Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!mks!mike From: mike@mks.UUCP (Mike Brookbank) Newsgroups: ont.general Subject: Re: Highway Driving Rules Message-ID: <797@mks.UUCP> Date: 20 Apr 89 17:03:11 GMT References: <8904061731.AA21685@ellesmere.csri.toronto.edu> <3098@looking.UUCP> <794@mks.UUCP> Reply-To: mike@mks.UUCP (Mike Brookbank) Distribution: ont Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Lines: 29 With all this discussion of Highway Driving Manners and Mores, what I would like to know is why drivers can't pay more attention to the rhythm of traffic and drive accordingly. What I mean by rhythm is the speed and nature of the traffic at the current time. For example, traffic coming into Toronto from the suburbs just after rush hour often moves at an average of 110 to 130 kmph. The left hand lane should be moving at a higher rate than the right hand lane. At this time and place the traffic is usually fairly solid with little room for frequent lane switches. Unfortunately, there always seems to be two types of drivers ruining the rhythm. The driver who insist on travelling 140 kmph and therefore weaving in and out of slower traffic and on the other side, the driver who travels at 95 kmph in the left lane. Both drivers represent a hazard because they are disturbing the traffic rhythm. Sometimes, like late at night, it is viable (although illegal), to travel at 140 kmph because the there is plenty of room between cars and trucks to travel in the right hand lane and pass on the left. Other times, like the above example, it just isn't reasonable. So why can't we all pay more attention, like they do in Germany and Italy, to the traffic patterns and rhythms and learn to drive as a collective team rather than little aluminium wrapped egos. -- Mike Brookbank Phone: (519)884-2251 Mortice Kern Systems Inc. UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!mike 35 King St. North BIX: join mks Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9 CompuServe: 73260,1043