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In article <1992May9.184914.6682@ross.COM> seningen@maserati.ross.com (Mike Seningen) writes:
>In article <71851@ut-emx.uucp> johnson@ut-emx.uucp (Karen J. Morgan) writes:
>>
>>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
>
>
>What would also help is a bit of driving etiquette where the oncoming traffic
>woud drive in the left hand lane for this short stretch.  

And what about those guys coming down from Oklahoma or what and don't
have the slightest idea that those ramps strech only a few inches?


>If you compain about
>slow movers in this section, then take the express part.

I never realize when to change lanes to either get the upper or the 
lower level.  Out of a sudden you are high in the sky or somewhere in 
the basement.

>
>Remember that even if an accident isn't your fault, It is a lot smarter/safer to
>do whatever is in your means to avoid it.  After awhile, insurance companies
>don;t care whose fault it was if you magically seem to get in quiet a few 
>accidents.

Who is responsible for constructing and operating such dangerous roads?  
Can't you sue them for not providing proper highways?

Michael
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Michael Lemke
Astronomy, UT Austin, Texas
(michael@io.as.utexas.edu or UTSPAN::UTADNX::IO::MICHAEL [SPAN])