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 <366DAF31.7103@xix.netcom.com> Mike Smith <m-smith@xix.netcom.com> writes:
>
>>Absolutely wrong, Rahul. Used as Brandon describes, both lanes would be
>>in constant use. Everyone could go at their own pace and no-one would
>>have to wait for some inconsiderate soul blocking the overtaking lane
>>until a gap opened up in the "wrong" lane. I too have seen such traffic.
>>It is happy, happy happy and COMPLETELY safe. Won't happen here though!
>
>All this will happen if you have only half as much traffic as will take
>two lanes.  If the left lane has very few vehicles in it, traffic
>capacity is cut down sharply.  There is no way around this.
>
>I don't see such spare highway capacity here in the Bay Area.  Are you
>in the boonies somewhere?

This was in northern Ontario, so yeah, it could easily be considered
the boonies, but I found similar roads crossing the US from Michigan
to North Dakota.  The Bay Area is so overcrowded that you shouldn't
use it as a model for traffic flow.

Any engineer that designs a part, be it a road, pipe, cable or car
part so that it is at it's maximum flow all the time is an idiot.  You
ALWAYS allow for more than you will see under most circumstances.
Surely that can't be too hard to grasp.
-- 
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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