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Old 07-11-2022, 09:22 PM
 
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I see big trucks in the left lane all the time. No one cares I guess.
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Old 07-12-2022, 06:43 AM
 
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I see big trucks in the left lane all the time. No one cares I guess.

I see the truck staties (The guys in the unmarked Suburbans or F150) pull trucks in the left lane over all the time on I-95 north of town. You figure they would know the rules while driving a commercial vehicle.

Buses are OK in the left lanes.
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Old 07-12-2022, 07:55 AM
 
Location: Woburn, MA / W. Hartford, CT
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Trucks are limited to the 2 right lanes on a 3 or 4 lane highway

https://malegislature.gov/Laws/Gener...er89/Section4C



I can't find anything on having something in tow in the left lanes. I've found it for other states though.
I drove I-71 between Columbus & Cleveland yesterday...and thank God we have this law in MA!
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Old 07-28-2022, 02:10 PM
 
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This happened to me again yesterday. I was turning left onto a side street, turned on my blinker. A Ford Mach E pulled out and tried to hit me before I turned. We both hit our brakes and I had to swing right in order to get around him.
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Old 07-28-2022, 02:49 PM
 
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This happened to me again yesterday. I was turning left onto a side street, turned on my blinker. A Ford Mach E pulled out and tried to hit me before I turned. We both hit our brakes and I had to swing right in order to get around him.
I hope you honked! I was second in line at a red light yesterday in Swellesley, the lady in front of me in an S5 convertible with the top down and wearing a wide brim hat didn't go when the light turned green. I gave it about 15 seconds and she still didn't go so I honked. She then waved her hand up in the air twice as if to say what the hell. How dare I interrupt her while she was texting or checking her instagram feed! lol
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Old 07-28-2022, 03:31 PM
 
Location: Needham, MA
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This happened to me again yesterday. I was turning left onto a side street, turned on my blinker. A Ford Mach E pulled out and tried to hit me before I turned. We both hit our brakes and I had to swing right in order to get around him.
I drive around all day long and I come across this pretty rarely. A larger issue IMO is that SO many people don't know how to make a square turn. It's incredible how many people cut off their turn and drive through oncoming traffic when making a turn.
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Old 07-28-2022, 06:53 PM
 
Location: Camberville
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I drive around all day long and I come across this pretty rarely. A larger issue IMO is that SO many people don't know how to make a square turn. It's incredible how many people cut off their turn and drive through oncoming traffic when making a turn.

Hard to make a tight turn when there's a phone in one hand!
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Old 08-03-2022, 08:27 AM
 
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It's incredible how many people cut off their turn and drive through oncoming traffic when making a turn.
I hate that. Couple times i've had people yell at me when i'm coming up to the stop line in my lane while they are cutting over the double yellow. My fault for almost hitting them trying to shave 0.0004s off their commute.


I've come to the conclusion that no matter how egregious (and obvious) the offense is, the minute you beep your horn at a bad driver they instantly start arguing with you like your the A-hole.
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Old 08-03-2022, 08:42 AM
 
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I hate that. Couple times i've had people yell at me when i'm coming up to the stop line in my lane while they are cutting over the double yellow. My fault for almost hitting them trying to shave 0.0004s off their commute.


I've come to the conclusion that no matter how egregious (and obvious) the offense is, the minute you beep your horn at a bad driver they instantly start arguing with you like your the A-hole.

Love the ones that pass on solid double yellows to get in front of you because they don't want to go the speed limit behind you. Then, once they are in front they all of a sudden forget where the gas pedal is.
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Old 08-03-2022, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Needham, MA
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I hate that. Couple times i've had people yell at me when i'm coming up to the stop line in my lane while they are cutting over the double yellow. My fault for almost hitting them trying to shave 0.0004s off their commute.


I've come to the conclusion that no matter how egregious (and obvious) the offense is, the minute you beep your horn at a bad driver they instantly start arguing with you like your the A-hole.
That drives me NUTS. It really makes me crazy when people ignore lane markings.

When I was a fairly new driver, I was approaching a four way intersection at a high rate of speed. Meanwhile, another driver in a massive Chevy Suburban was making a left turn coming from my right and cut through my lane as I approached the intersection.

He pulled up next to me and started yelling and screaming at me "don't you see the red light?!?!?!" I responded "Does it look like I'm moving????" He was completely dumbfounded and stared at me blankly for a moment and then drove off.

There's nothing worse than when someone breaks the rules (which are there to keep everyone safe) and then blames you for the near miss.
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