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re: What % of drivers know that "drive right" is the law?
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:41 pm to Displaced
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:41 pm to Displaced
quote:It's not about convenience, it's about SAFETY. You are causing another vehicle to change course or speed. THIS IS UNSAFE.
My issue in these threads has always been the case where some truck is going 70 in the right lane and let's say there is another truck in front of it. I come up behind him going 75, so I get in the left lane to pass. Some douche like hammertime comes up behind me going 90 and starts tailgating me and expects me to get over as soon as possible (ie between the trucks) or speed up so he isn't inconvenienced.
The proper thing for YOU to do in this situation is to be aware of your surroundings. If you cannot complete the pass maneuver before the vehicle behind you catches you, then you wait until he passes before getting in front of him.
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Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:41 pm to Displaced
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Do you see the hypocrisy yet?
Dude, you broke two laws in the earlier example you gave. Get off of your high horse already.
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I come up behind him going 75
You're breaking the law.
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Some douche like hammertime comes up behind me going 90 and starts tailgating me and expects me to get over as soon as possible
You are still breaking the law by impeding his progress. a-hole or not. Get to the right as soon as you can.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:43 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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I’ve been thinking of getting a train horn to blow
also illegal
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:45 pm to Korkstand
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It's not about convenience, it's about SAFETY.
I agree in my scenario, I am not interested in being convenient to the a-hole who comes up behind me.
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The proper thing for YOU to do in this situation is to be aware of your surroundings. If you cannot complete the pass maneuver before the vehicle behind you catches you, then you wait until he passes before getting in front of him.
frick off. I'm not going to cut the guy off to get over but I'm not going to wait behind the truck because the guy in the left lane 1/4 mile back is driving too fast. He can hit the brakes. Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:46 pm to Korkstand
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The proper thing for YOU to do in this situation is to be aware of your surroundings. If you cannot complete the pass maneuver before the vehicle behind you catches you, then you wait until he passes before getting in front of him.
This is correct. If more people would be courteous (even to the assholes) traffic will move a lot smoother. As a person who is on the road for most of the day, that is one of my biggest gripes. The next biggest is a driver who speeds up to cut in traffic to turn right, especially when there are breaks in traffic behind.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:47 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
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You are still breaking the law by impeding his progress. a-hole or not. Get to the right as soon as you can.
Now you're just talking out of your arse. I'll get over when I finish my pass.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:47 pm to Displaced
quote:No, there is no hypocrisy. It's not your job to enforce the rules of the road. It's your job to obey them. It's especially not proper for you to break a law to try to stop someone else from breaking a law. Two wrongs don't make a right.
So you get mad when people don't obey a law that enables you to break a law?
Do you see the hypocrisy yet?
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:47 pm to PearlJam
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So the guy trying to zoom around cars, cutting them off, in a line of cars in the left lane passing vehicle(s) in the right lane...in moderate traffic setting....is okay.
Definitely the time and place to play games or mess with an a-hole. What could go wrong?
Should have put a question mark there, but it was sort of a sarcastic/rhetorical question. You seem to think the fastest vehicle on the interstate has all the right of way and everyone else should just move over to the right as though it's a police/rescue vehicle.
When there is traffic and I can't go faster because there is a car in front of me, what give the guy behind me to cut me off? I will move to the right when I'm done passing, and I can only pass as fast as the vehicle in front of me. Half the time I end up passing that a-hole again a little further down because though he was impatient, I was actually the faster vehicle on the road.
Hope you realize you are one of the idiots in this thread that doesn't know how to pass as the law intended.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:49 pm to Korkstand
I'm not trying to slow anyone down, but I'm also not going to speed up to 90 so the guy behind me is happy. I will get back in the right lane when I pass whatever I'm passing.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:50 pm to Steadyhands
quote:Never suggested that.
You seem to think the fastest vehicle on the interstate has all the right of way and everyone else should just move over to the right as though it's a police/rescue vehicle.
quote:No one said he had the right. I said you were a fricking idiot for playing games or messing with other drivers in traffic at 70 to 90 mph.
