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   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2014-03-11, Jolly Roger  wrote:   
   > On 2014-03-11, Lewis  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> If you drive 55mph where the flow of traffic is 70mph then *you* are a   
   >> hazard. Many of those idiots you see are trying to avoid an   
   >> un-anticipated impediment.   
   >   
   > Depends very much on the circumstance. What if the speed limit is 55?   
   > What if there are multiple flows of traffic - some obeying the speed   
   > limit, and others not? Very often, I'll be driving with cruise control   
   > set to 55-60 in the middle lane of a 3-lane highway where the posted   
   > speed limit is 55, where most of the cars around me are doing similar   
   > speeds (again, around 55-60), and a group of cars (usually anywhere from   
   > 2 to 6 cars) will come up from behind driving significantly faster than   
   > 55 (sometimes 15-25 miles faster (yes: 75-85 mph in a 55), speeding much   
   > faster than the traffic around me), usually with one or two idiots   
   > leading the pack in some sort of apparent race to see who can get   
   > wherever faster. Inevitably one or more drivers in the speeding group   
   > gets upset that the drivers in my group are "in their way", usually in   
   > various lanes (almost never just the left lane), and start tailgating   
   > and using aggressive and fast lane switching maneuvers in all three   
   > lanes, often making double-lane-switches without signalling within a few   
   > feet of other cars and pulling other dangerous stunts to get past these   
   > "slow" drivers that are imposing such an inconvenience on their little   
   > racing game as quickly as possible, safety be damned. In such a   
   > situation, I'd typically like to gradually decrease my speed, and make   
   > safe lane changes to the right to get as far away from the idiots as   
   > possible, if and when such opportunities safely become available.   
   > Unfortunately, very often, due to the tailgating aggressive behavior of   
   > the speeding group, there isn't a good opportunity to do that until   
   > *after* they've finished making their dangerous maneuvers and sped on   
   > past. I'm probably one of the last people who will just gleefully   
   > increase my speed to match the speed of the idiot group when I see them   
   > coming in my rear view mirror - especially if I'm not in the passing   
   > lane and I'm already at or exceeding the posted limit, and the cars   
   > around me are doing the same speed as me. Nor am I going to quickly or   
   > dangerously make lane changes just to get out of their way to make their   
   > dangerous behavior easier for them to continue. Safety comes first, and   
   > I naturally value the safety of the well-behaved drivers around me more   
   > than speeding jackasses. BTW, this isn't a cherry-picked example   
   > situation - it happens *all* *the* *time* on American highways.   
      
      
      
   What happens on grossly underposted limited access highways is that   
   drivers like Jolly here form packs that impede flow. Faster drivers then   
   go from pack to pack, neededing to find a way through each pack, often   
   doing a Claybrook weave. When 55mph was imposed Claybrook stated it   
   was safer to force faster drivers to slow down and weave through   
   blockages of slow drivers who can't be bothered to keep right except to   
   pass.   
      
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