[geeks] what is the world coming to...

[Dave McGuire]

On April 10, David Cantrell wrote:
> > > It always amazes me how stupid and arrogant otherwise decent people get
> > > when inside said lumps of metal.
> >  It's not an arrogance thing, it's a physics thing.
> 
> It's both.

  I lived just outside of Princeton NJ when I learned how to drive.
Nothing amused me more than the Princetonites (P.U. students with
their ever-present backpacks) who would walk RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF
MOVING TRAFFIC.  Unbelievable.  You wanna talk about arrogance and
stupidity?  That's one of the best examples I've seen.

> > hundred pounds of fragile, squishy stuff.  A car is a few THOUSAND
> > pounds of hard sharp stuff that's moving.  You do the math.
> 
> It depends on the speed.  If you're going at 20, sure, I'll jump out of the
> way.  If you're goin at 5, then I'll say "thankyou very much for the money,
> oh and isn't it fun losing your no-claims bonus and getting a criminal
> record for driving like a twat".

  ...and by the same token, if somebody knowingly walks in front of a
moving car, well, the ghost of Darwin cleans up the gene pool once in
a while. ;)

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire              "Anybody who is willing to EAT YOU probably isn't
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