Drive on the right, pass on the left
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Ray Croxton
Published: June 14, 2008
Whether you are on Interstates 95, 295, 395, 495, 695, 66, 123, 234, 236, Route 1 or any other road with two or more lanes going in the same direction, remember these eight simple words: “Drive on the right, pass on the left.”
If drivers would follow these words, more lives would be saved and extended, and aggressive driving would be reduced far more than with any aggressive driving campaign that does nothing more than
provide a means to collect money as state revenue.
I am not advocating speeding or reckless driving, just a common sense means to help drivers’ tempers from flaring while we face the summer heat. Actually, these words are good year round.
RAY CROXTON
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on June 17, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Drivig should be all about keeping traffic flowing. Allow someone to pull in front of you. Slow down in advance to allow someone to yield. Be courteous to trucks and large vehicles. MOST IMPORTANT: Snug up at traffic lights. How many times to you need 4 feet to hit a turn lane and some goober up ahead is yakking on his cell two car lengths back of the rear bumper when traffic is stopped. Snug up to keep all lanes moving.
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Posted by ( MikeG ) on June 16, 2008 at 8:41 am
During normal, non-rushour traffic, what you say makes good sense. But during rush hours, particularly, the volumn of traffic “merging” from the right slows the right-hand lane(s) to a crawl. Traffic during those hours MUST use all lanes they are entitled to, or traffic would get nowhere, with the exception of those who think that they have a greater right than anyone else to get to work on time. My advice? Share the road sensibly; if traffic is moving along at 65 smoothly (and that’s generally 10 miles over the limit), or 75 tensely (that’s more normal on 495 and 95), then stop trying to be the first in line all the time. Patience is a virtue, and also can save lives as effectively as forcing everyone who doesn’t want to go 15-20MPH or faster over the limit to the right.
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Posted by ( willow703 ) on June 16, 2008 at 6:31 am
Five more words to follow: “Slower traffic, use right lanes.“
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