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   Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Phi to Resty Wyse   
   Re: Passing On The Right - Causes Of   
   28 Nov 14 09:44:14   
   
   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, November 28, 2014 12:34:12 PM UTC-5, Resty Wyse wrote:   
   > On Friday, November 28, 2014 8:34:01 AM UTC-8, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most   
   Humble Philosopher wrote:   
   > >    
   > > I'm talking in general. A well managed road should have place for the slow   
   and the fast,    
   >    
   > Before the "interstate freeway" systems, all highways had only two lanes   
   before the 1960s, one lane for going out, the other lane for coming in.  Fast   
   drivers gotta take their chances to pass slow drivers by cross over to the   
   lane coming from opposite    
   direction.  Many head-on collision resulted from passing slow cars.   
      
   Not many expansions are possible now. We just got to manage what we've got.   
   >    
   > > just different lanes, always predictable: slow on inner lane, fast on   
   outside lane.   
   >    
   > You got it in reverse, Tibetan Monkey.  It's "fast" on the inside lane,   
   "slow" on the outside lane.   
      
   Well, I don't see where I'm wrong. Fast left is left lane for most countries,   
   right lane for the UK.   
   >    
   > >    
   > > This philosophy may be summed up as "live and let live."   
   > >    
   > > The problem is those who sit on the passing lane holding everybody back.   
   The road requires cooperation, not extreme competition. And this proves my   
   revolution right.   
   >    
   > There used to be a test question for driver's license.   
   > "A long line of cars were following a slow car.   
   > Who do you blame for the long line of cars"???   
      
   Did it say "Blame the idiot in the slow car"?   
      
   Mind you, nobody can push you if they can pass on other lanes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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