Subject	I disagree with a lane dedicated to entering/exiting
Posted by	Technomancer on September 28, 2005 at 11:54 AM
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In Reply To	In theory, or per the letter of the law, you may be right posted by BigTDogg (MA) on September 28, 2005 at 11:22 AM
Message	That is what the onramp is for. If you "cruise" in the middle lane, with slightly faster traffic passing on the left, you force the really fast traffic to pass on the right! Now the people merging onto the highway are forced to merge with the absolute fastest traffic instead of the slowest. This is a common mistake but a mistake it is. I causes the highway to accomodate about 33% less traffic than it could. If you are in dense "crystalized" traffic, all lanes are full, all moving at the same speed, then none of this matters. But if traffic can flow past each other, you should drive in the rightmost lane available to you unless actually passing. Merging people have to look out for themselves, it is THEIR responsibility to find a spot and merge into it. If you are in the right lane, you should not "make room" for them; it causes more problems than it solves. Stepping off soap box... - John
Follow Ups	Kinda Z related.. So I'm on my way to work this morning - CAP927 (Boston) 09:25:11 09/28/05 I wouldn't criticize him. - Kenny 09:30:43 09/28/05 I wanted to keep at least 2-3 car distance between - CAP927 (Boston) 09:37:19 09/28/05 "Keep right except to pass" - boileralum 09:39:50 09/28/05 OK so is it wrong? last time I checked right lane is for - CAP927 (Boston) 09:46:06 09/28/05 Thread backfire. - Kenny 09:49:52 09/28/05 I wasn't looking for simpathy if that's whaty you're - CAP927 (Boston) 09:55:31 09/28/05 I didn't argue, just pointed out that you were at fault. - Kenny 10:05:08 09/28/05 than it must be that you didn't get a tip in this morning - CAP927 (Boston) 10:40:16 09/28/05 I knew I was missing something... (n/m) - Kenny 10:46:29 09/28/05 He needs you to stick the tip in, just a little ;-) - boileralum 10:08:26 09/28/05 Yeah, but the problem with that rule is... - KaZ (VaBch) 10:02:59 09/28/05 Your pet peeve rarely happens in the Z - BigTDogg (MA) 10:06:16 09/28/05 Right... yeah, I definitely never had that problem in the Z - KaZ (VaBch) 10:59:09 09/28/05 I agree with you completely. - boileralum 10:12:35 09/28/05 Middle lane is 'fair game' for anyone to use on a 3 lane - Zirvana 10:29:12 09/28/05 love the new sig (n/m) - atl300zxtt 09:40:52 09/28/05 owned! hehe - atl300zxtt 09:40:09 09/28/05 o shut up - genic 09:53:08 09/28/05 next time, I'll ride my mnt bike, I'll spank that Insights - CAP927 (Boston) 09:59:16 09/28/05 i had a buddy who worked at a honda dealer and he - atl300zxtt 10:03:28 09/28/05 i had a buddy that didnt find that funny (n/m) - genic 10:16:44 09/28/05 not if you know how to downshift (n/m) - maglito 23:17:42 09/28/05 I've had mine over 100 mph... - maglito 23:18:28 09/28/05 1 word...sarcasm (n/m) - atl300zxtt 10:03:46 09/28/05 Buy a horse its gotta be cheaper in the long run =P (n/m) - james-lee(twinturbo.net) 10:50:28 09/28/05 My $74 21-speed from walmart is working great! (n/m) - CollegeBoy 11:25:32 09/28/05 He was in the middle of 3 lanes, perfectly fine. - BigTDogg (MA) 09:49:19 09/28/05 I'm right, you're wrong. (n/m) - Kenny 09:50:35 09/28/05 Not really... - BigTDogg (MA) 09:55:09 09/28/05 Your second point is not contingent on the first =). (n/m) - Kenny 10:06:47 09/28/05 OK I'll try to explain it better... - CAP927 (Boston) 10:14:22 09/28/05 Yeah, you were fine. That hippie needs to go decaf, lol. - BigTDogg (MA) 10:24:53 09/28/05 better calculator (though that is fine for that) - boileralum 10:52:39 09/28/05 The middle lane is NOT for "cruising" - Technomancer 11:12:32 09/28/05 In theory, or per the letter of the law, you may be right - BigTDogg (MA) 11:22:07 09/28/05 I disagree with a lane dedicated to entering/exiting - Technomancer 11:54:58 09/28/05 *taking soap box, smashing over head, throwing on ground - BigTDogg (MA) 12:07:59 09/28/05 then traffic would just travel in that lane too - Technomancer 12:14:53 09/28/05 *Kumbaya (n/m) - aggiez32 16:09:12 09/28/05 Gratzi (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 17:13:40 09/28/05 "stay right except to pass" "slower vehicles use right lane" - dogpile 12:02:38 09/28/05 does anyone in socal ever follow that? - apudapus 10:19:59 09/28/05 I would. (n/m) - turtleboy 15:30:34 09/28/05 going that slow, you may have needed to be another lane over - John@z1 09:40:48 09/28/05 you? quick lane changes? get out! (n/m) - Zeus 09:49:32 09/28/05 I now refer to it as "pulling a Carlos" (n/m) - ZEngineer 10:58:05 09/28/05 hey.. I was hungry and thristy from the night before (n/m) - CAP927 (Boston) 11:52:55 09/28/05 You were probably plugging traffic - Technomancer 09:53:29 09/28/05 Maybe he was trying to draft you. - aggiez32 09:57:06 09/28/05 lol! best response yet. (n/m) - apudapus 10:16:00 09/28/05 With light traffic, I say its ok to drive in the middle lane - Demonoid-Z 10:14:55 09/28/05 and wasted valuable battery juice in the process. LOL (n/m) - CAP927 (Boston) 10:17:38 09/28/05 *flashing* the lights* is to tell people you want to pass. - SuparexTT 09:29:46 09/29/05 ditto - nor cal has the worst left lane 'cruisers'... - DangerHunter 10:28:44 09/28/05 You drink liquids inside your Z? darn! (n/m) - E=mz² 10:55:55 09/28/05 I drink coffee etc in mine, cause I spill I clean... - BigTDogg (MA) 11:38:10 09/28/05 he should have moved over - maglito 23:22:14 09/28/05
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