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   From: twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
      
   On 3/4/2014 8:40 AM, Liam O'Connor wrote:   
   > On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 04:54:22 -0600, Neil Ellwood wrote:   
   >   
   >> If you have ever been overtaken by any vehicle travelling   
   >> at a high speed giving only 3 feet of clearance you would know why that is   
   >> my opinion.   
   >   
   > Yeas ago, I was stuck on a highway back east, and changing   
   > a tire, and I was appalled (and scared) at how close the   
   > cars (and especially the trucks) passed by me at high   
   > speed.   
   >   
   > It even seemed that the truckers purposefully passed me far   
   > too closely than they needed to (but maybe I was imagining   
   > that because I have no photographic proof).   
   >   
   > However, ever since then, I change lanes (if I safely can)   
   > EVERY time I see a motorist pulled over to the side on the   
   > highway.   
   >   
   > My wife keeps asking why I do that, and I tell her that I   
   > myself have been in that situation and I would have wanted   
   > the cars to do the same.   
   >   
   The only time I do not change lanes in this situation is when someone is   
   following closely behind me, as they would most likely use my changing   
   lanes as an opportunity to speed up and pass me on the wrong side. :(   
      
   So I slow way down instead, forcing the idiot behind me to either also   
   slow down or change into the passing lane (as he/she should).   
      
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