The message <80a4f58a4d.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com>
from Peter Bell <peter@invalid.org.uk> contains these words:

> > Left lane cruising is epidemic here in Louisiana

> .... whereas right lane cruising causes us a problem in the UK.

> I wonder what would happen if we sent all our right lane cruisers over
> to you and you sent your left lane cruisers here?

They'd all form a concretion along the central reservation, which I
think you call the median strip.

--
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

 

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:18:35 -0500, "Jay Jones" <jayjones21@***.net>
wrote:

>Left lane cruising is epidemic here in Louisiana-- it should be a capital
>offense, IMHO...
>I often dream of the traffic laws here changing to favor the German standard
>where rear-ended collisions in the left lane of the expressway are the
>person in front's fault for not getting out of the damn way!

*THAT* would be a beautiful thing.

 

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:18:35 -0500, "Jay Jones" <jayjones21@***.net>
wrote:

>Left lane cruising is epidemic here in Louisiana-- it should be a capital
>offense, IMHO...
>I often dream of the traffic laws here changing to favor the German standard
>where rear-ended collisions in the left lane of the expressway are the
>person in front's fault for not getting out of the damn way!

*THAT* would be a beautiful thing.

 

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:18:35 -0500, "Jay Jones" <jayjones21@***.net>
wrote:

>Left lane cruising is epidemic here in Louisiana-- it should be a capital
>offense, IMHO...
>I often dream of the traffic laws here changing to favor the German standard
>where rear-ended collisions in the left lane of the expressway are the
>person in front's fault for not getting out of the damn way!

*THAT* would be a beautiful thing.

 

I swear I think the driving instructors in Louisiana high schools were
British! Not only do they use the left lane on the freeway, they ALL hug
the curb on the left side of the median when doing a U-turn... dumb, dumb,
dumb!!

"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:80a4f58a4d.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <EdSBe.37971$up5.37529@lakeread02>
> "Jay Jones" <jayjones21@***.net> wrote:
>
>> Left lane cruising is epidemic here in Louisiana
>
> ... whereas right lane cruising causes us a problem in the UK.
>
> I wonder what would happen if we sent all our right lane cruisers over
> to you and you sent your left lane cruisers here?
>
> --
> Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with
> 'bellfamily')

 

I swear I think the driving instructors in Louisiana high schools were
British! Not only do they use the left lane on the freeway, they ALL hug
the curb on the left side of the median when doing a U-turn... dumb, dumb,
dumb!!

"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:80a4f58a4d.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <EdSBe.37971$up5.37529@lakeread02>
> "Jay Jones" <jayjones21@***.net> wrote:
>
>> Left lane cruising is epidemic here in Louisiana
>
> ... whereas right lane cruising causes us a problem in the UK.
>
> I wonder what would happen if we sent all our right lane cruisers over
> to you and you sent your left lane cruisers here?
>
> --
> Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with
> 'bellfamily')

 

I swear I think the driving instructors in Louisiana high schools were
British! Not only do they use the left lane on the freeway, they ALL hug
the curb on the left side of the median when doing a U-turn... dumb, dumb,
dumb!!

"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:80a4f58a4d.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <EdSBe.37971$up5.37529@lakeread02>
> "Jay Jones" <jayjones21@***.net> wrote:
>
>> Left lane cruising is epidemic here in Louisiana
>
> ... whereas right lane cruising causes us a problem in the UK.
>
> I wonder what would happen if we sent all our right lane cruisers over
> to you and you sent your left lane cruisers here?
>
> --
> Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with
> 'bellfamily')

 

Dave LaCourse wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:32:38 -0400, Mike Smith
> <mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Tell me where.
>
>
> Forgot to ask: Do you agree the law says "keep right except to pass"?

In some states, maybe, but certainly not every state. And the law means
nothing if it is not enforced.

--
Mike Smith

 

Dave LaCourse wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:32:38 -0400, Mike Smith
> <mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Tell me where.
>
>
> Forgot to ask: Do you agree the law says "keep right except to pass"?

In some states, maybe, but certainly not every state. And the law means
nothing if it is not enforced.

--
Mike Smith

 

Dave LaCourse wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:32:38 -0400, Mike Smith
> <mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Tell me where.
>
>
> Forgot to ask: Do you agree the law says "keep right except to pass"?

In some states, maybe, but certainly not every state. And the law means
nothing if it is not enforced.

--
Mike Smith