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Re:Traffic Hacks: How One Driver Can Vastly Improve Traffic by qeorge on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @09:40PM (#786331)
Absolutely. I've tried to impart this to others, but the inescapable response is "someone will jump into the gap." If they would just try it..

I picked it up from truckers, who uniformly take this strategy.

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Re:Traffic Hacks: How One Driver Can Vastly Improve Traffic by camtarn on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @05:59AM (#786920)
There seems to be a difference in trucker culture between the US and UK - truckers in the UK don't seem to practise this technique.

While there are some courteous and sensible UK truckers, most of them seem to be driving right up against their speed limiters, and will tailgate then overtake anyone in front who dares travel 1mph slower than them - even if this involves attempting to overtake while going uphill, causing a wall of congestion on an otherwise free-flowing motorway.

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