Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: John Richards
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 00:00

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Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com> wrote in message 6pm6tg$lpv$1@samba.rahul.net...
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>It's true that in isolated cases you can enrage a tailgater by ignoring
>him and not yielding.  But in the majority of cases he's annoyed
>already, and there is no way to make him not annoyed.  The instant you
>yield to him he moves up and is annoyed by the next vehicle ahead of
>him.  The only way to not annoy him would be for all vehicles in the
>lane to simultaneously move to the right.

The point is not whether a tailgater is or is not annoyed.  I'm only concerned
about whether he's annoyed at ME and may therefore make a desperate
maneuver that may involve my vehicle in an accident.  Once I let him
around me, he becomes someone else's problem.

John Richards

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From: "John Richards" <johnr@lords.com>
Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/29
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