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   From: twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
      
   On 3/11/2014 1:27 PM, 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   
      
   Why are you not in the right lane if going slower than traffic?   
      
   > 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.   
      
   You are not paying enough attention if this is the case.   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
      
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