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Trading lanes
Timothy J. Lee wrote:
> Suppose you are in the following situation: > > ------------------------- > other> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > you> > ------------------------- > > The other vehicle is behind you, not overlapping, going about the > same speed as you are. You are approaching a place where the road > splits. The right lane must turn right, and the left lane must > turn left. > > You intend to go left. You turn on your left turn signal. Then > the other vehicle speeds up to pass, then cuts closely in front of > you in order to barely make the right turn. > > Why the pointless and risky passing in this case when the other > driver could have just gone in behind you, knowing that you would > soon be out of his/her way (because you were signaling that you > were about to go the other way from where s/he wants to go)? I agree, but in your shoes I would prevent the problem -- by not signaling. This is a great example of a case where signaling a lane change can do only harm. |
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Timothy J. Lee wrote:
> Suppose you are in the following situation: > > ------------------------- > other> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > you> > ------------------------- > > The other vehicle is behind you, not overlapping, going about the > same speed as you are. You are approaching a place where the road > splits. The right lane must turn right, and the left lane must > turn left. > > You intend to go left. You turn on your left turn signal. Then > the other vehicle speeds up to pass, then cuts closely in front of > you in order to barely make the right turn. > > Why the pointless and risky passing in this case when the other > driver could have just gone in behind you, knowing that you would > soon be out of his/her way (because you were signaling that you > were about to go the other way from where s/he wants to go)? I agree, but in your shoes I would prevent the problem -- by not signaling. This is a great example of a case where signaling a lane change can do only harm. |
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