Daryl wrote --
 
> JM>  I try to keep up with the traffic, since going too slow is as much
a hazard as driving too fast.
> 
>   It is the law that "slower traffic must keep right". Yet, folks are
> passing me obviously speeding. It sounds like a double standard.

  Its also to help protect the slower driver (even one going the limit)
from getting slammed in the rear by someone going too fast.
  If someone is a hurry I'd rather them to go just around.
  There have been times keeping up with traffic and I'm several mph over
the limit and some nutcase goes flying past me and just a blur.
  During road construction season this one area was having a lot of near
misses and a couple people hit because some drivers didn't slow down as
the signs said.  A couple of LEO's around the area put a stop to that.

>   One woman in Florida was so enamored into her smartphone, that she
> walked right into the side of a moving train, and was seriously injured.
> I think she filed suit against the railroad...personally, I hope it was
> laughed out of court!! 

  But, but, but, don't you realise its all about _Me_.  My wants, my
needs, my this and that.  The heck with everyone else.

> JM> Generally the calls are someone wanting to sell me something
> JM>or begging for money.
> 
>   I have the CALL DETECTOR app on my Android phone. It has blocked

  These callers are using local numbers now.  The phone rings and a
local/regional number appears and people think its someone else calling
and answer.  And the numbers change often.  So you block 123-4567 the
next time the number is 123-4568 which isn't in the blocked system.

> JM>  I enjoy the slower pace, going through little towns, etc.  Speed
up, slow down and so forth.
> 
>   And reflect on what life was like when times weren't so rushed.

  It also breaks the monotony of the interstate.
  Joe
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