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Old February 22nd 05, 06:13 PM
Cartlon Shew
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Default Why passing on the right is dangerous

Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
changing lanes.

Yesterday on I-17, LLB-ers in full force so I jumped behind a camaro
that was also passing a pickup truck on the right.

The pickup was totally oblivious to the fact that I was right next to
him when he started to change lanes. He remained oblvious until I
was halfway onto the shoulder and halfway in front of him.
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Old February 22nd 05, 06:40 PM
Garth Almgren
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On 2/22/2005 9:13 AM, Cartlon Shew wrote:

> Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
> changing lanes.
>
> Yesterday on I-17, LLB-ers in full force so I jumped behind a camaro
> that was also passing a pickup truck on the right.
>
> The pickup was totally oblivious to the fact that I was right next to
> him when he started to change lanes. He remained oblvious until I
> was halfway onto the shoulder and halfway in front of him.


Not to disparage the many benefits of only passing on the left and KRETP
in general, but it sounds like this is a case where you simply ran into
a Carl Taylor-esque moron (complete with LLBing pickup) that didn't know
how to properly use their mirrors when changing lanes.

In the unlikely event that they bothered to check their passenger-side
mirror or head-check before changing lanes, 10 to 1 says that the mirror
wasn't properly adjusted outward far enough for them to see you alongside.


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Old February 22nd 05, 06:46 PM
C. E. White
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Cartlon Shew wrote:
>
> Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
> changing lanes.


This applies when changing lanes in either direction. Surely
you have been chased out of the left lane when someone
doesn't look before moving left?

Ed
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Old February 22nd 05, 09:50 PM
Cartlon Shew
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:46:43 -0500, "C. E. White"
> wrote:

>
>
>Cartlon Shew wrote:
>>
>> Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
>> changing lanes.

>
>This applies when changing lanes in either direction. Surely
>you have been chased out of the left lane when someone
>doesn't look before moving left?
>


you've got a point there.

I should have said "Why giving driver's licenses to idiots is
dangerous"

>Ed


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Old February 22nd 05, 10:22 PM
Skip Elliott Bowman
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"C. E. White" > wrote in message
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> Cartlon Shew wrote:
>>
>> Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
>> changing lanes.

>
> This applies when changing lanes in either direction. Surely
> you have been chased out of the left lane when someone
> doesn't look before moving left?


Introduce them to your little friend, Mr. Horn.


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Old February 23rd 05, 12:11 AM
Old Wolf
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Cartlon Shew wrote:
> >
> >Cartlon Shew wrote:
> >>
> >> Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look

before
> >> changing lanes.


In other news, the sky is blue.

> >This applies when changing lanes in either direction. Surely
> >you have been chased out of the left lane when someone
> >doesn't look before moving left?

>
> you've got a point there.


Many LLBs have the attitude "speeding is evil". They use this
to justify their LLBing. Therefore it does not cross their
mind that when they change to a slower lane, there might
be someone in that lane going faster than them. Therefore
they do not bother to head-check or check mirrors.

It happens less when moving into a faster lane, as in that case
it is to be expected that someone might be racing up beside
you on that side.

>
> I should have said "Why giving driver's licenses to idiots is
> dangerous"
>


Actually I was almost that idiot myself, one time. On a 2-lane
road with little opportunity to pass safely, I was stuck behind
some Indians going about 5 under the underposted limit, no other
cars in sight ahead. Then we came to a passing lane. The indians
moved smoothly into the passing lane. After honking and tailgating
failed, I decided to pass using the regular lane. However,
a car that was previously some distance behind me had also decided
to pass on the regular lane (and was doing 30+ over the limit), I
had stopped checking my mirrors for a while as I concentrated on
the morons in front. Fortunately, my head check saved me from
ploughing into him and taking out all 3 cars.

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Old February 23rd 05, 03:49 AM
Arif Khokar
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C. E. White wrote:

> Cartlon Shew wrote:


>>Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
>>changing lanes.


> This applies when changing lanes in either direction. Surely
> you have been chased out of the left lane when someone
> doesn't look before moving left?


In most cases, it's easier to notice cars to the left because the driver
sits on the left side of the car.
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Old February 23rd 05, 11:29 AM
Nate Nagel
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Arif Khokar wrote:

> C. E. White wrote:
>
>> Cartlon Shew wrote:

>
>
>>> Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
>>> changing lanes.

>
>
>> This applies when changing lanes in either direction. Surely
>> you have been chased out of the left lane when someone
>> doesn't look before moving left?

>
>
> In most cases, it's easier to notice cars to the left because the driver
> sits on the left side of the car.


You've got a better angle for the mirror that way as well. It's harder
to notice vehicles very close to you on the right.

nate

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Old February 23rd 05, 08:05 PM
Furious George
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Scott en Aztl=E1n wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:13:54 -0700, Cartlon Shew >
> wrote:
>
> >Because there are too many idiots on the roads who don't look before
> >changing lanes.

>
> Those same idiots also fail to look when changing lanes to the left,
> so why do you think there is an asymmetry to the danger?
>
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In most cars the driver sits on the left-hand side.

 




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