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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
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Subject: Re: Entrance ramp crawl
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Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 21:07:38 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  1 21:07:38 1984
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> 4) The Entrance Ramp Crawl --
> I just named that one myself, knowing no other.  This is where the person in
> the car in front of you entering the interstate appears to completely forget
> that he is about to embark on a journey on a high-speed freeway, where the
> speed limit is 55mph and the normal traffic speed is something more like 65
> (particularly at rush hour).  This person, oblivious to the environment
> around him, calmly proceeds along the entrance ramp at a 35mph crawl, thus
> preventing me from being able to enter the interstate properly myself.  This
> problem is particularly evident in the state of New York...

Well, it's worse in CO than in NY.  It seems to be comparatively rare in
CA.  I had always assumed, given the conservative nature of this part of
the country, that they were stopping to pray for guidance before entering
the freeway.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
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