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From: root@helios.toronto.edu (Operator)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Highway Driving Rules
Message-ID: <779@helios.toronto.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 89 22:43:41 GMT
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Reply-To: sysruth@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Ruth Milner)
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In article <794@mks.UUCP> wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler) writes:
>No, I think the best bet is to maintain a constant speed at all times
>(but not running into things in front of you :-), moving into the
>passing lane when necessary, and returning to the right lane when
>possible. 
>
And in fact you can often make extremely good progress this way. I have
frequently seen heavy-loading situations where there are dozens of cars
creeping along in the "fast" lane, sometimes not even managing the speed
limit, passing a few widely-separated cars which might be doing a few
units ph slower. By maintaining a constant speed, e.g. the speed limit
or only a very few units ph faster, you can follow the policy above and
wind up passing all the "passing" cars very efficiently.

And for those of you who can't stand being passed on the right: if you
aren't passing someone, move over. If everyone did that, traffic would
flow faster and more smoothly. It's not illegal to pass on the right on 
a multi-lane highway, and provided you keep your eyes peeled at all times 
(which you should be doing anyway), it's not unsafe either.

I love driving. I'm not talking about weaving here, I don't like weavers
any more than it sounds like anyone else here does. I'm talking about
trundle along till you come up on someone; move into passing lane when
possible; pass at flow-of-traffic speed; move back into the right lane;
continue until you come up on yet another slow car. And I do that whether
or not there is anyone behind me or in front of me.

It works. And it makes driving a lot of fun.
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