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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: Passing in the left lane (and apologies)
Message-ID: <398@cvl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-May-85 19:10:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 19:10:02 1985
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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?
>
>	.
>	.
>	.
> Pretty useless analysis, you say?  I think that the problem is that the
> situation that you describe would never crop up in real life.  If the
> center lane is so packed that it is impossible to get back into from the
> left lane, then the left lane will also be very crowded; furthermore, under
> these conditions there typically won't be a great difference in speed between
> the two lanes.
> 
> And if I'm wrong?  Flame me, of course!
> 
> Dan Masi

During certain hours of the day, The Beltway around DC (495) has congestion
in all except the left lane.  This splendid state of affairs is often spoiled
by a few slower cars in the left lane.

-eli
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