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From: ken@hrpd3.UUCP (K.COCHRAN)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Tailgating 18 Wheelers: a (better) solution
Message-ID: <253@hrpd3.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 09:57:04 EDT
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	To those of you who feel that doing 55 in the left lane for a prolonged
time when the right lane(s) is/are clear is OK  to slow down speeders........

	YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW TOO  !!!!!!!!

Have you never seen the signs which say "keep right except to pass".
If you hog the left lane, you encourage drivers who may not have the same
regard for the law that you do to overtake on your right, thus endangering
other road users, and yourself when you do decide to move right.
	I have several times (my own fault for staying left too long) almost
been in an accident as I moved right only to find there was another driver
overtaking on my right side, whom I almost crashed into.  The keep right
except to pass, and 'overtake only to the left of the vehicle in front'
regulations benefit everyone by making it more predictable that you will
be able to move right and slow down when you please.

			Ken Cochran.

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