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

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From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:00

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>>4. Always pass on the left, never never never on the right

Taken to its extreme this is awfully silly.  I was once driving in the
leftmost lane late at night, with no other traffic.  Some idiot driver
came up in the right lane, and instead of just driving by, he changed
lanes to the left and began tailgating me and honking, wanting me to
change lanes so he could pass.

What a nincompoop!  Instead of just driving on, he wanted three lane
changes:

- he changes lanes to left
- I change lanes to right
- he passes and changes lanes to right

What a moroon!  No doubt he read some dumb Usenet posting about
insisting on passing on the left even when the right is clear.

Pass on whichever side there is more room to pass.  The exception is
when you need to cross over into the opposing lane of traffic to pass --
then the law clearly requires that you pass on the left.  Everywhere
else it is an awfully bad idea to do any more lane changes than you need
to.  The more lane changes to make the higher the risk of an accident.
Almost all highway collisions between two vehicles occur during lane
changes.
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Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
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From: c.c.eiftj@22.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/10/30
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