Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:09:38 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Bumper Sticker
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Don't you know what the rule is for driving in California Mike ?
'If you see a car anywhere ahead of you, you are suppossed to accelerate
rapidly right up to it and get about 8 feet from its rear bumper, then stay
'locked on' there."
I'm sure that's a rule in Ca.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: Bumper Sticker
> Jeff, as a former denizen of SoCal, having lived near and driven on the
> 101, 5, and 405 in Los Angeles and San Diego, I know exactly what you're
> talking about.
>
> It's not uncommon for all lanes to be running at roughly the same speed,
> or take turns being the faster ones. The #1 lane isn't usually any faster
> than any other, and there is no rule of "Slower Traffic Stay to the
> Right." The guys that think they can bully their way, one car at a time,
> to a position a few hundred yards ahead of where they are are the real
> dicks.
>
> Folk from more rustic regions who have not driven under such conditions
> may think to apply their experience if they visit but they will quickly
> find that their habits don't apply.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 9/20/2008 4:56 PM J Stewart wrote:
>
>> I've seen a few responses on this, and if directed at me, read the
>> original post again. I said I was on a 4 lane highway (2 lanes in each
>> direction) in HEAVY traffic, not poking along in the left lane while
>> traffic is whizzing by around me. The occasional jerk will flash his/her
>> high beams, BUT THERE IS NO WHERE TO GO. If I move over, THERE IS ANOTHER
>> CAR TWO CAR LENGTHS AHEAD OF ME AND AHEAD OF THAT ONE AND SO ON-IN FACT
>> HUNDREDS OF CARS!!! These folks expect everyone to clear the way for
>> them, as if they are an emergency vehicle. I guess if you've never
>> commuted to work in an area like Washington D.C. you wouldn't understand,
>> and I envy you, because I've done it for 30 years. Jeff
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>> this is another topic but I don't agree with you. You go slower you move
>> to
>> the right and I don't care if you are at the speed limit. This is
>> something
>> which bugs me a lot when people will play speed police. It is the "law'
>> and
>> common sense and courtesy that "slower" traffic is on the right side.
>> And
>> yes, I grew up in Germany on Autobahns...
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:39 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>> man I'd not run that sticker.
>>>>> that says 'screw you, I don't care about you' ( or if they're
>>>>> bothered
>>>> by
>>>>> your behavior or speed - it's a pure 'screw you.' )
>>>>> That could get you shot at in some places, or whatever.
>>>
>>> I don't think this attitude is any worse than the "get the hell outta my
>>> way, I'm in a hurry" attitude, which is far more common (here in the
>>> Washington DC area). I commute 120 miles a day round trip, a lot of it
>>> on 4
>>> lane highway where the traffic is very heavy, even when it's moving
>>> close to
>>> the speed limit. If I'm in the left lane, nearly every morning some
>>> a**hole
>>> flashes his/her high beams for me to move over, never mind that 2 car
>>> lengths ahead of me is another car (and don't tell me I'm tailgating,
>>> you
>>> CANNOT leave the proper amount of room between cars in this area). So,
>>> if I
>>> did move over, two seconds later this jerk is going to be behind another
>>> car
>>> going the same speed. What do these people think, that they are Moses
>>> and
>>> traffic should part for them to get through? Hell, we're ALL in a hurry.
>>> Just an observation, but most of these folks seem to drive BMWs,
>>> Volvo's,
>>> and now Priuses. Jeff
>>>
>>
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