🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:45:29 -0700, Craig Good <good@pixar.com> wrote:
>jason finneyfrock wrote:
>> 
>> i'd also like to see more  "slower traffic keep right" signs on the
>> highway. anyone else agree?
>
>Almost. One basic misconception that almost everybody seems to have is
>that there is a "fast" lane and a "slow" lane. The left lane is the
>*passing* lane, and should only be used for such.

[Sorry about sounding like a broken record but] you are posting to
ca.driving, where that simply isn't true.

>
>I've thought about it for many years, and I believe I now have a
>complete lane choice algorithm:
>
>	Make a right lane change whenever you can.
>	Make a left lane change only when you must.
>	    The cases of "when you must" are three:
>		To pass
>		When the right lane is about to end (ie: exit only)
>		To make a left exit

Very nice algorithm.  It maximises your distance from the rest of us.

>
>I wholeheartedly agree with your thought that courtesy and safety are
>inextricably linked, BTW.

Miss Manners would agree, because courtesy and manners are basically 
common sense.  I agree insofar that common sense doesn't start arguing
with physics or the law.

jg
-- 
These opinions are my own and not necessarily those of Information Quest or 
Pebble In The Sky http://www.informationquest.com mailto:jgarry@nospameiq.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/joel_garry   Remove nospam to reply.  
mailto:joel_garry@compuserve.nospam.com  "See your DBA?"  I AM the @#%*& DBA!