I sold that volvo, but have a new air horn for my current car, just haven't had time to install it yet,
On Jan 10, 2008 8:19 PM, Don Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > actually, most of the drivers get the message and vacate the fast lane > (left lane), as in the fast lane is supposedly for passing only, or the fast > lane, > > another thing, I use my horn VERY liberally when I drive, it's not just > cell phone drivers on the freeway, but those asleep at the wheel, or those > in the front waiting at the light, that don't go when the light turns green, > ESPECIALLY for the shorter timed, left turn arrow lights, I even bought an > air horn for my volvo for that purpose, drivers should focus on their > driving for the safety of themself, and all their passengers, and those > around them. > > one guy, narrowly missed pedestrians crossing the street recently, and > almost killed them all, I blasted my horn and he woke up and swerved and > narrowly missed them at the crosswalk. > > what gets me is those drivers that do what were complaining about in the > fast lane, because their reasoning is it's safer to talk and slow down in > the fast lane, because they only have to worry about the car to their right, > and because in the other lanes, they have to worry about cars to their left > and right, and the right side lanes, have merging traffic that they have to > deal with as they are driving, mean while they're holding everyone up in the > fast lane. > > as for me, like I say, I pull off the freeway, If I have to chat, or don't > take the call, (VM), > and if i see some one coming up, faster than me in the fast lane, I vacate > it and move over for them, and that's the way it should be > > the U.S. freeway was built, and modeled after the German Autobahn, after > General Eisenhower, saw it, and later became president, he wanted one built > just like it here, and so in Germany, when some one comes up behind you in > the fast lane, and flashes their lights, IT'S THE LAW, you have to move over > and vacate it for the faster traffic, that's the way it should be here > > > > On Jan 10, 2008 4:01 PM, Tom Emerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- Mike Outmesguine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > 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. > > ============ > > > > This is a no-win argument -- years ago my commute took me along the 10 > > from El Monte through "downtown" -- for those not familiar with that > > stretch, the on and off ramps had a "common section", so you could drive > > "around" traffic by taking an offramp and not-actually-exit and re-enter a > > good 1/4 mile or more "ahead" of where you were "stopped". Of course, you > > had to merge with two sources of oncoming traffic (one for each direction of > > traffic on the surface street you were crossing with that ramp), then merge > > with traffic actually on the freeway. All this "merging" caused such a > > tremendous slowdown that when all was said and done, you might have gained > > one or two car-lengths against anyone who stayed on the freeway in the > > right-most lane (or, as I often got to chuckle over, you'd actually lose > > ground...) > > > > As to your point about the "normally-aggressive, but on the phone" > > drivers not actually changing lanes, this is a good thing -- it's those > > "sudden lane changes" that cause the overly cautious driver that they have > > cut off to slam on their brakes and start a chain reaction [at the time I > > drove a stick shift, and most of the time when I saw this happening I would > > simply downshift and let the engine slow the car without hitting the brakes > > -- since I wasn't participating in the propogation of red-light-madness, I > > hoped I was doing more good than harm...] > > > > > > [hmmm, time for another meeting -- time to run...] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
