Re: OT Crowding the Interesection DOES NOT get you out there any faster...

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I hardly think a 650cc scooter with
>an overweight, bald guy tooling along in traffic
>is going to impress anyone.  :^)

You forgot that seen in Good Morning Veitnam where the bar owner was asking
Robin William's character for naked pictures of Walter Brennan.

"Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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>> I think the reason is that with a passenger
>> or even a CB conversation, there's the
>> shared expectation that driving comes first
>> and that there will be lapses in the
>> conversation to support that expectation.
>>
>> With a phone conversation, the person at
>> the other end is not part of that little
>> covenant.
>
> You may be right.  I've no statistics on it --
> only the observation that when the phone
> rings drivers often reach for it, taking their
> eyes and their attention off the road because
> they're in a hurry to grab the phone before
> the caller hangs up.
>
> I use the speaker phone option when making
> cell calls in my car so I can keep my hands
> on the wheel.  I considered a helmet adapted
> (Bluetooth, maybe?) phone for riding but
> decided even that would be too distracting.
> Instead I keep my cell in the glove box on
> the bike.  I can hear it ring and if there's a
> safe place to do so I just pull over.  I'm rarely
> in a hurry when riding.  It's a pleasure thing,
> more than "transportation."
>
> BTW, as to Mark's comment about "street rep,"
> if I cared about that I'd have bought a big
> Harley.  I hardly think a 650cc scooter with
> an overweight, bald guy tooling along in traffic
> is going to impress anyone.  :^)
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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