

Stupid is as stupid does...






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RE: Automatic Braking
By tastyratz on 11/15/2012 2:26:05 PM , Rating: 2
In Germany they have a couple simple laws which fix this. You are not allowed to pass on the right. And if you see a car approaching you from behind in your lane, you have to yield and move over to the right. It does a remarkably good job of keeping traffic flowing when there can be a 2:1 or greater difference in speed between the left-most and right-most lanes. That's the real goal here - keeping traffic flowing. Not who is driving too fast or too slow.

In the usa passing on the right is also illegal, but not often enforced. Probably because the greater issue is we do not have laws like #2 there. The passing line is for PASSING, not the "fast" lane. If we enforced a "flash to move over law" we would have far more consistant traffic patterns. Those self righteous jerks illegally driving in the passing lane and at the same or slower speeds compared to the other lanes cause just as many accidents as the people who are forced to resort to illegal or aggressive tactics if they want to get around them. Ironically the more aggressive drivers tend to also be more attentive than the rest of the lemmings.

RE: Automatic Braking



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