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Article #4038Re: Traffic Flames
From: Karen J. Morgan
Date: Fri, 08 May 1992 18:42
Date: Fri, 08 May 1992 18:42
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This has been my biggest pet peeve for YEARS. (I've been driving
I-35 since 1969.)
In article <BENEDICT.92Apr28085258@chaos.utexas.edu> benedict@chaos.utexas.edu (Thomas Benedict) writes:
>(As a side
>note, the entrance ramps on the lower deck are all of about 300 feet
>long, so I can see why someone might stop, but this is the time when
>you drive like our pal from NYC, Andy Nguyen, slap on your left turn
>signal, accelerate into traffic, and by golly get on the freeway.
>Freeway traffic in Austin would be a lot easier if at least some
>people drove like that.
Yes, this is how it's supposed to be done, and even if you get
up a head of steam and can't merge "gracefully," it *is* possible
to keep driving straight ahead. Those white lines are not curbs!
Karen Morgan
--
karen@louise.ae.utexas.edu -or- johnson@emx.utexas.edu
"It's no wonder politicians don't listen to their conscience. They don't
want to take advice from a total stranger." --Alfred E. Neuman
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: ffea8,4ba7421aeab0a5a9 X-Google-Attributes: gidffea8,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-05-08 11:42:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!wotan.compaq.com!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!johnson From: johnson@ut-emx.uucp (Karen J. Morgan) Newsgroups: austin.talk Subject: Re: Traffic Flames Message-ID: <71851@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 8 May 92 18:42:10 GMT References: <BENEDICT.92Apr13192846@chaos.utexas.edu> <1439@tivoli.UUCP> <BENEDICT.92Apr28085258@chaos.utexas.edu> Distribution: austin Organization: U. Texas Center for Space Research Lines: 24