This is something that I know that everyone’s done at one time or the other. Picture this scenario. You’re about 100 feet away from a traffic light that’s red. You’re on a four-lane road, with one car in front of you in each of the lanes in your direction.<\/p>\n
Do you do an almost instaneous appraisal of the cars to see which one should get “off the line” quicker and position yourself behind that car? I do this all the time. It’s probably the only time in my life that I start weighing the acceleration capacities of the Pontiac Grand Prix versus the Toyota Camry, for example.<\/p>\n
Of course, the game can be made even more interesting if there are multiple cars in the lanes or more lanes than two. “Hm…; there’s a Grand Prix and an old Oldsmobile in this lane; there’s a Honda Accord and what looks to be a Z71 in the other lane. Easy lane change. So long, granny!”<\/p>\n
Of course, putting big rigs in the equation almost always tilts the balance heavily towards non-truck lanes. But if the truck is sufficiently close to the front of the line, that opens up a new game entirely: the “can I get past everyone up to and including the truck, switch lanes, and get an open lane” game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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