data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104946 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Matt Dennie)
Subject: Re: Flashing anyone?
Keywords: flashing
Organization: Xerox
In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Robert D Castro) writes:
>Hello all,
>On my bike I have hazard lights (both front and back turn signals
>flash). Since I live in NJ and commute to NYC there are a number of
>tolls one must pay on route. Just before arriving at a toll booth I
>switch the hazards on. I do thisto warn other motorists that I will
>be taking longer than the 2 1/2 seconds to make the transaction.
>Taking gloves off, getting money out of coin changer/pocket, making
>transaction, putting gloves back on takes a little more time than the
>average cager takes to make the same transaction of paying the toll.
>I also notice that when I do this cagers tend to get the message and
>usually go to another booth.
>My question, is this a good/bad thing to do?
>Any others tend to do the same?
>Just curious
>o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o> o&o>
> Rob Castro | email - [email protected] | Live for today
> 1983 KZ550LTD | phone - (212) 854-7617 | For today you live!
> DoD# NYC-1 | New York, New York, USA | RC (tm)
Beleive it or not: NY state once considered eliminating tolls for motor-
cycles based simply on the fact that motos clog up toll booths. But then
Mario realized the foolishness of trading a few hundred K $`s a year for
some relief in traffic congestion.
Too bad he won`t take that Sumpreme Court Justice job - I thought we might
be rid of him forever.
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--Matt Dennie Internet: [email protected]
Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY (USA)
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