From: melliott@convex.com (Mark Elliott)
Subject: Re: Why do Dallas Drivers pass on the right?
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 00:03:49 GMT
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In <BPc0RB3w165w@elecafe> pisser@elecafe (Pisser) writes:
                                         ^^^^^^^^
	....and it shows.
>mcdonald@dallas.sil.org writes:

>> Can anybody tell me why Dallas drivers seem to have an aversion to passing
>> on the left?  I just don't understand why they would choose to pass on the
>> right when the left lane is open.  If someone could enlighten me as to why
>> I might not get so angry at them for violating such a basic highway
>> courtesy.
>> 

>It's because Texans are just dumb.  I've found that in all the driving 

Whew....I bet you sure get along great with the natives.

>that I have done in this state, there has never been a place where they 
>have really got a grip on driving.  In other States, you speed up to get 
>on a highway, and slow down to exit.  HERE, they slow down before they 
>get on the ramp (35 mph.!!) then, they don't speed up, but pull right out 
>into the lane when they are still going 35...  THEN they speed up...  
>I just don't understand... then when they exit off of the highway, they 

I understand, I read the drivers handbook that is at every driver's liscense
place I've seen. (When in Rome.....)

>shoot all the way across the access road to the far right lane, not using 
>their blinker, but just Whipping in front of any car that happens to be 
>on the access road... Needless to say, all the Texans driving on the 
>access roads come to a grinding halt where there isn't a stop sign, Look 
>over their shoulder to see if anyone is coming onto the access road, then 
>proceed... that is, unless some NORMAL drivers that are proceeding 
>NORMALLY down the access road at 45 mph. end up in their front seat cause 
>they couldn't slow down fast enough...  Get a grip!!!  People should exit 
>the ramp and stay in the left hand lane until they can safely cross the 
>lanes of traffic...  and the people coming up on the access road should 
>stay in the far right hand lane until they can safely cross over to the 
>left (if that is where they are going) so there is ABSOLUTELY NO reason 
>that anyone should have to stop on an access road to avoid getting hit.  
>I think the state should make people learn the proper way to enter and 
>exit the highway system before they are allowed to get their licences... 
>AND, the state should put solid White lines off of the exit ramp to keep 
>the EXITERS in the left hand lane (at least for a 100 feet) so they don't 
>cut way over to the far lanes...  They do this in MANY other states, and 
>it is illegal (you get a ticket for it) to cut over like that in many 
>states around the country.  If someone exited and cut over, and 
>subsequently hit a car in the far right lane, The person who had exited 
>and cut across would be the one to get a ticket...  It is his fault.  
>BUT NOOOOO....  NOT IN TEXAS!!!

Imagine that. Hey Toto, we're not in New Jersey anymore.
If you were to move to England, would you put up the same fuss about
people driving on the left hand side of the road?

>Also... while I am venting...  In my home state of New Jersey, where we 
>learn to drive correctly (and learn to use adverbs), the insurance 
>(Pronounced -  in SHUR' ance -  not  IN' shurnce) Companies and the 

My life is now complete, now I can pronounce the word insurance. Thank you
I honestly feel so complete now that I have had a speach lesson from a 
native of Joisy.

>police departments tell everyone who gets into an accident to leave their 
>cars where they crashed until the police get there...  So the officer can 
>tell who was at fault.  If you move your car, the police can not and will 
>not give a ticket to the driver who was at fault.  BUT NOT HERE!!!  They 
>have it so it is manditory that you move your car as soon as you get 
>done having the accident... and you can get a ticket for leaving your car 
>where it is... THIS IS TOTALLY STUPID!!!  I can see the point of the 
>wreck being in the way of traffic, but WHO IS AT FAULT then...  The cop 
>has to go on word of mouth... and if one person changes their story, then 
>they can get off without getting a ticket!!!   GEEEZZZ...  What a sorry 
>excuse for a law...  I say leave your cars where they are until the 
>police can get there and form an "unbiased" conclusion as to who was at 
>fault.  That way the inSURance companies can have something to go by.  
>The Texas way, the inSURance companies don't have to pay if the person at 
>fault changes their story.  I saw it happen to my roommate.  This person 
>came out of a parking lot and nailed his fender.  She first was going to 
>tell the truth, then she changed her story, and her inSURance company did 
>not have to pay out the $300 claim.  Give me a break...  To a student 
>that is a lot of money; to an inSURance company, it's change... 

>What do you guys think???

>Pisser  - letni!sdf!elecafe!pisser@seas.smu.edu   or...

Well Pisser, I can understand some of your complaints and agree with some
of them, there are others that I read and scoff at. I am not a native of 
Texas either. I am from another undetermined place that just happens to be
located north of here ....far north of here. It has been my experience that
the people that don't get along are the people that are just a little too
proud of 'home' to want to change. If you had moved to England, then you
would have to drive under their laws, you are in Texas now, make like
a true soldier  .....adjust	.....adapt to your new environment.



--
	Mark Elliott	melliott@trojan.convex.com
        1st Law of Research : If you think something is new, it's already 
                              been done.

From: cls@trsvax.tandy.com
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:50 CDT
Newsgroups: dfw.general
Subject: Tailgated in the slow lane
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