Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 13:36:14 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: SMV's In #1Lane
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for sure ..
drivers occupying and blocking the fast lane in a way that cars that
want to go faster can't get by is..
whatever, dumb/stupid etc.
there's something else though that is pretty dumb too I think ..for
safety and consideration reasons..
that is 'flying in formation' alongside other cars and especially large
trucks.
I'm not talking about two or more lanes full of cars.
I am talking about say two lanes on a freeway ..
and people drive right next to another vehicle for miles even ..
or worse...drive right in that other vehicles blind spot.
This is just unsafe..plus it blocks both lanes..
a Fundamental Concept ..what I also like to call a Basic Abstraction is ..
** try to drive AWAY from** the other cars !
Like not near them. I honest believe that one gender feels better and
thinks it's good to be close to other cars ...they feel safer that way.
similar to this is "Shadowing" ....this is a serious problem..
I can be driving along on a two lane freeway with noone near me in
either lane. A car comes along going 2 mph faster than me...they get to
me, they 'lock on' to me several cars lengths back.
If I go faster they go faster too, still shadowing me. So I slow down ,
make thee go around ..
but then they slow down. So I blow on by them ..then they gradually get
back to where they are shadowing me again ...
and this is on a totally emptyfreeway ..
And I know they think I'm crazy when I am jestering for them to getthe
hell away from me. This affectis Especially Bad in California. There,
there's a law that says if you see a car ahead of you,you must
accelerate up on them quickly ..then lock ontotheir rear bumper ..or so
it seems .
About that gender thing..I was driving at night on empty roads into Bend
Oregon from the south last year ..
this other volvo , a more modern one ..kept shadowing me ....just wanted
to be near me ..
I sped up above the speed limit ..got on past ..and a few minutes later
this car is too close to me again ..
I couldn't get that car to go on ahead of me faster either ..
we finally get into town ..I knew full well it was a woman driving ..and
it was.
Of course that's very UN politically correct to characterize driving
habbits by gender ..
but I can tell you this ...a young male will just blast on through and
charge ahead..
and any smart driver will drive AWAYfrom other cars as much as possible ...
and that perhaps one gender feels better closer to other cars ...
and it's not even allowed to bring out this safety-related issue by gender.
Even the US Navy has figured out that one gender does not have the
killer instinct and is 'out there in front of their fighter plane' like
the other gender does.
so please..regardless of gender or sexual orrientation..
drive AWAY from the other cars whenever possible, not closer.
last comment..I see two cars on an empty road going say 60 mph and they
are two car lengths apart..
sure the follower is the stupid jerk, but the car in front allowing it
to happen is even stupider.
drive safely and and *away from, not near* other cars when possible !
that distinction alone could save millions of dollars and thousands of
lives..
and ...get this ...it is not even taught.
stay safe !
scott
On 2/1/2013 9:49 AM, Bob Stevens wrote:
> An old discussion here, in one of our local rags.
> http://m.ksl.com/index/story/sid/23923913
> Bob
> Sent from DAS4X4
>
