a month
and a half before your license was pulled.

Methinks you exaggerate....grossly.

Excuse me, not to be a grammarian or anything, but shouldn't that be "I
think"?

"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 6:45 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , John Gaquin at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:48 AM:


Maybe it's some kind of SoCal thing. You ought to drop in on
rec.autos.driving. There are about 4-5 people (I think 3 from
California)
there sound a great deal like you in general outlook, if not in detail.
They regale the whole newsgroup with almost daily tales of near-death
experiences, always at the hands of some other totally witless,
incompetent,
oblivious driver. They've even invented cutsie nicknames for the
different
types of drivers who inconvenience them, or don't see the traffic world
in
quite the "right" way. They refuse to even consider that their own
driving
style, self-described (in their case) as including abrupt acceleration
and
braking, rapid lane changing, etc., may have just a little bit to do
with
their virtually constant brushes with danger. It's always the other
idiots,
and their incompetent driving, that force these guys into horrendous
circumstances.

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I
christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed,
he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on
him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.


Hmmm...most places I've seen, two tickets a month would last about a
month
and a half before your license was pulled.

Methinks you exaggerate....grossly.

Excuse me, not to be a grammarian or anything, but shouldn't that be "I
think"?

Never read Shakespeare, have 'ya?

"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:08 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , Matt Whiting at
wrote on 7/3/06 5:58 PM:

Philip S. wrote:

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I
christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already
guessed,
he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on
him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.

What state was that? In PA or NY, you do that for about two months and
you'd no longer have a license.

Sounds like an urban legend to me...

Matt

Washington State. And I can assure you, it's no urban legend. I have no
idea
whether the guy in question ever had his license revoked, though.

My one time in traffic court, I listened as the rap sheets of other
drivers
were read out, and some of them ran on for a considerable time. And they
all
had valid licenses. For the moment, anyway.

Hmmm...when I had jury duty (twice...we don't have a lot of potential
jurors
around here) the bailiff read the charges, but no one EVER read the rap
sheets. AAMOF, a persons record is NOT admissible in court, and that
would
only be a points summary if the judge was going to revoke the drivers
license.

Try again.

Umm...try again with *what*, exactly--somebody else's personal experience?
Sorry, Matt, I can only give you my own.

And my particular traffic court didn't have a jury. Perhaps it's different
where you live.

My experience wasn't traffic court, it was judicial court. That court had
jurisdiction for an traffic offenses that were classified as misdemeanor or
higher.

IAC, a subjects record is _not likely_ to be read into the record for a
traffic court. In our area, a license cannot be revoked by a traffic court,
only a judicial court.

--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:41 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 6:45 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
...
in article , John Gaquin at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:48 AM:


Maybe it's some kind of SoCal thing. You ought to drop in on
rec.autos.driving. There are about 4-5 people (I think 3 from
California)
there sound a great deal like you in general outlook, if not in detail.
They regale the whole newsgroup with almost daily tales of near-death
experiences, always at the hands of some other totally witless,
incompetent,
oblivious driver. They've even invented cutsie nicknames for the
different
types of drivers who inconvenience them, or don't see the traffic world
in
quite the "right" way. They refuse to even consider that their own
driving
style, self-described (in their case) as including abrupt acceleration
and
braking, rapid lane changing, etc., may have just a little bit to do
with
their virtually constant brushes with danger. It's always the other
idiots,
and their incompetent driving, that force these guys into horrendous
circumstances.

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I
christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already guessed,
he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on
him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.


Hmmm...most places I've seen, two tickets a month would last about a
month
and a half before your license was pulled.

Methinks you exaggerate....grossly.

Excuse me, not to be a grammarian or anything, but shouldn't that be "I
think"?

Never read Shakespeare, have 'ya?

Matt, that's what's known as a "joke". I'll admit it's not original--I heard
it on an episode of "Cheers". Unless, of course, you think I'm lying.