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gemfyreI was actually pondering this on the way home.
Why do 99% of people treat regular driving as a competition sport? Relax people, 5 minutes isn't really that much of a difference and no, we are not all impressed when you hoon past and dodge through traffic and generally do stupid stuff.
Sometime last week I was driving along Roe Hwy and this truck appeared my butt. That happens, I shrug. He puts his lights on, doesn't flash them, just turns them on... whatever. Truck in left lane is doing about 85/90, I am doing 90. He is stuck in a rolling roadblock.
It's a 100 zone but I am doing 90 because the car in front is doing 90. I do not tailgate, even not tailgating I have twice gone into the back of a car so these days I am extra cautious and leave the 3 car gap (which people usually jump into, causing me to slow up MORE *rolls eyes*).
Then stupid truckie HONKS me. I'm like "Hello! If you pay a scad of attention you'll see that even if I did briefly speed up to get up the arse of the car in front, I would still be doing 90 because THE CAR IN FRONT IS DOING 90!!" I can't magically go faster than the car in front moron.
I reckon everyone who speeds to overtake deserves a fine because they are AWARE that they are speeding. When I am sitting dead on the speed limit and 5 cars pass me within 10 seconds there is a problem. Can I please have a multanova installed on the front of my car to catch these dickheads??
Why do 99% of people treat regular driving as a competition sport? Relax people, 5 minutes isn't really that much of a difference and no, we are not all impressed when you hoon past and dodge through traffic and generally do stupid stuff.
Sometime last week I was driving along Roe Hwy and this truck appeared my butt. That happens, I shrug. He puts his lights on, doesn't flash them, just turns them on... whatever. Truck in left lane is doing about 85/90, I am doing 90. He is stuck in a rolling roadblock.
It's a 100 zone but I am doing 90 because the car in front is doing 90. I do not tailgate, even not tailgating I have twice gone into the back of a car so these days I am extra cautious and leave the 3 car gap (which people usually jump into, causing me to slow up MORE *rolls eyes*).
Then stupid truckie HONKS me. I'm like "Hello! If you pay a scad of attention you'll see that even if I did briefly speed up to get up the arse of the car in front, I would still be doing 90 because THE CAR IN FRONT IS DOING 90!!" I can't magically go faster than the car in front moron.
I reckon everyone who speeds to overtake deserves a fine because they are AWARE that they are speeding. When I am sitting dead on the speed limit and 5 cars pass me within 10 seconds there is a problem. Can I please have a multanova installed on the front of my car to catch these dickheads??
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Date: 2003-05-27 08:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-27 04:49 pm (UTC)Non-aware speeders - the unlucky people who slip for a second or are unaware of the speed limit and get caught for a brief slip-up.
Aware speeders - These people are well aware that they are speeding and do it chronically. If you overtake someone and speed to do it I consider that you MUST be aware that you are speeding because why would you overtake if the car in front is doing the limit? These people deserve higher penalties I think, because they are consciously breaking the law and endangering lives.
I have had quite a few speeding fines for non-aware speeding. I was just unlucky. I am a lot more cautious these days about many things, but I'm only human and do slip up occaisionally, I can't spend ALL my time staring at the speedo or else I'd be even MORE of a danger on the road.
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Date: 2003-05-27 09:27 am (UTC)I dunno about where you are, but there's no law about passing on the right here, and that means you can get FENCED IN like nobody's business... Coloradans and Utahns are notorious for preventing people from merging or changing lanes.
For example, let's say you want to make a right turn about half a mile down the road, but you're in the middle lane and need to switch to the right lane to do so. It's a mistake to signal at any time before you actually are in the lane and turning your wheels. Why? Because assholes see you and they all have to pass you in the RIGHT lane, at a speed high enough to keep you from changing lanes and turning. It's a power trip. This goes for merging onto the freeway as well-- even if traffic isn't congested, the guy in the right lane has to floor it and then slow to your speed right where you want to merge, so you have to either brake, or accelerate faster than him to get into that lane before your merging lane ends...
Let's say you're in the middle lane, again. You see some guy come flying up behind you, in a big rush to get nowhere, and before you can even get over into the right lane to let him pass you, he's already swung into the right lane and passes you on that side, flicking you off, when he could've just as easily merged into left hand passing lanes.
personally, I fantasize about having little lasers that will blow out their tires once they're done passing me, and send them careening into a ditch.
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Date: 2003-05-27 04:44 pm (UTC)People here are also utterly useless at merging and using indicators correctly.
The speeding up to not let people pass problem isn't so bad, but there's nothing stopping you passing on the left (we drive on the other side of the road remember), often you'll get morons or TRUCKS sitting in the right lane at 10 or 20 below the speed limit.