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Old 10-12-2009, 10:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hamsterpower View Post
good theory but....

This only works when the "Others" smoothly merge around us. In my experience most drivers race up to my bumper, get mad, make an obscene gesture, pass wildly while making more gestures and cursing, and ultimately burning far more gas than I'm saving. This happens even when there are no cars in the passing lane to keep my gesturing friend from passing smoothly. Go figure?
Oh, I'm not worried about the jerks' mileage. They can go light themselves on fire, for all I care. I'm just theorizing that the more cars that work in tandem to reduce the flow of traffic down to the speed limit, the more those cars will enjoy less traffic jams down the road (assuming a road with one travel lane and one passing lane).
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