ok, i'm ignorant, have pity, what's a MFFY?

On Wed, 25 May 2005 02:01:27 GMT, Dave Head > wrote:


>On Wed, 25 May 2005 00:28:46 GMT, AZ Nomad > wrote:
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>>Why? It's rare a MFFYer can close the gap before one can make the lane change.
>>I just laugh when they have to slam on the brakes, doing 25 mph faster than
>>prevailing traffic.

>They might _not_ slam on the brakes, too, either thru incompetence, inattention
>(same thing), maliciousness, or mechanical malfunction. Then where are you?

There's a lot of things a maniac may do. He may just run you off the road for
the hell of it.

On Wed, 25 May 2005 02:48:53 GMT, AZ Nomad > wrote:

>On Wed, 25 May 2005 02:01:27 GMT, Dave Head > wrote:
>
>
>>On Wed, 25 May 2005 00:28:46 GMT, AZ Nomad > wrote:
>>>
>>>Why? It's rare a MFFYer can close the gap before one can make the lane change.
>>>I just laugh when they have to slam on the brakes, doing 25 mph faster than
>>>prevailing traffic.
>
>>They might _not_ slam on the brakes, too, either thru incompetence, inattention
>>(same thing), maliciousness, or mechanical malfunction. Then where are you?
>
>There's a lot of things a maniac may do. He may just run you off the road for
>the hell of it.

That only covers maliciousness...

In article >,
Dave Head > wrote:
>On Wed, 25 May 2005 00:28:46 GMT, AZ Nomad > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 23 May 2005 20:18:48 GMT, Dave Head > wrote:
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>>
>>>On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:08:46 -0500, (Matthew
>>>Russotto) wrote:
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>>>>Yep. MFFY winner for today (so far, anyway): I get on the highway behind a
>>>>semi-tractor moving at a rather slow rate of speed. I wait for a gap
>>>>in traffix in the left lane, and as the gap is approaching I put my left turn
>>>>signal. MFFY driver immediately speeds up to close the gap. (I took
>>>>the gap anyway, with plenty of room)
>>
>>>That'll teach you to use your turn signal...
>>
>>Why? It's rare a MFFYer can close the gap before one can make the lane change.
>>I just laugh when they have to slam on the brakes, doing 25 mph faster than
>>prevailing traffic.
>
>They might _not_ slam on the brakes, too, either thru incompetence, inattention
>(same thing), maliciousness, or mechanical malfunction. Then where are you?

In this case, being slowly pushed along by a Buick after a gentle
tap. She was a MFFYer, but a SLOTH MFFYer, closing the gap noticably
but not all that quickly :-)
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