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Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)

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From: Joel Garry
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00
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On Wed, 04 Nov 1998 15:50:39 -0500, DPH <rally2xs@csi.com> wrote:
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>
>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.

Slower Traffic Keep Right.

Sometimes it pays to follow the directions.

>
>DPH
>

jg
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From: joel-garry@nospam.home.com (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/11/05
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