Was I good or bad? Rolling roadblock busting.

Motorhead Lawyer wrote:
> Apparently, your reading skills are lacking. The OP *blocked* a LLB

No the OP is an LLB.

> and *opened* a lane for faster traffic to pass. I think he deserves
a
> f***in' medal!

9 out of 10 women agree I deserve a ****ing medal. (The tenth is a
dyke.)

>
> In only a few states is it illegal to pass on the right.

Yeah, I know that. Sometimes I right pass to get around LLBing
assholes like the OP.

> If you're too
> anal retentive to do so, get used to seeing a lotta minivan butts on
> your travels. I'll be goin' by on the right ...

In general, I like seeing butts, but I don't swing that way.
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> (Been there; done that myself)

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:04:13 GMT, > wrote:

>So I was driving on a mostly flat & straight rural 2-lane expressway with
>moderate traffic moving at reasonable & proper speeds. The right lane was
>going a little slower than I like, the left lane a little faster. I move
>left to pass & speed up a bit to avoid stacking up faster traffic, then back
>to the right lane when possible to let the faster traffic pass me.
>
>By & by, a driver in a Chrysler minivan (why is it so often a Chrysler
>minivan?), hogging the left lane, with at least a dozen cars stacked up
>behind it mile after mile, began sneaking up behind me. It was doing on
>average about 1/2 mph faster than I was. I was dreading getting stuck in
>this rolling roadblock, and sped up a bit to avoid it. The Chrysler never
>went to the right lane, and there was never quite enough room (or bold
>enough drivers behind it) to speed by on the right. Finallly after another
>few miles I got tired of this.
>
> When there was a clear-enough stretch (minus my own car) in the right lane,
>I went to the left lane and slowed down a tad to maintain the opening on the
>right. The van slowed behind me. All the traffic that was behind the
>Chrysler sped by on the right, many of them giving one or both of us mimed
>'instructions' to move over to the right. Without all that traffic behind
>him, I could now move over to the right and not risk getting trapped in a
>rolling roadblock, and I did. That was the end. (The Chrysler pulled right
>also and did not try to pass me after that. It exited a few miles further
>on.) No nasty gestures or quick swerves or anything like that from me.
>
>So, is this action on my part something you condone or abhor? Why / why
>not?
>
>

You did good. I've done the same.
--
Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:

"What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the
establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . .
Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of
the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order
to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House
of Representatives, August 17, 1789

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:04:13 GMT, > wrote:

>So I was driving on a mostly flat & straight rural 2-lane expressway with
>moderate traffic moving at reasonable & proper speeds. The right lane was
>going a little slower than I like, the left lane a little faster. I move
>left to pass & speed up a bit to avoid stacking up faster traffic, then back
>to the right lane when possible to let the faster traffic pass me.
>
>By & by, a driver in a Chrysler minivan (why is it so often a Chrysler
>minivan?), hogging the left lane, with at least a dozen cars stacked up
>behind it mile after mile, began sneaking up behind me. It was doing on
>average about 1/2 mph faster than I was. I was dreading getting stuck in
>this rolling roadblock, and sped up a bit to avoid it. The Chrysler never
>went to the right lane, and there was never quite enough room (or bold
>enough drivers behind it) to speed by on the right. Finallly after another
>few miles I got tired of this.
>
> When there was a clear-enough stretch (minus my own car) in the right lane,
>I went to the left lane and slowed down a tad to maintain the opening on the
>right. The van slowed behind me. All the traffic that was behind the
>Chrysler sped by on the right, many of them giving one or both of us mimed
>'instructions' to move over to the right. Without all that traffic behind
>him, I could now move over to the right and not risk getting trapped in a
>rolling roadblock, and I did. That was the end. (The Chrysler pulled right
>also and did not try to pass me after that. It exited a few miles further
>on.) No nasty gestures or quick swerves or anything like that from me.
>
>So, is this action on my part something you condone or abhor? Why / why
>not?
>
>

You did good. I've done the same.
--
Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:

"What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the
establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . .
Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of
the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order
to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House
of Representatives, August 17, 1789

Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote:
> If you'd just stop breaking the law by speeding, these problems would
> never come up.

