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Again (amazing how many people apparently don't actually read the thread), I've stated several times that I don't drive in the left lane except to pass or take a left exit. That STILL does not change right and wrong as far as the traffic laws are concerned, NOR does it change the fact that there are people on here whose egos are so tied up in how heavy their foot is that they can't see the simple fact that they are choosing, intentionally and with malice aforethought, to break the speed limit law and at the same time are insisting that other drivers obey the move right law so that they themselves find it easier to break the speed limit law. See how hypocritical that is? Why aren't you advising them to drop their egos?
Yes, I let speed demons by if I should happen to be in the left lane passing someone in the right, as soon as I can safely complete the pass and move over without endangering anyone else (the speed demon notwithstanding). Actually, it's a good way to pull off the cops up ahead for everyone else. But this is not something they are entitled to by right; the slower traffic keep right law means, again, traffic driving slower than the speed limit is to keep right.
It would be amusing, if it weren't frightening, to see just how far people here will go to avoid acknowledging that they are doing something wrong and that they think that they are ENTITLED to speed because, well, well, because they ARE, that's why! And how hard they will work to deny the very clear fact that they have made that choice and that no one else really owes it to them to do likewise or to accommodate them, and that they are flat wrong in their idea that their wish to break the law overrides everyone else's wish to obey it.
Again, if you are obeying the speed limit laws, there is no problem.
If you are breaking the speed limit laws, you have given up any right to whine because someone else doesn't obey a different law that you want them to because it makes it easier for YOU to break the law. And, for that matter, you have given up any right to whine because someone else is obeying the law, which is what most of this is on here, if you're honest about it.
Grow up and get over it.
Texas Lady are you dizzy? You keep running circles with your arguments. If you are so righteous and always move over when "speed demons" come up behind you and typically drive in the right lane then why do you keep harping about the same thing? You're not the person they are complaining about.
The complaint I have now is that you think you're the traffic police. There will never be a time that everyone drives exactly the speed limit. Unless you have never driven 1mph over the posted limit then you have also broken the law and have no room to talk. Many states have made this a law now FOR A REASON. I expect more will follow. I don't see many police officers pulling people over for going 5-10mph over the posted limit. I have, however seen them pull people over for camping in the "fast" lane, slowing down traffic.
So you should probably "Grow up and get over it".
I don't see many police officers pulling people over for going 5-10mph over the posted limit. I have, however seen them pull people over for camping in the "fast" lane, slowing down traffic.
When I see that the police have pulled someone over, I could only guess at the reason.
How do you actually know?
When I see that the police have pulled someone over, I could only guess at the reason.
How do you actually know?
Well for one, they had four cars behind them and the police officer bypassed those four cars to pull over the one in front. And yes, that could be an assumption. But I have also had two different family members pulled over for holding up traffic in the "fast" lane.
What really angers me is when I'm being tailgated when I have my two young children in the backseat in their rear facing seats. If someone is tailgating me I'm thinking there's a very good chance that they can see my two little kids in the back seat and if they don't back off then they are knowingly showing a complete lack of respect for the safety of my children. If either of my kids were ever hurt because of something a tailgater did and that person actually stopped or was forced to stop I would probably beat them to within an inch of their life when i got out of my car. That is in no way a joke.
I will move over if there are other lanes for me to move to. However it seems like I get tailgated a lot on single lane roads. I always drive a reasonable speed, not too fast not too slow. So if you're mad because you're behind me and you have somewhere to go then...........that's too damn bad, maybe you should have left a little sooner and you'd be in front of me instead of behind me. It's not my problem and if you rear end me I'll sue you in a heartbeat.
I bet most of these speed junkies here are the ones probably driving big SUV's and lifted pick-up trucks, the ones that suffer from that 'big car' syndrome, as in 'get outta my way my vehicle is big and bad and I own the road'! LOL
And what if "these people" also drive other passenger cars half the time the exact same way? It's even easier because they are lighter, quicker, and more nimble. It's the driver, not the car.
I will move over if there are other lanes for me to move to. However it seems like I get tailgated a lot on single lane roads. I always drive a reasonable speed, not too fast not too slow. So if you're mad because you're behind me and you have somewhere to go then...........that's too damn bad, maybe you should have left a little sooner and you'd be in front of me instead of behind me. It's not my problem and if you rear end me I'll sue you in a heartbeat.
I hope hell has a special wing for tailgaters.
Tailgaters don't do it because they're late the majority of the time. It's in their nature to just go as fast as reasonable on the road, which usually is above the low speed limits set on the roads. This is not an excuse for the act, but a reason why they just want to get ahead. I don't know why people keep saying "just leave earlier". This is the way they drive ALL THE TIME.
Just drive consistently at your reasonable pace - the biggest danger is a difference in speed. A minor bump when he's going nearly the same speed is not going to hurt your kids anyway, nor will it send you into the ditch.
There is nothing more aggravating then two idiots driving the exact same speed next to each other. If you are driving the same speed as the guy in the right lane then why not drive in the right lane also..? Why must you drive directly next to him making it impossible for others to pass in the left lane (which is what it is for). So no, no sympathy. Follow the rules of the road and move to the right lane then you won't get people on your bumper.
I used to make frequent trips on I65 from Indianapolis to Chicago. I would CONSTANTLY get trapped behind two semis driving right next to each other like that. It was uncanny. I would be stuck behind two semis, feeling claustrophobic (because obviously I couldn't see what's ahead) then I'd eventually get past them, only to get stuck by another pair of semis just up the road. It had to be intentional, some kind of protest or something, because trucks aren't even supposed to be driving in the left lane there! Gawd, I don't miss that drive one bit.
A speed demon is someone who is so addicted to speed that they go into withdrawal and steam starts coming out of their ears if someone in front of them is going the speed limit and thus slowing them down. They will make all sorts of excuses "but the LAW says slower traffic move right!" while ignoring the fact that the LAW says they themselves should drive no faster than the speed limit, will have absolute hissy fits at the idea that they, by violating the speed limit, are the originating cause of the problem because if they weren't violating the speed limit someone driving the speed limit in any lane wouldn't slow them down, are incapable of accepting responsibility for that and instead deem the law-abiding to be the ones in the wrong, and find the idea of slowing down to the speed limit for a few minutes as a solution absolutely unimaginable - all because of their addiction to driving fast and, preferably, faster than anyone else.
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Is this seriously how you view the mental makeup of every driver that passes you?
I think you are having us on or...
For the most part, I drive two lane back roads where I live and they most likely have solid double lines because we live in heavily wooded areas here on the east coast.
I hate when drivers poke along at 10-15 mph under the limit for some reason as well as those who are constantly riding their brakes on inclines that may increase their speed by 2-4 mph. WTF?
What really bugs me are drivers who need to pass you so badly they will pass when the lines are solid and endanger all if a car is coming in the opposite direction at night.
I have learned to back off from all of the above and let them kill themselves in their own fashion.
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