Miata Mailing List: July 1995, Message #66
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   From: a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com
Subject: Re: He hit Bibi!
   Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 10:15:02 -0400

My symathies to Frank and Robb and especially to their cars.  I thought
irresponsible driving was primarily a USA thing, but Frank's experience
shows that incompetence knows no limits.  Granted, the Miata is a small car,
and can be difficult to see from another (especially larger) car during
backing maneuvers.  Nevertheless it's a LOT bigger than a small child - and
I would think that these folks would be sufficiently responsible to wish to
avoid such a tragedy.  I guess to them, cars aren't very important -
especially if it's your car, and not theirs.
 
This brings to mind another thought:  If they don't care about cars, I
strongly suspect this carries over to their driving.  "What the hey, I can
point it down the road, more or less, and that's good enough" philosophy.
Kind of scarey, isn't it, when you wonder how many there are like that.
 
                                                --Jack M. & KANSEI--