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

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 00:00

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Rahul Dhesi wrote:

>In <366e4d69.44443309@news.powersurfr.com> grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon
>Sommerville) writes:
>
>>I came across what I would consider an ideal driving situation that
>>would probably upset you to no end if you saw it in the real world.
>>It was a four lane divided highway, with a stream of cars in the right
>>lane.  Periodically one of these cars would pull out and pass the
>>vehicle in front of it then promptly move back to the right lane.  The
>>left lane was empty except for these passing vehicles.  Exactly the
>>way it should have been.
>
>What a waste of tax dollars:  Leave a lane idle most of the time, thus
>essentially cutting down highway capacity to 50%.

Gosh, why not just put single lane roads in those places of lower
traffic density!  Think of all the money we could have saved.

The highway was operating well within it's capacity.  What happens
when people spread out over many lanes doing similar speeds is that
traffic bogs up and capacity is reduced.  Slower traffic keep right
gets the maximum amount of traffic through while maximizing
convenience for everyone by allowing varying travel speeds.
-- 
Brandon

"Spoooooooon!"

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From: grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/12/09
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