Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #12
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   From: "Kate W. Hughes 607/974-1913" 
Subject: Redneck Mentality
   Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 10:10:56 -0500

    >dmorse@powersoft.com..... sez:
    >I haven't had anything that delibrate happen to me, but the semi's 
    >have a habit of blowing their horn when I go by.  It scares the life 
    >out of me since I'm usually off thinking about something else.  My 
    >husband says it's because I'm a woman and they don't blow their horns 
    >when he's driving the car.  I really do think it's the car and not 
    >because it's a woman driving.
     
    	It's both!  (See posting some time ago about the "bonus-point" 
    system).  You increase the odds of truckers honking at you with any of 
    the following factors.  And it's additive, the more factors, the higher 
    percentage of trucks passed to honks received (BTW, it makes no 
    difference whether you enjoy the honks or not).
    
    	1) Female in Miata driver's seat
    	2) No male in the passenger seat
    	3) Tank-top
    	4) Blonde
    	5) Female passenger (as well as female driver) with any 
    	   of these factors
    
    
    kate
    '91 Mariner Blue (Hibernating)