A re-reading of the California driver's handbook could be in order. It's been a while, but IIRC: - it's actually illegal to flash your lights at traffic - the recommended practice is to stay in your lane and to avoid lane changing for, eg, passing cars. - excessive use of the horn is discouraged
Cell phone users aside, nobody actually drives like that. Theory and practice can be radically different. Good job on saving the lives of the pedestrians in the crosswalk. On Jan 10, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Don Tran 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...] > > > > > > -- Alan Ptak V: 310.488.8606 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM: SynAckPtak (AIM, yahoo, gtalk) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. 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