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Re: Freeway Etiquette
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Subject: Re: Freeway Etiquette
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From: lparker@curly.cc.emory.edu (Lloyd R. Parker)
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Date: 17 Nov 1995 10:43:50 -0500
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Bob Phillips (bobp@syl.nj.nec.com) wrote:
: In article <48flvn$om1@curly.cc.emory.edu>, lparker@curly.cc.emory.edu (Lloyd R. Parker) writes:
: |> Lord Kittenslayer (nbassett@hmc.edu) wrote:
: |> : On Wed, 15 Nov 1995, Adam Szymczak wrote:
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: |> : > My biggest beef: people who insist on driving in the middle lane around
: |> : > the speed limit on 3 or more lane highways. I have one piece of advice:
: |> : > MOVE OVER! I hate passing on the right, especially near onramps/offramps.
: |> : > Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that passing on the right is
: |> : > illegal in Germany and other European countries.
: |>
: |> So why don't you pass on the left if the other car is in the middle
: |> lane? After all, that's really what the left lane is for on a 3 or more
: |> line highway. Why would anybody pass on the right in this situation?
: Think about it! If this is somewhere in the U.S., the traffic in the far left lane
: could be running at 15 to 20 mph above the speed limit. If it is in the Northeast,
: where highways tend to carry a lot of traffic at high speed, then the left lane
: is usually not vacant, so one has to wait for a "slot." There are cars that
: simply cannot make the jump in speed to fit the slot in the brief time available.
: On the other hand, given that you are moving as fast as or slightly faster than
: the traffic in the right lane, the "slots" there are a lot easier to enter, although
: one needs a slot large enough to pass the offending car in the middle lane. Of
: course, when enough people start passing on the right, then nobody can leave the
: middle lane because the other two available lanes are moving too quickly.
: As you might be able to tell, I've spent some time in this situation, and probably
: way, way too much time thinking about it.
: --
: Bob Phillips NEC Systems Laboratory VOX:(609)-734-6125
: bobp@syl.nj.nec.com 4 Independence Way FAX:(609)-734-6002
: Princeton, NJ 08540
Except I go about 65 in the middle lane, which is the flow of traffic.
People will come up behind me with the left lane open for miles ahead,
and will pass on the right instead. They often get caught behind a
slower car, or an entering car, and they get back in the center lane
behind me and then try to pass on the right again. I've had people do
this 4 or 5 times before finally getting around whereas they could have
passed in the left lane long ago!
And the funny thing is, the medians around here are all concrete barriers,
so radar cops always use the right shoulder. The cosine angle error will
work more to your favor if you're speeding in the left lane rather than
the right lane.
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