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In article <slrn742ktg.k4.joel-garry@home.com>, joel-garry@nospam.home.com says...
>
>On Mon, 02 Nov 1998 00:48:18 GMT, Brandon Sommerville 
><grimrod@mindless.moc> wrote:
>>DPH wrote:
>>
>>>Know what happens when I do it and there is other traffic?  Unless the guy is
>>>really coming like a bat outa hell, what happens is he creeps up past me on the
>>>right until his rear bumper is even with my front bumper, then backs off, and paces
>>>my cruise control.  Happens a _lot_.  Then, of course, we come to another car in
>>>the right lane and I have to slow down, coming off the cruise, waiting interminably
>>>for him to get around the car that we just caught, and chances are he'll pace that
>>>one too so I'm eventually caught behind the both of them, going 5 mph less than I
>>>want to.
>>
>>At that point I'd accelerate and pass the car in front of me then pull
>>back to the right.
>>
>>>No, even in spite of the "keep right except to pass", I often just stay in the left
>>>lane and adjust my speed momentarily to provide the guy creeping up on me the
>>>opportunity to pass on the right.  If he wants to simply tailgate, then fine -
>>>that's less hassle than the above scenario.  If he really wants to pass, he's going
>>>to have to go right and get a wiggle on to get it done before catching the next car
>>>in the right lane that would otherwise be a bloker to him.  But at least it doesn't
>>>end up impeding my travel, either way.
>>>
>>>Of course, if someone is coming up behind at a +10 mph - +15 mph differential, I
>>>just might get over, figuring he's serious and won't slow down and block me as the
>>>guy that is +2 mph probably would.  Yeah, it ain't legal, etc. but it's a lot less
>>>hassle and I do end up getting where I'm going significantly quicker after doing it
>>>all day for 1000 miles or so.
>>
>>If someone's faster than me, barring rush hour, of course, I'll yield
>>the lane regardless.  If he turns into someone who just wants to pace
>>me, the loud pedal is there to handle any upcoming passes required.
>
>This is what happened to me yesterday:
>
>405, heavy morning rush hour traffic doing about 65.  I'm in the left lane,
>next to me in the carpool lane is a full dress Aspencade.  Slightly ahead
>of me in the next lane to the right is a pickup with a shell, pacing on his
>right a new beetle.  Right lane is moving but stopped up ahead for a 
>transition road.
>
>I see something in my right mirror, look over in time to see a chippie on
>a new beemerbike panic braking, apparently about to split between the
>truck and the beetle at 130 and realizing he can't make it.  The bike was
>in a weird squirrelly cavitation, the rear wheel yawing rapidly.  I tapped
>the brakes, expecting him to cut in front of me, but he actually managed
>to bring it down to 65, then dropped back behind and around the beetle.
>The Aspencade "flinched" left (no shoulder in carpool lane), I don't know 
>whether I startled him by slowing or he saw the beemer situation.  I 
>was quite amazed that nothing newsworthy happened.

Their new BMW bikes are supposed to have ABS.  Did it look like it worked
okay, or did it look like a scary option to have, handling-wise?