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Re: Driving Pet peeves
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Subject: Re: Driving Pet peeves
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From: Scott Kirkham <kirkham@UTKVX.UTCC.UTK.EDU>
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Date: 19 Jun 1995 11:58:35 GMT
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
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Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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dwarner@atlanta.com wrote:
>I feel that the through lane wouldn't be backed up at all if it weren't for the
>line jumpers forcing their way in (at low speed) at the head of the line. If
>the people in the through lane were able to cruise straight through without
>waiting for the people ahead letting the jumpers in, there wouldn't be any
>delay.
Nope. No way. Wouldn't happen. Have you ever been driving down an
interstate, or heck, even a state highway, and encountered construction?
Regardless of how many people are on the road, most peoples' instinct
is to lift. You get Maw and Paw in their Crown Vic who hit their brakes
whenever someone is headed their way, regardless of construction.
Construction is a true challenge for them. People slow down when
approaching construction. As they slow down, the person behind them
over-compensates, slowing down even more. It doesn't take a genius to
realize that if everybody slows down more than the person in front of
them, eventually the traffic will come to a virtual standstill. I wish
that this idealistic situation of people merging but maintaining speed
would happen as much as the rest, but it ain't gonna happen. Not in my
lifetime. anyway.
Scott Kirkham
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