LOL @left lane campers while I was driving a truck
#22
Then again I probably would not be doing 5-10 over either. Wasting gas just isn't worth getting somewhere a few minutes early.
Also Yellowihss your truck looks just like a newer version of the one that rear ended me. He decided because I was slowing down a little early for a red light he would drive an inch from my bumper. When I down shifted he hit me. Needless to say there was a court battle and I won. I would never ever suggest tailgating anyone.
#24
A friend warned me this fall that state cops in MA were going to start actively pulling over left-lane bandits. I haven't seen it, but it's nice to think.
Crossing from Mass into CT on I-84 off-peak, you can set the cruise on the sunny side of 80, stay in the right lane, and pass pretty much everyone. It's a kind of lane discipline in reverse - everybody snoozes in the center and left lanes, only trucks and me use the right.
Crossing from Mass into CT on I-84 off-peak, you can set the cruise on the sunny side of 80, stay in the right lane, and pass pretty much everyone. It's a kind of lane discipline in reverse - everybody snoozes in the center and left lanes, only trucks and me use the right.
#25
If it's rush hour, I treat it like I would on a track (haven't been to one yet, but from what I understand ). I keep my lane near on/off ramps and I get out of the way on the straightaways to let the faster cars through.
Larger trucks coming up fast from behind are a bit intimidating. I let taller cars, in general, get around me. I hate having bright lights in my mirror.
Larger trucks coming up fast from behind are a bit intimidating. I let taller cars, in general, get around me. I hate having bright lights in my mirror.
#26
I'm with a lot of responders here - I drive "enthusiastically" but also courteously. One of my personal rules is never do something to make the other guy evade you or hit the brakes. I don't ride someone's *** unless they can move over and they don't. I don't stay in the left lane unless actively passing. I move aside for other cars, even when I'm in the right lane, someone wants to get on the road in the same direction as me - I move to the left lane if open so they can get on sooner. (BTW very, very few drivers ever do this)
#27
In my miata I have to be a very aggressive driver. I will get in the lane I need to be in no matter what because most people leave a space big enough for a miata or I just start merging like a truck would if I have had my blinker on and they are being a douche and not letting me in. If you just start merging in these situations people will always back off no matter what you are driving. They may play chicken for a bit longer but no one is gonna let the back end of your car hit the front end of theirs.
There are WAY too many people here in socal (I imagine elsewhere as well) who just plain aren't aware. And a lot that hope if they don't give you room you won't take it. Basically it comes down to knowing where your car ends. I've maybe had one person not back off when I just put myself where I want to be. If they are being ********, they are generally the most afraid. Either way, moving into what small percentage of their field of vision isn't taken up with iPhone typically lets them know that the blinking light they are seeing means you want to get over.
Don't you love driving with people who won't signal until there's an opening? Miles and miles will go by while they speed up and slow down waiting for a gap before letting anyone else in on their secret.
But an insight!
When I had Serious Airhorns on my car, I noticed that every single time I used them, without fail, cars would instantly jerk away from me. Oh, sure, most would look over, and continue on their way. Some would look over, see a miata and get right back underfoot.
But as you're saying, instead of 80% ignoring you till they figured out who you were, they would just MOVE as if the horn was attached to a freight train. (This isn't for passing, per se, but general collision avoidance). In nutshell: Airhorns if you don't want to get run over. It really, really, REALLY works.
Also Yellowihss your truck looks just like a newer version of the one that rear ended me. He decided because I was slowing down a little early for a red light he would drive an inch from my bumper. When I down shifted he hit me. Needless to say there was a court battle and I won. I would never ever suggest tailgating anyone.
I'm generally pretty good about it, but sometimes the amount of effort for the world at large is smaller if you back the **** off. Once you turn it into a fight, it's a fight. And once you're riding that close, I'm not convinced you've got the ability to squeeze by me once I start to move over without hitting me. I'd rather stay in front where there's a good legal standing that you're 100% at fault.
Odd. True, but odd. Probably ridiculous, but I tend to think of the total amount of fuel/brake/money/environmental-impact cost to the world. Changing lanes: About a fart in the wind. Dropping from 85 to 60 mph, then getting back up to speed, for two cars? Enough to drive a mile or two.
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what drives me nuts the most? people who merge way over to the left to drive slower than everyone. derp.
#36
lol put some cages on that black bus and type prison transport. See how many stay in front of u.
Around here theres this road with 3 lanes closing into 2. Left lane ends. Usually you get people cutting in front of you. More than once i've had people change from my lane behind me to try to over take me just before the left lane ends forcing me to brake to prevent getting side swiped. Depending on the time of day once in a while i'll pull ahead of them forcing them to merge behind me again and then its "hello exact speed limit". I've once had a cop pull over the idiot that did that trick... gotta say it made my day after the person cutting me off.
Around here theres this road with 3 lanes closing into 2. Left lane ends. Usually you get people cutting in front of you. More than once i've had people change from my lane behind me to try to over take me just before the left lane ends forcing me to brake to prevent getting side swiped. Depending on the time of day once in a while i'll pull ahead of them forcing them to merge behind me again and then its "hello exact speed limit". I've once had a cop pull over the idiot that did that trick... gotta say it made my day after the person cutting me off.
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I'll speed up to get around a car, then set my cruise back at 70 in the right or middle lane whatever it may be. I'd never hold up traffic, you want to get around me you can wait for me to make my pass.
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#39
On the topic of egos, I drive mostly rural roads. If I pass a pickup truck in the Miata the odds are high that the driver of the truck will speed up and ride my *** as if to send me a message. (What message?)
I am a courteous driver. I don't tailgate (except left lane campers to get them to move over.) When I pass, I'm certainly not doing it in anger, but some people just can't stand to be passed by a Miata.
I remember passing a little something, Fiesta maybe? Something like that. It was going 45 - 50 on windy roads. That's fine, I don't care how fast he chooses to drive, but I wanted to go faster. So I passed. A minute later I'm going 75 and I see the little car in the rear view mirror, probably going as fast as it could, with kids in the car, trying to catch me. Why? Evidently I insulted the guy by passing him, even though I did it safely.
That's the **** that pisses me off.
I am a courteous driver. I don't tailgate (except left lane campers to get them to move over.) When I pass, I'm certainly not doing it in anger, but some people just can't stand to be passed by a Miata.
I remember passing a little something, Fiesta maybe? Something like that. It was going 45 - 50 on windy roads. That's fine, I don't care how fast he chooses to drive, but I wanted to go faster. So I passed. A minute later I'm going 75 and I see the little car in the rear view mirror, probably going as fast as it could, with kids in the car, trying to catch me. Why? Evidently I insulted the guy by passing him, even though I did it safely.
That's the **** that pisses me off.