From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

>  I saw the AGP at Warwick Farm when it was a real race with real
> drivers (not the Ecclestone Circus), and I was amazed how precise they
> were. We were sitting at the corner just before the long straight, and
> every lap was *exactly* the same! At the time, "THEY" (the alleged
> experts) said that Brabham never drove the same lap twice, but his
> gear-change was the same to an inch and a millisecond, every lap.

  They may very well be different, you need more than a stopwatch and 
calculator to see the differences.  The question is, did those minor 
differences make them faster?
  But you're right, all other things being equal, they are remarkably repetative.

>>You don't even have to know it's there now - everyone around you
>>suddenly slows to 50K. If you're on a strange road and that
>>happens, slow down!

>  That's right. If you forget, you run up the back of the guy in
> front.

  Now you're replying to your own quote bob. :-)

> JT> That's just you Bob, one driver doesn't make a squat of
> JT> difference.
> 
>  Or maybe it's just you... *expecting* to be treated differently.

  No, it really did make a difference.  I had people trying to overtake me 
(while waiting at lights or such) if I were stopped over to one side of the 
lane.  Out of habit, I started to stand in the middle so the fuckers wouldn't 
try to kill me every time I stopped.

  Later, even when did stand to one side (with no P plate), they never did try 
to pass me.

> JT> I can pass 100+ cars in a typical ride to work. You get to
> JT> "meet" all sorts. 

>  Pass as in "overtake," or pass as in pass-by? In peak hours, I
> overtake hardly anyone. We're all going the same speed.

  Depends on traffic.  If sparse, I overtake, if a parking lot, I pass.

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