

| Subject: | Re: Was Bumpersticker..Driving habits..something..Now..how about this "habit"? |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:40:27 -0700 |
*cue the lights* Drivers - whats the matter with drivers today why cant they be like me perfect in every way- i ve got proper tire pressure - grease on the gears- oil n lube - brakes with out fears - drivers whats the matter with drivers today why cant them be like me perfect in every way stopping at the stop mark never a rolling end- letting pedestrians pedest - as best they can--- oh well you get the idea- sung to the tune of kids .. what s the matter with kids today yours On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@gmail.com>wrote: > Try Alberta or BC... it seems that NOBODY knows to keep to the right > lane to allow faster traffic to use the left. > > > A great number of drivers now seem to have no familiarity with the > concept > > of passing on a normal highway with two way traffic. They seem > absolutely > > baffled by the concept of waiting for a safe sight-distance situation and > > going around a slower vehicle by using the oncoming traffic lane. I see > > this very often where I travel, as I try to avoid interstates. So, > there > > you are, traveling along at 65mph out in Nevada, Wyoming, Utah...some > > western state with wide open spaces and two lane highways and up comes a > > faster driver behind. Then they follow you for 10 miles! I have been > > forced to slow up to about 20mph to encourage a particularly meek driver > to > > get his brights out of my mirrors at times. > > 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.... > > 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. 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.. > > And here in the Northwest, we seem to have more than our share of left > > lane slow drivers on the interstates. Between Portland and California on > > Interstate 5, I usually encounter about two dozen that I must pass around > > the right side, even in my VW vanagon... > > Don Hanson > > > > > > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand > Fossil preparator > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut > Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada > -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs in the world: Picking up garbage and telling people things. Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video work at: http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners and ... older work at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
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