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SUV driver in the passing lane, matching speeds next to a tractor trailer and in a blind spot. Instead of passing, it looked like the LLB was braking with the left foot. Pick-up driver with a misaligned headlamp in the passing lane, matching speeds with the traffic in the right lane. The LLB was speeding up to tailgate anyone who pulled in front, but slowed down again to maintain a rolling roadblock. Sedan driver in the passing lane, not maintaining speed and being passed on the right by all the traffic. There were two female occupants. The driver was busy looking at the passenger while talking, instead of looking at the road. Also noticed was the illegal use of the foggy lights. It continued blocking the passing lane despite some attention-grabbing moves. A minivan driver blocking the passing lane caused one person to become so frustrated that he passed it on the shoulder! > SUV driver in the passing lane, matching speeds next to a tractor > trailer and in a blind spot. Instead of passing, it looked like the LLB > was braking with the left foot. Great idea. The the deadly and criminal speeders have to stay behind instead of doing their usual 100 mph and posing a deadly menace to everyone else. http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/driving/articles/43811/article.html You have the intellectual capacity of a termite. Please, go to college or finish high school and learn how to think like an intelligent humanoid. When your IQ reaches 50, you should sell. Todd Wasson >SUV driver in the passing lane, matching speeds next to a tractor >trailer and in a blind spot. Instead of passing, it looked like the LLB [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >A minivan driver blocking the passing lane caused one person to become >so frustrated that he passed it on the shoulder! This is exactly why cars should be outfitted with rocket launchers. ---Mack >A minivan driver blocking the passing lane caused one person to become >so frustrated that he passed it on the shoulder! Which is, of course, how Sloth Kills. >>A minivan driver blocking the passing lane caused one person to become >>so frustrated that he passed it on the shoulder! > Which is, of course, how Sloth Kills. Here's a page about those LLBs: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/5071/Driving/Passing_Lane_Blockers.html > Here's a page about those LLBs: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/5071/Driving/Passing_Lane_Blockers.html A quote from the above web page: " When Passing Lane Blockers Are Most Dangerous a.. In an emergency, every second counts b.. Emergency vehicle drivers need a clear path on which to travel c.. Passing Lane Blockers cause serious delays to emergency vehicles by trapping them in bottlenecks" In a recent trip through PA, in hundreds of miles of driving, the ONLY LLB I encountered was an ambulance that was doing just below the speed limit in the far left lane. NO lights, NO siren. That ambulance had traffic backed up for miles on a roadway which otherwise would have been free-flowing at the time, as there wasn't enough traffic on it to get backed up, in the absence of an LLB. Yes, there was lots of dangerous lane-changing and passing on the right to get around it. -Dave > In a recent trip through PA, in hundreds of miles of driving, the ONLY LLB I > encountered was an ambulance that was doing just below the speed limit in > the far left lane. Was it a private or government ambulance? I've noticed that fire engines, ambulances, and police cars are frequently delayed by LLBing and other Sloth activity. Response times to a 10-block area can be slowed by three minutes or more. In congested traffic, it can take 5 minutes to get a fire engine two blocks because the traffic doesn't move. >> In a recent trip through PA, in hundreds of miles of driving, the ONLY >> LLB I >> encountered was an ambulance that was doing just below the speed limit in >> the far left lane. > > Was it a private or government ambulance? Is there any such thing as a government ambulance anymore? I haven't seen one in well over a decade, and I travel quite a bit. -Dave >>> In a recent trip through PA, in hundreds of miles of driving, the ONLY >>> LLB I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Is there any such thing as a government ambulance anymore? I haven't seen > one in well over a decade, and I travel quite a bit. You have not seen ambulances that say "anytown fire dept"? where the heck do you live? Bernard (who sees public ambulances all the time, in every fire house in Seattle, for instance) > You have not seen ambulances that say "anytown fire dept"? > > where the heck do you live? I've lived in several states. I remember ambulances marked with a particular name, some of them associated with a fire department. But those are OLD memories. I know in most areas, if you call 911 for a medical emergency, the fire department will respond with a fire truck at the same time that the ambulance service is responding. I think the reason is, firemen can at least offer first aid, if they happen to arrive first. But recently? I can't remember seeing an ambulance associated with a local government or a local fire department in well over a decade. -Dave >> You have not seen ambulances that say "anytown fire dept"? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > recently? I can't remember seeing an ambulance associated with a local > government or a local fire department in well over a decade. -Dave Well, I am here to tell ya, in the "great northwest" we still consider rescue operations to be a legitimate funtion of government. Bernard >> Was it a private or government ambulance? > >Is there any such thing as a government ambulance anymore? I haven't seen >one in well over a decade, and I travel quite a bit. -Dave In what country? >>> Was it a private or government ambulance? >> >>Is there any such thing as a government ambulance anymore? I haven't seen >>one in well over a decade, and I travel quite a bit. -Dave > > In what country? U.S.A., mostly up and down the East Coast, though I do get out West a lot as well. -Dave >>>> Was it a private or government ambulance? >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >U.S.A., mostly up and down the East Coast, though I do get out West a lot as >well. You must not be paying attention, then. Plenty of government ambulances back here in the west. >>>> Was it a private or government ambulance? >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > U.S.A., mostly up and down the East Coast, though I do get out West a lot > as well. -Dave I am not sure what you mean by "government ambulances." For sure the major ambulance service in Raleigh, NC (Wake County EMS) is a government service. However many other ambulance services are pseudo-government agencies like Apex EMS, Inc. And when you get in small town, many of the ambulance services are volunteer organizations that receive government funds, but are technically not government agencies (I assume this is to avoid putting the small governments on the hook for liability issues). Interestingly, even though the Wake EMS is a government agency, it is not "free" to county residents. You can pay $60 a year and get a less costly service, but this seems to me to be a bogus charge - the county residents are already paying for the service. Ed > In a recent trip through PA, in hundreds of miles of driving, the > ONLY LLB I encountered was an ambulance that was doing just below [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Yes, there was lots of dangerous lane-changing and passing on the > right to get around it. -Dave I often imagine a conversation between myself and these guys. Me: Why don't you speed up or get out of the way. Ambo: I see dozens of chewed up dead bodies a week because of speeders like you. I'm doing my bit to reduce the carnage. Me: But those crashes weren't caused by speed. Ambo: The faster you go the bigger the mess. Me: I never caused any mess. Ambo: I see it every day, it's real. Me: Why did I bother having this conversation. |
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