Driving in traffic is a psychological art. There’s one of you and a million of them, right? The bad news is that people in a herd tend to think alike. It’s the fact of herd mentality that makes for rush hour and gridlock.
The good news is you don’t have to be one of them! And if you know how to exploit the psychology of the herd to your advantage you can save tremendous time and money in both ordinary and jammed traffic. The strategies in this book will teach you how to save in all kinds of traffic conditions—in urban settings, on the highways, and even on backcountry roads.
On the whole, people in a herd—which is what mass traffic is—suffer from two weaknesses. One is the fear of being different. The other is the failure to think ahead. If you can overcome the fear of being different and can learn to think ahead, you can say good-bye to a great majority of the time wasting gridlock that paralyzes traffic.
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Beating the Rush Hour Blues is “just what the doctor orders” for taking the headache out of driving in competitive traffic. In this thorough yet concise manual, veteran driver Brad Anderson gives the prescription for getting out of jams, cutting corners (literally) and making time in all road situations—from clogged urban arteries to open interstates, and from in-town holiday fiascoes to rural mountain switchbacks. Anderson even shows how to save on those exorbitant east coast tolls. A must read for the harried executive,Sunday shopper and family vacationer alike, stressed out by the daily grind.
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Beating the Rush Hour Blues:: 60+ Time & Money Saving Strategies to Get Ahead of Traffic in ALL Situations
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Disclaimer
Introduction
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Thinking Ahead in Big and Small Ways
Measuring Your Gains
The Power of Stealth
When Not to “Play the Game”
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I. Strategies for “Clogged Arteries”
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1. Hunting for Gaps
2. Late Merging
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The “Funnel Effect”
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3. Using Exit Lanes as Merge Lanes
4. Utilizing the Power of Rear Onramp Lanes
5. Combined Onramp and Exit Lanes
6. “Skiing” The Rush Hour Right Lane
7. Using Legal Travel Shoulders
8. Using the Center Lane of Forked Exits
9. HOV Lanes
10. Leveraging the Power of Feeder Lanes
11. Long Tail Exits
12. Unmarked Dual Exit Lanes
13. Gridded Single Lane Exits
14. Multi-Lane Long Tail Exiting
15. Getting Through Gridlock without Exits: Refining Your Gap Hunt
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II. Strategies for the Open Road
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16. Staying “A Neck Ahead:” Mastering the Art of Inconspicuous Speed Passing
17. Acceleration Passes
18. Stealth Passing on
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Two Lane Rural Roads
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19. Inside Passing on Curves: Letting Centrifugal Force Do the Work for You
20. Lane Shifting to “Straighten” Twisting Mountain Passes
21. Ascent Passing: Capitalizing on the Law of Gravity
22. Using Ascents to Pass Trucks
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Passing on the Right
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23. Open Road Passing on the Right
24. Using Ascending Slow Lanes
25. Beware the Right Lane Speedster
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III. Beating the “Venus Flytrap!”
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26. Heeding the Warning Signs
27. Interpreting Brake Lights
28. Preparing for Alternative & Emergency Escapes
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“If In Doubt, Get Out!” - Using Exits to Escape a Jam
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29. Exit “Skipping”
30. “Early” Exiting
31. Backing up Onramp Shoulders
32. Rest Area Circuits
33. The Beauty of Frontage Roads
34. Intertwined Interstates
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Toll Booths – The Trucker May Be Your Secret Ace
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35. EZ Pass – The Normal Lane of Choice
36. EZ Pass vs. Cash Only Lanes
37. Truck Toll Lanes – The Untold Secret
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IV. Getting Ahead In Town
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Sizing Up the “Competition”
Strategizing Dual Lane Intersections When You Are in the Lead
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38. Tortoise and the Hare
39. Nosing Short of the Next Driver
40. Using Inside Turn Lanes onto Merging Ramps
41. Truck Inertia: Passing Left to Turn Right.
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Strategizing for Two Lanes with Multiple Vehicles Ahead
Playing Light Cycle Chess
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42. Distance Planning: Red Means Go, Green Means Whoa!
43. Amber Means “Hurry Up and Get Through!”
44. Watching for Cross Amber Lights
45. Reading the Left Arrow Cycle
46. Turning Right to Go Left
47. Going Straight to Turn Left (The Legal U Turn Effect)
48. Approaching Intersections with Right Exit Ramps
49. Beating the Side Street Sensor
50. Using Neighborhood Cross Blocks and Parallel Streets
51. Leveraging Commercial Lots and Industrial Roads
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V. Secrets to Getting Ahead No GPS Will Ever Tell You
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52. Choose Your Maps Wisely
53. Maps and Those “Little Roads”
54. Interpreting Unlabeled and/or Unsigned Roads from a Map
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Using the Known to Interpret the Unknown
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55. Pavement Changes & Unmarked Jurisdictional Lines
56. “No Thru Trucks” – A Beacon of Hope in a Lost World!
57. Map Insets: Risking the Unknown in Urban Settings
58. Following the Escape Artist!
59. Knowing Your Boundaries: The Power of Mental Map Gridding
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Developing the GPS in Your Head
Observing the Little Cues
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VI. Planning Ahead for the Big Trip
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60. Planning the Time of Your Travel
61. Thinking Ahead: Timing Your Gas, Food & Bathroom Stops
62. Using the Internet to Save on Gas
63. Planning Motel Stops
64. Getting an Early Start
65. What About Driving Overnight?
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VII. Avoid Tolls:Trading Time for Money…Is It Worth It?
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(“Bonus Tips” For East Coast Toll Watchers)
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66. Planning Major Alternates
67. Strategizing Around Combined Tolls
68. Alternates in a Jam
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VIII. What about the Police?
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Psychology Vs. Legality
Sensing Police Presence
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IX. Conclusion: “Giving Back” on the Road
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