Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:00

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Rahul Dhesi wrote:

>In <slrn6qt0hm.ch4.joelga@pebble.org> joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) writes:
>
>>I haven't been, for decades.  I argue with many of the things you say
>>because many successful accident avoidance strategies are at odds with
>>what you advocate.  And some of the things you advocate may be accident
>>increasers.
>
>You mean not changing lanes to please tailgaters?  You have to balance
>the risk of repeated lane changing versus the risk of an angry tailgater
>behind you AND the lower risk to others ahead of you who don't have to
>deal with that tailgater.

How much risk is there in lane changing?  You make it seem like it's a
major event.

>I contend that if nobody ever changed lanes to please a tailgater, there
>would be no tailgaters.

Yeah, a world full of LLBs.  If you're driving at the same speed of
the guy in the lane beside you and it isn't rush hour, you shouldn't
be in the left lane.
-- 
Brandon

"Spooooooooooonnnnn!"

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From: grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville)
Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/17
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