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#19194 of 21734 Re: Did I mention that [victor23] by backy

Aug 10, 2012 (3:44 pm)

Replying to: victor23 (Aug 10, 2012 10:26 am)
If there is no good gap in the left lane, sure, turn on the blinkers and hope someone "flying along at way over the speed limit" is considerate enough to let you in. I have actually seen that happen once or twice... in 40 years of driving. More often, those in the left lane speed up to close the gaps even more.

#19195 of 21734 . by fintail

Aug 10, 2012 (6:58 pm)

Nothing big today, but a few things stick in my mind. Potbelllied boomer on a 900lb Harley was tailgating a Lexus (couldn't have been more than 2 feet behind) in slow moving traffic...one grab for the brakes and he'd dump it, I bet. Warm day, so no gear other than a skullcap helmet. No wonder casualty rates for that group are trying to catch up with young douches on SS bikes.
 
Also saw a woman in a Mini petting her dog while driving, even while she rounded a corner. One hand on the wheel, one on the dog. Had Princeton license plate frame and a sticker from another haughty school. Book smarts and street smarts diverge.
 
Topped it off by seeing an old couple in a Corolla throw a random U-turn on a downtown street, no look given to approaching traffic, who produced a nice long honk.

#19196 of 21734 Re: . [fintail] by hammerhead

Aug 10, 2012 (10:22 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Aug 10, 2012 6:58 pm)
U-turn out of a left turn lane. Against a red light.
Ding Ding Ding - we have a winner!

#19197 of 21734 Care not for others by euphonium

Aug 11, 2012 (2:04 pm)

Car stops for a pedestrian crossing the road. PU behind the car ignores the situation, goes into the opposing lane & guns it through around the kind car & pedestrian. Fortunately the pedestrian didn't enter the other side of the road.

#19198 of 21734 Re: Care not for others [euphonium] by backy

Aug 11, 2012 (3:02 pm)

Replying to: euphonium (Aug 11, 2012 2:04 pm)
Extreme example of some folks being in WAY too much of a hurry on the roads.
 
MN DoT recently started a PS campaign re aggressive driving. There's a web site and at least one TV ad, which I think is pretty funny... unfortunately also pretty accurate in transposing common driver behaviors to other situations. I particularly like the one at the end of the video, a guy pounding on a rest room door: "C'mon, can't you go any faster?!"
 
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aggressivedriving/
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1y4tUIEb10

#19199 of 21734 people who cut you off... by goprius

Aug 11, 2012 (9:08 pm)

and then slam on their brakes in an attempt to have you rear end them.... and then they won't budge holding up traffic.

#19200 of 21734 The usual Louisville idiots- by roadburner

Aug 12, 2012 (11:51 am)

Taking corners and on/off ramps at 10-15 mph below the posted advisory speed, riding their brakes the whole time...

#19201 of 21734 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [roadburner] by fintail

Aug 12, 2012 (4:06 pm)

Replying to: roadburner (Aug 12, 2012 11:51 am)
Maybe you were just in "too much of a hurry". Speed kills, you know!
 
Had the old car out on I5 and 405 today. Traffic was moving for the most part, but it was a random mess. Chaos for lane discipline - far right lane would have someone going 80 while several under SL dawdlers were at left. Saw a Rendezvous in the carpool lane that had to have been going 45, and passed a RX going about 48, woman driving had a white knuckled death grip on the wheel. Sorry, if you can't maintain any speed on an interstate, you need to take side roads, as your other skills are likely to be poor as well, and eventually you'll just mess it up for everyone.
 
Saw another pet peeve in action twice today, smokers. Got behind a battered Civic driven by a young woman who was messing around at an on-ramp - tracking all over the place and losing speed on a turn where I really needed to gain it in that old car. Reason? Lighting her cig. Then on a surface street, got behind a woman in a New Beetle with a dead tail light (as most have) who stopped for a free right turn green arrow. The reason? Fumbling with her cig. Stay classy.

#19202 of 21734 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [roadburner] by xrunner2

Aug 12, 2012 (5:44 pm)

Replying to: roadburner (Aug 12, 2012 11:51 am)
Taking corners and on/off ramps at 10-15 mph below the posted advisory speed, riding their brakes the whole time...
 
Yeah. I have number of different ramps I use to get on and off. Most times the fools that will be on my bumper at one or one-half car length just before the ramp will be way back at the end of the ramp and merge. They are very brave in a straight line and can easily do a short tail gate in the straight but that is the extent of their so-called driving skills.
 
My good wife uses some of these same ramps and easily outdrives these fools. She tells me and I have witnessed it as a passenger of hers.

#19203 of 21734 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [xrunner2] by andres3

Aug 12, 2012 (8:14 pm)

Replying to: xrunner2 (Aug 12, 2012 5:44 pm)
How about drivers that drive 40 on a curvy windy 2-lane highway with a 50 MPH speed limit, and then on the passing straight (temporary 2 lanes in one direction) they go 65! Sometimes camping on the left, sometimes going fast on the right (50/50).
 
Are they purposefully making it difficult to pass during the temporary passing lane?

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