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Re: lack of courtesy Re: A Left Lane Laggard Wants to Know



In article <1995Jul25.035500.25801@dms.agames.com>,
Jeff Bell <bell@agames.com> wrote:
>In article <nukeDC7CJu.6qH@netcom.com>, nuke@netcom.com says...
>>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... 

Not sure what you mean--how do you "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?

But people DON'T use it as intended--they use it as a passing lane.
I'm not talking about onramp merge lanes here--I'm talking about when
a lane goes away, for construction or just because the road gets
narrower. When there have been signs for the past two miles about it.
I'm talking about people who see the lane, merrily move into it and
pass me (because their bozo siblings up the road are already slowing
down the traffic in the continuing lanes) and then expect me to come
to a dead halt to let them in. No.




-- 
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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