Comments on: Getting around Seattle http://scottkoon.org/2004/07/07/getting-around-seattle/ babblings ! Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:48:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hamburger Lad http://scottkoon.org/2004/07/07/getting-around-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Hamburger Lad Thu, 08 Jul 2004 23:30:43 +0000 http://scottkoon.org/archives/2004/07/07/getting-around-seattle/#comment-52 I can think of two reasons why. First is the "Slow Line Syndrome", where you switch to a faster lane of traffic only to have traffic in that lane slow to the point where the traffic in your previous lane starts passing you. If you got burned by that once, you're less inclined to switch lanes the next time. The second reason is just the extra thought it takes to assess traffic and make the necessary adjustments. If you've allowed plenty of travel time or don't have an appointment to make, why not just sit back, creep along and listen to the radio? I can think of two reasons why. First is the “Slow Line Syndrome”, where you switch to a faster lane of traffic only to have traffic in that lane slow to the point where the traffic in your previous lane starts passing you. If you got burned by that once, you’re less inclined to switch lanes the next time.

The second reason is just the extra thought it takes to assess traffic and make the necessary adjustments. If you’ve allowed plenty of travel time or don’t have an appointment to make, why not just sit back, creep along and listen to the radio?

]]> By: What the heck is he thinking » Survival tips for Dave Winer while in Seattle http://scottkoon.org/2004/07/07/getting-around-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-140 What the heck is he thinking » Survival tips for Dave Winer while in Seattle Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://scottkoon.org/archives/2004/07/07/getting-around-seattle/#comment-140 [...] top of my head that are easier to get to than the one in Bellevue. You don’t always <a href="http://scottkoon.org/archives/2004/07/07/getting-around-seattle/">have to take I-5 to get north or south in the city</a>. If you want to go to Ballard [...] [...] top of my head that are easier to get to than the one in Bellevue. You don’t always have to take I-5 to get north or south in the city. If you want to go to Ballard [...]

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