On 6/7/2010 9:07 AM, scott wrote:
>> * The acceleration lanes for entering the freeway ARE NOT PASSING
>> LANES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PASS VEHICLES IN THIS LANE.
>
> Also, you are meant to ACCELERATE in these lanes! On Saturday I followed
> a car that stayed at a steady 40-50 km/hr and attempted to join a pretty
> empty autobahn where the cars were doing ~120 km/hr. When you're stuck
> behind one of these people there isn't much you can do, and you will be
> the one who gets the horn blast and flashing lights for pulling out so
> slowly.

Gah!  Yet another peeve... but, yeah. Needless to say merging onto a 
70mph road at 50mph is not going to win you any friends.
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:56:26 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 07/06/2010 6:28 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:30:47 -0400, Tom Austin wrote:
>>
>>> Those who drive in the undertaking lane are causing a traffic hazard.
>>
>> I've found this thread quite interesting; I learned that one should
>> never undertake (never heard it called that before; "pass on the right"
>> is how it was explained to me), and so I try to avoid doing that
>> myself.
>>
>>
> Undertaking implies death and shows disapproval. I never do it.

LOL, I missed that definition entirely. :-)

>> I agree with your philosophy, though, and I wish more people held that
>> idea.  When driving a ton or more of metal at 65+ MPH on the freeway, a
>> little respect goes a long ways towards saving lives.
>>
>>
> LOL In the UK doing a ton means driving at 100 mph.

Interesting, I didn't know that. :-)

Jim

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:00:31 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 07/06/2010 5:49 PM, Jim Charter wrote:
>> In the hyper-pressurized driving conditions around NYC one common
>> practice is to give a soft waring toot before passing, if the
>> circumstance seems a little unconventional, (ie. to the right in some
>> situations,) or potentially dangerous in some way.
> 
> It used to be customary here to beep or flash your lights when passing a
> heavy goods vehicle. I don’t know if people still do it.

Same here - I flash my lights (when an 18-wheeler is looking to move 
over, for example), and I occasionally flash my lights with 'normal' 
traffic, but that's pretty rare unless someone seems to be being almost 
intentionally stubborn about moving over.

I rarely use the horn.

Jim

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On 07/06/2010 3:04 PM, scott wrote:

>> the car behind, in my rear view mirror. The other thing I forgot to
>> mention are those drivers who overtake you and pull in about 4 feet in
>> front of you.
>
> So long as they are going faster than me (so the gap is increasing) I
> don't mind that so much.

Right!

> Another thing which is funny is the people who
> overtake you, pull back in, and then slow down forcing you to overtake
> them back!
>

You call that funny?
LOL

>> Yes every couple of minutes is OK, I was being imprecise. It is the

>> pulls out into the RH lane. Overtakes and returns into the LH lane
>> only to repeat the manoeuvre 10 seconds later that gets on my wick.
>
> Yeh that's an unnecessary risk to take, generally if I can see that
> nobody is behind me I don't pull back over unless it is quite a big gap
> (ie I wouldn't actually be overtaking anyone for the next 2 minutes). If
> there is a car behind me I usually try to estimate how quickly he will
> pass me if I move over (you can usually tell quite well from how quickly
> they approached you). If the driver is obviously wanting to go pretty
> quickly and looks like he has a powerful car then I'll move over into a
> quite a small gap, knowing that I can probably pull back out again
> pretty soon without having to slow down at all.
>
>

Good driving IMO.

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	Stephen

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On 07/06/2010 2:47 PM, Mike Raiford wrote:
>
> Yep, Somebody parked on my bumper and flashing their headlights are not
> going to get the desired result from me.
>

Too true ;-)

> It's a bit annoying when someone rides your bumper as you're in the
> passing lane and overtaking. I generally don't have a desire to drive
> 80mph down the road,

You don't? < 10 mph over the speed limit seems to be OK here, even from 
the Polis

> but I also don't want to be stuck by the ninny
> driving 60mph when the speed limit is 70mph.
>

Borrow Bill's MI5-issue wheel-laser, ;-)

Do you remember the toy that made machine gun and Ray Gun noises that 
fitted on your dashboard?

> What's worse is when you're stuck behind someone driving at 50mph, and
> the fast lane is moving at 80mph.
>

I think that you are allowed to beep your horn in that case.

>
> Eh, my view on it is this for 3 lanes each way:
> [Snip]

That is exactly how I view it. (If you read left for right)


>
> On a related note:
>
> * The acceleration lanes for entering the freeway ARE NOT PASSING LANES.
> DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PASS VEHICLES IN THIS LANE. You'll run out of road and
> cut off the vehicle you're passing, or worse. This is my biggest pet
> peeve, and has happened numerous times at one particular spot on the way
> home. I actually had one kid try to run me off the road after blasting
> my horn at him for nearly taking out my front bumper as he attempted
> this maneuver.
>


year.

so that outside lane joins the motorway first and the inside lane joins 
about a quarter of a mile later.


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	Stephen

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On 07/06/2010 7:40 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:

> I rarely use the horn.
>

O_O ???

;-)

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	Stephen

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:09:22 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 07/06/2010 7:40 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> I rarely use the horn.
>>
>>
> O_O ???
> 
> ;-)

Not *that* horn, the one in the car. ;-)

(Largely because of where the switches are positioned - by the time I 
remember, the moment has passed)

Jim

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On 07/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:09:22 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 07/06/2010 7:40 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> I rarely use the horn.
>>>
>>>
>> O_O ???
>>
>> ;-)
>
> Not *that* horn, the one in the car. ;-)
>
> (Largely because of where the switches are positioned - by the time I
> remember, the moment has passed)
>

LOL I know that feeling ;-)

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	Stephen

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:30:30 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> Not *that* horn, the one in the car. ;-)
>>
>> (Largely because of where the switches are positioned - by the time I
>> remember, the moment has passed)
>>
>>
> LOL I know that feeling ;-)

I used to get frustrated when I went to honk the horn and found I was 
just pressing on the airbag. ;-)

Jim

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On 07/06/2010 9:00 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> (Largely because of where the switches are positioned - by the time I
>>> remember, the moment has passed)
>>>
>>>
>> LOL I know that feeling ;-)
>
> I used to get frustrated when I went to honk the horn and found I was
> just pressing on the airbag. ;-)
>

Oh! You’re still talking about cars. ;-)

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	Stephen

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