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From: jackh@zehntel.UUCP (jack hagerty)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: ignorance and high beams
Message-ID: <1817@zehntel.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 12:45:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 17 12:45:56 1985
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> When some nut comes barelling along the highway behind me (which is
> usual, since I normally try to keep the car around 50 on freeways 
> for various reasons, all of which seem worthwhile to me), flashing
> the brights is unnecessary most of the time.  I can see the car coming
> perfectly well, thank you, and I am more than happy to get out of the
> way, but ONLY when I consider it safe to move aside to let those
> behind me pass.  I'll be damned if I am going to get out of the way
> that very second just to please some yahoo who can't wait a few
> extra seconds.  
> 
> All I really have to say is this:
> 
> ... just wait a few seconds.  All I really want to do is get out
> of the way.. SAFELY.
> 
> Mark Modig
> ihnp4!sftri!mom



This certianly seems to be a rational, mature attitude except for one
thing: If you're only travelling 50 mph on the freeway (only 5 mph above
the legal minimum) then you have *absolutely no business* being in any
lane except the far right. At 50 mph you're talking closing speeds of 
20 mph or more compared to the rest of traffic. That's a powerful amount
of momentum to lose not to mention that the person behind you is presenting
higher-than-expected decelerations to the car behind him/her.

How would you feel if you came up behind a farmer driving his combine
down the road at 30 mph and wanted *you* to "just wait a few seconds"
for him to get out of the way?


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                    Jack Hagerty, Zehntel Automation Systems
                          ...!ihnp4!zehntel!jackh