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c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) wrote:
>tomlinsc@ix.netcom.com (Chuck Tomlinson) writes:
>
>>By forcing multiple lane changes and/or increasing drivers' 
>>frustration, the LLB is (unnecessarily) fostering a dangerous 
>>situation which could (but does not necessarily) lead to a crash. 
>
>If this reasoning is correct, then every time motorists are "forced" to
>slow down or change lanes, they can blame somebody else for accidents.
>E.g., contruction vehicles involved in highway repairs; slow-moving
>vehicles cleaning streets; houses being moved, taking up 1.5 lanes;
>orange cones forcing vehicles to give up "their" lane (the famous left
>lane that motorists seem to think they own) and merge right; stalled
>vehicles; cargo dropped on the highway; roadkill carcasses that "force"
>you to slow down or change lanes; rain, fog, snow; and many other
>things.

I quoted your entire list, because *not one* of the things you 
mentioned is a display of a single driver's discourtesy or 
cluelessness (IOW, bad driving), as is the case with the LLB.  
Wasn't that obvious to you?  Or did you think it wouldn't be obvious 
to anyone else?

>Those motorists who get mad at obstructions and have an accident are
>100% responsible and they are not going to convince me to let them cast
>off the blame on somebody else.

If a driver crashes while trying to pass an LLB, I will assign 
*part* of the blame to the LLB.  An LLB is NOT a cone, or roadkill, 
or some other "natural" hazard.  An LLB is a clueless or obnoxious 
*bad driver* who unnecessarily forces a increase in traffic risk.  

Unlike a cone, or roadkill, an LLB *deserves* the disdain (if not 
anger) directed towards him by other drivers.  The LLB is little 
different in effect from the jerk who treats a light traffic flow as 
his own personal moving slalom course.  Both types singlehandedly  
disrupt traffic flow and reduce overall traffic safety for no good 
reason whatsoever and as such, should *share* responsibility for 
crashes that result directly from their actions.

In the style of your comment above: Those motorists who create 
obstructions and help to cause accidents are partially responsible 
and they are not going to convince me to let them get away without 
shouldering at least some of the blame.
-- 
Chuck Tomlinson