battle fatigue

On Apr 2, 7:27 pm, "Crescentius Vespasianus" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Any shrinks in the house? I have been having difficulty driving lately,
biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year. I've had hundreds of near
misses, you just file it away in the back of your mind. But now, I get this
unreasonable fear, when driving, especially when tractor-trailers are going
by me, while driving. I get kind of wild-eyed, death grip on the steering
wheel. I actually feel more comfortable on my bike, because I feel I can
escape all of these idiots. But in a car, I feel trapped. Now I know
Patton would just slap me across the head, and send me to the front, but I'm
looking for a more compassionate solution.

Get a big rig. No need to haul around the trailer. Put a sun roof in
it, too.
If that doesn't suit you, then perhaps a garbage truck or cement mixer
will do.
(flashes back to scene in the Matrix when the garbage truck takes out
the phone booth)

Oh yeah, don't get passed.

-bdbafh

Crescentius Vespasianus said:

I have been having difficulty driving lately,
biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year.

Bicycle racing ruins your ability to drive. That's just a fact.

I almost never use my brakes and I feel bad when I do. Also, I yell at
all the other fools who randomly tap their brakes (like, before a stop
sign) or slow down to do silly things like turn. Where'd these people
learn to behave like that?

Crescentius Vespasianus said:

Quoted message said:

I have been having difficulty driving lately,
biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year.

Fred Fredburger said:

Bicycle racing ruins your ability to drive. That's just a fact.
I almost never use my brakes and I feel bad when I do. Also, I yell at
all the other fools who randomly tap their brakes (like, before a stop
sign) or slow down to do silly things like turn. Where'd these people
learn to behave like that?

Its even worse if you have a convertible. The police don't seem to approve
of people driving no hands while they put a rain jacket on.

Donald Munro said:

Crescentius Vespasianus said:

Quoted message said:

I have been having difficulty driving lately,
biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year.

Fred Fredburger said:

Bicycle racing ruins your ability to drive. That's just a fact.
I almost never use my brakes and I feel bad when I do. Also, I yell at
all the other fools who randomly tap their brakes (like, before a stop
sign) or slow down to do silly things like turn. Where'd these people
learn to behave like that?

Its even worse if you have a convertible. The police don't seem to approve
of people driving no hands while they put a rain jacket on.

And it looks damn weird when you are instinctively pointing out rocks
in the road and potholes to other cars...