On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > DING! Most state law is written to allow the left lane for passing. > Blocking it is a moving violation as was shown in this case, and the > driver could've gotten a ticket. > > Had the driver slammed on the brakes he would've gotten 2 tickets, had > to pay for the damages, and probably lost his/her insurance. > Slamming on brakes is about the dumbest thing anybody can ever do. > The driver was at fault for going to slow. This doesn't mean its therefore ok for the cop to tailgate like an a-hole. Both parties can be and were wrong here. I never slam brakes, but I do let off the accelerator and slow down when being tailgated. Now, I don't do this in the left hand lane as that would be idiotic but if you are tailgating me in a single lane road, it will only cause me to slow down until you back off or pass me. People try to "bully" others into speeding by extreme tailgating (as the cop did in the video). > Also what's with people not understanding how to merge onto a freeway? > They just come flying on in as if it's up to traffic to let them in. > You don't have the right-of-way when entering a freeway! > There is a difference between right-of-way and common courtesy. > And how come people don't understand how to freaking merge when one > lane ends? In MN state law says if you're in that lane you drive > until it ends and then "zipper" merge with other lane. Nobody does > that. > It's because many people become a-holes when they get behind the a wheel of a car. So they use the lane that is ending as an excuse to try to jump 10 spots ahead in traffic instead of merging at their spot in the line. This is one of my biggest peeves because its not only rude but extremely dangerous. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
