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Originally Posted by LNL76 (Post 2048522)

Chicken! The middle lane is the best...you get to deal with jackassses from BOTH sides! :p

Ever drove in LA? Middle lane is not a safe haven here. Drivers can overtake you from BOTH sides of the road plus... you are allowed to talk and drive as long as you're using a hands-free! :D

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 2048616)

Atlanta drivers are particularly bad about this. It's funny in rush hour how driving in the right lane is typically considerably faster than competing with all the dummies jamming into the left lanes.

No one is as bad as Ohio drivers in this regard. Actually the worst drivers in the world are in the U.S. and the worst of them are Ohioans. I dread driving through that state.

This "Tool of the Day" thread "IS" the tool of the day!

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Originally Posted by Claybird (Post 2048655)

Ever drove in LA? Middle lane is not a safe haven here. Drivers can overtake you from BOTH sides of the road plus... you are allowed to talk and drive as long as you're using a hands-free! :D

LA is crazy but they have a method to their madness...know and follow the etiquette and it will be OK (unless it's one of the three days it rains each year :eek: ).

Several other places I can think of the drivers are just plain stupid and oblivious...like SLC.

The drivers where you are from are the worst. Nobody knows how bad traffic can be until they've driven through your city.

Holy crap, go back to FFDO instead of rehashing scenes from driving miss daisy

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Originally Posted by vagabond (Post 2048517)

Had to go to Seattle the other day. Traffic was bad as usual and we came to a crawl on I5 right above BFI. So i looked over to the left to watch a corporate jet take off. I turned to the right just in time to see the driver in the next lane also trying to look at the jet. He was picking his nose.

Oh yikes, ya I'm that driver. Always looking at airplanes and picking my nose. In fact, it probably was me. I should be more careful.

The sad thing, it's not the first time I've been caught picking my nose when the driver next to me pulls over...

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 2048863)

SLC drivers remind me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWHa5cpMZo

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Originally Posted by 727C47 (Post 2047378)

Han Solo was a freight dog ,God bless him,and cardiomd does not merit the abuse generated on these threads against him, God bless him too, cheers out.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Dolphinflyer (Post 2048151)

Bubba,

Give up in the interest of preserving the Tool thread and the fact you will never get a response conceding a point from a MD regards to aviation.

I concede many and all points that are correct, or even well-thought and reasoned arguments.

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Originally Posted by Claybird (Post 2048173)

I must say haven't followed FFDO discussion much so...

I am sorry, I can't put it differently, but... who are you?

Commercial pilot, cardiologist, researcher, former engineer.

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Originally Posted by Packrat (Post 2048252)

Groupthink is rampant on APC. Differing views are generally met with disdain and often with moderator action. Sorry if you can't accept that.

Groupthink is also pervasive among the FFDO community. Even though they can't show even one case where an FFDO has prevented an action, they insist on self-glorification of "another layer of safety" so they can continue to tote around their pistols, badges and Barney Fife egos.

Strangely enough I have seen this quite well from the FSDO to the community FAASTeam architecture. Certain CAP units become overrun with a massive boys' club groupthink, and it often ruins them. It is yet another reason that having guys like the mature crew that I named previously involved in decision-making and not the fervent crazy few.

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Originally Posted by PotatoChip (Post 2048298)

Yes. I did. You can the description here: http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/2044607-post7485.html

Thanks. I'm pretty happy I didn't get to see it.