Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:59:13 05/10/01
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On May 10, 2001 at 10:18:23, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>I see: you are assuming my case is that of an old man uncapable of fast
>reactions. It is not the case. I am a very fast reaction kind of guy. In the
>sychotechniques test that are made in Chile before giving you a card to drive or
>any time you must renew it, any time I have made the test -with a machine that
>simulates a car and where, By example, you must push the brakes in some
>situations, etc- I need half the average time to do it. In fact I have avoided
>more than an accident -caused by some of those speedy guys- with very fast and
>controlled reactions.
>
>The point is I love to save capacity in any kind of fields. A buffer. Typical of
>a lazy guy as me. So I could drive very fast if the need arise, but I prefer to
>do it slowly because I feel better, more serene and at easy. In my youth we had
>not video games, but I played football as a goalkeeper, where you must be fast
>enought to react in time. So it is not also a case of letargic temperament. And
>of course I played a lot with that electronic machines we call flippers.
>Pinball,in USA: Etc. So, Christophe, if ever we meet each other with a car under
>our asses, I could challenge you to a race to see how much faster you are than
>me. Maybe you are, but narrowly, I bet. :-)
>
>Fernando "Schumacher" the Slow...
Oh oh! :)
I don't take the challenge. When I drive my problem is not to drive faster than
everybody else, my problem is to drive at the speed I feel comfortable. I don't
feel comfortable driving at 50Km/h no a main road or a highway.
But when I see somebody behind me coming at real fast speed, I just go quietly
to the right lane and let him pass. And just hope the guy is not going to kill
somebody else (I don't really care if he kills himself, to be honest).
Christophe, the not so crazy driver.
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