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From: Nate Nagel on 20 Jun 2010 13:12
On 06/20/2010 12:55 PM, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:
> "lil abner" <@daisy.mae> wrote in message
> news:CNgTn.83445$HG1.21314(a)newsfe21.iad...
>> Wife driving, we were doing about 5 over, in the right lane.
>> An idiot passes, on the left, looks over his shoulder, at us and
>> proceeds to cut us off. Nobody ahead, of him for a eighth mile.
>> OK; one time but this has happened before, perhaps to you too.
>> What gives?
>
> It's just another form of road rage.
>
> Clearly, it was an MFFY driver who just had to "teach you a lesson" by
> cutting you off because you "made them pass". Once they completed their
> pass, it was obviously their sworn duty to force you to slow down in
> retaliation.
>
> I've seen this happen in the left lane too. Reasonable speed passer gets
> passed on the right by the MFFY passer/speeder, then the MFFY
> passer/speeder completes their pass, merges left, and then the brake
> lights are seen blinking a few times as they slow down to teach the
> reasonable speed passer a lesson because, once again, they made them pass.
>
>

If you got passed on the right while you were in the left lane, you were
in the wrong. Period, end of story. I am sure that someone can come up
with a situation in which that is not the case, but it is so rare that
it can be safely ignored. Please learn to drive more considerately for
your fellow road users in the future.

nate

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From: Jim Yanik on 20 Jun 2010 14:25
lil abner <@daisy.mae> wrote in news:CNgTn.83445$HG1.21314(a)newsfe21.iad:

> Wife driving, we were doing about 5 over, in the right lane.
> An idiot passes, on the left, looks over his shoulder, at us and
> proceeds to cut us off. Nobody ahead, of him for a eighth mile.
> OK; one time but this has happened before, perhaps to you too.
> What gives?
>

define "cut us off".

did he force you to brake,slow,or to swerve in avoidance?
(note I said "force"..)

just how close did he merge in front of you?

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From: Arif Khokar on 20 Jun 2010 16:55
lil abner wrote:
> Wife driving, we were doing about 5 over, in the right lane.
> An idiot passes, on the left, looks over his shoulder, at us and
> proceeds to cut us off. Nobody ahead, of him for a eighth mile.
> OK; one time but this has happened before, perhaps to you too.
> What gives?

A couple of things:

1. Did you recently allow a LLB to pace you for several minutes not too
long before this occurred?

2. Were you driving significantly slower than the rest of traffic by
just going only 5 mph over? If the speed limit is 55 mph and traffic is
going between 68 and 78 mph, then going 60 mph is too slow and disrupts
traffic unnecessarily.
From: Jim Yanik on 20 Jun 2010 21:18
lil abner <@daisy.mae> wrote in news:hxtTn.17171$3y2.11458(a)newsfe11.iad:

> Jim Yanik wrote:
>> lil abner <@daisy.mae> wrote in news:CNgTn.83445$HG1.21314(a)newsfe21.iad:
>>
>>> Wife driving, we were doing about 5 over, in the right lane.
>>> An idiot passes, on the left, looks over his shoulder, at us and
>>> proceeds to cut us off. Nobody ahead, of him for a eighth mile.
>>> OK; one time but this has happened before, perhaps to you too.
>>> What gives?
>>>
>>
>> define "cut us off".
>>
>> did he force you to brake,slow,or to swerve in avoidance?
>> (note I said "force"..)
>>
>> just how close did he merge in front of you?
>>
> 10 ft??
> Yep he slowed down. then he took off at about 20 over. traffic was
> really light.
>

I would have leaned hard on my horn when he began edging over.
(did he signal? probably not..)
The "looked over his shoulder" was an indication he was going to move.


Maybe he was "yanking your chain",not that I condone such actions.
BTW,was there another car approaching HIM(in his lane),and maybe that's why
he moved over too soon,to get out of the other guy's way?
It's still bad judgement on his part.

I once "played hopscotch" with such an idiot,until he cut me off,and then I
ran him literally off the road,then he left me alone after that.


"hopscotch";
where you pass someone,they speed up,pass you,and slow down again,then when
you pass,they do the same thing all over again,and it repeats.


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From: Jim Yanik on 20 Jun 2010 21:23
Arif Khokar <akhokar1234(a)wvu.edu> wrote in
news:5fvTn.479402$Ma3.274788(a)unlimited.newshosting.com:

> lil abner wrote:
>> Wife driving, we were doing about 5 over, in the right lane.
>> An idiot passes, on the left, looks over his shoulder, at us and
>> proceeds to cut us off. Nobody ahead, of him for a eighth mile.
>> OK; one time but this has happened before, perhaps to you too.
>> What gives?
>
> A couple of things:
>
> 1. Did you recently allow a LLB to pace you for several minutes not too
> long before this occurred?

Oh,that OK's a cutoff?
>
> 2. Were you driving significantly slower than the rest of traffic by
> just going only 5 mph over? If the speed limit is 55 mph and traffic is
> going between 68 and 78 mph, then going 60 mph is too slow and disrupts
> traffic unnecessarily.
>

Bullshit;
if he was in the rightmost lane,5 over is fine.
He's not under any obligation to "keep up with the pack",not in the
rightmost lane.
It's their obligation to pass if they want to go faster.

what if he was towing a trailer??? are you saying he should speed up in
order to not "disrupt traffic"?

The OP -did- say traffic was "light".

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