rude drivers nope. rude TRUCKERS... 1935Brink intoned thusly Forgive me for snipping a bit for the sake of brevity. I don't intend this to be about trains, 4-wheelers vs. truckers or anything other than what...
fair enough. let me ask you some questions about staying close to "ambient flow":
1) shall i slow down when pbutting all vehicles adjacent to mine to get within 5-8 MPH then? this would include of course braking to 33 MPH to pbutt a very slow moving truck inching up a grade and braking to sometimes the same degree to accomodate a truck that has just entered the freeway at a very slow speed.
2) if the answers to 1 are "yes," then shall i remain at 33 MPH when pbutting the always-present train of slow-moving trucks on graded 2-lane routes like I-10 in CA-AZ-NM-TX; I-17 in AZ; and I-90 in WA, ID, and MT?
3) in southern california where i live, HOV lanes are adjoining lanes to the normal traffic lanes. during peak travel times, it is not uncommon for the HOV lanes to be free-flowing at or above the 65 MPH speed limit while the normal lanes are in stop and go averaging 25 MPH. since i always take the HOV lanes during peak times, would you advise me to slow my speed to 33 MPH in the free-flowing HOV lane to stay withing 5-8 MPH of "ambient flow"?
perhaps i'm misunderstanding what you mean by "ambient flow," does one exceptionally slow driver change ambient flow? or are you referring to where *most* traffic is traveling? if it's the latter, then i was not travelling at 15 MPH greater than ambient flow; average speed on the fwy was probably 70-75 MPH with most trucks doing around 70 in the RH lane (the max speed allowed in texas for trucks).
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