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Rahul Dhesi wrote:

>Agreed.  If you follow my "lazy lane-changing strategy" there is no
>confusion.
>
>You change lanes only when you need to.
>
>If he is in a differnt lane, he just keeps going in the same lane and
>gets ahead of you.
>
>If he is in the same lane as you and wants to pass you, he changes lanes
>and passes you.  It's not your problem.
>
>If he is in the same lane as you and you want wants to pass him, you
>change lanes and pass him.  It's not his problem.

If you don't group lanes by speed, you end up with a slalom situation
for the faster drivers or you slow traffic down dramatically.  Traffic
flows much more smoothly and accommodates varying traffic speeds
better if you keep to the right except to pass.

Picture a two lane road, with you and many others comfortable at 60
mph.  Now picture them driving in a stagger formation.  Now add an
equal number of drivers comfortable traveling at 70 mph.  Either 

1) everyone slows down to 60 mph and you have a number of frustrated
drivers, 
2) you have a group of drivers slaloming through slower drivers
causing much potential danger, or 
3) you have one lane of 60 mph traffic and one lane of 70 mph traffic,
with the occasional 60 mph driver pulling out and accelerating to pass
a slightly slower driver in front of him.

Which of those three strikes you as closest to ideal for the maximum
number of drivers?
-- 
Brandon

Caution: objects in the mirror may 
have flunked drivers education.