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Hello,

gmbeasley@mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> Dan Nagle <dnagle@erols.com> wrote:

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> That's not what I meant.  I meant that people in this area are not only
> rude in parking in the left lane (which doesn't get me that agitated),
> but also particularly rude in not letting someone who needs to move one
> way or another to get to an exit change lanes.  I've been over in VA
> (where I don't go very often), and seen a sign informing me of left hand
> exit and been completely unable to move over to the left to get to the
> exit because no one would let me move unless I forced my way in front of
> them in an aggressive manner.

Perhaps if there weren't so many slow-poke left lane hogs it would be
easier to move into the left lane?  What has trained drivers to be
rude, often at extra effort to themselves?

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> >
> >Ever notice how most rude folks think everyone else is rude?
> >Coincidence?
> 
> Why am I rude because I stay on the right?  I don't understand this
> comment.  Or were you referring to me?

I'm referring to folks who drive slow in the left lane,
and then wonder why it's hard to move into the left lane
for any purpose.

> 
> I generally only drive in the right-hand-most lane.  I might move to the
> lane next to the right one if I see people attempting to merge into my
> lane if there are more than 2 lanes in my direction.

That's just about how I drive as well.

> 
> I have only once paced someone at 10 miles per hour over the speed limit
> in order to keep them from passing, and in that case I was the person in
> the right hand lane, and the person keeping back the impatient driver
> who wanted to go 15 mph over the speed limit was someone else.

So let me get this straight... You sped up to block someone who was
passing you from pulling back into the right lane, thereby blocking
the left lane... and you think you don't drive in a rude manner?

Oh, well, if you did this _only once_... I suppose that's
a rude "experiment" and not habitual rude driving...

> 
> grandma Rosalie

I used to have a client in Vicksburg MS, and I would drive back
to the DC area.  The only place where "Keep Right Except to Pass"
_isn't_ the rule of the road is east of Gainesville.  Over 1000
miles total trip, and the last 20 miles is far and away the least
safe stretch.

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Cheers!
Dan Nagle		dnagle@erols.com