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Which trumps: Society or the Law? | by Illiad | 2009-08-24 09:49:34 |
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Wow - yield, really? | by vw_fan17 | 2009-08-24 10:44:28 |
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Sometimes people aren't checking their speed, | by MatthewDBA | 2009-08-24 10:46:29 |
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aka "They don't know how to drive." | by Twitchh | 2009-08-24 12:29:16 |
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Again, | by MatthewDBA | 2009-08-24 12:32:41 |
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by vw_fan17 |
2009-08-25 13:13:14 |
you need a faster car.
No, really. I now buy cars with the expectation that I will NEED to accelerate briskly in order to merge appropriately/safely because people here in NorCal, for the most part, simply cannot drive properly in certain circumstances (*). I usually accelerate to speed of traffic + 15% or so and then lightly brake to find the right merging spot. If I'm right behind someone on the ramp driving slowly, I'll slow down until there's a gap between us and I can accelerate to near-traffic speed by the time I hit the end of the merge ramp.
Sure, I'm not as environmentally friendly as the next guy, but I do know how I felt the few times I had to merge in an underpowered car. I've rarely been in as much danger when accelerating to a little MORE than traffic speed. That's one reason I insisted on at least the 3.8L in wifey's Dodge Caravan. The 3.3L is way too underpowered for such merging. Ok, 300+hp in my DD is probably overkill :-)
YMMV.
(*) driving in a large urban area is difficult at the best of times. But, in several years of commuting in and around Toronto, I never saw anything like the insane rubber-necking that happens here (East-South Bay, CA) on a daily basis. Simply put a car with its hood up on the side of the road, and traffic speed will drop 30-50% and everything will grind to a halt. Just because one person stopped on the side of the road. It's (*&@#(*$&@# maddening to those of us trying to get home. |
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