Alexander Rogge > wrote in
:

>> in all likelihood you neither taught him a lesson or succeeded in
>> punishing anyone but yourself.
>
> Forcing the slowpoke to speed up prevented an incident with the
> traffic behind, which was able to pass the slowpoke normally instead
> of swerving around it.
>
>> And you really would have been punished if he
>> side-swiped you.)
>
> The driver was holding the steering wheel with the right wrist on the
> left side of the wheel. The driver could not have moved quickly
> enough to cause a collision.
>
>> should have been able to anticipate the potential danger you caused
>> when you came out and tried to pass the other driver in the very lane
>> that he was merging onto.
>
> The second lane was open. I don't drive in a way that could cause a
> collision or a problem for innocent bystanders. Incidents like these
> are not "unexpected" at all.
>
>> That being said, I agree with you that it is VERY frustrating trying
>> to enter behind someone who refuses to get up to highway speed.
>
> What can happen is that the slowpoke is able to merge in front of an
> Enabler, and then you get rear-ended or pushed off the road because
> the traffic suddenly slows down. The really bad ones drift across the
> roadway and into the passing lane, forcing all the traffic to swerve
> around the hazard.
>

Yes,sloth driver plus enabler makes for hazardous conditions.
It's not enjoyable getting rearended.

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Jim Yanik
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