When there is traffic and I can't go faster because there is a car in front of me, what give the guy behind me to cut me off?
quote:I haven't posted anything that could lead a reasonable person to think this.
Hope you realize you are one of the idiots in this thread that doesn't know how to pass as the law intended.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:52 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
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Some douche like hammertime comes up behind me going 90 and starts tailgating me and expects me to get over as soon as possible
You are still breaking the law by impeding his progress. a-hole or not. Get to the right as soon as you can.
And what about when it's a line of cars passing? You're just the next guy in line coming up and that same logic does not apply. The car in front of you will resume his initial course of speed when the car in front of him clears out of his way and he too should move over when it's clear for him...
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:57 pm to Displaced
quote:Again, it's not about convenience. But since you think it is, why is it ok for you to inconvenience someone else? Especially considering you are breaking the law while causing the inconvenience.
I am not interested in being convenient to the a-hole who comes up behind me.
quote:No, you need to understand that I'm right. Until you do, you are a safety hazard on the road.
frick off
quote:The difference between cutting someone off and not getting out of the way fast enough is a matter of opinion. In both cases, you are forcing another driver to react to your actions or inaction.
I'm not going to cut the guy off to get over
quote:I see, so you feel that you can inconvenience someone else in order to avoid yourself being inconvenienced. You don't want to wait, so you make someone else wait. That's fricked up. You are not more important than anyone else. The guy "1/4 mile back" isn't making you wait for anything. He's not stopping you from passing the truck in a reasonable amount of time, but you want to stop him from doing the same. And he's the a-hole?
I'm not going to wait behind the truck because the guy in the left lane 1/4 mile back is driving too fast. He can hit the brakes.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:57 pm to Korkstand
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No, there is no hypocrisy
Lol, then you say
quote:like speeding up on a car? like tailgating someone to try to get them to move right?
It's not your job to enforce the rules of the road. It's your job to obey them
quote:see above
It's especially not proper for you to break a law to try to stop someone else from breaking a law. Two wrongs don't make a right.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 2:58 pm to Displaced
quote:As long as you're happy, right?
I'm not trying to slow anyone down, but I'm also not going to speed up to 90 so the guy behind me is happy. I will get back in the right lane when I pass whatever I'm passing.
Selfish and/or oblivious drivers are dangerous drivers.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 3:00 pm to PearlJam
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haven't posted anything that could lead a reasonable person to think this.
Not sure, I think maybe you misunderstood the picture I was trying to paint. I was being sarcastic about playing games. But if I see someone move to the right from behind me planning to take the safe gap in between me and the next car in line as their spot in line...damn right I'm speeding up to close the gap a little tighter. That dipshit can wait his turn in line to pass like the rest of us.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 3:02 pm to Korkstand
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The guy "1/4 mile back" isn't making you wait for anything. He's not stopping you from passing the truck in a reasonable amount of time, but you want to stop him from doing the same. And he's the a-hole?
He is only the a-hole if he decides to get right up on my arse because he decides I'm not going fast enough for his liking. The rest of your post is irrelevant of you don't consider this point.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 3:03 pm to Korkstand
Law? What law? We have driving laws?
Posted on 10/4/17 at 3:04 pm to Korkstand
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Selfish and/or oblivious drivers are dangerous drivers
Again, the hypocrisy is so strong that it's becoming hippocracy
Posted on 10/4/17 at 3:09 pm to Korkstand
Any man that stays in the left lane to make a point is a prick.
Posted on 10/4/17 at 3:12 pm to Displaced
quote:quote:Lol, then you say
No, there is no hypocrisyquote:like speeding up on a car? like tailgating someone to try to get them to move right?
It's not your job to enforce the rules of the road. It's your job to obey them
We've already established that the speeder isn't obeying the rules, he's speeding. IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO PREVENT THAT. And it's definitely not your job to break another law to make the situation even worse.
And no, it's not his job to tailgate to stop you from breaking the drive right law, either. But this does not change the fact that you are the one who created the unsafe situation.
Drive right.
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