Hey Rob,
I'm sorry to hear what happened to your son. After I wrote the message I
had a feeling someone might be wondering why I was driving down what I
called a residential street at 40 mph. Let me explain. Here in Lexington,
Kentucky there are a lot of downtown residential streets that have either 35
or 40 mph posted speed limits. I'm not sure why they are this high. In my
home town, most of the residential areas are 25. In any case, I'm sure that
I won't be driving that fast down those streets anymore.
>Andy:
>
>Glad to hear you're happy with you 4 wheel ABS system. I investigated ABS
>and decided the 2 wheel system for my 97 was best for me. It certainly
>keeps the truck straight and I have to make a real effort to lock the front
>wheels, even on wet pavement.
>
>One of the cons for ABS is that it makes people overconfident ... my
>question for you ... no nastiness intended... is what are you doing driving
>down residential streets at 40 mph? Where I live, on residential streets
>the maximum speed is 30 mph OR a speed at which is safe for the conditions
>(lesser speed). I drive residential streets at 20 mph... my son was hit on
>his bike on our street by a driver not paying attention. Lucky for us (and
>the driver), my so was wearing his bicycle helmet and only suffered a mild
>concussion after rolling over the hood of the car. And yes, the driver was
>at fault.
>Rob Agnew
>ragnew@islandnet.com
>
>Victoria,
>British Columbia
>Canada
>
>
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Andy Callahan
quasideedle@uky.campus.mci.net
'97, V8, CC, Sport, 3.55, 5-speed, 4x2
Tire & Handling Package
All the little goodies
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