> > ... but what about the guy behind him, and the guy behind him, and ... > > I'm sure that when I'm stopped- sometimes as long as *thirty seconds*- > on a highway it's because some mediocre "driver" slowed by > 1MPH 2 miles > ahead (and had to brake to do it). > > -Kenny >
You may be sure of that, and it's easy to leap to that conclusion. Of course traffic delays propogate. I've heard CHP say for every 1 minute of delay it takes 5 minutes to clear up. But that's not what the report was stating. The report (as much as we've seen) said that cellphone talkers don't change lanes, causing longer commutes. Then the stories jumped to the conclusion that cellphones clog traffic. But it's the driver in front: the old guy, the truck, the Prius, or Nissan Pulsar NX loping along in front of Mr. Aggressive-But-Not-Paying-Attention college student who normally zooms around those slowpokes but since he's on the phone, he skips that manuever 20% of the time. There's a lot of animosity towards cellphone users everywhere. But let's not make them the scapegoat for our traffic problems. -Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
