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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
My grandfather was quite imfamous (some 50 years ago) for smoking
whilst driving the family. The routine was normally some variation
on cig in mouth, take out match and strike it whilst steering with
his knees, shake match once so it didn't actually go out and chuck
it out the window, which is closed so it bounces back still lit
into his lap, or the footwell, or under the seat, or into the back
of the car, and the next half mile is driven with his head under
the dashboard searching for it. Remarkably, he never had a single
accident...

My father smoked a pipe while driving. That was a performance which needed
to be seen to believe. ;-)

Yet he drove many more miles than was the norm in those days since he was
a salesman. Up to 30,000 miles a year, without accident.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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