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

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00
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In article <6o8hfa$hce$1@samba.rahul.net>,
Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@22.usenet.us.com> wrote:
}In <yaMp1.92$Dh.277297@newsread.com> russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew T.
}Russotto) writes:
}
}>Dhesi believes that anyone going faster than he is is a "tailgater"...
}
}The tailgater behind me is going at the same speed that I am.  This is
}basic physics.

Only if the gap isn't changing.

}The folks who advocate merging right should merge right themselves, if
}they think it's such a wonderful thing.

When there's faster traffic behind me, I DO move right to let it by.
But I expect that assholes like you will do otherwise, and thus I will
simply drive around you.  The more you try and prevent this, the more
dangerous it will be for you when I do so.  And since your tolerance
for risk is clearly much less than mine, it will hurt you more than it
will hurt me.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." 
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From: russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/07/11
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