Re: Advice to Drivers of Small Pointless Japanese Cars

In article <6c68crF3etn4hU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Alexander Rogge <a_rogge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > When I activate my turn signal in order to change lanes, it is an 
> > announcement, not merely of my intention--and it is never a request
for 
> > permission--but of an event that WILL take place very shortly. When
you 
> > speed up in an effort to block my lane change, be advised I do not 
> > intimidate easily.
> 
> I see this behaviour sometimes, and I do not understand it.  The drivers

> that try this speeding-up nonsense are usually in the passing lane but 
> not passing anybody.  They block traffic by driving at a slow speed or 
> at the same speed as the driver in the right lane, until somebody tries 
> to pull in front of them.  Then they seem to be in a big hurry to 
> accelerate, and tailgate anybody who gets in front of them, even trying 
> to undertake the passing driver.  Once the passing driver moves over, 
> they speed up and then slow down, trying to get another driver to match 
> speeds and block traffic again.  Keep Right Except To Pass!

I agree, but I haven't noticed that behavior confined to drivers of 
small Japanese cars, pointless or otherwise.