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Geoffrey Myers

On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:48 PM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at water.com>
wrote:

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