🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Michele D'AMICO wrote:

> This discussion is quite interesting. In my Country (Italy) it is forbidden
> to overtake on the right, even on a three-lanes highway. We have a speed
> limit on motorways of 130 km/h (around 80 mph). I remember having an argument
> with a friend of mine about this... he was stating that "if I am on the
> left lane and I am doing 130 (i.e. at the speed limits) and somebody flashes
> because he wants to overtake, I just IGNORE him, since he is not supposed to
> exceed the speed limits". 
> The only thing I could reply was "you are NOT supposed
> to enforce the law yourself, his speed is NOT your problem, so you should
> let him pass". 
> What is your opinion about that: if you are cruising at the speed limits,
> would you let pass someone driving (illegally) faster than you (and than
> the speed limits) ?
> 
> Michele
> 
> 
> -- 
> ============================================================================
> Mr. Michele D'AMICO (Assistant Professor)    E-Mail: damico@elet.polimi.it
> Dipart. di Elettronica  -  Politecnico di Milano
> Piazza L. Da Vinci, 32  -  Milano 20133  ITALY
> Tel. (+39) 2.2399.3613  -  FAX (+39)2.2399.3413  - 
> - If you are really motivated, you can visit my WEB page at:
>     http://www.elet.polimi.it/people/damico
> ============================================================================
> 
> 

I think so, maybe that is just because I hate it when people don't let me 
by.  In MI, the drivers are pretty polite and usually get out of the 
way.  Back home in NY, though, passing on the right is the only viable 
option most of the time.  I think it must say somewhere in the drivers 
manual that the slow lane is the left lane..........I never saw it, but 
everybody drives like that.  Driving in Canada, though, I constantly 
watch my mirrors for people approaching me at 150 kmh+, as my poor little 
Geo (Toyota Corolla) can only go so fast.