There are really only two solutions to the merging problem. The first is
summed up in one of my favorite quotes: "Peace through superior
firepower" in other words, a v-8 or similar, in order to put the hammer
down out into traffic. The other solution lies in the junker look, or
what I refer to as the railroad tie bumper effect: If you drive a junker
or have railroad ties bolted on for bumpers, just merge. They'll get out
of your way. The problem for me lies in the fact that my daily driver is
a 1990 Volvo 740 GL, which would look a bit odd with railroad tie
bumpers, and accelerates likea tortoise.
Simon
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hope Peter [SMTP:hope_peter@bah.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 7:10 PM
To: schultelaw@transport.com; catchall@schulte-law.com; SJH;
lro@Works.Team.Net
Subject: Re: LRO: People's Republic....
> >Am I getting this correctly?
> > Are you lot saying that if you indicate that you want to do something
on
> >the road, pull over, turn right or left, move into another lane,
someone
> >will stop you doing it?
>
> They are pulling your leg Frank.
>
> Actually though, in my part of California a lot of people are using
their
> turn signals.
I don 't think they are pulling anyones leg. That is exactly what
happens.
If you put on the signal so you can move over to the exit, people in that
lane speed up so you can't get over. SWMBO is from LA County and told me
before we went there on vacation, warned me about the drivers. In the
past
couple years I have spent a number of times in LA and San Diego and it is
just as has been described here. After the first trip I have learned
that I
need to rent a big fast vehicle just to survive. The 5 between LA and SD
and the Santa Monica Frwy have been the worse. I saw similar agression
in
San Fransisco, San Jose and Pleasanton. Not so bad in Sacremento or
Santa
Barbara, and I have always found the drive from Malibu to Ventura to be
fun.
Pete
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