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Article #519Re: Tailgaters Re: Last minute lane changers
From: Timothy J. Lee
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 00:00
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NOabril@topaz.ucdavis.eduSPAM writes: |Many tailgaters seem to get their clues as to how fast to drive by |pasting themselves to the car ahead. I've had people tailgate me at all |speeds, in all lanes. I've had people follow me in a lane change I made |to get out of the way and continue to tailgate. I've, on occasion, |experimented by slowing down, speeding up, slowing down, etc, and these |folks will match your speed, regardless. I've seen a variation of this behavior, except that instead of tailgating, they will stay in the next lane over, 3/4 of a car length behind. This position makes it unsafe for the followed vehicle to change lanes, and is in one of the worst places for mirror coverage on the followed vehicle (even if the driver of the followed vehicle has carefully arranged the mirrors to minimize blind spots, that location is still the hardest to see some other vehicle in). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee timlee@ Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public From: timlee@netcom.com.DELETE-THIS.BIT (Timothy J. Lee) Subject: Re: Tailgaters Re: Last minute lane changers Date: 1998/07/24 Message-ID: <timleeEwM48K.EHt@netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 374588827 Sender: timlee@netcom9.netcom.com References: <6p7k9m$nq9$1@sparky.wolfe.net> <35B779B7.3721@topaz.ucdavis.eduSPAM> Followup-To: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving