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In article <35A7016C.3356@richmond.infi.net>,
Scott M. Kozel <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:
}Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@22.usenet.us.com> wrote:
}> 
}> My experience is that if I merge to the right to let a tailgater pass, I
}> incur two penalties: (a) I have to slow down and lose time; (b) I have
}> to merge into a more-populated lane than mine and incur closer and less
}> safe following distances.  I really don't want to incur these penalties
}> for the benefit of some discourteous tailgater with more horsepower than
}> sense.  If he wants to get ahead, he needs to patiently wait at a decent
}> following distance for a time when I can merge right safely and without
}> slowing down.  He is always welcome to merge right himself and slow
}> down, if he really thinks that's such a wonderful thing.  I'm not
}> willing to subscribe to the lop-sided double-standard that you seem to
}> be advocating, under which tailgating gets you more privileges on the
}> highway and safe drivers get less.
}
}VERY well said....  You've summed it up well.

Dhesi believes that anyone going faster than he is is a "tailgater",
and that the highways are queues where no one should pass anyone else.
He won't merge right safely at all -- he's already advocated lane
blocking.


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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue."