🚀 go-pugleaf

Brandon Sommerville wrote:

> DPH wrote:
>
> >Every now and then, I do.  But they sure make it difficult.
> >
> >Coming home today from work - tailgater.  Wonderful.  Ignore.
> >
> >Coming back from the WalMart tonight - rear quarter-panel pacer.  Just puts nose of
> >car even with back wheel. Clueless.  Speed up 3 mph, he drops back,. I drop back to
> >former speed but still continue to pull away because he's now far enough back that
> >he's driving his _own_ speed rather than keying off what I'm doing (see, I'm not the
> >only one that adjusts to what others are doing).
> >
> >Really, you _have_ to drive with reference to what the other people are doing.  They
> >are the obstacles, and you have to avoid them, whether that is driving around them
> >when they are slow or speeding up when they are hanging on like a bad odor.
> >Whatever, I expect it will always be thus unless there comes into being a whole new
> >set of rules that makes a lot more sense than the ones we have now.
>
> I never suggested ignoring other drivers, I suggested not letting them
> set your habits.  Obviously you have to be aware of what's going on
> around you, but don't cruise in the left lane because someone *might*
> be a pacer.
> --
> Brandon

I'm going to continue to do what produces the least scares, tickets, and delays.  Right
now, that is cruising in the left lane and allowing others to pass on the right.  Maybe
someday the environment will change, but for now, I believe the best way to keep from
performing dangerous maneuvers, which includes changing lanes a lot, is to stay left.

DPH