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re: Received a "Following too close" ticket

Posted on 2/20/18 at 4:41 pm to
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216684 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 4:41 pm to
I hate tailgaters... I also hate people that pull in front of me and make me slam in my brakes when there is nobody behind me and then way to drive 40 in a 55..... but I don't tailgate.....
Posted by cassopher
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2010
814 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 4:49 pm to
quote:

The OT is awful bipolar today. Normally they're ready to lynch anyone going slow or not passing in the left hand lane but it seems the pitchforks are pointed at you


LOL yeah so it seems. I had to actually look to check if my post was to the OT and not the travel board.
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2011
13169 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 4:52 pm to
Was the speed limit 60? If yes: Then don’t complain about people going 60.
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
10920 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 4:54 pm to
quote:

There is no law that requires a driver occupying the right lane on the freeway to move over, slow down or take any other action to let a merging vehicle on the freeway.


There's also no law saying I can't fart on a crowded elevator. Doesn't mean it's not a dick move.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
216684 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 4:56 pm to
True.....
Posted by Big_Slim
Mogadishu
Member since Apr 2016
3979 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:07 pm to
frick the Internet warriors, everybody in here has probably done the same exact thing at one point. Not the best move on your part but if the guy didn't get back over quick he's a dick
This post was edited on 2/20/18 at 5:08 pm
Posted by GaTiger78
Chickamauga, Ga
Member since Sep 2007
782 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:12 pm to
I have a 10x magnification rear view mirror specifically to check knuckles in just such a situation
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24864 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:29 pm to
frick you OP you’re an a-hole, and you don’t know how to drive properly on the interstate, so frick you again.
This post was edited on 2/20/18 at 5:30 pm
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
61883 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:30 pm to
quote:

when a vehicle moved over to the passing lane to let cars on the interstate (dumbass).


Dumbass? How about considerate to other drivers. You’re the dumbass in this.


Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60182 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:32 pm to
One time I was driving behind a garbage truck that had a bunch of seagulls following it

All of a sudden a seagull fell and landed on my window and got stuck so I put on the wipers and the sea gull came off and went hurtling behind me in traffic and hit a cop car

I got a ticket for flipping the bird at an officer
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:37 pm to
quote:

Was the speed limit 60? If yes: Then don’t complain about people going 60.


Posted by BlackPawnMartyr
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2010
16388 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 5:57 pm to
Just saw a woman pulled over on the side of the road coming home, that was riding her bicycle down a 6 lane road with no shoulder during rush hour with one of those baby trailers in tow. Share the road!
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69579 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 6:20 pm to
OP.

What big truck do you drive?
Posted by Sancho Panza
La Habaña, Cuba
Member since Sep 2014
8161 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 6:23 pm to
Shoulda tapped your brakes, ever so slightly, when the blue lights went on.
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 6:23 pm to
This is a thing? Really?
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
21534 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:12 pm to
quote:

Be careful when passing as you approach an interchange. It pens the traffic in the right lane and can create problems with merging traffic.


The government should run PSAs on TV with lessons like this.

I wish Phil Hartman were still here to narrate.

"Note the car trying to merge onto the interstate. The nice fellow in the right lane is trying to move over to let him in and keep traffic flowing, but there is a rude or oblivious a-hole in the left lane who is penning him in. Kids, don't be that a-hole."
Posted by gjackx
Red Stick
Member since Jan 2007
16587 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:27 pm to
quote:

"Note the car trying to merge onto the interstate. The nice fellow in the right lane is trying to move over to let him in and keep traffic flowing, but there is a rude or oblivious a-hole in the left lane who is penning him in. Kids, don't be that a-hole."


This guy gets it.
Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:40 pm to
Was second in line at a traffic light many years ago. A tractor trailer was in front of me. Naturally it took the rig 60+ seconds to get through the light. It turned red as I was going through behind the rig. Got pulled over. LEO gave me a choice, traffic light violation or following too closely. He said following too closely was more points and more expensive. Chose light violation.

It was Veterans Day and I was still in the military and he ticketed me anyway.
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
30767 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:41 pm to
wonder if dude called the cops?

very rarely are the cops going to pull u over for it. they know how it is, when they need to go around and the f'in idiots won't get over.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:47 pm to
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If you do not move over to allow cars to merge you are the biggest POS on the interstate



Pulling into a lane in front of cars where traffic is flowing 10 mph faster than you are is more dangerous than moving over to let cars merge. The merging cars can slow down or speed up much easier than a car driving 75 in the passing lane.
This post was edited on 2/20/18 at 7:48 pm
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