Re: Tailgaters Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: Mike Lastort
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:00

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In article <timleeEwJDKM.K4A@netcom.com>, see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome wrote:
>c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>|I contend that if nobody ever changed lanes to please a tailgater, there
>|would be no tailgaters.
>
>Doubtful.  There seem to be many tailgaters who aren't really that
>interested in going significantly faster, as shown by the fact that
>they do not use the open lane to the left to pass, but instead just
>tailgate for many miles in the right lane.

I've driven in the left lane at 80+ mph, only to look in my rear view and see 
someone within a couple of car lengths of my rear bumper. In these situations, 
I move to the right when it is safe to do so. More than once, the idiot who 
was tailgating does not pass me after I've changed lanes!

Mike Lastort
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Subject: Re: Tailgaters Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/23
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