On Jul 4, 12:31 pm, jp103 <jpoinier11052...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Curlyque wrote:
> > On Jul 4, 7:15 am, "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREM...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> "Curlyque" <sunsidese...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
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> >>> Those aren't my feelings, but I do feel that the less aggresive
driver
> >>> should have the right of way, not the other way around, especially
> >>> since the topic is saving resources.
> >> How does being the faster of two drivers equate to being more
aggresive?
> >> Being more urgent in life has nothing to do with aggression.
>
> > When someone exceeds the speed limit they are agressive and breaking
> > the law. I won't yield an inch to that kind of driver.
>
> >>> It's just the way it plays out.
> >>> No matter how slow one goes, there is always someone slower. No
matter
> >>> how fast one goes there is always someone who wants to drive faster.
> >>> Each driving situation calls for a separate evaluation and action.
> >> Of course, but as was stated, as often as genuinely aggressive
drivers pose
> >> problems, so do those who sputter along with the attitude that this
is fast
> >> enough, and everyone else around me should be satisfied at this pace.
There
> >> is a reason that most states have laws about obstructing the flow of
> >> traffic. To quote a phrase, "especially since the topic is saving
> >> resources".
>
> > The minimum speed limit on an interstate, and most other roads with a
> > speed limit of 55 and over, is 45. Consider it your lucky day if I
> > decide to go the speed limit not the minimum. I am within the law and
> > I'll decide how fast I want to go. Not everyone is urgently moving
> > from one place to another. What are you going to do when gas is 15 a
> > gallon and the roads are full of bicycles and scooters, lay on the
> > horn, cuss them out, run them over?
>
> No one is saying that you can't go 45. Since the minimum speed limit is
> 45, as you say, and since I am sure that you are aware that the left
> lane is for passing only, we should not expect that you will be slowing
> down the normal flow of traffic in the left lane. Perhaps you are also
> aware that bicycles and scooters, under a minimum size, are barred from
> the interstates as well so you raise a moot point about what people may
> do when encountering them on the interstate.
> By the way I admire your attitude that one should consider it their
> lucky day that you decide to go the speed limit. Just as the fast
> driver may be a hazard to the general motoring public so might the slow
> one, as the real problem in interstate driving is not the speed that the
> motorists are going but the differential in speeds among those motorist.
> That is why, if you were to watch auto racing, you would see few
> wrecks (other than those caused by equipment failure) that are not the
> result of a slower driver being hit from behind.
I wasn't speaking exclusively about interstate driving. What is your
version of driving etiquette if I'm doing the speed limit, or slightly
under, on a two lane road? I have calculated that I get the best
mileage at 53/54 with the car I drive most often. If you push me to go
faster you're costing me money. What about driving on city streets
which will likely soon be carrying more scooter and bicycle traffic?
Where do your rights end and mine begin?
And yes, I completely agree that 'going with the flow' on a busy,
multi-lane limited access road, is the safest way to drive.
L.
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