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Article #658Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes
From: John Lansford
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:42
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:42
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"Michael Malak" <malak@claygency.com> wrote: >"Brandon Sommerville" <gti@null.net.gov> wrote in message news:kt1e8t8g2vi79nu6n584ij7492hp8rtooa@4ax.com... >> >> To put it into law invokes the law of unintended consequences, as the >> original legislators likely never intended it to apply to rush hour or >> other stop and go situations. > >Not to mention left exits and left merges, which I'm suprised haven't >been mentioned yet. Is 1 mile too soon to get into the left lane to >exit? 1.5 miles? Hopefully the left hand exits and entrance ramps are being phased out. They aren't what motorists are expecting (even with specific signing) and tend to cause confusion where present. But yes, where left hand exits and entrances are present, I can see problems with this "keep to the right except to pass" law. As someone else said, it's common sense on uncongested roads to stay out of the left hand lanes except when passing slower vehicles. John Lansford, PE The unofficial I-26 Construction Webpage: http://users.vnet.net/lansford/a10/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10a587,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gid10a587,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,56dbe4764eb15d3d X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-11 13:44:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-feed.riddles.org.uk!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.tufts.edu!uunet!dca.uu.net!ralph.vnet.net!not-for-mail From: John Lansford <johnl@vnet.net> Newsgroups: va.general,dc.driving,alt.appalachian,dc.general,rec.autos.driving Subject: Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes Message-ID: <em1e8tklj7vvvsumqtsaaav0bpfthknja3@4ax.com> References: <3A868BB7.F3EEE25B@ix.netcom.com> <9664el$qhv$1@perki.connect.com.au> <t8dq4iinnkugf3@corp.supernews.com> <kt1e8t8g2vi79nu6n584ij7492hp8rtooa@4ax.com> <bmCh6.64258$p8.15443884@typhoon.southeast.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:42:48 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 166.82.174.222 X-Trace: ralph.vnet.net 981927769 166.82.174.222 (Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:42:49 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:42:49 EST Organization: Vnet Internet Access