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Dave Head > wrote in
: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:13:58 -0500, Nate Nagel > > wrote: > >>Dave Head wrote: >> >>> and those of the others as I move back into the right lane, or stay >>> left, and let 200 other cars (that probably shouldn't be going that >>> fast anyway),which I >> >>that ain't your call to make, unless you're a cop. > > Just glossed right over the numbers that have an extra 1800 lane > changes being performed on a 2000 mile trip for no good reason other > than to satisfy an archaic notion and/or religious treatment of the > subject. Archaic only in your mind. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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In article >, Jim Yanik wrote:
> (Brent P) wrote in >> I see it regularly on chicago area interstates. Stupid, yes. but stupid >> is common too. > If your left tire goes flat,one pulls off onto the median to change it,to > keep on the far side of traffic. > Unless you like being struck by a zombie driver. I should have given more information. Chicago interstates often have narrow left shoulders with a jersey barrier or guard rail. Common safe practice is to use the right shoulder and put a good hunk of the car on the grass or as far over to the right as possible to fix a left side flat. On the left shoulder one will actually be in the traffic lane to fix a right side flat, or the the car will be to fix a left side. Yes. I've seen this. damn scary to have someone standing inches away but without a gap to change lanes. I slow, move to the right edge of the lane, try to line up with whatever minimal gap I can find and pray the person doesn't step into the lane. |
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In article >, Jim Yanik wrote:
> (Brent P) wrote in >> I see it regularly on chicago area interstates. Stupid, yes. but stupid >> is common too. > If your left tire goes flat,one pulls off onto the median to change it,to > keep on the far side of traffic. > Unless you like being struck by a zombie driver. I should have given more information. Chicago interstates often have narrow left shoulders with a jersey barrier or guard rail. Common safe practice is to use the right shoulder and put a good hunk of the car on the grass or as far over to the right as possible to fix a left side flat. On the left shoulder one will actually be in the traffic lane to fix a right side flat, or the the car will be to fix a left side. Yes. I've seen this. damn scary to have someone standing inches away but without a gap to change lanes. I slow, move to the right edge of the lane, try to line up with whatever minimal gap I can find and pray the person doesn't step into the lane. |
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:52:09 -0600, (Brent
P) wrote: >In article >, Dave Head wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:31:48 -0600, (Brent >> P) wrote: >> >>>In article >, Dave Head wrote: > >>>> forth just to satisfy some archaic notion, based on a law that was repealed >>>> about 35 years ago. >>> >>>Repealed? It's the law in most states. > >> And totally unenforced, like some of the laws on the books that require someone >> walking in front of an autombile within the city limits while ringing a bell >> announcing the approach. > >unenforced != repealed. > >>>IL made it's KRETP law tighter as of last year. > >> Tighter? As in bigger fines, I imagine. > >Better language. It's no longer 'slower traffic keep right' it's keep >right except to pass. > >> There's no arguing that the laws are >> being more and more engineered simply as a revenue source. Yet, you likely >> _still_ won't get stopped for it, especially if there's no one in the right >> lane. > >The ISP has written about 40 tickets on it. Not exactly revenue >generation. Having heard and exchanged email with the legislator who >sponsored the change, I find him to be interested in _real_ road safety. > >I see you didn't bother dealing with the rest of the post. Constant speed >+ no lane changes = clumps. Hell, nobody's dealing with the fact that a car at the 90th percentile is going to make 1800 lane changes over a long trip that causes him to encounter 2000 other cars, as opposed to the fact that he'd only make 200 lane changes by simply staying left, either. A lane change, or _any_ other overt act, carries a possibility of going wrong and resulting in an accident. Avoiding accidents is a matter of reducing risk wherever possilble. NOT hopping back and forth, back and forth is one of the ways... |
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On 15 Jan 2005 03:33:18 GMT, Jim Yanik .> wrote:
>Dave Head > wrote in : > >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:13:58 -0500, Nate Nagel > >> wrote: >> >>>Dave Head wrote: >>> >>>> and those of the others as I move back into the right lane, or stay >>>> left, and let 200 other cars (that probably shouldn't be going that >>>> fast anyway),which I >>> >>>that ain't your call to make, unless you're a cop. >> >> Just glossed right over the numbers that have an extra 1800 lane >> changes being performed on a 2000 mile trip for no good reason other >> than to satisfy an archaic notion and/or religious treatment of the >> subject. > > > >Archaic only in your mind. Still sidestepped the numbers |
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On 15 Jan 2005 03:33:18 GMT, Jim Yanik .> wrote:
>Dave Head > wrote in : > >> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:13:58 -0500, Nate Nagel > >> wrote: >> >>>Dave Head wrote: >>> >>>> and those of the others as I move back into the right lane, or stay >>>> left, and let 200 other cars (that probably shouldn't be going that >>>> fast anyway),which I >>> >>>that ain't your call to make, unless you're a cop. >> >> Just glossed right over the numbers that have an extra 1800 lane >> changes being performed on a 2000 mile trip for no good reason other >> than to satisfy an archaic notion and/or religious treatment of the >> subject. > > > >Archaic only in your mind. Still sidestepped the numbers |
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In article >, Dave Head wrote:
> Clumps happen when people drive the same speed. Which is what you are proposing. Everyone drive the same speed. > Catch somebody? PASS 'EM! Passing, lane changes, KRETP, etc you are arguing against. You hate clumps but argue for the things that cause clumps. |
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