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Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@16.usenet.us.com> wrote:
> 
> In <35c2d8e5.277400844@news.v-wave.com> grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon
> Sommerville) writes:
> 
> [ on the subject of alleged 'passing' lanes ]
> 
> >>I don't think the California motor vehicle code contains any such
> >>definition.
> 
> >Do you only do what is required of you by law?  Does the concept of
> >driving courtesy not exist in California?
> 
> I don't see the 'passing lane' concept as having anything to do with
> courtesy.  It's merely something the faster drivers would like to have.
> (And I would like have more money.)
> 
> The 'passing lane' concept works only if the highway is sparsely-enough
> populated such that all vehicles will fit in all lanes but one, and
> still maintain safe following distances.  Then you can have one lane
> left almost empty.  Last night, as I drove home at 12:45 am, I noticed
> that such was the case.  I was happy to stay away from the leftmost lane,
> just in case a faster motorist came along.
> 
> However, during most of the daytime driving hours, there simply is not
> enough highway capacity here to leave one lane unused.  It's a waste of
> precious highway funds to build one more lane and then reserve it for
> use by a tiny minority of motorists.  As it is, motorists generally
> follow too closely.  It doesn't make sense to me to worsen the situation
> by squeezing them more to the right, leaving one lane empty and making
> following distances even shorter in the remaining lanes.

Three paragraphs of clear, logical, sensible resoning.  

Of course some of the people here still won't "get it".

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