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- From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser)
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
- Message-ID: <106129@bu.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 00:39:51 GMT
- References: <1993Jan1.014835.3791@osf.org> <1993Jan4.162707.6097@osf.org>
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- Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- In article <1993Jan4.162707.6097@osf.org> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- >Don't do this. Speed alone doesn't warrant use of the left lane. It is for
- >*passing* only. Being "asleep at the wheel" (cruise control) makes it that
- >much worse. If I were a cop, I'd ticket people for travelling exclusively
- >in the passing lanes, regardless of speed.
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- I would too! However driving in Massachusetts for a number of years
- has thoroughly convinced me that most people don't know the purpose of
- the *passing lane*. I know when I took driver ed (in New Hampshire),
- the use of Passing Lanes was emphasized. Perhaps Massachusetts doesn't
- make such an emphasis? Perhaps most drivers in Mass haven't taken
- driver ed? Perhaps most drivers in Massachusets just coun't give
- a damn?
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