emergency landing in downtown Montreal ends well

If my bumper is ahead of yours, I can cut in front of you.
That's what I heard about Rome.

It's not bad at all. The trick to it is to know that that's what they
do, and more to the point, that's what they expect =you= to do. They
are ready and expect you to be ready.

Jose
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Jose schrieb:

That's what I heard about Rome.

It's not bad at all. The trick to it is to know that that's what they
do, and more to the point, that's what they expect =you= to do. They
are ready and expect you to be ready.

It only becomes really dangerous when an American overtakes on the right
lane of a highway. Because nobody expects it, nobody is looking there.

Or, in other words: It all boils down to understand how the system works
and adopt to it.

Stefan

Stefan wrote:
Jose schrieb:

That's what I heard about Rome.

It's not bad at all. The trick to it is to know that that's what they
do, and more to the point, that's what they expect =you= to do. They
are ready and expect you to be ready.

It only becomes really dangerous when an American overtakes on the right
lane of a highway. Because nobody expects it, nobody is looking there.

Hey, you aren't supposed to do that here, and I think it's a stupid
rule. If you're going to slow, I'm going to pass you, I don't care in
which lane I have to do it in.

"Emily" wrote in message
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Stefan wrote:
Jose schrieb:

That's what I heard about Rome.

It's not bad at all. The trick to it is to know that that's what they
do, and more to the point, that's what they expect =you= to do. They
are ready and expect you to be ready.

It only becomes really dangerous when an American overtakes on the right
lane of a highway. Because nobody expects it, nobody is looking there.

Hey, you aren't supposed to do that here, and I think it's a stupid rule.
If you're going to slow, I'm going to pass you, I don't care in which lane
I have to do it in.

I'll remember you said that after they pull you out of the ditch. evil g

There is nothing I hate more than someone who won't even momentarilly lift
to give slower traffic a chace to move to the right. Instead, they run up
on your ass and just cut hard right to pass. If I start to move over and
someone pulls that ****, if their front left hasn't passed my right rear, I
finish the move to the right.

Unlike most of humanity, I actually know how to use my mirrors, I check them
often and I will get out of the way of faster traffic (unless it will blow
my momentum for passing someone else who is even slower...)

Jay B

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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I'll remember you said that after they pull you out of the ditch. evil g

There is nothing I hate more than someone who won't even momentarilly lift
to give slower traffic a chace to move to the right.

And some (most...like 95%) won't move right unless forced over!!!

Instead, they run up on your ass and just cut hard right to pass. If I
start to move over and someone pulls that ****, if their front left hasn't
passed my right rear, I finish the move to the right.

What were you doing in the left lane in the first place? silly g


Unlike most of humanity, I actually know how to use my mirrors, I check
them often and I will get out of the way of faster traffic (unless it will
blow my momentum for passing someone else who is even slower...)

Most drivers use mirrors to check their hair :~(

It used to be that having someone pass you on the right meant YOU got a
ticket (i.e., you're not supposed to use the left lanes for trolling, only
for cruising.

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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I'll remember you said that after they pull you out of the ditch. evil
g

There is nothing I hate more than someone who won't even momentarilly
lift to give slower traffic a chace to move to the right.

And some (most...like 95%) won't move right unless forced over!!!

Instead, they run up on your ass and just cut hard right to pass. If I
start to move over and someone pulls that ****, if their front left
hasn't passed my right rear, I finish the move to the right.

What were you doing in the left lane in the first place? silly g

Well, I'm already going 10 over and passing someone else. I'm pretty good
at doing the mental geometry to determine if I can get past the guy doing 5
under before the guy behind me catches up going 10 over my speed. Driving
up to northern AZ, it's a pretty common traffic chess match to have to look
a mile or two ahead to see if there is a truck or motorcoach you'll need to
get past before any faster traffic behind catches up.

Some people are really bad at it and will pull into the left lane to pass
someone at only 2 or 3 miles/hr faster without looking to see that someone
is coming up beind them at a much faster pace. It's truly frustrating to
give up 25mph going up a 6% grade just so the Hyundai can get (slowly)
around the Winebago when I could have passed them both easily if only the
Hyundai had looked in the mirror first.


Unlike most of humanity, I actually know how to use my mirrors, I check
them often and I will get out of the way of faster traffic (unless it
will blow my momentum for passing someone else who is even slower...)

Most drivers use mirrors to check their hair :~(

Whal clippers and a #2 guide = not an issue with me.

It used to be that having someone pass you on the right meant YOU got a
ticket (i.e., you're not supposed to use the left lanes for trolling, only
for cruising.

Like I said, I don't cruise in the left lane, I pass in the left lane. It's
the idiots who won't even give you a split second to get *back* into the
right lane before they have to try blow around you on the right. They don't
get an even break in my world.

Jay B

Jay Beckman wrote:

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Like I said, I don't cruise in the left lane, I pass in the left lane. It's
the idiots who won't even give you a split second to get *back* into the
right lane before they have to try blow around you on the right. They don't
get an even break in my world.

Ain't that the truth. A few weeks ago I was traveling the NY State Thruway
with a truck-load of family and luggage, actually held up for a moment
thanks to several cars in front of me in the left lane. Suddenly this
incredibly road-raged man carrying his wife and young children shoots by me
in the right lane and cuts back into the left lane in front of me, at what
seemed to be a foot or less from my bumper as if to send a message. Those
of us in the left lane had been going about 75 mph or so, so I would have
put his speed at about 85-90 mph.

Scared the crap right out of me and the thought of him catching my bumper
as he cut back into the left lane sent shudders down my spine. In
retrospect, though, any contact probably would have resulted in his smaller
SUV rolling over, but the thought that there are individuals like him who
would put their young children and other drivers in that kind of danger
just boggles my mind.

--
Peter

Jay Beckman wrote:
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Like I said, I don't cruise in the left lane, I pass in the left lane.

Yep, I wish they'd make it illegal here to drive in the left lane, like
they did in Indiana.

Jay Beckman wrote:
"Emily" wrote in message
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Stefan wrote:
Jose schrieb:

That's what I heard about Rome.
It's not bad at all. The trick to it is to know that that's what they
do, and more to the point, that's what they expect =you= to do. They
are ready and expect you to be ready.
It only becomes really dangerous when an American overtakes on the right
lane of a highway. Because nobody expects it, nobody is looking there.
Hey, you aren't supposed to do that here, and I think it's a stupid rule.
If you're going to slow, I'm going to pass you, I don't care in which lane
I have to do it in.

I'll remember you said that after they pull you out of the ditch. evil g

There is nothing I hate more than someone who won't even momentarilly lift
to give slower traffic a chace to move to the right.

Problem around here, and were I used to live, is that the slower traffic
feels they have a God-given right to enforce the speed limit.

"Emily" wrote in message
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Problem around here, and were I used to live, is that the slower traffic
feels they have a God-given right to enforce the speed limit.

Contrasted with the faster traffic that feels they have a God-given right to
ignore the speed limit?

I'm not saying either is good behavior, but it hardly seems like the
speeders have a leg to stand on when it comes to complaining about traffic
violations.