On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 09:20:13 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 2/6/2014 7:33 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Swingman wrote:


The other problem is that if you do keep a safe distance between you
and the car in front of you, some Asshat will immediately occupy it.


A particular **** me right off thing! The other thing that ****es me right
off is when you're on the interstate and traveling in the left lane. In the
right lane is a truck that you are overtaking at a pretty good rate. Behind
him is a car that is going somewhere between your speed and the speed of the
truck. As you are just getting to the truck, the car pulls in front of you
to pass the truck at his current rate of speed - because he simply can't
kick off his cruise control until you pass. Never fails - it happens just
as you are getting right up on the two of them. So now you're right on his
bumper and he's continuing at his previous speed.



Or your are going down the highway on cruise control and catch up with
the vehicle in the right lane, the same lane you are in. You pass him
and pull back over in front of him and a mile later he is back in front
of you and immediately slows down.


Or as you attempt to pass using cruise control, he speeds up.

That's the norm. There is a natural tendency to match the speed of
the cars around you. I often wonder if I'm the only one on the road
with cruise control.