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

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From: Marc
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00

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c.c.eiftj@22.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) wrote:
>In <35a59344.16556472@news.v-wave.com> grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon
>Sommerville) writes:

>>If it is more than 3 or 4 seconds, chances are that the guys in front
>>of you are accelerating away.  Regardless, why is it such an issue to
>>yield the lane?

>You would have to observe the following distance for some time to
>figure our who is accelarating relative to whom.  If the following
>distance ahead of me remains the same, then I am going at the
>same speed as the next guy.

>It's an issue to yield the lane for the same reason that when you are
>standing in line at a grocery store checkout counter, you don't step
>aside to let everybody behind you get ahead of you.  Let them wait their
>turn in their queue.

It would be more like intentionally blocking someone with no
merchandise from exiting until you do just because you were waiting in
line before they got there.  You won't get out any slower or faster if
you block them, but you will make them take longer.

That is inconsiderate and dangerous.

Marc
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From: Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/07/11
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