If you'd stop breaking the law by blocking traffic, these problems
would never come up.

Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote:
> If you'd just stop breaking the law by speeding, these problems would
> never come up.

If you'd stop breaking the law by blocking traffic, these problems
would never come up.

Motorhead Lawyer wrote:

> In only a few states is it illegal to pass on the right. If you're too
> anal retentive to do so, get used to seeing a lotta minivan butts on
> your travels. I'll be goin' by on the right ...

Good grief, C.R.!

Surely the bottom hasn't fallen out of bankruptcy lawyering to the
extent that you've had to trade the Beemer and the Jag in for a
minivan? :-O

Motorhead Lawyer wrote:

> In only a few states is it illegal to pass on the right. If you're too
> anal retentive to do so, get used to seeing a lotta minivan butts on
> your travels. I'll be goin' by on the right ...

Good grief, C.R.!

Surely the bottom hasn't fallen out of bankruptcy lawyering to the
extent that you've had to trade the Beemer and the Jag in for a
minivan? :-O

Robert Briggs wrote:
> Motorhead Lawyer wrote:
>
> > In only a few states is it illegal to pass on the right. If you're
too
> > anal retentive to do so, get used to seeing a lotta minivan butts
on
> > your travels. I'll be goin' by on the right ...
>
> Good grief, C.R.!
>
> Surely the bottom hasn't fallen out of bankruptcy lawyering to the
> extent that you've had to trade the Beemer and the Jag in for a
> minivan? :-O

Huh? Did I say *that*? Of course not! Maybe if I explain in
mathematical terms:

Minivan = LLB;

C.R.'s wife = Da Jag;

If [not exists] winter, then C.R. = Da Red Dog ('88 535is);

If [exists] winter, then C.R. = Da Jeepster ('01 Grand Cherokee).

Minivan LLB > C.R. (as seen approaching from the rear)
Get it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)

Robert Briggs wrote:
> Motorhead Lawyer wrote:
>
> > In only a few states is it illegal to pass on the right. If you're
too
> > anal retentive to do so, get used to seeing a lotta minivan butts
on
> > your travels. I'll be goin' by on the right ...
>
> Good grief, C.R.!
>
> Surely the bottom hasn't fallen out of bankruptcy lawyering to the
> extent that you've had to trade the Beemer and the Jag in for a
> minivan? :-O

Huh? Did I say *that*? Of course not! Maybe if I explain in
mathematical terms:

Minivan = LLB;

C.R.'s wife = Da Jag;

If [not exists] winter, then C.R. = Da Red Dog ('88 535is);

If [exists] winter, then C.R. = Da Jeepster ('01 Grand Cherokee).

Minivan LLB > C.R. (as seen approaching from the rear)
Get it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)

> wrote in message
m...

Thanks for the reasoned replies.

Why I wrote --- Trying to make an overall 'philosophy of driving' for
myself. Used to get upset when the MFFY cut in front of me. Used to get
upset stuck behind LLBs. Trying to get away from that. Any single episode
will only cost a minute or so at most in the trip time. Not worth the
psychic upset.

I won't give up completely & become a limp noodle type driver (i.e. 'you
first - always'). So the evolving philosophy is... if someone displays LLB
or MFFY tendencies and they're about to slow me down or cut me off, then if
it's safe to do so, I will execute a blocking maneuver on them first. Me
first when it's my turn to be first.

This includes the cutoff when coasting to the light (seen in another thread
here). If you're gonna cut me off, come to a dead stop as the light turns
green, and then slow me down, I might speed up a bit to cut you off & keep
you out of my lane. No guilt from me. Me first when it's my turn to be
first. But if I'm snoozing and you execute the maneuver, or if you're
driving so stupid I think you might wreck, then I will let you go, and I
won't get upset.

That's the working plan.