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In article <m5.830441455@tivoli.com>, m5@tivoli.com wrote:

} Gordon Gunn <ggunn@aton.sps.mot.com> writes:
} >What I mean by "tolerance" is a resistance of the impulse to
} >try to impose one's driving style (good or bad) on others by
} >tailgating, flashing lights at...
} 
} Flashing one's lights is the standard way to ask someone who's in a
} faster (inside) lane but not going as fast as prevailing traffic to
} move to the right (if possible).  Driving instructors suggest this
} technique; it's a not-very-harsh way of suggesting to the driver in
} front that they should check their rear-view mirror.  It's not an
} imposition of driving style, it's just a request made in about the
} most polite way available in car-to-car communication.
} 

Thought I heard someone way that this was also illegal, i.e., a ticketable
offense.  However, I don't have a copy of the code next to me right now to
check it out.

} Driving faster than the speed limit and forcing car after car to yield
} (either by flashing or because the slower drivers are alert enough to
} note the approach and yield without being warned) is itself rude.
} However, driving in the left (fast) lane of Mopac at 50 when the speed
} limit is 65 and *not* yielding to faster traffic is also rude.  (Those
} signs that say "slower traffic keep right" convey that message.)
}

I'm still looking for one of these signs on Mopac.  Generally, I've never
seen one on any roadway with 3 or more lanes moving in one direction,
because the law which states that the left lane is for passing only only
applies to two-lane or lower roadways.  If you'll be observant for a
while, I think you'll notice that you'll see these every time the road
narrows from 3 or more lanes, and every so often on 2 lane roads.  Not
that keeping to the right is not a bad idea, of course.

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