Ronn Blankenship schreef:
> At 07:36 AM 5/4/01 +0200, you wrote:
> >Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten schreef:
> >
> > > Ronn Blankenship schreef:
> > >
> > > > Better, though longer term, solution: replace the steering wheel with a
> > > > joystick on the console between the seats ....... Only
> > > > problem is, they'd probably put the horn switch on the trigger, and those
> > > > people who drive with their horns now would be joined by many more
> > > > obnoxious so-and-sos . . .
> > >
> > > When I read this I had to think about the already very agressive and
> > hostile
> > > attitudes out there on the road...... soooooo ........ can we have a
> > fire button
> > > as well then? ;o)
> > >
> > > Sonja
>
> To answer the question you posed above:
>
> I thought about it before I wrote my earlier post in which I suggested
> replacing the steering wheel with a joystick. However, if we give _you_ a
> "fire button", that means we also have to give one to all those with
> "already very aggressive and hostile attitudes out there on the road" --
> including your friend the truck driver -- which is why I purposely did not
> suggest it. I thought that hooking up the trigger/fire button to the
> _horn_ would probably be more than enough. ;-)
>
> (Apologies to anyone who finds this insensitive. It is not meant that way.)
Don't you have to earn that button first? Prove that you are capable of handling it
responsibly. Then again if I see who they gave drivers licences to.... never mind.
Sonja
