Everyime in the past while driving downtown in rush hour in the fast or almost fast lanes, I've felt screwed by the people in the slow lane. I thought that I was just crazy and it wasn't true. I actually stuck to the slow lane today, from before Pinecrest all the way till I got off. And I beat everyone. Well, almost. At the last couple of minutes people pulled away from me 'cause I was only doing like 80 kph. But it actually works. So strange.
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I find that the people in the fast lane don't pace themselves properly -- they are too much in a rush -- and the net effect is that they actually go slower. This is most apparent on the way home (westbound) near Carling when things start to bunch up around 4-5pm.
ReplyDeleteThe cars in the fast lane are stop and go all the time, hurry up and wait kinda thing. It also doesn't help that people cut other people off trying to get *into* the fast lane because they think it will be faster. That makes the cars behind them slow down and stop, screwing up the pace for the lane.
When things start to bunch up I find it's best to get into the middle lane until they clear out, then return to the fast lane.
I don't drive in rush hour that often though -- I schedule my shit to purposely miss it. Can't always be helped though, especially if you work for Uncle Paul.