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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 11:25 pm
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Originally Posted by runarut
The best way to assist people passing (I do this when pulling a fifth wheel trailer) is to take your foot off the gas when being passed. For some reason or another, if you don't let off the gas, your vehicle naturally speeds up as someone passes you.
Great advice! It would be nice if people actually used this tip. (Maybe it's due to a change in perception--being passed makes you feel like you're going artificially slow or something. I wouldn't know, as I don't think I've ever been passed, at least not on a two-lane road...)
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