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Old 06-23-09 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by dukes909
I'm very interested in this technique. Is there a similar technique for 2 lane roads with a solid yellow line (where there is not an extra lane for the car to move into to pass)? What do you do as traffic backs up behind you?
If there is room to share the lane, you share it, if not, you do not.
If there is not room to safely share and traffic begins building up behind you, then you do what any other slow moving vehicle that is being operated by a courteous driver would do...when it is safe to do so, pull off and let the bottleneck clear, then continue. Repeat as necessary.
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