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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
are you really mandated to stop and help?
I thought that just a Seinfeld episode.
My favorite is the highway guy in the right lane who sees me trying to move to the right to make the next highway exit, looks right at me and speeds up just to be a dcik hade  |
yeah, i never understand the need to speed up so that you can't pass - guess for some people with their miserable lives, such piss-ant road tactics provide some aberrant sense of purpose.
i do have a theory, though about the left lane malingerer who speeds up 5-10mph upon getting in the right lane to supposedly let you pass. i think as people turn to the right, they also shift more weight to their right foot, thereby accelerating. the same principle holds true for moving into the left lane - shifting to the left, they reduce pressure on their right foot, thereby decelerating. this is from chapter 4 of my book - theories of why people are dumbf%^&s on the road. chapter 7 explores that people drive like herds of animals, clumping together into traffic clusters - chapter 8, drivers, much like moths attracted to light, are attracted to other cars, especially those in parallel lanes on the freeway! however, with that one, i sometimes forget it may be my fault as i've neglected to dis-engage the stealth mode on my boxster - can't blame the other driver if my car is invisible, right???