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Geoffrey Myers<br>
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On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:48 PM, "Lightner, Jeff" <<a href=3D"mail=
to:JLightner at water.com">JLightner at water.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Having driven to all 49 continental US states and 8 Canadian<br>
provinces I can tell you that driving is NOT universally better above<br>
the Mason-Dixon line. =A0In fact it seems to vary state by state or<br>
province by province. =A0 In NJ/NY on I 95 you=92ll see traffic as bad if<b=
r>
not worse than anything you=92ll see in Atlanta. =A0 What you do see is<br>
that usually in and around large metro areas traffic is worse both in<br>
volume and in manners than in other areas.<br>
><br>
> One big exception is that in most of Indiana it seems that ALL<br>
drivers go out of their way to be in your way. =A0Indiana has annoyed me<br=
>
because none of the states around it seem to have the same issues. =A0Even<=
br>
Chicago drivers seem more courteous than those buffoons.<br>
><br>
> From: <a href=3D"mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org">ale-bounces at ale.org</a> [=
mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org">ale-bounces at ale.org</a>] On B=
ehalf Of<br>
Jim Kinney<br>
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 1:19 PM<br>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT rant] selfishness<br>
><br>
> I have noticed on my jaunts to Boulder that above the Mason-Dixon<br>
line, driving changes radically for the better. If I'm approaching<br>
someone in the left lane, they pull over to the right. If I use my turn<br>
signal to indicate I'm changing lanes, the car I'm about to pull in=
<br>
front of will either make a bit more room for me of flash lights to let<br>
me know I'm clear when it's really close. No one guns it to cut me =
off<br>
from changing lanes.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Jerald Sheets <<a href=3D"mailto:q=
uesty at gmail.com">questy at gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
> I am so glad I moved to North Carolina right now. =A0I believe I saw<b=
r>
two cows and a squirrel on my way in this morning...<br>
><br>
><br>
> --jer<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href=3D"mailto:jim.kin=
ney at gmail.com">jim.kinney at gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> There was a wreck on I-285 that required fire trucks, ambulance and<br=
>
closing down 3 lanes next to the center divider. Of course traffic is<br>
backed up for a few miles. As the emergency vehicles are approaching,<br>
people were, in general, making NO APPARENT EFFORT to clear a path for<br>
the emergency access. I could see the approaching lights and hear the<br>
sirens a full 2 minutes before they were finally adjacent to my car.<br>
Finally, as they were nearly adjacent, traffic began to ignore the lane<br>
markers and spread apart to allow an envelope of open road to appear<br>
just ahead of the emergency trucks.<br>
><br>
> And then the most blatant example of selfishness I've ever seen<br=
>
occurred. The car behind me had not made a single move to clear the way<br>
for the ambulance. From my view, the cell phone call was far more<br>
important than the road conditions. So when I was finally able to<br>
squeeze left, along with the cars in front and the right side traffic<br>
squeezing right, the car behind me took the new hole as an opportunity<br>
to jump in front of the traffic that was making room for the ambulance<br>
and fire rescue trucks.<br>
><br>
> The driver actually impeded the flow of the emergency crew as she<br>
finally tried to merge back into traffic but there was no room. So she<br>
stopped moving, laid on the horn and looked like she was about to ram a<br>
car out of they way when finally some serious other car packing allowed<br>
her to clear the way.<br>
><br>
> As a species, we are doomed if that mentality continues. I hope the<br=
>
fire truck got her tag and she loses her license. We need to have urban<br>
transportation that is not propelled by individual interest. The roads<br>
are simply too crowded and people are too distracted to always be safe<br>
drivers. We can't force people to be safe but we can remove<br>
opportunities for people to be stupid and selfish. I like the idea of<br>
being able to get to work/pub/friends/food without needing to sweat the<br>
details of driving and still make it in less than 2 hours. I ESPECIALLY<br>
want to hit my fav pubs and then get home without endangering anything<br>
but my own liver.<br>
><br>
> We are close to having the capability but we are light-years from<br>
having the social will to make the leap.<br>
><br>
> </rant><br>
><br>
> um. duh. The auto2 should have a hardened, real-time Linux system<br>
brain.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> James P. Kinney III<br>
><br>
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br>
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his<b=
r>
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.<br>
> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br>
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r>
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