Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)

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From: Tony Wang
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 00:00

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Rahul Dhesi wrote:

> This assumes there is sufficient room on the highway to hold all
> vehicles at safe following distances while still leaving the leftmost
> lane nearly empty.  It also assumes that repeated lane changes do not
> increase the chances of an accident.  It also assumes (when there are
> two lanes of traffic in your direction) that highway onramps are long
> enough to let merging traffic easily accelerate to highway speed before
> it gets on the highway, thus allowing normal highway traffic to safely
> drive at a steady highway speed in the rightmost lane.
>
> None of these three assumptions are true in most urban parts of
> California.

And California would be different than the rest of the country in this
regard because?

Plus, last time I checked, the interstates in San Diego and Los Angeles all
had multiple lanes -- as in more than two.  Come to think of it, the ones I
drove on had like four or five.

So you mean to tell me that you can't leave that left lane alone except for
passing?  Bull.

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Tony Wang
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Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
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