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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.

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

Your tax dollars at work.

jg
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