From: hhm@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (herschel.h.mayo)
Subject: Re: BRAINDEAD Drivers Who Don't Look Ahead--
Organization: Chicago Home for the Morally Challenged
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> I agree that if traffic is all blocked up and you want to pass, you might
> not feel like moving over for someone behind you because you don't want to
> give them that one car-length, when they should just wait like you are.
> BUT, if you're one of those people that just sit's behind the person, and
> doesn't flash them with the high beams, or pull left and flash them, or
> ride their bumper, or otherwise tell them that you *do* in fact want to 
> go by, and you're not just drafting them, then get the hell out of the 
> way of someone who will!  I especially hate it when you flash someone at
> the back of a line and they don't 'pass it on'.  
> And there's also the issue of some cars being more intimidating to get 
> people out of the way than others...  (For instance '85-'86 GTs look 
> pretty mean in a rearview mirror at night with the foglights on...  :^)
> There have been plenty of times when I've broken up a pack that a 
> second-in-line hyundai has been behind for miles...  You just need to
> know how to get their attention...


I'd like to see you use this method on a couple of semi drivers. If they see you,
they usually acknowledge by sticking their hand out the window with their middle
finger extended. Because it is also obvious to them that there is no clear lane
ahead.  



                                                      H.H.M.

