And Now For a Bad Lane Change

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. He then accelerates into that lane and then moves into the
left hand of the two turn lanes only because it is convenient.

--
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."