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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / May 2008Highway Etiquette
Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front bumper is even with the other car's B pillar. At virtually the same instant, you both decide to merge into the (unoccupied) #2 lane. At some point during the merge process, one or both of you are going to notice the fact that a collision is about to occur. My question is, which one of you should abort their merge? Please justify your answer.  Signature"Dave's not here, man!" - Tommy Chong > Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. > The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Please justify your answer. I would say that I would back off based on the superior position of the other driver. Unless, of course, the other driver didn't signal, in which case I'd give him a little honk (but probably back off anyway, because he's not going to care) nate Signaturereplace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel >> Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. >> The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > nate I'd say the leftmost guy should get to change into the middle lane,as he was probably in the passing lane and trying to NOT be a LLB. The rightmost lane fellow can wait. SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net > Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. > The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > notice the fact that a collision is about to occur. My question is, > which one of you should abort their merge? IOW, a collision is imminent; should I make an effort to avoid it... or rely on the other driver...? > Please justify your answer. Yeranidiot. ----- - gpsman > Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. > The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > notice the fact that a collision is about to occur. My question is, > which one of you should abort their merge? *You* (#1 lane). > Please justify your answer. > -- Basic defensive driving 101: always assume the other driver will be thinking with the wrong head. Also, if you pause a second or so, you can merge right behind the other car after a few dozen meters, ä$$uming the other driver doesn't switch to Sloth mode. Thanks for playing. :) --- Is it troll season yet? >> Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. >> The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Thanks for playing. :) Actually, if you are using the #1 lane properly, this should be a moot point as if you wait a moment or two, you should be well ahead of the car in the #3 lane. >Is it troll season yet? Its always troll season. ;) -- KRETP - or die!!! On May 17, 11:41 am, necromancer > >> Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. > >> The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Even if I won a settlement from the insurance of the other driver, I still would have wasted a big bunch of time. Basically, it was a waste of time working on this no-brainer. If you have trouble understanding my justification, let me know. >Even if I won a settlement from the insurance of the other driver, I >still would have wasted a big bunch of time. >Basically, it was a waste of time working on this no-brainer. > >If you have trouble understanding my justification, let me know. Just stating an opinion. Your ad-hominem attack is what I don't understand. -- "Don't ask me how I'm doing. You don't want to know." --necromancer > Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. > The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > notice the fact that a collision is about to occur. My question is, > which one of you should abort their merge? This has happened to me a couple of times while I was trying to use the centre lane to pass, and I had to yield. It is expected that the driver in the leftmost lane is going faster than the traffic in any other lanes. That driver must move into the centre lane, and then into the rightmost lane as appropriate. It actually wasn't much of a problem, because the car on my left was going faster and easily missed hitting me. If the other car isn't going faster, however, that driver would be failing to use the passing lane properly. I will not yield to stupidity and Slothly driving, usually when some LLB wants the next exit and expects to swerve across three lanes while everybody else swerves out of the way. The passing lane is not a "fast" lane, nor is it a "drive at whatever speed I want" lane. > Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. > The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > "Dave's not here, man!" > - Tommy Chong Hmmm....that's a hard one...not. Both realize that a collision is about to happen. If BOTH don't take evasive action, one has his head up his a.s. After both are back in their lanes, then the one ahead gets to change. Harry K >Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane. >The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Please justify your answer. The smart one will abort her merge. > Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 > lane. The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Please justify your answer. Obviously the guy with the smaller vehicle should abort. Duh! > > Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 > > lane. The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Obviously the guy with the smaller vehicle should abort. Duh! But what if the smaller vehicle is new and the other one is a beat up POS? Which rule does one follow? Harry K |
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