🚀 go-pugleaf

sanjian wrote:

> "John Henry" <johnshenry@sprintmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3A8837EF.7025776D@sprintmail.com...
>
> > > Ok, as someone in Virginia, I can already see that it's a bad idea.  On
> > > I-64, we already have too much traffic for the two lanes that the
> interstate
> > > bottlenecks into at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.  Taking one lane
> out of
> > > service for normal travel is only going to tie things up even more.
> It's
> > > not like we have too many options to get from the peninsula to the south
> > > side anyways, and the other options add about 10 miles onto the drive.
> > >
> > > I'd be right pissed if I'm crawling at 30mph on the right lane, and the
> left
> > > is open.
> > >
> >
> > > THEN USE IT TO PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > My God!  WHERE are these people coming from?????!!!!!!!  This isn't rocket
> > science folks!! It is a *passing* lane!!!!  How hard is that to
> grasp?????!!!!
> >
> > Sorry for screaming, but I can't believe that some many people can get
> into
> > their thick heads that the lane is for PASSING!!!  If you are passing, USE
> IT!!
> > If not, move right!!  They aren't taking a lane away from anyone...
> >
> > Now they have to have legislation to spell out for people what 5 simple
> words
> > mean "Keep right except to pass".
> >
> > Shheesh, do we need Disney characters and crayons on the signs for you
> people to
> > figure this out!?!?!?!?
> >
> > <blood pressure is up>
>
> Well, once you've fished your head out of your ass, maybe you can go and
> actually read what I posted, and my points.

I have read every one.....

> I've found my blood pressure
> doesn't rise as much when I read things I disagree with in an objective
> point of view.

Interestingly, my blood pressure doesn't rise a third as much when I *encounter*
people who can't understand lane use concepts on the road as much as it does
when I see people actually post things like "I'd be right pissed if I'm crawling
at 30mph on the right lane, and the left is open."

If I come across as a raging driver who fumes behind left lane squatters and
considers violent retaliation, I assure you I am not.  99% of the time I just
swing right and pass.  Most often the rightmost lane is EMPTY around here.


> 'm sure you'll disagree with me when you're done (as our
> viewpoints obviously differ),

I will.

> but you can at least do so after actually
> having read what I posted instead of looking for an excuse to whine.
>

"Keep right except to pass" is the law in every state that I have lived in.
Five simple words, not nuclear physics.  If you aren't passing someone, move
right.  That's all.  No more complicated than that.  For life of me I can't see
why some folks just can't grasp this concept.  Many can, but just don't think
that it applies to them.  Or assert that *they* choose what lane they will
travel in.  It is a PASSING lane, not a travel lane.  Not an "I'm going fast
enough" lane.  <sigh>

I concur with those folks who talked about driving in Europe.  I go their often
on business and usually over weekends drive a LOT.  You can see lane discipline
work over there.  Why?  Because it is the law?  No, (its the law here too),
because it is taught and enforced, that is why.  Dawdle in the left lane in
Germany and watch a 5000 lb Benz approach you at 150 mph in your rearview.
You'll rethink your views on using another "travel" lane.


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