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Re: Americans Can't Drive in the Rain?




In article <43n9sr$suo@hpscit.sc.hp.com>, spikes@sc.hp.com (Bill Spikes) writes:
|> 
|> In CA (Silicone Pit, anyway) we go months with no rain, allowing the roads
|> to collect (it is their job) LOTS of dirt, dust, exhaust junk, oil, xmission,
|> etc drips. Then when the first rain displaces all this stuff and allows it
|> to float above the water, it gets a little slippery. After several months 
|> of driving on dry streets, it takes a while to relearn how to 360's at 
                                                                 ^^^^^
|> 60 MPH through rush hour traffic because you locked 'em up. <%-O

Better specify which axis the car rotates. It's not clear to somebody
(Lloyd?) by just referring 360's as spins. Someone will think that's a
rollover.

:-)

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