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Before I retired, I swore I'd never shop (go into town) on the weekends or after 4pm. As a working person I was legit annoyed with older people shopping during these times when I assumed they could shop anytime they please (I know, don't comer after me)...
So I shop during the week and avoid going out on weekends or in the evenings.
Sometimes if I need something I will go out around seven. The throngs that crowd the ShopRite near my home (it literally takes less than five minutes to get there) have generally dispersed by that time. I simply won't go in to a store if the parking lot is full. I am a person who goes in and gets what I need and then gets out asap, and the way to not get myself angry and frustrated over slowpokes and crowds and people who seem to shop for entertainment and people who seem unaware of their surroundings is to avoid putting myself in situations to encounter crowds and people like that.
In the days when I needed something from a mall, I did the same. I learned that the elderly wanderers and the shoppers with kids were at the mall during daylight hours, and then the teenybopper mall rats would show up in the evenings to hang out. The best time to go to a mall is around six pm. It's an in-between time when most people are home having dinner.
Since I live in a wilderness district with a one lane road, at night I drive 5-8 below the speed limit......much to the dislike at those who drive the speed limit or faster. Further, I am not one to further light pollution in the country by driving with my high beams on.
The Subaru still has its scars from a deer hit a few years ago and I see enough of them to know it wasn't a chance occurrence. Just last night as I was getting home, there was young buck running along my fence line....and he ducked thru the open gate into the dark of my ranch.
Translated - you are stalling traffic and are hard to see on a country road.
I have dog steps because they are so small. One wraps his tiny self around my neck and I can feel his breath on my neck. He’s the second dog I have had that likes to sleep like that.
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Stalling traffic or not, the less speed you hit a deer at......the better.
If you turn your high beams on it will help you avoid deer.
I wouldn't really call that light pollution.
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If you turn your high beams on it will help you avoid deer.
I wouldn't really call that light pollution.
It really doesn't matter....because one is in a wilderness district and they should be driving slower for whatever, be it wildlife or people who walk along country roads or buzzard bait.
The point is that one is not justified to drive as fast as they want do matter how far they put out their sensors. The point is one should drive the speed for the conditions.
Finally, really love those who sit on my tail.......because I do brake for creatures of the forest and strays of the pasture.
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Hopefully she is courteous enough to pull over and let backed up traffic pass.
I do, at three places at 0 miles (in a 30 mph zone where people think they can drive 45 because that's the next zone), at 2 miles, and at 5 miles. These are locations where the shoulder is wide and long enough to be able to pull off.
But as I said, this is the country, dark land. No street lights, you never know what may be on that shoulder, from some tractor to someone walking it, so the shoulders are not places to drive on.
Finally, it goes "both ways". One might say, people have places to be (and I don't?) and you shouldn't be driving below the speed limit but on the other hand, if one isn't going to appreciate the country, why are they there?
It really doesn't matter....because one is in a wilderness district and they should be driving slower for whatever, be it wildlife or people who walk along country roads or buzzard bait.
The point is that one is not justified to drive as fast as they want do matter how far they put out their sensors. The point is one should drive the speed for the conditions.
Finally, really love those who sit on my tail.......because I do brake for creatures of the forest and strays of the pasture.
I do, at three places at 0 miles (in a 30 mph zone where people think they can drive 45 because that's the next zone), at 2 miles, and at 5 miles. These are locations where the shoulder is wide and long enough to be able to pull off.
But as I said, this is the country, dark land. No street lights, you never know what may be on that shoulder, from some tractor to someone walking it, so the shoulders are not places to drive on.
Finally, it goes "both ways". One might say, people have places to be (and I don't?) and you shouldn't be driving below the speed limit but on the other hand, if one isn't going to appreciate the country, why are they there?
You drive through a federally protected wilderness district? They usually have very low speed limits to begin with.
A wilderness district is a federally designated area of land with the highest level of protection in the United States. Wilderness areas are places that are untamed by humans and lack roads, buildings, and other artificial structures. They provide a natural environment for plant and animal species, and allow scientists to study healthy ecosystems
We drive through areas that have deer (we are 30 miles from the nearest SMALL town), and we have a lot of deer. The speed limit is 55.
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It really doesn't matter....because one is in a wilderness district and they should be driving slower for whatever, be it wildlife or people who walk along country roads or buzzard bait.
The point is that one is not justified to drive as fast as they want do matter how far they put out their sensors. The point is one should drive the speed for the conditions.
Finally, really love those who sit on my tail.......because I do brake for creatures of the forest and strays of the pasture.
I do, at three places at 0 miles (in a 30 mph zone where people think they can drive 45 because that's the next zone), at 2 miles, and at 5 miles. These are locations where the shoulder is wide and long enough to be able to pull off.
But as I said, this is the country, dark land. No street lights, you never know what may be on that shoulder, from some tractor to someone walking it, so the shoulders are not places to drive on.
Finally, it goes "both ways". One might say, people have places to be (and I don't?) and you shouldn't be driving below the speed limit but on the other hand, if one isn't going to appreciate the country, why are they there?
Getting kicks out of baiting those who follow posted speed limits. Policing the roads. You are the one with the game damage to the car, are you not?
Finally, it goes "both ways". One might say, people have places to be (and I don't?) and you shouldn't be driving below the speed limit but on the other hand, if one isn't going to appreciate the country, why are they there?
How much of the country can you appreciate in a pitch black wilderness district?
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Since I live in a wilderness district with a one lane road, at night I drive 5-8 below the speed limit.
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