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

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From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:00

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In <6npc64$g1o$1@tenax.raex.com> "Showbiz" <showbiz@raex.com> writes:

>I'm not sure where that comes form, Tony.  The rule is two seconds of
>time between you and the vehicle ahead.  That comes to about a car
>length for each 10 mph.  Of course anything that conservative is
>impossible to maintain in rush-hour traffic.  More than a length and a
>half invites lane jumping.

Not all motorists want to get into the same lane as you.  If you
carefully use such motorists as rolling road blocks, it's quite
practical to maintain a 2-second following distance.  The motorists who
claim it's impossible are simply trying to rationalize their own
tailgating.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>

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Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/07/06
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