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Open to the Environment.(Column)
Byline: Steve Thompson
When my friend Herb Hester commissioned Peter Morgan to build him a new Plus 8 in 1969, he knew his car would come with a ragtop that was diabolically complex to erect. But Herb didn't care, because he didn't plan to use the top much.
Even though he was an Air Force pilot stationed in England, where the weather is famously and frequently rainy, Herb's way of dealing with it was just to drive as fast as he could on the two-lane roads, which was very fast indeed. Herb's method seemed madness to those who sought only comfort from cars. They thought Maj. Hester was indulging in an ego trip, to use the term of the times, his Morgan merely a tool for self display.
Nothing could be further from the truth. He was simply using automotive technology, not to escape the environment, but immerse himself in it.
Motorcyclists and bicyclists also seek this objective, which automatically conveys to the person in mechanized motion and to society at large an often unappreciated array of benefits.
Fr. John Staudenmaier, Society of Jesus, professor of history at the University of Detroit-Mercy and editor of Technology and Culture, recently explained to me why he prefers motorcycles ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Open to the Environment.(Column)