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   Message 160,326 of 162,178   
   Harry K to Dave Head   
   Re: Slower traffic: keep one lane left o   
   03 Dec 13 09:32:20   
   
   From: turnkey@q.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 4:52:19 AM UTC-8, Dave Head wrote:   
   > On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 07:22:08 -0800, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr."   
     wrote:   
   > >I state that slower traffic should keep one lane to the left of the right   
   > >lane on any road with three or more lanes in one direction.   
   > >The reasons are because the rightmost lane often becomes exit only or there   
   > >is a lane reduction closing the right lane anyway. Then slower traffic has   
   > >to merge into faster traffic anyway.   
      
   > >Discuss.   
      
   > This is the "correct", although maybe not strictly legal to drive   
   > these roads.   
   > Keeping totally to the right, this stuff happens:   
   > 1) Everyone else that merges into traffic when entering such a roadway   
   > does so at 45 mph.  You either have to brake, or move left anyway.   
   >   
   > 2) If you want to move left, there  is always some moron that has   
   > caught up to you and slowed down so as to occupy your blind spot   
   > forever.  Eventually you are going to miss one of them and then not   
   > "miss" them, and you are all going to end up into a frappin' light   
   > pole...   
      
   > The right lane is for merging onto and exiting from a 3-or-more lanes   
   > wide expressway, no matter what the (antiquated) laws say.   Driving   
   > is about survival, not obeying laws.   
      
   AS usual there is never just one answer.  The 'one lane left' approach is   
   good, in fact just about mandatory, when in urban areas.  It is not needed,   
   and decreases carrying capacity,  where exits/entrances are miles apart in   
   open country.   
      
   Harry K   
      
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