It should be GF. as in GOD FIRST
"Daniel W. Rouse Jr." > wrote in message
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> With all this discussion of Me First/F**k You (MFFY), it's time to admit
> the
> fundamental problem leading to MFFY: speeding.
>
> There's all kinds of excuses--the limits are underposted, it's not safe to
> drive the speed limit, etc.; however, unless a particular road actually
> has
> no speed limit, the speed limit is still the law governing the roads.
>
> So, given a two lane road in one direction, and the following legal
> assumption:
>
> * The Left Lane is for traffic that is passing/driving at the speed limit
> (no vehicle shall exceed the posted limit).
> * The Right Lane is for slower traffic that is travelling below the speed
> limit.
>
> Let's look at some scenarios and how they reflect MFFY:
>
> #1: Driver in the left lane is driving the speed limit, traffic in the
> right
> lane is below the speed limit; therefore, the driver in the left lane is
> passing traffic. Speeder comes along in the left lane and expects the
> legal
> driver to move to the right lane, either by tailgating and flash to pass =
> MFFY, the speeder just can't seem to legally drive with the flow of
> traffic
> at the speed limit and follow 2 to 3 seconds behind, after all, they have
> to
> be *first*, ahead of the pack.
>
> #2: Driver in the left lane is speeding, and again, here comes the speeder
> driving even faster, once again using flash to pass or tailgating to force
> the other driver to the right lane = MFFY. Now, it's been said that the
> left
> lane is the passing lane, not the fast enough lane, but how fast is fast
> enough? Again, it's another indication that the second driver can't drive
> with the flow of traffic, they have to be *first*.
>
> Now, there are genuine situations where a driver in the left lane is an
> LLB,
> for example, driving below the speed limit/not passing traffic/driving in
> the left lane, but doesn't everything else over the speed limit also
> amount
> to MFFY?
>
> I think it does. And of course, this isn't to say that I haven't found
> myself speeding with the flow of traffic on more than one occasion, but
> I'm
> generally following 2 to 3 seconds behind the other car in the left lane,
> passing slower traffic, not tailgating, not flashing to pass, and not
> passing on the right--I have no need to be in first place. Predictably, I
> encounter MFFY speeders that attempt to "divebomb" me by tailgating and
> braking suddenly. As such, I simply tap the brakes twice and continue my
> safe following distance behind the other car--and if they pass right just
> to
> be in first place ahead of me, and the car in front of me... once again,
> they are epitome of the MFFY type of driver.
>
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