Path: utzoo!lsuc!ncrcan!greg From: greg@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Greg Foisy) Newsgroups: alt.flame Subject: Re: CA law regarding left-lane driving Message-ID: <548@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM> Date: 15 Dec 87 16:30:31 GMT References: <8079@ism780c.UUCP> <2060023@hpccc.HP.COM> <797@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> <2507@gryphon.CTS.COM> <1288@vaxwaller.UUCP> Reply-To: greg@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Greg Foisy) Distribution: na Organization: NCR Canada Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario Lines: 95 In article <1288@vaxwaller.UUCP> chip@vaxwaller.UUCP writes: >In article <2507@gryphon.CTS.COM>, richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >. In article <888@plx.UUCP> jeffh@plx.UUCP (Jeff Huntington) writes: [dribble about Bay area drivers being the worst deleted] [more stuff about which lane to pass in deleted] > First of all it's NOT called "The Passing Lane"...it's simply >called the #1 lane. There are passing lanes out there, but they are >specifically called "passing lane"(s) by virtue of the signs along the >road stating such. You've also missed the point of the article you've I think that we all knew what was being talk about, no need to get picky. >responded to in such a unique manner. Yes, those little black and white >signs that say "Slower Traffic Keep Right" mean what they say, and, >when ignored, are cause for cites. HOWEVER what was meant in the >original posting was that when EVERYBODY is doing 40 (THAT'S optomistic) >regardless of lane, anybody trying to blast by at 70 does not have that >"right"...in fact I'd drop a rag on the idiot for too fast for conditions, >speeding, reckless, unsafe lane change, and anything else I could think >of. Also, if you are in the process of passing someone via the #1 >lane and someone comes blazing up behind you insisting that you pass >at 80 instead of 65, that person is in the wrong. You are obliged >to move right, but ONLY when it is safe to do so. I was going to sit back and let this one go buy, but I have a story to go along with this topic. All those people who think that it is their God given right to drive whatever speed they like in the #1 lane for however long they like should be informed of the problems that they *might* be causing. To start of I would like to say that I have nothing but hate for the idiots who drive on the roads in this country and in the U.S. If you don't know how to drive, you shouldn't be out there on the road adding to the already high traffic fatality rates. Stay home! Back about 3 years ago I was visiting with some friends over the Christmas Holidays. These friends had a 17 or 18 year old daughter and the girl had not been feeling well that day. While I was over, the girl started to choke. She had not been eating or drinking and we could not determine why she was choking. Within a matter of seconds she started to turn red and I decided that there was no time to waste in getting here to the hospital. I put her in the car and hit the highway at full speed. By this time it was around 10:00 p.m. and there was little traffic on the road. I drove in the #1 lane at about 90 - 100 mph. with my highbeams flashing to warn other drivers on the road that I was coming up behind the quickly. I had several F%$## idiots remain in the fastlane while I tried to pass in between them and other drivers in the slower lanes. Some of the drivers on the road had enough sence to pull over, although they must have been wondering what the hell I has doing. The fifth or sixth car I overtook was an OPP car. (For those of you in the US, that stands for Ontario Provincial Police) The officer moved over the minute he saw the highbeams flash and made no attempt to pull me over. He did follow me all the way to the hosptial. For those who felt that it was there place to drive 55 or 60 mph. in the fast lane, they almost cost a young girl her life that night. For those who moved over when I flashed I thank them for kknowing the rules of the road and how to drive. In short, if you don't know the rules of the road or you are not keeping up with the flow of traffic, stay to right, or stay home! Greg Foisy. >. Got it nitwit ? Wow, what a vocabulary! > Ditto. Ditto. -- "Shit Happens!" +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ | UUCP: ..!mnetor!utzoo!lsuc!ncrcan!greg | Greg Foisy | | INTERNET: Greg.Foisy@Toronto.NCR.COM | NCR Canada Ltd. | | CANPOST: 6865 Century Ave, Mississauga, Ont. L5N 2E2 | (416) 826-9000 | +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ -- "Shit Happens!" +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ | UUCP: ..!mnetor!utzoo!lsuc!ncrcan!greg | Greg Foisy | | INTERNET: Greg.Foisy@Toronto.NCR.COM | NCR Canada Ltd. | | CANPOST: 6865 Century Ave, Mississauga, Ont. L5N 2E2 | (416) 826-9000 | +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+