In article >,
Scott en Aztl?n > wrote:

> Alan Baker > said in rec.autos.driving:
>
> >In article >,
> > Scott en Aztl?n > wrote:
> >
> >> The other day I posted video of a proper lane change. Here's an
> >> example of a bad one:
> >>
> >> http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=23ww6sk
> >>
> >> Keep an eye on the silver Durango in the lane to my right. He wants to
> >> turn left at the next block, but like many drivers he failed to plan
> >> ahead and was four lanes to the right of the lane he wanted to be in.
> >> So of course he panics and starts changing lanes, nearly clobbering a
> >> motorcyclist in the process (and, of course, slowing down in my lane,
> >> forcing me and everyone behind me to slow down needlessly also.
> >
> >He doesn't "nearly clobber" anyone.
> >
> >He makes a perfectly normal change into your lane and then slows
> >slightly to align with a space in the lane to your left *behind* the
> >motorcycle.
>
> Interesting how you missed his little "wiggle" - he fully intended to
> cross all 4 lanes in one motion, but when he realized the motorcyclist
> wasn't a JLEDI he swerved back into his lane, slowed down, and waited
> for it to pass.

For him to have "swerved back into his lane" he would have to have left
it first.

He didn't.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."