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BE - 26 Aug 2006 15:00 GMT
A couple of Canadian red necks get into some road rage with a rich guy in a
BMW Z4. Don't judge a book by its cover, just cause he drives a nice car
doesn't mean he's soft.

http://www.break.com/index/red_neck_bmw_road_rage.html
Floyd Rogers - 26 Aug 2006 16:11 GMT
>A couple of Canadian red necks get into some road rage with a rich guy in a
>BMW Z4. Don't judge a book by its cover, just cause he drives a nice car
>doesn't mean he's soft.
>
> http://www.break.com/index/red_neck_bmw_road_rage.html

Amusingly, the "red necks" appear to be in a Toyota (you can see
the steering wheel about 1/2 way through.)

Two sets of idiots that really show off the worst side of US society.

FloydR
Scott en Aztlán - 26 Aug 2006 17:12 GMT
"Floyd Rogers" <fbloogyuds@hotmail.com> said in rec.autos.driving:

>>A couple of Canadian red necks get into some road rage with a rich guy in a
>>BMW Z4. Don't judge a book by its cover, just cause he drives a nice car
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
>Two sets of idiots that really show off the worst side of US society.

You mean the worst ACTING. This "incident" was obviously staged.
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kjhosein@gmail.com - 27 Aug 2006 23:37 GMT
> "Floyd Rogers" <fbloogyuds@hotmail.com> said in rec.autos.driving:
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>
> You mean the worst ACTING. This "incident" was obviously staged.

Yeah, this does seem staged. After all, when the BMW driver said to
turn off the camera, and his girlfriend walked over to get it, the
whole thing kept filming their heads and everything. But there really
are too many *actual* people like this on the road. These people need
to be screened for this personality type before they can get driver's
licenses. They also need to follow some rules (like on this site:
http://roadetiquette.com/) that the DMVs and police don't point out or
enforce.
Scott en Aztlán - 28 Aug 2006 00:27 GMT
kjhosein@gmail.com said in rec.autos.driving:

>They also need to follow some rules (like on this site:
>http://roadetiquette.com/) that the DMVs and police don't point out or
>enforce.

Thanks for the link. That page should be required reading before
getting a driver's license (or subscribing to this newsgroup :)
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gpsman - 28 Aug 2006 05:28 GMT
> kjhosein@gmail.com said in rec.autos.driving:
>
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> Thanks for the link. That page should be required reading before
> getting a driver's license (or subscribing to this newsgroup :)

Oh yeah, some real gems:

"Traffic Laws. Ok, so for those of you who think you're being nice,
when you decide to let some idiot who screwed up go ahead, think again.
You're just making it worse for everyone else. The only one benefiting
is the clown who decided to correct his mistake by screwing everyone
else over..."

- What the f.ck does that have to do with traffic laws?

"Don't Litter. If you throw trash or flick your cigarette butts out
your window, you're no better than that trash or cigarette butt. Nuff
said. By the way, do you realize that a lit cigarette flying out of a
window at night on the freeway towards you looks like a little
fireball?"

- Zip on traffic laws, but they have littering laws down.  Especially
throwing cigarettes from the window...?

"Use Your Mirrors"?  Gee, nobody is ever told that.

"About This Site"
"Inevitably, things like this website start off as a subject of
conversation among a group of friends. So we ranted about how bad
drivers were in general and got pissed off almost every time we got on
the road and thought "we should gather a list of our annoyances and
stick it on the Web." Well it only took a few years(!), but here it
is."  http://roadetiquette.com/about.php

It took a few years for "we" to compile that single page... well, *and*
get it up on the web.  The entire group is obviously severely retarded,
I don't see how they could have driven their first mile.
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N8N - 28 Aug 2006 14:06 GMT
> > kjhosein@gmail.com said in rec.autos.driving:
> >
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>
> - What the f.ck does that have to do with traffic laws?

It means, "follow the laws concerning right of way, don't let people go
to be 'nice' because people aren't expecting it, and the laws are
written the way they are for a reason."  And the name of the page is
roadETIQUETTE not roadLEGALITY.

> "Don't Litter. If you throw trash or flick your cigarette butts out
> your window, you're no better than that trash or cigarette butt. Nuff
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> "Use Your Mirrors"?  Gee, nobody is ever told that.

And yet it bears repeating.

> "About This Site"
> "Inevitably, things like this website start off as a subject of
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> get it up on the web.  The entire group is obviously severely retarded,
> I don't see how they could have driven their first mile.

Right.  Like people don't have anything better to do, like work, eat,
sleep etc...  now if maintaining that page were someone's full time
job, I'd agree with you, but it seems pretty clear it's a volunteer
effort.

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Scott en Aztlán - 28 Aug 2006 15:00 GMT
It's very telling that gpstroll is trying so desperately to criticize
that web page. Anyone with a lick of common sense agrees 100% with
what has been posted there.
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necromancer - 28 Aug 2006 21:01 GMT
Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán
said in rec.autos.driving:
> It's very telling that gpstroll is trying so desperately to criticize
> that web page. Anyone with a lick of common sense agrees 100% with
> what has been posted there.

The only ones that he wants to disagree with are those of un in this
newsgroup.

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Bill Funk - 28 Aug 2006 23:00 GMT
>> - What the f.ck does that have to do with traffic laws?
>
>It means, "follow the laws concerning right of way, don't let people go
>to be 'nice' because people aren't expecting it, and the laws are
>written the way they are for a reason."  And the name of the page is
>roadETIQUETTE not roadLEGALITY.

Doesn't that equate to, "The law is the law"?
I keep hearing that that is never an excuse.
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Brent P - 28 Aug 2006 23:20 GMT
>>> - What the f.ck does that have to do with traffic laws?
>>
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> Doesn't that equate to, "The law is the law"?
> I keep hearing that that is never an excuse.

No.
Sir Lex - 28 Aug 2006 07:42 GMT
> A couple of Canadian red necks get into some road rage with a rich guy in a
> BMW Z4. Don't judge a book by its cover, just cause he drives a nice car
> doesn't mean he's soft.
>
> http://www.break.com/index/red_neck_bmw_road_rage.html 

That's the best reason to try and keep your cool on the road.  The other
driver could be an armed.  Why get worked up over being cut off.  It's
not worth it.

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necromancer - 29 Aug 2006 01:03 GMT
Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), BE said in
rec.autos.driving:
> A couple of Canadian red necks get into some road rage with a rich guy in a
> BMW Z4. Don't judge a book by its cover, just cause he drives a nice car
> doesn't mean he's soft.
>
> http://www.break.com/index/red_neck_bmw_road_rage.html 

As Mr. Spock would say, "fascinating."

However, I didn't know that Canada had a Second Ammendment. I thought
they were as pussified as the Brits and the Aussies when it came to gun
ownership...
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