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I'm going to end this now with my final analysis:everything was fine
until the butthead showed. up.On 13 Jun 2005 07:05:54 EDT, "SMacIntyre" > wrote: >Teem- > >OK - I'll give you back a small amount of credit - You had failed to mention >that you were TRYING to move over and he didn't wait. I'll give you the >benefit of the doubt that maybe you were passing someone (with the p/u on >your tail) and then didn't give you enough time to move over after you >passed slower traffic. As I said before, as long as your passing someone, >and not "traveling" in the left lane, I wouldn't mind much slowing down to >let you finish your pass, as long as you then moved over. > >On a side note, we have a additional problem on Long Island that amplifies >this whole problem and that is the addition of the HOV lanes. They put them >in the far, far left lane, so the idiots have to work their way through 3 >lanes of traffic (usually chatting away with their passengers), and cruising >at 55 in the left lane until the entrance to the HOV comes up. The same >when they get out of the HOV - They are entering into traffic moving around >75 doing 55.... Between them and the people trying to go around them it's a >friggin' miracle anyone gets where their going in one piece.... > >Scott > >"teem" > wrote in message .. . >> Hi Everyone!,seems i'm at fault with some of you.lets just say if i >> tried to move over id a bumped off him & made a real mess.but I was >> trying to move over,he didnt want to wait,thanks to all you >> witnesses!!.And another thing:looking at the license # while all this >> going on is the last thing on your mind.Final story,the ouside mirror >> was broken,$160.00.It is amazing how the plastic panels/fenders On my >> Ion ''performed''.If I was 10 years younger,I'd be hunting down this >> aggressive hilljack. Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:18:37 GMT, Brian Talley >> > wrote: >> >> >On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:14:20 +0000, teem wrote: >> > >> >> Well,started the week off sweetly,on the way to work,-partly >> >> interstate driving,that's where i got nailed-some s.o.b.decided I was >> >> going too slow in the fast lane >> > >> >That's the problem right there. It's the passing lane. Learn road >> >etiquette: the far left lane is for *passing*. If someone comes up behind >> >you, you are obliged to get out of the way (speed up or move over). >> > >> >Too many people have this "I'm going XX which should be fast enough for >> >anybody. That jerk needs to slow down." >> > >> >Wrong! >> > >> >> ,which no one uses correctly in >> >> Ohio,went around me,then cut me off,my front passenger side smashed >with >> >> his rear driver side,of course the aggresive hilljack was driving a >> >> black chevy pick up. >> > >> >It sounds as though you were wrong to block the passing lane. But hitting >> >another vehicle is also pretty stupid. >> > >> >Brian >> > |
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