Re: More Speeding and Reckless Driving (Was: Re: Aggressive Driving)

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From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 00:00

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In <35A44C9F.3E78C830@prodigy.net.nospam> Tony Wang
<tonyw44@prodigy.net.nospam> writes:

>> Everytime you change lanes especially if you're doing it to pass slower
>> traffic, you are taking unneccesary risks and are thusly driving
>> recklessly.

>So you mean I'm driving recklessly if I pull into the left lane to pass
>a tractor trailer going up a mountain at 30 mph when the speed limit is
>65?  That's news to me.

Every lane changes incurs some risk.

If there are three lanes of traffic, and a vehicle in the rightmost lane
changes lanes to the left, and a vehicle in the leftmost lane changes
lanes to the right at the same time, there can be a very serious
collision.  This is why it's important to signal lane changes well in
advance (I usually keep my flashers on for 4 seconds before beginning
the lane change) and also to look carefully in all directions before
doing the lane change.

If you are careful as above, and if after changing lanes you are 2-3
seconds from the next vehicle, and the vehicle behind you is 2-3 seconds
from you, then the risk is low.

Unfortunately many reckles drivers don't look carefully, and also don't
consider the following distance very carefully.  For such drivers the
only meaningful advice that can be given is "don't change lanes".
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>

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From: c.c.eiftj@80.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Subject: Re: More Speeding and Reckless Driving (Was: Re: Aggressive Driving)
Date: 1998/07/09
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