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In article <36c4c226.73061382@news.pipeline.com>,
Walt Horning <whorning@pipeline.com> wrote:
>Driving home tonight I saw a "payback". It was great.
>
>There was the usual dummy in the left lane with no one to pass, no
>cars on the right; essentially an open road. Yet this jerk simply
>forgot the keep-right rule and was oblivious to his/her actions.
>
>I was forced to pass this clown on the right. He/she seemed displeased
>and sped up a bit. Of course this person had no feelings how it made
>me feel that for awhile I could not pass her/him at all until we broke
>free of the pack and even after waiting patiently for him/her to pull
>right, he/she did not, and did not give a damn if I wanted to pass.
>
>Then this person got a "payback".  As I looked in my rear view mirror,
>this clown continued on in the left lane until he/she caught up with
>another "left lane hog" moving slower than him/her, and this person
>also did not pull over either. Had it been possible, I am sure I would
>have seen a look of embarrassment on this clown.
>
>How does it feel "hog", to be "out-hogged"?

Did you read the letter to the editor in the Washington Post on 2-7-99 (I
think) which was from a self-appointed traffic cop who loves to park his
fat ass in the left lane at 55mph??

Oh hell, I will just cut and paste it...  I wish Mr. Semeniuk had a
publically listed phone number so you could call him to chat about his
extreme arrogance...

--snip--

   Sunday, February 7, 1999; Page B06
   
   I read with interest "Left-Lane Slowpokes a Major Irritant" [Metro,
   Feb. 2]. I am a European. I have lived in the United States for three
   years, and I am amazed by the lack of lane discipline and the proper
   use of signals here.
   
   In most European countries, it is illegal to stay in the left lane
   unless passing. It is also illegal to pass on the right. No one gets
   annoyed when a faster car comes racing up from behind flashing its
   lights or using its horn; we simply get out of the way.
   
   We also use our turn signals. Drivers here often signal as they turn,
   using their indicators almost as an afterthought. However, this
   behavior may be caused by the fact that if one does indicate, the
   driver in the lane you are trying to move into will close the gap to
   prevent you from entering.
   
   Finally, my impression is that there are fewer accidents on the fast
   European roads than the equivalent roads here. I believe that this is
   due to the fact that American drivers do not take sufficient driving
   lessons and it is too easy to pass the road test.
   
   Most drivers in Europe do not obtain a license until they are about 22
   years old, mainly because of the expense of lessons and difficulty of
   the road test. An average of 30 hours of lessons is usually required
   to pass.
   
   ANDREW CONNORS
   
   Arlington
   
   If my fellow Virginians want to drive faster than 55 mph, they should
   throw out the politicians who set the admittedly too-low speed limit
   and change the law. Until then, however, the speed limit applies to
   all lanes.
   
   "Limit" means "not to exceed"; if one "passes" a vehicle going 55, the
   passer is a criminal. Thus I feel no compunction to alter my
   legitimate use of the road to accommodate lawbreakers.
   
   Traffic flow is not made dangerous by the adherents of the speed
   limit. If everyone would obey the law, traffic would flow just fine at
   the appointed speed.
   
   When it comes to obeying the speed limit, there are no slowpokes and
   passers -- only law-abiding citizens and criminals.
   
   MICHAEL SEMENIUK
   
   Arlington
   
                � Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company
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