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> 2) Go as fast as you want - but don't be the fastest car on the road. Always let a cop-catcher run about a 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile ahead ...

There's an old, fun phrase my dad used for this years ago: "let him beat the bushes, let somebody else rake the leaves, and you sit in the rocking chair."

i.e., don't be the fastest car in sight, and also don't the last in a line of fast cars. Just sit in the middle and take it easy.




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