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In <timleeEwJDKM.K4A@netcom.com> timlee@netcom.com.DELETE-THIS.BIT (Timothy J. Lee) writes:

>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.

Back in college I used to drive from Seattle to L.A. for
school.  After a few trips solo I tried splitting the driving
with another student from the Seattle area, but ended up more
exhausted than driving straight through by myself.  Even though
we were in a big old boat of a station wagon, 18 feet long with
non-power drum brakes and enough cargo to settle the rear on the
overload blocks, he kept driving less than a car length off the
bumper of the car ahead, at 60+ mph, in the slow lane.  He wasn't
trying to pass, or trying to intimidate the other driver, he just
had no idea that tailgating was a Bad Thing.

I'm sure he isn't alone in that -- there are places where it
seems *everyone* tailgates at highway speeds, leading to those
massive multi-car pileups, and there are just as many tailgaters
in the slow lane as the fast lanes -- does anybody really
tailgate a gasoline tanker in the right lane hoping the truck
will pull over to let them pass?


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