Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxe!rainbow From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: entrance ramp crawl Message-ID: <869@ihuxe.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 18:41:34 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxe.869 Posted: Mon Oct 1 18:41:34 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 08:30:52 EDT Sender: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 21 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. Geez, what do people think those entrance ramps are for, anyway? * If only they would go so fast as to crawl. Here in the midwest I have to * deal with the entrance ramp stop. The problem stems from the fact that * merging lanes are very short. This causes panic and fear in the hearts of * many drivers who then proceed to turn the triangular sign(yield) into an * octagon sign(stop). They think the entrance ramp is for people to line up * and wait their turn to proceed onto the interstate. I think this should be * a requirement to pass before receiving your license(ie merging capability). Robert