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   Your Name to twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
   Re: Finally, California drivers can read   
   16 Mar 14 17:01:13   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , T0m $herman   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 3/15/2014 10:53 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   > > On 2014-03-16, T0m $herman  wrote:   
   > >> On 3/15/2014 5:50 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   > >>> On 2014-03-15, T0m $herman  wrote:   
   > >>>> On 3/12/2014 12:42 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> They stick to the left lane going way faster than everyone else, and   
   > >>>>> then after tailgating someone in the left lane for a while and getting   
   > >>>>> all pissy that people aren't getting out of their way since they own   
   the   
   > >>>>> road, they swerve in front of other drivers in the right lane to pass.   
   I   
   > >>>>> see it happen a lot, yep.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Richard Petty was right - bumper tapping people blocking the passing   
   > >>>> lane is acceptable behavior.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Sorry, while I'm sure you are making a joke here, driving in an unsafe   
   > >>> manner is never acceptable behavior.   
   > >>>   
   > >> Yes, blocking the inside lane on a controlled access road is unsafe and   
   > >> never acceptable.   
   > >   
   > > You'd have to be a complete idiot to believe that tapping someone's   
   > > bumper at high speed is less dangerous than simply slowing down and   
   > > changing lanes to avoid slower traffic in front of you.   
   > >   
   > Who said it was less dangerous?  Spinning people out who deliberately   
   > block the passing lane would be dangerous, but ultimately a social   
   > benefit.  Got to break a few eggs to make an omelet, eh?   
      
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   that use stop-motion animated egg-characters, with the usual awful   
   egg-structiatingly bad puns.   ;-)   
      
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