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Originally Posted by bird72
Multiple Causes:
Our society is going "faster" ie everyone must hurry
Vehicles are built with vastly better brakes now
Traffic everywhere is denser than the past
People have lesser "manners" than the past (acceptable now)
Above are why I believe people now will drive like crazy people, even accelerating to stop signs and red lights close ahead, and then slam power brake to a stop.
I don't care how people drive however, but I HATE the above when you add in me in vintage car that has never been hit in rear sitting at above mentioned red light, watching car accelerate to me stopped ahead rather fast, then power brake to a precision stop 9.5" from my never hit bumper. It makes me want to add James Bond style hidden trunk mounted 50's with just the barrel tips protruding each side of my license plate. Special aimed / sighted for average C/L of enemy vehicle engine block. Just leave 'em sittin, smoking; and sprayin' green  OK I feel better now. |
Anthony - add 1 switch, 1 model T Ford (do I dare quote the name here?) spark coil, about 25 feet of high voltage wire, and drill and tap your exhaust extensions for spark plugs! Also a good deterrant for tail-gators! Kick the transmission in neutral, blip the footfeed, and hit the switch 
Jon.
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