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Old June 6th 19, 06:30 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
jOHN b.
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On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 21:30:29 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 6:33:06 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jun 2019 08:16:55 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 6/5/2019 1:47 AM, Andy wrote:
I have thought about carrying a short range cell phone jammer while biking.

I have given it careful thought. But when traveling as a passenger I increasingly see drivers drifting over into other lanes.

They are irresponsible idiots who are a danger to everyone.

Andy


Good luck with that.
FCC has an unkindly view of pirate transmitters.


Somewhere on the net a guy wrote that "back in the day" a driver had a
wheel, a gear shift and three pedals and one switch on the floor and
had to be at least minimally alert to handle all this. Now with cruise
control the drive has only the wheel and this can spend more time on
other things like day-dreaming, sleeping or messing about with a hand
phone.

I wonder whether he may not have been correct?
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cheers,

John B.


"one switch on the floor" Do you mean the older cars that had the light dimmer on the floor as a silver button sticking up and you dimmed or flashed the lights by stepping on it? As a kid I vaguely remember driving one of those new modern fancy cars that had the light dimmer by moving the turn signal back and forward. Dim the lights with your hands!!!!!!


Yup. I don't remember how the last year that the dimmer switch was on
the floor but I do remember the first car I saw with the light switch
on the steering column and how strange I thought it was... some sort
of strange European scheme I remember thinking.

Added to that I remember driving a bloke's Cadillac that had an
automatic light "dipper". When you met another car it automatically
dipped the lights... and also dipped the lights every time your light
lit up a big roadside sign :-)
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cheers,

John B.

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