In article <uEFAd.302077$HA.87063@attbi_s01>,
Brent P > wrote:
>The first step to making driving in the USA much more pleasant and much
>more efficent is to stop the social tolerance of idiotic sloth
>driving.

The problem is that when a slow merger enters the freeway, those in
the right lane often have a choice between either slowing down,
changing lanes, or crashing (since the slow merger is already halfway
in the right lane). Most people don't want to crash or greatly increase
the risk of crashing (although many, like the slow mergers themselves,
are too clueless to realize what actions increase the risk of crashing).
And crashing into the rear end of the slow merger will likely be deemed
your fault for legal and insurance purposes.

So while it may be desirable to discourage behavior like slow merging,
it is often not possible to do so without greatly increasing the risk
to yourself.

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