Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00

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In article <Pine.SUN.3.96.980710151836.11460C-100000@eve.speakeasy.org>,
Galaxie 500 XL  <galaxie@speakeasy.org> wrote:
}Just curious, how many of you that also like to go 10-30 over the limit
}also wait until the last second to change into the exit lanes.

Not deliberately, though obviously it happens now and then.  And
occasionally traffic is thick enough that I can't get to the exit
even well in advance without cutting someone off. 

}I've seen this an average of about 6 times a day every day. Usually it's a
}truck or sport ute, though i also see econo-boxes do it.
}
}So for those of you waiting until the last second, what are you driving
}and do you have any idea what it does to traffic behind you.
}
}For the record, if at the last second, I realize that I'm in the wrong
}lane, that's what the next exit is for.

"Next exit 53 miles".

-- 
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: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/11
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