Open letter to CA drivers
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From: gpsman on 10 Apr 2010 02:23 On Apr 9, 11:53 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > All you want to do is > drive the speed limit (or the flow of traffic or whatever) and get > where you're going. Despite the mountain of evidence to the contrary perhaps the most common misconception among motorists is that traffic should always maintain a constant velocity. An important thing when hitting the highway is having realistic expectations relative to traffic density and flow speed. > Suddenly, the guy in front of you SLOWS DOWN for > no apparent reason (see Step 1 above). As you begin to catch up to him > you realize that you need to take some sort of evasive action in order > to avoif a collision. Your primary choices are to a) slow down also, > or b) maintain speed and change lanes. If you're like me, you'll > choose option b) every time unless other traffic prevents it. Why? One of the funniest things I've ever seen is bumper to bumper SoCal traffic as far as the eye can see flowing at 75 mph and motorists constantly changing lanes. > Step 1: MAINTAIN SPEED, or even speed up a bit if necessary to align > with a gap in the target lane. If there's that much traffic how much is to be gained (or lost, by reducing reducing velocity a tad for a few seconds)? > Step 2: Activate turn signal. > Step 3: IMMEDIATELY (before the second flash) begin the lane change. That is one form of the "ceremonial" signal, you might as well not bother. It seems likely it doesn't satisfy CA traffic code requirement of signaling for 100'. You're just putting your lamps through unnecessary cycles. > If you follow my procedure, I believe your problems will go away. A driver changing lanes behind you is an imaginary problem. ----- - gpsman
From: Steve Sobol on 11 Apr 2010 18:18 In article <2h54s5dgvo8e6h3m1iheaqltnffae6lu06(a)4ax.com>, scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com says... > Lemme guess: you felt that because you were going 65 in a 60 zone that > you were going "fast enough" and thus did not need to yield to faster > traffic approaching from behind you, isn't that right? > > Yeah, he got the picture, all right: that you're a self-righteous MFFY > blocking the passing lane. Yes, that's right, it's called the PASSING > lane, not the "FAST ENOUGH" lane. Slower Traffic - this means *you* in > the above scenario - should keep right. If there was space for that > Charger to *pass* you on the right, then there was space for you to > *drive* on the right I have a question, Scott, and I'm not asking because I want to be argumentative, but rather because I'm genuinely curious: Your aversion to following The JLEDI Principle seems to be at odds with this statement. What's your reasoning behind it? (I believe I know already -- sounds like "KRETP" trumps "Don't JLEDI" -- but I'd like to hear it from you.) -- Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA sjsobol(a)JustThe.net
From: Steve Sobol on 11 Apr 2010 22:31 In article <5a47bed1-f541-454f-b3f2-2bd8dd866984 @q15g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, brentrjonas(a)aol.com says... > Eh, just take it easy out there, my friend. I generally leave my > signal on for 4 to 5 seconds before merging over, and rarely do I ever > encounter problems with impatient or irrational drivers. Me too, *before* I moved to California. -- Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA sjsobol(a)JustThe.net
From: gpsman on 12 Apr 2010 00:47 On Apr 12, 12:26 am, "bugo" <bugonos...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "gpsman" <gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote in message > > He either misread my post or he didn't get the part of the story where I > said I was on a six lane highway. I don't get it either. Am I going to > actually have to make a diagram to make them understand the situation? How much Pentothal do you have on-hand?. You can rest assured, none of these fuckwits has the first idea of what they're talking about and nothing else matters to them if you report you're in the L lane with a motorist to the rear wants to pass. If they just rear-ended you it would be your fault. You said you were passing. If that isn't enough to satisfy compliance with KRETP, what chance do you think a diagram has...? ----- - gpsman
From: gpsman on 12 Apr 2010 01:30
On Apr 11, 6:51 pm, Brent Jonas <brentrjo...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > Eh, just take it easy out there, my friend. I generally leave my > signal on for 4 to 5 seconds before merging over, and rarely do I ever > encounter problems with impatient or irrational drivers. You're "taking it easy"? No wonder you generally have so few problems, you -are- the problem. </ sarc> ----- - gpsman |