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Originally Posted by jcyuhn
It amazes me the risks people take to save 5 seconds. I've had this happen on 5 lane urban freeways - when I was in the 2nd slowest lane.
How many people here will accelerate to close the gap when they see someone coming up on the right to shoot a gap like this? I am not at all interested in playing traffic cop, but it does seem safer to shut down the risk taking driver than to enable the maneuver. (I'm assuming there's more time and space to react than Tom describes in his little adventure.) I'm sure Brian will have an opinion on the proper response  |
I have a personal abhorrence for those who must absolutely go at 80 mph in a 55 zone and utilize the right lane in conjunction with the left to maintain that speed. They do this because they do not wish to wait behind the pack that is doing about 70 in the left lane.
I don't travel with the pack in the left lane and prefer the center lane if the road has one.
So, I play the game of "pinch the DB".
If there is traffic in the right lane, I watch for the DB coming up on the right (several hundred feet back). If I can, I close the gap between myself and the right lane traffic so that the DB must slow to right lane speed and, finally, capitulate and move directly behind me, and finally off to the left lane where the DB belongs.
Of course, this game can result in failure if I time it wrong and the DB is really moving. The result would be a TW encounter as mentioned above. I would never do what he did however. If the DB clips the front end on the M/B, I'll be pleased to get a new fender and paint. I got $850 from the last DB after taking her to small claims court and I didn't even have a police report (after waiting 3 1/2 hours for the police to show).
It's a miserable game of avoid the DB's. I really don't enjoy any of it anymore.