Re: Tail-gating

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Komljanec, Tony wrote:
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> No problem Igor.  I think there is a cultural difference here....  I couldn't have realized that the tail-gating jerk behind you could be using you as a screen.  I'm not used to that in Ontario.  People just pass, and they are gone....  130 km/h +...   When I follow a speeder, I follow 400 metres back.... way back and away.   That's how I can see the smokey minion come out of hiding and go after the 'faster' car.
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> It's interesting, but when I drive to Detroit from Toronto, it's never in the southbound direction that I pick up "stragglers".  Only in the northbound direction, and with Michigan plates on it.   The revenue generators sure have them trained.  Do they ever pull over the *following* car instead of the first one?

I visited Ontario and Quebec this past Christmas. You guys
do_drive_differntly, than it is customary south of your border. My own
observation: you typically drive on the right, pass on the left. I was
typically travelling at 120-130km/h and once in a while I would catch up
on a car in the left lane from behind. As  soon as it saw me it would
move over to the right_immediately! With a right blinker flashing to
boot.

I've spent 10 wonderfull driving days in Canada, during which in no
instance was I distirbed, stressed or even slightly nerveous because of
the other drivers on the road.

Can't wait to go to Canada again. I am shooting for the Memorial Day
weekend.

Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