I have noticed that the fast lane on freeways seems to have become the slow
lane and vice-versa. Slow (follow the heard) drivers love to be in the left
lane(s) while good drivers are able to make better time in the lanes
traditionally reserved for slower traffic. I wonder if this inversion of
traditional and logic mores also applies to rec.crafts.metalworking and I
should go look for a larger percentage of real metal working topics in
rec.politics (if such thing exists)? By the way I'm aware that with this
post I have contributed to the same problem I'm objecting to.

cheers
T.Alan

In article , T.Alan Kraus says...

I have noticed that the fast lane on freeways seems to have become the slow
lane and vice-versa.

This is what Peter Egan calls the "anti-destination league."
That long endless line of ford exploders that stretch out into
the distance in the far left lane, all going 50 mph. When
the rightmost lane is, as you say, perfectly clear.

In germany they give those folks tickets. Around here we
only have the occasional joy of seeing them simply drive
off the road into the ditch, at the first dusting of snow.
This seems to have become an annual event, akin to the
swallows at capistrano. "Oh look hon, it must be winter,
I saw the first Expedition in a ditch."

Jim

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On Sun, 09 May 2004 17:40:31 GMT, "T.Alan Kraus"
wrote:

I have noticed that the fast lane on freeways seems to have become the slow
lane and vice-versa. Slow (follow the heard) drivers love to be in the left
lane(s) while good drivers are able to make better time in the lanes
traditionally reserved for slower traffic.

SLOW TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT --

RIGHT LANE MUST EXIT --

Gotcha!

On 9 May 2004 11:19:11 -0700, jim rozen
wrote:

I have noticed that the fast lane on freeways seems to have become the slow
lane and vice-versa.

This is what Peter Egan calls the "anti-destination league."
That long endless line of ford exploders that stretch out into
the distance in the far left lane, all going 50 mph. When
the rightmost lane is, as you say, perfectly clear.

Be glad you're not driving in England! There they apparently have a
law forbidding what they call "undertaking". You can't pass a car in
the fast lane if you're driving in the slow lane.

On Sun, 09 May 2004 13:59:43 -0700, John Ings wrote:

On 9 May 2004 11:19:11 -0700, jim rozen
wrote:

I have noticed that the fast lane on freeways seems to have become the slow
lane and vice-versa.

This is what Peter Egan calls the "anti-destination league."
That long endless line of ford exploders that stretch out into
the distance in the far left lane, all going 50 mph. When
the rightmost lane is, as you say, perfectly clear.

Be glad you're not driving in England! There they apparently have a
law forbidding what they call "undertaking". You can't pass a car in
the fast lane if you're driving in the slow lane.


The rule would work quite well if the bloody Volvo drivers would move back
into the left (right to you) lane after pulling out to pass a funereal!
Strictly speaking, the laws say that you must not pass on the left (inside)
unless you are in a one-way street or are in a slowly moving queue of traffic.
My view (which might not be shared by the constabulary) is that if I'm doing
60mph on the motorway then I'm in a "slowly moving queue of traffic".


Mark Rand
RTFM

In article , John Ings says...

Be glad you're not driving in England! There they apparently have a
law forbidding what they call "undertaking". You can't pass a car in
the fast lane if you're driving in the slow lane.

And apparently (so I am told) in germany, if slower traffic fails
to give way in the fast lane, their license number will be reported
to the police and a ticket will be issued after the fact. Under
those circustances I think there is never any *need* to 'undertake'
(nice word) so the law makes sense.

However when one sees a line of SUVs going 50 in the third lane
on the Taconic parkway I don't feel bad going by in the third
(slow) lane because there is an entire *lane* between me and
them, and I am still travelling at the legal limit.

Jim

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"T.Alan Kraus" wrote in message
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I have noticed that the fast lane on freeways seems to have become the
slow
lane and vice-versa. Slow (follow the heard) drivers love to be in the
left
lane(s) while good drivers are able to make better time in the lanes
traditionally reserved for slower traffic. I wonder if this inversion of
traditional and logic mores also applies to rec.crafts.metalworking and I
should go look for a larger percentage of real metal working topics in
rec.politics (if such thing exists)? By the way I'm aware that with this
post I have contributed to the same problem I'm objecting to.

cheers
T.Alan


Alan, the reason for what seem to be an inversion is that metal worker are
at the top of the craft chain. We reproduce all of the tool and machinery
that we use and make or assists in making all of the tools and machinery
that other crafts uses. So if you need to know how to munch your lawn, ask
here. You may get an answer in millimeters or thousand of an inch on the
maximum length to cut for proper munching. Same for anything mechanical,
electrical, or electronic concerns that you have. If you have a mechanical
question I suggest that you post it here first. Do a goggle on me and you
will find that I have gotten many answers here. most unrelated to
metalworking.
In the good old days, before my time and I am 72, metalworkers were
reverenced. During my journeyman days from 1957 until I retired enough
respect was there to make work enjoyable. Between long cuts at slow speed,
many world problems were hashed about along with datum diameters, jig bore
coordinates angles and angle problems solved.

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