Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Entrance ramp crawl Message-ID: <858@opus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 21:07:38 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.858 Posted: Mon Oct 1 21:07:38 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 07:09:00 EDT References: <525@ihu1g.UUCP> <687@osu-dbs.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 17 > 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 ...Relax...don't worry...have a homebrew.