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CarGuru > Driving > Lane use questions. 6 February 2005 23:49:07
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Lane use questions.

Robert F Merrill 4 February 2005 16:38:40
 I'm a bit of a novice driver, and live in an area where using a freeway is
not a common occurrence -- in fact, roads very rarely have more than 2
lanes in either direction, and the ones that even have that many are
usually within the town centers.

Since I'm a newbie and I've never really had anyone teach me this, I have a
few questions about lane use:

Does "left lane passing only" apply in heavy (<30 mph) congestion? I figured
that in this situation everyone would be wanting to pass everyone else, so
any use of the left lane would be "passing".

If I'm driving on a freeway with 5 lanes in either direction, and there are
no cars for 1/4 mile in front or behind me, what lane should I be in?

(I tried figuring this out myself, and I decided on the #4 lane. I think it
would be best to stay as far to the right as I can, but I ruled out the #5
lane because I would be getting in the way of anyone merging onto or
exiting off of the freeway)

How do I properly choose which lane to use on a) a non-controlled access
highway b) a city street? Do I KRETP, or do I pick my lane depending on
which direction I'm eventually turning?


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Olaf Gustafson 4 February 2005 22:28:42 [ permanent link ]
 On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:58:01 GMT, Arif Khokar <akhokar1234@wvu.ed­u>
wrote:
How do I properly choose which lane to use on a) a non-controlled access>> highway>
The right lane.

But just to cover all your bases, you should also change lanes every
15 seconds
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Robert F Merrill 5 February 2005 03:41:58 [ permanent link ]
 Olaf Gustafson wrote:
You lost me.....how is it that you live in hicksville, but are> knowledgable about lane numbering conventions?>

Internet!

The funny part is that Hicksville, NY (yes, that is its real name) is 80
miles west of me, is much more urban and is in the middle of 5 freeways.
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Robert F Merrill 5 February 2005 03:46:07 [ permanent link ]
 Arif Khokar wrote:
If I'm driving on a freeway with 5 lanes in either direction, and there>> are no cars for 1/4 mile in front or behind me, what lane should I be in?>
The right most lane.>

Really? I understand the logic in KRETP, but I don't see why I should prefer
the #5 over the #4, when anything less than a traffic jam can easily get by
me in the three lanes to my left.
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Robert F Merrill 5 February 2005 08:29:09 [ permanent link ]
 Robert F Merrill wrote:

Really? I understand the logic in KRETP, but I don't see why I should> prefer the #5 over the #4, when anything less than a traffic jam can> easily get by me in the three lanes to my left.

Anyone?
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Scott en Aztln 5 February 2005 08:44:04 [ permanent link ]
 On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:46:07 -0500, Robert F Merrill
<ding.chavez@gmail.­com> wrote:
If I'm driving on a freeway with 5 lanes in either direction, and there>>> are no cars for 1/4 mile in front or behind me, what lane should I be in?>>
The right most lane.>
Really? I understand the logic in KRETP, but I don't see why I should prefer>the #5 over the #4, when anything less than a traffic jam can easily get by>me in the three lanes to my left.

If there is a lot of traffic entering and exiting, I'll hang in the #4
lane. The way most people merge onto the freeway, I will be passing
each and every one of them.

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Arif Khokar 5 February 2005 19:29:13 [ permanent link ]
 Robert F Merrill wrote:>>Really? I understand the logic in KRETP, but I don't see why I should>>prefer the #5 over the #4, when anything less than a traffic jam can>>easily get by me in the three lanes to my left.

Why should they have only 3 lanes available when they can have 4? When
you have to take an exit, why do you need to put yourself in a position
of having to make a lane change that would not have been necessary had
you been in the right most lane.
Anyone?

Hardly anyone monitors usenet 24/7 Robert.
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Scott en Aztln 5 February 2005 21:42:10 [ permanent link ]
 On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 15:29:13 GMT, Arif Khokar <akhokar1234@wvu.ed­u>
wrote:
Robert F Merrill wrote:>>>Really? I understand the logic in KRETP, but I don't see why I should>>>prefer the #5 over the #4, when anything less than a traffic jam can>>>easily get by me in the three lanes to my left.>
When you have to take an exit, why do you need to put yourself in a position >of having to make a lane change that would not have been necessary had >you been in the right most lane.

You're like the computer programmer who will spend a week
hand-optimizing a subroutine in assembly language even though the
routine only gets called once a year and takes less than a microsecond
to execute, even before you optimized it.

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Arif Khokar 6 February 2005 08:42:42 [ permanent link ]
 Scott en Aztlán wrote:> You're like the computer programmer who will spend a week> hand-optimizing a subroutine in assembly language even though the> routine only gets called once a year and takes less than a microsecond> to execute, even before you optimized it.

IMO, it's like writing a subroutine to handle a condition that need not
occur in the first place.
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Scott en Aztlán 6 February 2005 23:49:07 [ permanent link ]
 On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 04:42:42 GMT, Arif Khokar <akhokar1234@wvu.ed­u>
wrote:
Scott en Aztlán wrote:>> You're like the computer programmer who will spend a week>> hand-optimizing a subroutine in assembly language even though the>> routine only gets called once a year and takes less than a microsecond>> to execute, even before you optimized it.>
IMO, it's like writing a subroutine to handle a condition that need not >occur in the first place.

Obviously you're not a programmer. :)­

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