"Rule breakers" improve congestion

Uh oh: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...8166277&page=1

On 2009-07-25, > wrote:
> Uh oh: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...8166277&page=1

It depends on what rule is being broken and when. The one mentioned,
changing lanes to get around sloths would be one of them.

The reason that is, is because the common sense rules were created long
ago, but the government and the control freaks that use it can't leave
well enough alone. So they tinker by lowering speed limits, lane
restrictions, all sorts of nonsense that creates congestion.

On Jul 25, 8:36*am, Brent > wrote:
> On 2009-07-25, > wrote:
>
> > Uh oh:http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...8166277&page=1
>
> It depends on what rule is being broken and when. The one mentioned,
> changing lanes to get around sloths would be one of them.
>
> The reason that is, is because the common sense rules were created long
> ago, but the government and the control freaks that use it can't leave
> well enough alone. So they tinker by lowering speed limits, lane
> restrictions, all sorts of nonsense that creates congestion.

In California, if you're driving along a road with only one lane in
each direction and there are five of more vehicles behind you and none
close in front of you, you must pull over and let them pass.

>In California, if you're driving along a road with only one lane in
>each direction and there are five of more vehicles behind you and none
>close in front of you, you must pull over and let them pass.

I believe every state has similar laws. I've lived in several states that
all had laws worded to that effect. Now if it was only ENFORCED, anywhere.
Sigh... -Dave

On Jul 25, 9:15*am, "Dave" > wrote:
> >In California, if you're driving along a road with only one lane in
> >each direction and there are five of more vehicles behind you and none
> >close in front of you, you must pull over and let them pass.
>
> I believe every state has similar laws. *I've lived in several states that
> all had laws worded to that effect. *Now if it was only ENFORCED, anywhere.
> Sigh... *-Dave

I've seen it enforced in California - it took a lot of fancy passing
by the officer and co-operation by the knowledgable drivers in the
line.

On Jul 25, 9:15*am, "Dave" > wrote:
> >In California, if you're driving along a road with only one lane in
> >each direction and there are five of more vehicles behind you and none
> >close in front of you, you must pull over and let them pass.
>
> I believe every state has similar laws. *I've lived in several states that
> all had laws worded to that effect. *Now if it was only ENFORCED, anywhere.
> Sigh... *-Dave

Exactly. I learned to drive in Idaho back in the 40s. That rule was
prominently posted then and was ignored by everyone...well, by
everyone except the people who were in que behind a sloth. It is
still ignored today in every state I have driven (49 of the 50).

Harry K

On Jul 25, 7:24*pm, Scott in SoCal > wrote:
> In message
> >,
>
> wrote:
> >Uh oh:http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...8166277&page=1
>
> These researchers are morons.
>
> Read between the lines of that study and you'll see it is rule
> breakers who CAUSE the problems in the first place. Drivers who drive
> slowly and don't KRETP and/or refuse to pull off the road to allow
> faster traffic to pass are treated as "rule followers" whereas the guy
> who violates the speed limit in order to pass one of these ****tards
> is a "rule breaker."

You're a riot.

"Physicists at the school uncovered >(extrapolated)< this >(imagined)<
phenomenon >(a mere "observation")< while constructing >("while"
constructing...?!)< a computer model >(computer model...?)< of how a
crowd of people move across a confined space such as a pedestrian-only
street."

I wonder about the "results" returned "after" the "computer model" was
"finished".

The level of this "research" rivals that of the "reporting".
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- gpsman