Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Boston driving rules. Message-ID: <267@dciem.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Aug-83 09:28:39 EDT Article-I.D.: dciem.267 Posted: Fri Aug 5 09:28:39 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Aug-83 09:50:13 EDT References: iheds.251 Lines: 18 ================= (6) At a merge, do not stop to let a car in from the other lane. Boston drivers do not alternate at merges, and you will end up waiting 10 minutes for a chance to get in. Make the *other* lane wait. (It's only fair to the cars behind you....) ================= I was once told a technique for implementing this driving rule: Never move your head from the straight-ahead position. Move your eyes only, to be sure that (a) you know what the cars in the other lane are doing, and (b) they think you don't know. Under these conditions, you can ensure your priority in a merge (the technique was discussed at the entrance to the Callahan Tunnel, where something like 13 lanes merge into 2). Martin Taylor