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   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2014-03-11, Your Name  wrote:   
   > In article , Brent   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2014-03-11, Your Name  wrote:   
   >> > In article , Brent   
   >> > wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> On 2014-03-10, Your Name  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >> > The ONLY thing you should be doing while driving the car is DRIVING THE   
   >> >> > CAR, which includes things like using the indicators, but does not   
   >> >> > include fiddling with unnecessary bits like the radio, GPS system,   
   >> >> > cellphone, airconditioning, etc.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Some people even keep their hands off the defroster, probably because it   
   >> >> shares controls with the AC. :)   
   >> >   
   >> > Hmmm ... so you get in the car and find it all frosted up, they ignore   
   >> > that and drive off. Then X blocks down the road they suddenly realise   
   >> > they can't see anything and start fiddling with the defroster while   
   >> > still driving ... nope, the sensible version is to turn on the   
   >> > defroster before you drive off. If you must turn it off again later,   
   >> > then wait until you're at least stopped at a red trtaffic light, or   
   >> > even better pull over and stop somehwere safe ... you DO NOT fiddle   
   >> > with it while driving along.   
   >>   
   >> And don't turn on the headlights without pulling over first!   
   >>   
   >> Can't tbe too safe!   
   >   
   > Headlights are part of driving, if it's dark or low-visibility. Many   
   > cars these days now come with automatic headlights anyway (and a  damn   
   > nuisance they are when driving through short tunnels or under   
   > over-bridges).   
      
   So you just make arbitrary decisions on which systems are part of   
   driving and which are not and what can wait and what can't.   
      
      
   > Personally I don't turn the headlights on while moving ... it's far too   
   > easy for some dimbulb to think you're flashing your lights as a signal   
   > to let them turn across the road in front of you. I either put the   
   > headlights on before I start driving, or if it's still daylight then   
   > I'll turn them on at a convenient traffic light stop. Apart from some   
   > mid-winter nights coming home, I'm not really ever out in the dark   
   > anyway.   
      
   Let me guess, you don't drive a car with a manual transmission either.   
      
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