On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:08:18 GMT, (Brent P)
wrote:

>In article >, Dave Head wrote:
>> OK, say I stay right and the typical duckling comes up and sits on my left rear
>> at 62 mph. Now _he's_ an LLB that people _can't_ get around and I'm an
>> _enabler_ for not accelerating or braking.
>
>
>Um no. an _enabler_ is a person who stops/slows all the traffic behind
>him by letting a shoulder passer or some other MFFY type in.

An enabler is someone who allows a dangerous situation to exist when they could
do something about it. That would be someone in the right lane, allowing some
a-hole to pace him for mile after mile, or worse, allowing him to catch the
next slower car ahead, predictably slowing down, and creating at least a 3-car
clump.

>> Then we both catch a slower car, I get slowed down to 58 mph or whatever, and
>> you get 2 cars in the right lane plus the duckling doing the LLB thing. So, if
>> I stay in the right lane, things just get worse for everybody.
>
>> At least when I drive left, the duckling is scraped off periodically by the
>> slower car in the right lane, and other people can pass me just fine... on the
>> right.
>
>And if you come across the slower car in the left lane it's even WORSE.

No, I pass 'em on the right, in a heartbeat. With any luck, the duckling who
is tailgating will decide to tailgate the other guy in a left lane, and I'll be
rid of him.

And, there's so many more slower cars in the right lane, the situation where
there's a right lane duckling when I catch someone slower in the left lane is a
rare occurrence. When I see that coming up, I generally slow down gradually a
few mph, then nail the gas and get back to my 7 over the limit much quicker
than the duckling, so then I can get right and pass the other guy in the left
lane without cutting off the duckling either.

>> Fact is, there's gonna be an LLB one way or the other, most of the time. If I
>> stay in the right lane, you won't be able to get around the LLB in the left
>> lane. If _I_ am in the left lane, you _will_ be able to get around because the
>> right lane will be clear, most of the time.
>
>You are just looking for excuses for driving badly because so many others
>do. I can think of many more in the same vein, still doesn't make them
>right.

It just makes me safer. I know this because I have fewer close calls, and also
lower exposure to traffic tickets.

Dave Head