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   Robert Bannister to Your Name   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   18 Jan 14 10:36:59   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 18/01/2014 8:42 am, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > Here in New Zealand (no doubt stolen from somewhere else) there's a   
   > slogan they use to encourage drivers to enter the motorway sensibly:   
   > "Merge like a zip"  (i.e. the car coming up the on-ramp merges into a   
   > gap between cars already on the motorway) ... unfortunately most   
   > drivers use the "merge like a race track with a "me first" attitude.   
      
   You must have too many compatriots who learnt to drive in Perth. A Perth   
   driver's idea of merging is to immediately get as close to the back of   
   the car in front to prevent anyone getting in.   
   --   
   Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England   
                       1972-now W Australia   
      
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