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Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)

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From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00
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In <35A78FCC.EC83BC60@prodigy.net.nospam> Tony Wang
<tonyw44@prodigy.net.nospam> writes:

>Rahul Dhesi wrote:

>> Slower than what?  Slower than everybody else is driving, or
>> slower than some tailgater WANTS to drive?

>You're probably a tailgater yourself.  Do you or do you not maintain a
>six length distance between yourself and the car in front of you on an
>interstate going 60 mph?

I have no idea.  How many car lengths is a 2-3 second following
distance?  Doesn't it depend on the length of the car?  Is there some
sort of "standard" car that they use to measure this?  Do they keep this
standard car in a vacuum at NIST?
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
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From: c.c.eiftj@22.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/07/11
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