More On Left Lane Driving

Dave Head wrote:

> 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.

Can you clarify the above statement please? I was trying to understand it,
but couldnt. How do you magically clear the right lane?

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:05:38 GMT, Dave Head >

>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. IOW, I'm supposed to do something
>about _his_ bad driving? Don't think so...
>
>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.
>
>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.
>

The only problem is you're just another duckling.

I saw a good example of your type yesterday as I approached a light.

All of a sudden, the left lane backs up, so I switch over to the right
lane which and pass at least 10 cars stuck in the left lane.

I look over at the left turn lane thinking a good number of those people
must have a good reason for being in that lane - like turning left.

Nope - only 1 person was turning left.

>Dave Head

--
There's no way to delay that trouble comin' everyday

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:18:36 -0700, Mike Z. Helm > wrote:

>On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:05:38 GMT, Dave Head >
>
>>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. IOW, I'm supposed to do something
>>about _his_ bad driving? Don't think so...
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>
>The only problem is you're just another duckling.

Not true. When I catch another car in the left lane, I pass it on the right.


Dave Head

>I saw a good example of your type yesterday as I approached a light.
>
>All of a sudden, the left lane backs up, so I switch over to the right
>lane which and pass at least 10 cars stuck in the left lane.
>
>I look over at the left turn lane thinking a good number of those people
>must have a good reason for being in that lane - like turning left.
>
>Nope - only 1 person was turning left.
>
>>Dave Head

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:40:34 GMT, 223rem > wrote:
>Dave Head wrote:

>> Fact is, there's gonna be a LLB, whether its me or him. The big difference for
>> you is that you can get around me by passing on the right,

>In a lot of cases you *cannot* get around an LLB on the right, because the moron
>in question moves at roughly the same speed or very slowly passing the line of
>vehicles in the right lane.

>If you're LLB on an empty highway I'll give a honk and pass you on
>the right, very carefully because you're likely clueless and
>capable of changing lanes without warning.

>Unfortunately, most LLBs infest congested highways.

and they're a major cause of the congestion. All the lanes end up operating
at the speed of the slowest cars on the road. Add idiots zigging in and out
of the lanes just to make it as dangerous as possible.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:07:46 GMT, 223rem > wrote:

>Dave Head wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>Can you clarify the above statement please? I was trying to understand it,
>but couldnt. How do you magically clear the right lane?

Simple.

1) At 7 mph over the limit, I am passing most everything else around here.
Nothing is keeping pace with me on the right. The right lane is mostly clear.

2) If there is someone that comes up and paces on my right rear, they are soon
"scraped off" when I catch yet another car going slower in the right lane, and
pass it. After that, of course there is nothing in the right lane.

Dave Head

Dave Head wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:07:46 GMT, 223rem > wrote:
>
>
>>Dave Head wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>Can you clarify the above statement please? I was trying to understand it,
>>but couldnt. How do you magically clear the right lane?
>
>
> Simple.
>
> 1) At 7 mph over the limit, I am passing most everything else around here.

That's very hard to believe. Where is 'here'?

223rem wrote:

> Dave Head wrote:

>> 1) At 7 mph over the limit, I am passing most everything else around
>> here.

> That's very hard to believe. Where is 'here'?

Somewhere in Dave's fantasy world located in VA. Where I drive in VA,
most people are going anywhere from 5 to 15 mph over the limit (and on
occasion 20 over). Driving 7 mph over the limit in areas of VA I drive
would be the below the median speed of traffic.

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 02:18:01 GMT, Arif Khokar > wrote:

>223rem wrote:
>
>> Dave Head wrote:
>
>>> 1) At 7 mph over the limit, I am passing most everything else around
>>> here.
>
>> That's very hard to believe. Where is 'here'?
>
>Somewhere in Dave's fantasy world located in VA. Where I drive in VA,
>most people are going anywhere from 5 to 15 mph over the limit (and on
>occasion 20 over). Driving 7 mph over the limit in areas of VA I drive
>would be the below the median speed of traffic.

Come do it on Rt. 3 east of Fredericksburg, a 4 lane road not built to
Interstate standards. Your 15 mph will get you a speeding ticket. Your 20
will get you a reckless driving ticket. And you'll be passing most everything
in sight, including me.

Dave Head

Dave Head wrote:

> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 02:18:01 GMT, Arif Khokar > wrote:

> Come do it on Rt. 3 east of Fredericksburg, a 4 lane road not built to
> Interstate standards. Your 15 mph will get you a speeding ticket. Your 20
> will get you a reckless driving ticket.

Try driving the US 460 bypass and I-81 near the Christiansburg area and
report back to us. Sometimes, they do have police out, and that's why I
use a radar detector. Police here don't have any concept of instant on
radar when traffic density is moderate, which gives me plenty of warning.

>> At 7 mph over the limit, I am passing most everything else around
>> here.
>
> That's very hard to believe. Where is 'here'?

The Twilight Zone.