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From: mag@whuxlm.UUCP (Gray Michael A)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Passing in the fast lane (and apologies)
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 15:56:10 EDT
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> Here is the situation I have questions about.  I'm in the center lane,
> which is packed.  We're all moving about 50 mph.  I pull out to pass at
> 55 mph, and someone roars up behind me.  If there is no room to move over,
> for maybe a minute or two, what do I do?  Do I speed up, or slow down to
> take my original spot back, if possible?  This is the situation in which
> I take the position that I can stay in the fast lane as long as it takes
> ME to pass.  Still wrong?  Then what do I do?
> 
> 				Rob St. Amant
> 
As long as you are really passing, you are doing the right thing in my book.

Mike Gray