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Re: lack of courtesy Re: A Left Lane Laggard Wants to Know
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Subject: Re: lack of courtesy Re: A Left Lane Laggard Wants to Know
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From: bell@agames.com (Jeff Bell)
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 03:55:00 GMT
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Newsgroups: ca.driving
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Organization: Time Warner Interactive - We used to be Atari Games, the REAL Atari
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References: <3uphgj$3i_002@sc.intel.com> <3uqbn8$86g@murrow.corp.sgi.com> <timleeDC76nG.8Av@netcom.com> <nukeDC7CJu.6qH@netcom.com>
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In article <nukeDC7CJu.6qH@netcom.com>, nuke@netcom.com says...
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>>Yes, true. I often see drivers in a forced merge situation (on ramp
>>or lane ends) trying to prevent someone else who is ahead of them
from
>>merging in.
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>Yeah, that's me. Generally it's because traffic is heavy, and I,
>having seen the merge half a mile back, dutifully got in the
>non-disappearing lane while the traffic would still permit it.
Thereby making everyone merge twice...
> Why
>should I let someone who isn't paying attention in front of me?
>ESPECIALLY when they've hurtled down the disappearing lane, often
>passing me in the process. Who's being more of a jerk?
The lane is there for merging, why don't you use it as intended?
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>If traffic is light or the lanes, including the disappearing lane,
>are all full and slow, I will let people in front of me. Ditto for
>onramps. There's a difference, though, between being courteous and
being
>taken advantage of. I've got to get where I'm going, too...
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>Bill Newcomb "I wish I was in East St. Louis/being beaten and
>nuke@netcom.com robbed in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart" --GIMCP
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Jeff Bell - bell@agames.com
Time Warner Interactive (We used to be: Atari Games - the REAL Atari)
Milpitas, CA USA
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