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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 15, 2009 6:46 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 15, 2009 8:23 am) |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jul 15, 2009 4:05 am) In your example those drivers were certainly wrong. The merging driver always has to look out for other traffic. My experience has been a little different recently. When I merge right I signal and then make sure the lane is clear before I move over. . The other day I was merging right to leave the interstate and a SUV which had been a good 10 car lengths behind me gunned her car and passed on the right. For some reason she wasn't going to let anyone in in front of her. Even if it resulted in an accident. That, I don't understand.  As for motorcycles, loud or quiet, I think you're nuts to ride one in traffic. Recently one of our drivers was nearly killed while riding her new bike on the interstate. She'll probably never be able able to drive a bus again. In fact, I've never known anyone who rode a bike and didn't eat pavement sooner or later. 
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 15, 2009 8:23 am) How do you hear lights? But seriously there is a sizable percentage of the population that are deaf to certain frequencies. If the siren is at the frequency that the person is deaf to they will never hear it. That is why you have those two tone sirens and that some emergency vehicles cycle through several sirens.
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jul 15, 2009 2:15 pm) Maybe it's these people with the small dogs on their laps??!! 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jul 15, 2009 8:35 am) Oh, that's nothing new. For lack of a better term call it "lane loss paranoia", plenty of room but the other driver is perceiving that you're cutting them off. Didn't California recently pass a law making this illegal? If somebody is signalling a lane change and there's room - you HAVE to let them in, it's better for traffic capacity. Same thing (kind of) with merge points coming up on construction. They found out you get a LOT better traffic flow if people utilize all lanes to the lane closure point. PA has signs now that say "USE BOTH LANES TO MERGE POINT" followed by "MERGE POINT TAKE TURNS". My wife found the last phrase "take turns" to be comical - almost like it's a sign for preschoolers..... Baltimore has the same thing even without construction. The famous I-70 ends its long trans-American run unceremoniously with the usual "EXPRESSWAY ENDS", if you're taking the north ramp (695) it has signs admonishing drivers to TAKE TURNS at a designated merge point. Of course, it's ignored.... Unless a cop just happens to be sitting there - then everybody is downright "church social best behavior" mode.
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Replying to: ponderpoint (Jul 16, 2009 6:10 am) Here is a link. 2009 CA dmv drivers manual If you can find the reference please cite. Here is a reference page 40, ..."Space to Merge Enter the freeway at or near the speed of traffic. (Remember that the maximum speed allowed is 65 mph on most freeways.) Do not stop before merging with freeway traffic unless absolutely necessary. Freeway traffic has the right-of-way."... (my sic, bold and larger font) |
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Replying to: davethecarnut (Jul 15, 2009 9:37 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 16, 2009 7:50 am) The nexus of course is car drivers used to be semi in touch with the environment. If anything the emphasis and technology is to insulate us. So truly driving has been and probably will remain primarily a visual experience. |
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