Hi Mike, indeed you are.
Isn't the idea that everyone does their part to make things easier/nicer
for everyone else ?
I thought that was the general idea and that everyone understands this,
right ?
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: Was Bumpersticker..Driving habits..something..Now..how about
this "habit"?

> OK, here's my rant.
>
> Long ago [and in this galaxy] when I got stuck behind a motorhome or
> another
> vehicle that was going much slower than the general flow of traffic I
> swore
> if I ever drive something significantly slower I'd pull over. Or if I were
> behind, say a truck or something and I couldn't pass I'd drop back so that
> others wouldn't have to do a two vehicle pass.
>
> And mostly I've done it.
>
> Now everyone pat me on the back and say "what a good boy you are!"
>
> Mike in Marin
>
>
> On 9/22/08 5:45 AM, "Joy Hecht" <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  Or, you come up behind a row of vehicles, stuck behind a slower truck
>>> or
>>> car...chance after chance to pass is missed by the clueless car just
>>> behind
>>> the slow vehicle and nobody in the line has the speed or the safe
>>> distance
>>> to get round both the truck and the 'scaredy-cat' or the city fellow who
>>> doesn't know it is OK to go around slower vehicles....
>>
>>
>> On the other hand, Matilda and I have been "caught" behind a slow vehicle
>> and have happily plodded along, since we couldn't go any faster than the
>> one
>> in front of us anyway.  If the folks behind me were annoyed at me for not
>> passing - well, too bad!  I didn't want to pass and probably couldn't
>> have.
>>
>>
>> Driving yesterday on the TransCanada in central Newfoundland, I was going
>> slowly up all the hills - no choice in the matter - and of course cars
>> would
>> pile up behind.  Except for the ones that passed in the oncoming lane
>> when
>> there was a double line indicating that it was not permitted.  So
>> ineptness
>> operates on all sides here.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  In Baja, Mexico, it's the custom to indicate it's safe for passing by
>>> putting on your left blinker when someone is behind you and is itching
>>> to
>>> go
>>> round.  When you can see ahead that it's clear, you flip on the blinker
>>> and
>>> the fellow goes right round.
>>
>>
>> Yes, but in Africa you put on your left blinker to tell them it's not
>> safe
>> to pass, and switch to your right blinker when it is safe.  So make sure
>> you
>> know what the practices are before you follow those signals!
>>
>>
>>
>>> If you are going to be turning left off a
>>> highway, it's customary there (Baja) to pull across the line and turn
>>> from
>>> the oncoming lane so that people headed in your direction don't have to
>>> slow
>>> up while you do your turn..
>>
>>
>> So if there's oncoming traffic the folks behind think you are being rude
>> if
>> you slow down and wait before turning?   That practice doesn't seem too
>> good
>> to me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joy