Path: utzoo!yunexus!landolt From: landolt@yunexus.UUCP (Paul Landolt) Newsgroups: ont.general Subject: Re: Lawbreakers (was Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules)) Message-ID: <1967@yunexus.UUCP> Date: 18 May 89 14:39:06 GMT Article-I.D.: yunexus.1967 References: <9584@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <3217@looking.UUCP> <3225@looking.UUCP> <264@sickkids.UUCP> <1942@yunexus.UUCP> <1737@client1.DRETOR.UUCP> Reply-To: landolt@yunexus.UUCP (Paul Landolt) Distribution: ont Organization: York U. Computing Services Lines: 49 In article <1737@client1.DRETOR.UUCP> schuck@client1.dciem.dnd.ca (Mary Margaret Schuck) writes: > By insisting that all non-speeders stay in the right-hand lane >"where they BELONG" you have denied law-abiding drivers going at the limit >the right to move at the rate they choose Not true. By making the effort to stay in the right lanes, you will allow those who wish to travel at a faster rate to do so. If 'they' (which could (but not neccesarily _does_) include myself) stay in the left lane and prevent other people from travelling at their preferred rate, then they part of the problem, not the solution. I am neither applauding those who exceed the posted limit, nor am I condemming those who travel under it. I understand completely that road conditions and personal preferences dictate the 'preferred' rate. I myself am comfortable at 100kph (It used to be 'resigned to', since my old car's stop speed was 100!), and when I travel at this rate, I stay in the right lane, out of the way. When I come up to a slower driver, I pass them, and get back into the right lane. _However_, if I am travelling 110, and someone infront of me is going 100, I would like to pass. If the car in front of me is being matched by another car, I am unable to do that. (If the matching car is physically unable to prevent the speed matching, then OK, these things happen. But, this is, in my opinion, the only tolerable excuse). >And we all know what your reaction will be if you find a vehicle doing a >mere 100 in "your" lane. By the context of your message, I don't think you do. If the average rate in "My" lane was 120, and there was nothing _phsycally_ preventing this person from leaving "My" lane, I would be annoyed I'd prefer it if you would all tell us what I am think, I do SO hate guessing. My entire argument stems from (what I consider to be) a very simple rule of thumb. The _posted_ rate is not the issue (which does _not_ imply that I advocate accessive deviance from the posted limits). If you are in a lane where you are doing less that the average rate, move over to the right. If you have to pass someone, then move to the left, pass as quickly as is safe, then return. If people cared what was behind them, then it wouldn't be a problem. -- Really: J. Paul Landolt | Some of us are born unto greatness, INTERNET: LANDOLT@Nexus.YorkU.CA | Others see no problem with swiping it! "The opinions expressed are mine. Don't blame the boss. She only hired me"