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From: snafu@ihuxi.UUCP (Dave Wallis)
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Subject: Re: "Please move over, you are blocking me"
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Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 19:18:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 31 19:18:23 1984
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I agree that one should keep to the right except when passing... in
most instances. That strategy works well on three lane interstate
highways in relatively unpopulated areas. However, in the neighborhood
of big cities, it is completely impossible. Take Chicago, for instance.
Around the city (in Chicago this means within 40 miles of downtown)
the highways are generally three or four lanes. Exit and entrance
ramps are located on both the left- and right-hand sides of the highway,
and are supposedly reserved for oncoming and exiting traffic. that
leaves one or two "thru traffic" lanes in the middle, and I can
guarantee you that it is impossible to fit the volume of traffic on
those roads into one or two lanes (I sometimes wonder how they all fit
into four lanes!). With the volume of traffic present on these roads,
all the lane must be full, or no one will get anywhere. 
     Tailgating in this situation is all the more stupid and useless,
since there is nothing for the tailgator to do but catch up to the
next car in line (usually about 12 feet ahead).
    I personally get incredibly irritated at people who insist on
going slower than prevaling traffic in the left lane, or "pacers" who
take great glee in matching the speed of whoever is next to them. But
from my experience, the tailgating problem usually stems from some
one who is hell bent on driving 10-20 mph faster than the rest of the
drivers. Fine on a lightly traveled road (I'll be glad to move over!)
suicide on a heavy traffic road (I'd like to invent an atomic
suppository - just for YOU!).

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                              Dave Wallis
                           ihnp4!ihuxi!snafu
                         AT&T Technologies, Inc.
                            (312) 979-5894