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On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

> Don Hanson wrote a lot of stuff besides the following:
> 
>> A bad driver?
>> Probably drives a Pious, trades it in for a new one each year,  and maybe
>> needs all those air bags..
> 
> I guess "Pious" might be a misspelling for Prius, since I know no other vehicle with a name anywhere close to that.  I drive one.  Am I a good driver?  Well, I do all the things that you guys cited that good drivers do.  What gives with the Prius driver bashing?  I drive a Prius because I am a responsible person, who recognizes that the earth and its resources are finite, and that I, especially if other of the citizenry will cooperate, can make a difference in how fast we wear our support system out.  I could go on about how irresponsible drivers drive, what kinds of vehicles and so on.  Oh, well.
> 
> So far as the air bags, they are not for failing to check warning lights.  They are for when something goes wrong, whether beyond the control of the driver or not.  I wish my camper had them.  I'd feel better about putting my family in it.
>> 
>>   I bet most people never even glance at
>> the dash till they have their belts fastened
> 
> I fasten my seat belt before I do anything else when I get in my vehicle, including starting the vehicle.  That is how I taught my daughter when she was a child.  Now she is a 37 year old mother who teaches her child the same way.  That does not mean that I don't examine the instrument panel of the vehicle I am driving for warning lights and other indicators.
> 
> Good grief!!
> 
> mcneely