> Thank you for starting to apologize...it is a good start.
It would help if you understood my position.
> I shouldn't have assumed ignorance as strongly as I did, and I apologize for having done so.
That's a good start.
> A large part of the reason that I did is irritation with you for saying that anyone who could think that slow stop and go could possibly be more efficient than highway driving is an idiot who doesn't know basic physics.
No, what I'm saying is that (despite the fact that someone who knows basic physics could figure out that it could possibly be more efficient) someone who knows basic physics who goes and makes a bet against being stranded without more info than Broder had is an idiot or is willfully acting like one.
> You may not be giving truck drivers enough credit. Truck drivers make their living trying to beat operational costs while driving something with the aerodynamics of a brick. I have a couple of relatives who have been long-distance truck drivers, and they are keenly aware of the value of driving slowly, drafting off of other trucks, making no unnecessary maneuvers, etc.
Wow, you really don't do it on purpose, do you? Feel free to read my sentence from the POV that truck drivers are very good at what they do.
I've never disputed that the "journalist" had a clear axe to grind. I've just disputed your claim about the sheer stupidity of that particular statement.
And about truck drivers, I did read your sentence from the POV that truck drivers are very good at what they do. Which is why I disagreed with you about how they would react.
It would help if you understood my position.
> I shouldn't have assumed ignorance as strongly as I did, and I apologize for having done so.
That's a good start.
> A large part of the reason that I did is irritation with you for saying that anyone who could think that slow stop and go could possibly be more efficient than highway driving is an idiot who doesn't know basic physics.
No, what I'm saying is that (despite the fact that someone who knows basic physics could figure out that it could possibly be more efficient) someone who knows basic physics who goes and makes a bet against being stranded without more info than Broder had is an idiot or is willfully acting like one.
> You may not be giving truck drivers enough credit. Truck drivers make their living trying to beat operational costs while driving something with the aerodynamics of a brick. I have a couple of relatives who have been long-distance truck drivers, and they are keenly aware of the value of driving slowly, drafting off of other trucks, making no unnecessary maneuvers, etc.
Wow, you really don't do it on purpose, do you? Feel free to read my sentence from the POV that truck drivers are very good at what they do.