| Traffic Timing [message #795278] |
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| Re: Traffic Timing [message #795348 ] |
Fri, 22 February 2008 00:08 |
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:17:38 -0800, Scott in SoCal
<scottenaztlan [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>There is a 4-lane road along my route that runs through a closed
>military base (and thus has no cross roads for several miles). The
>posted speed limit is 65 MPH. If your timing it just right, you can
>have a very pleasant drive along this road.
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>The problem, of course, is the Phalanxen of Sloth. If you get stuck
>behind one of these clusterfucks, your pleasant 65 MPH cruise turns
>into a 50 MPH nightmare, as there are *always* a few Timid Timmy
>scatterd throughout the Phalanx driving 50 and a whole bunch of other
>drivers Slothily threading their way through.
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>Your experience om such a road depends a great deal on your timing: if
>you happen to turn onto the road too close behind one of these clumps
>you'll be stuck bwhind it for miles, whereas if you happen to turn
>onto the road *between* the clumps, you can have clear, full-speed
>sailing the entire way.
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>Question: would you ever time your travel so that your entry onto a
>road occurs BETWEEN the Sloth Phalanxen? Why or why not?
Probablly not. IME, it would be almost impossible to time such an
entry unless you are at the intersection and if you are waiting to
make the turn with no oncomming traffic, the people behind me might
not understand and get impatient.
Just curious, but is there enough room for a shoulder pass to deal
with the sloth phalanx?
C orny
A lmanac of
L eftcoast
R oads
O btuse &
G rainy
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| Re: Traffic Timing [message #795420 ] |
Fri, 22 February 2008 03:54 |
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| Re: Traffic Timing [message #795499 ] |
Fri, 22 February 2008 17:26 |
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Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:l98rr3du8tbhrnfvvqrip4mapojqu4o78a [at] 4ax.com...
> Question: would you ever time your travel so that your entry onto a
> road occurs BETWEEN the Sloth Phalanxen? Why or why not?
Guess I either don't understand the question or I'll answer it with another
question: How could you even time it to be in your favor? Unless you know
of certain hours when the road will be less slothy than others?? Sounds
like a random deal to me. What am I missing here?? Perhaps pretty pictures
would help.
John B.
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| Re: Traffic Timing [message #795578 ] |
Sat, 23 February 2008 03:40 |
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| Re: Traffic Timing [message #795890 ] |
Mon, 25 February 2008 20:10 |
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Ah, yes - the large space cushion. Every good driver's best friend. It
sounds like you can't pass the clump if you're in it or right behind it, so
what if you were wait for it to go by and turn onto that road just before
the next clump meanders along? You may be waiting a bit, but, as you said,
you'll have that cushion and won't be in a clump - which I personally
dislike BIG time. And sometimes you just gotta speed to avoid being sucked
into one them, right?? Heheheh...
John B.
"Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:kl1vr3tstetl4jg25jipeo8ndo7b1cgf7g [at] 4ax.com...
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:26:55 -0500, "John B." <jlb [at] computac.com>
> wrote:
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> >
> >Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:l98rr3du8tbhrnfvvqrip4mapojqu4o78a [at] 4ax.com...
> >> Question: would you ever time your travel so that your entry onto a
> >> road occurs BETWEEN the Sloth Phalanxen? Why or why not?
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> >Guess I either don't understand the question or I'll answer it with
another
> >question: How could you even time it to be in your favor?
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> Because there are traffic lights at either end, the cars tend to clump
> up with large clear spaces in between. I have found myself in one of
> these clear spaces occasionally, completely by accident, and I was
> wondering if there was a good/easy way to make it happen on purpose.
> It might not get me there any faster, but being able to have a large
> space cushion around my car is definitely much safer.
> --
> Please don't give financial rewards to trolls -
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