Re: Reasons Not to Commute in DC Traffic

[Khan Klatt <khan@mediaaccess.com>]

At 8:05 AM -0800 11/3/99, David Herlihy wrote:
>Well three weeks into blissful ownership of my '97 GLX
>and the inevitable happened. I got nailed this morning
>in traffic on I-66 here in Washington, DC. Can you say
>angry? The woman in question I had been watching for
>about a mile in traffic was talking on the phone and
>doing her makeup it seems. I accelerated from a stop
>and just had let out the clutch when I got back on the
>brakes. Couldn't have gotten up to more than 10mph
>before I stopped, but the girl did not. BAM!!! Right
>under my bumper.
>
>Damage: couple of scrapes, bumper was not pushed in,
>but I'm worried some clips were broken.
>
>Funny thing is that I'm going to pick up my tags and
>title tonight at the dealer so I'm going to see if I
>can get it up on the lift to check for further damage.
>Looks like I escaped serious damage, but still not a
>great feeling.
>
>Lesson for the day: I hate people that talk on cell
>phones and drive.

I hate people who talk on cell phones and don't know how to drive.

This waste of life would have been eating a bowl of cereal, doing her 
taxes, or writing out a mortgage payment if she didn't have a cell 
phone.

-Khan

Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Media Access Internet Solutions, Inc.		      888.750.0777 tel
http://www.mediaaccess.com			      425.519.3741 fax
-----------------------------------------------------------------------