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Re: Freeway Etiquette
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Subject: Re: Freeway Etiquette
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From: jennett@svpal.svpal.org (Rex Jennett)
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Date: 16 Nov 1995 21:38:54 GMT
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Lord Kittenslayer (nbassett@hmc.edu) wrote:
: On Wed, 15 Nov 1995, Adam Szymczak wrote:
: > 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.
The problem with staying in the right lane except to pass is that most
people don't know how to merge. I wind up speeding up or slamming on my
brakes trying to let people merge. They either merge too slow for the
speed of traffic on the highway, or there's a line of cars trying to
merge, with no space between them. If drivers would try to bring
themselves up to speed where the onramp allows it, space themselves so that
cars in the right lane can merge smoothly with them, then I'd drive in the
right lane more often. It would also help if drivers already on the highway
would allow space for cars to merge smoothly. But people seem determined
to drive bumper to bumper, making merges dangerous and frustrating for all.
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