Re: On Topic? Cars, anyway: 55 MPH speed limit...

"Hachiroku" <Trueno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:pan.2008.07.28.19.21.38.80117@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:29:15 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
>>> Highway traffic NEVER EVER YIELDS to ramp traffic!!!
>>>
>>> If people where you are drive like that, please remind me to bypass
your
>>> state!
>>>
>>>
>>
>> When the option is to move over a lane, or lift off the gas to let 
>> somebody
>> in that has arrived at the end of the ramp, or force another driver to 
>> stop,
>> I'll argue that pulling over is always the better choice.
>>
>> You should NEVER force a car to stop on the onramp.
>
>
> Jeff!!! In Vermont, the ramps have YIELD signs! There's an implied yield
> at the end of an on ramp. Are you saying traffic on the highway is
> supposed to stop?!?!?!
>
>


Of cousre not. That's absurd.

I'm saying that you should pace yourself so that persons attempting to
enter 
can do so. If you have to slow from 55 to 53, big deal. If you have to
move 
over a lane, big deal.

My salient point is that the guy on the ramp is obliged to be going at the

prevailing speed of the traffic. This means you should get up to speed on 
the ramp, and slow if needed to merge. DO NOT go slow on the ramp in the 
hope that you can gain speed in the last 50 ft.

If you are in the righthand lane and notice that some slowpoke is going to

need to merge at the same moment you get there, then you should plan 
accordingly so he can merge without you forcing him to stop. You can
easily 
see this situation developing, and you should take steps -- get out of the

lane, or reduce your speed -- so the poor bastard can get onto the
freeway.

When I drive my BMW, I'm normally in the left lane where I never have to 
consider the poor slobs stuck in the right lane. But, when I drive my work

truck, I usually stay in the right lane. While there, I keep an eye on
each 
and every onramp so that people there can get on with the least
disruption. 
I will speed up, slow down, or change lanes, whatever is needed to make a 
hole that will allow the person on the ramp to merge. Im my BMW, I look
down 
on the freeway lanes (when the ramp is above) and set my speed so that I
can 
get over two lanes, and three or four is better, all at one time. I can't 
always do this, but I believe in getting the hell out of the way.

One can lead or follow, I lead when in the car, follow in the truck, but
get 
the hell out of the way no matter what I'm driving.