Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/7/2010 9:07 AM, scott wrote:
> > 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.

As an aside, on the few occasions I've driven in the US, I was amazed how short
the acceleration/deceleration lanes were for exits... this was in the MA/NH area
so I don't know if it's the same everywhere. Our slips roads in the UK are often
3x as long!

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