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   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2014-03-15, Lewis  wrote:   
   > In message <160320140917238416%YourName@YourISP.com>   
   >   Your Name  wrote:   
   >> In article , T0m $herman   
   >>  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 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?   
   >   
   >> In my experience, the only people who "pull up behind me" when I'm in   
   >> the "fast" lane (in free-flowing traffic conditions) are those   
   >> obviously exceeding the speed limit.   
   >   
   > It is not your job to enforce speed limits. If you are in the left lane,   
   > you damn well better be the fastest moving vehicle.   
   >   
   >>      The bill, unofficially known as the "Slow Poke"   
   >>      bill, will make it an offence to hold up faster   
   >>      traffic by sitting in the inside lane of a   
   >>      freeway. Yes, that's right - a cop in Georgia   
   >>      might soon be able to pull you over and give you   
   >>      a ticket for the all-too-common act of being an   
   >>      ignorant prat in the fast lane.   
   >   
   > That is already the law here in Colorado.   
   >   
   >>      The bill was introduced by Representative Bill   
   >>      Hitchens, who just happens to be a former state   
   >>      trooper. "I always say it's the manners you momma   
   >>      should have taught you; if someone pulls up   
   >>      behind you, you move to the right and let them   
   >>      by," Hitchens told MyFox Atlanta.   
   >   
   > Exactly.   
      
   I have no problem with getting out of the way of faster traffic. What I   
   have a problem with is drivers being complete dick wads and driving   
   dangerously - those are two separate issues, and yet some individuals   
   here seem to be unable or unwilling to treat them as such.   
      
   So what if you are already in the right lane, and all traffic around you   
   is going the same speed as you, except for the one car that just pulled   
   into the area from behind everyone else doing 15mph faster than everyone   
   else and he gets on your ass? Do you then pull off the shoulder and stop   
   so he can get by? Sorry, but no, I'm not doing that just so Mr. Man can   
   have the road to himself.   
      
   What if you are in the middle lane, and the left lane is full of cars   
   going faster, but some dumb ass decides he wants to push the cars in the   
   middle lane to go even faster by tailgating them? Should all of the cars   
   in the middle lane get into the right lane one by one as he tailgates   
   them or finally figures out he should wait for an opening in the left   
   lane instead of being a complete asshole?   
      
   The point is this is not a black and white issue, and there needs to be   
   at least a small amount of sharing and courtesy on the road.   
      
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