From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Skills - Cars
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 1993 13:22:45 -0700

Woodsman said:

>>In this I must disagree, not everybody drives cars. Maybye in the USA of now
>>people do. But in 2054? No way, much to expensive. Remember lots of people
>>don't have enough money to rent a decent roof above their heads. Besides who
>>needs to drive, let your autopilot do the driving part for you. Or take the
>>Subway.
Good point, but it does not mean someone who does drive a car will have a
skill.

>>Besides, (since we use the shr books for examples) in the sprawlsides you can
>>find the archetype of a taxidriver. He got a drive car skilllevel of 5!
>>Granted I would say that '5' is a bit high, but he is not supposed to do high
>speed chases and such. And he still is a 'good' chauffeur.
Not bring up the point of New York City cab drivers (Are the stereotypes
true?), a cab driver in Seattle of 2054 better be able to perform excellently in
a high speed chase. God knows how many Go-Gangs he has to evade in the space of
one month. Car 5 is not too high.

>>IMHO a car skill of 3 makes a compotent driver (see what a autopilot of 1 is
>>able to do). So I say 35 points
Given what was said above, No points.

See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker