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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
Brent ) writes:
> On 2013-12-06, Dave Head > wrote: >> On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 17:06:27 +0000 (UTC), Brent > wrote: >> >>>On 2013-12-03, Dave Head > wrote: >>>> On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 07:22:08 -0800, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr." > wrote: >>>> >>>>>I state that slower traffic should keep one lane to the left of the right >>>>>lane on any road with three or more lanes in one direction. >>>>> >>>>>The reasons are because the rightmost lane often becomes exit only or there >>>>>is a lane reduction closing the right lane anyway. Then slower traffic has >>>>>to merge into faster traffic anyway. >>>>> >>>>>Discuss. >>>> >>>> This is the "correct", although maybe not strictly legal to drive >>>> these roads. >>> >>>it's not. It's typical american patch to treat symptoms of other >>>problems and thus creating more problems. >>> >>>> Keeping totally to the right, this stuff happens: >>>> >>>> 1) Everyone else that merges into traffic when entering such a roadway >>>> does so at 45 mph. You either have to brake, or move left anyway. >>> >>>They shouldn't be doing that. Fix this problem instead of creating >>>another. > >> Yep. But the only thing I have the power to do is to not get killed >> by it. The way to do that is to not be there - IOW, be a lane >> over... > > That doesn't make it the correct way to drive, in quotes or not. > Furthermore there are other ways to deal with it. They are lazy drivers, > they only push as far as others will cater to them more times than not. > >>>> 2) If you want to move left, there is always some moron that has >>>> caught up to you and slowed down so as to occupy your blind spot >>>> forever. Eventually you are going to miss one of them and then not >>>> "miss" them, and you are all going to end up into a frappin' light >>>> pole... > >>>Again, another problem that should be dealt with instead of patched >>>over. > >> I deal with it in the only manner I have power to. > > You could set your mirrors properly. > >>>> The right lane is for merging onto and exiting from a 3-or-more lanes >>>> wide expressway, no matter what the (antiquated) laws say. > >>>No it's not for "merging and exiting". It's for driving. > >> Nope, not any more... > > I drive in the right lane much of the time. > >>>> Driving is about survival, not obeying laws. > >>>In north america it's about laziness. > >> You go ahead and moralize all the way to the horizon, and I'll drive >> to survive. > > You're the one moralizing your own form of lazy driving. > >>>One lazy driver after the other >>>creating an unworkable situation as they all try to pass the required >>>effort of the task on to others. The merger expects others to avoid so >>>he passes the work on to the drivers in the right lane. The drivers in >>>the right lane don't want to do it so they cruise one lane further left >>>passing on the effort to faster traffic.... just passing the buck, >>>kicking the can... laziness. And people wonder why there is so much >>>traffic congestion. All lanes left of the right lane are for passing. If you're in them and not passing... YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE!!! |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:53:57 PM UTC-8, M.A. Stewart wrote:
> > All lanes left of the right lane are for passing. If you're in them and > not passing... YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE!!! Even if all lanes are full and you are only driving through? I5 in the Seattle metro area is so jammed you pick the lane best for your travel, keep up with whatever the traffic is in that lane and pray you can find a gap if you need to change lanes. Same is true in Spokane. basically 3-4 lanes all traveling about the same speed and all full. Right lane is a nightmare with exit/entrance every 1/2 mile. One size does not fit all. Harry K |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On 2013-12-13, Harry K > wrote:
> On Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:53:57 PM UTC-8, M.A. Stewart wrote: >> >> All lanes left of the right lane are for passing. If you're in them and >> not passing... YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE!!! > > Even if all lanes are full and you are only driving through? I5 in the Seattle metro area is so jammed you pick the lane best for your travel, keep up with whatever the traffic is in that lane and pray you can find a gap if you need to change lanes. Same is true in Spokane. basically 3-4 lanes all traveling about the same speed and all full. Right lane is a nightmare with exit/entrance every 1/2 mile. > One size does not fit all. Poor lazy driving begets more poor lazy driving until there is gridlock. |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On Friday, December 13, 2013 6:10:10 PM UTC-8, Brent wrote:
> On 2013-12-13, Harry K wrote: > > > On Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:53:57 PM UTC-8, M.A. Stewart wrote: > > >> > > >> All lanes left of the right lane are for passing. If you're in them and > > >> not passing... YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE!!! > > > > > > Even if all lanes are full and you are only driving through? I5 in > > the Seattle metro area is so jammed you pick the lane best for your > > travel, keep up with whatever the traffic is in that lane and pray you > > can find a gap if you need to change lanes. Same is true in Spokane. > > basically 3-4 lanes all traveling about the same speed and all full. > > Right lane is a nightmare with exit/entrance every 1/2 mile. > > > > > One size does not fit all. > > > > Poor lazy driving begets more poor lazy driving until there is > > gridlock. Clue Brent: In the areas I mentioned there is _already_ gridlock. Harry K |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On 2013-12-14, Harry K > wrote:
> On Friday, December 13, 2013 6:10:10 PM UTC-8, Brent wrote: >> On 2013-12-13, Harry K wrote: >> >> > On Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:53:57 PM UTC-8, M.A. Stewart wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> All lanes left of the right lane are for passing. If you're in them and >> >> >> not passing... YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE!!! >> >> > >> >> > Even if all lanes are full and you are only driving through? I5 in >> >> the Seattle metro area is so jammed you pick the lane best for your >> >> travel, keep up with whatever the traffic is in that lane and pray you >> >> can find a gap if you need to change lanes. Same is true in Spokane. >> >> basically 3-4 lanes all traveling about the same speed and all full. >> >> Right lane is a nightmare with exit/entrance every 1/2 mile. >> >> >> >> > One size does not fit all. >> >> >> >> Poor lazy driving begets more poor lazy driving until there is >> >> gridlock. > > Clue Brent: In the areas I mentioned there is _already_ gridlock. Clue: Harry: I live in one of the biggest metro areas of the country and I can keep right except to pass. Why can't you? When I go through downtown chicago on I90/94 I am usually to the left as I am coming out of or going into the reversibles, however I've done so many times on the right oh and get this... there are ramps on the LEFT AND RIGHT there. I did it just fine before half the ramps on the left were removed too. |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On 12/13/2013 12:37 PM, Harry K wrote:
> On Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:53:57 PM UTC-8, M.A. Stewart wrote: >> >> All lanes left of the right lane are for passing. If you're in them >> and not passing... YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE!!! > > Even if all lanes are full and you are only driving through? I5 in > the Seattle metro area is so jammed you pick the lane best for your > travel, keep up with whatever the traffic is in that lane and pray > you can find a gap if you need to change lanes. It's not that hard to find a gap to change lanes into if you actually plan ahead. If I can do it on the Capital Beltway and on highways around NYC, so can you. |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:24:28 AM UTC-8, Brent wrote:
> On 2013-12-14, Harry K wrote: > > > On Friday, December 13, 2013 6:10:10 PM UTC-8, Brent wrote: <snip> > >> Poor lazy driving begets more poor lazy driving until there is >> gridlock. > > Clue Brent: In the areas I mentioned there is _already_ gridlock. > Clue: Harry: I live in one of the biggest metro areas of the country > and I can keep right except to pass. Why can't you? > When I go through downtown chicago on I90/94 I am usually to the left > as I am coming out of or going into the reversibles, however I've done > so many times on the right oh and get this... there are ramps on the > LEFT AND RIGHT there. I did it just fine before half the ramps on the > left were removed too. I get it Brent. You think that in near gridlock traffic, EVERYBODY needs to crammed into the right lane leaving those lanes to the left under capacity. Real smart thinking there. Harry K |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
"Arif Khokar" > wrote in message
... > On 12/06/2013 01:50 AM, Dave Head wrote: >> On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 17:06:27 +0000 (UTC), Brent >> > wrote: >>>> Keeping totally to the right, this stuff happens: >>>> >>>> 1) Everyone else that merges into traffic when entering such a roadway >>>> does so at 45 mph. You either have to brake, or move left anyway. >>> >>> They shouldn't be doing that. Fix this problem instead of creating >>> another. >> >> Yep. But the only thing I have the power to do is to not get killed >> by it. The way to do that is to not be there - IOW, be a lane >> over... > > You're not going to get killed by it. IME, impaired mergers will not ram > your vehicle when trying to merge. They usually either fall in behind you > or actually accelerate and merge properly if you remain in the right hand > lane. Tell that to the thru traffic that SPEEDS UP to time it so they will collide with the merger--forcing the merger to speed up themselves or slow down and brake. If they were going faster than merging traffic, they could have changed one lane to the left (two or more lanes in the same direction). NO, I don't think forcing the merger to stop on the onramp is safe driving on the thru traffic driver's part. Oh and "finding" a gap in gridlock traffic usually means the lane changer has to risk rear-end colliding the vehicle in front of them because of the other driver that won't let them in. >>> >>>> 2) If you want to move left, there is always some moron that has >>>> caught up to you and slowed down so as to occupy your blind spot >>>> forever. Eventually you are going to miss one of them and then not >>>> "miss" them, and you are all going to end up into a frappin' light >>>> pole... >>> >>> Again, another problem that should be dealt with instead of patched >>> over. >> >> I deal with it in the only manner I have power to. > > You could try setting your mirrors properly. >> In other words, BGE. [snip...] |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On 2013-12-15, Harry K > wrote:
> On Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:24:28 AM UTC-8, Brent wrote: >> On 2013-12-14, Harry K wrote: >> >> > On Friday, December 13, 2013 6:10:10 PM UTC-8, Brent wrote: > ><snip> > >> >> Poor lazy driving begets more poor lazy driving until there is > >> gridlock. > >> > Clue Brent: In the areas I mentioned there is _already_ gridlock. > >> Clue: Harry: I live in one of the biggest metro areas of the country >> and I can keep right except to pass. Why can't you? > >> When I go through downtown chicago on I90/94 I am usually to the left >> as I am coming out of or going into the reversibles, however I've done >> so many times on the right oh and get this... there are ramps on the >> LEFT AND RIGHT there. I did it just fine before half the ramps on the >> left were removed too. > > I get it Brent. You think that in near gridlock traffic, EVERYBODY needs to crammed into the right lane leaving those lanes to the left under capacity. Real smart thinking there. No, you avoid gridlock or at least delay its onset and shorten its duration by not having a bunch of lazy asshats driving the same speed side by side reducing throughput. |
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Slower traffic: keep one lane left of the right lane
On 12/16/2013 10:03 AM, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:
> "Arif Khokar" > wrote in message > ... >> On 12/06/2013 01:50 AM, Dave Head wrote: >>> On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 17:06:27 +0000 (UTC), Brent >>> > wrote: >>>>> Keeping totally to the right, this stuff happens: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Everyone else that merges into traffic when entering such a roadway >>>>> does so at 45 mph. You either have to brake, or move left anyway. >>>> >>>> They shouldn't be doing that. Fix this problem instead of creating >>>> another. >>> >>> Yep. But the only thing I have the power to do is to not get killed >>> by it. The way to do that is to not be there - IOW, be a lane >>> over... >> >> You're not going to get killed by it. IME, impaired mergers will not >> ram your vehicle when trying to merge. They usually either fall in >> behind you or actually accelerate and merge properly if you remain in >> the right hand lane. > > Tell that to the thru traffic that SPEEDS UP to time it so they will > collide with the merger--forcing the merger to speed up themselves or > slow down and brake. If they were going faster than merging traffic, > they could have changed one lane to the left (two or more lanes in the > same direction). > > NO, I don't think forcing the merger to stop on the onramp is safe > driving on the thru traffic driver's part. Then you must have quite a time with the interval signals on the access ramps. > > Oh and "finding" a gap in gridlock traffic usually means the lane > changer has to risk rear-end colliding the vehicle in front of them > because of the other driver that won't let them in. Anticipation or even, heaven forbid, slowing down typically works in those situations. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com |
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