The left lane is for passing, no....?

[Jack Ryan]

I move up on people's asses when they don't get out of the way for faster traffic. Sometimes I feel the need to go well over the limit, sometimes not. I ALWAYS look in my mirror and if I see someone coming, I move over as soon as it's possible. I don't act like a jackass and make them maneuver around THEN play games with them by slowing down or speeding up to keep them from passing me or someone else.

You sir are act like jackass on the road. Plain and simple.

I hear tell they do tend to flock together kinda like birds.

 

[edsinger]

Well its just plain RUDE to hold up traffic, roads are designed for 'traffic flow'. when one stays in the left lane for shits and giggles, they are most likely to cause an accident..

My dad got pulled over in Texas on I10, he was going 70, the cop told him either move it or get off the damn road....

LEO's know exactly what I mean. It doesn't make speeding right, but one causing flow issues is just plain dangerous, PERIOD.

 

[melensdad]

Well its just plain RUDE to hold up traffic, roads are designed for 'traffic flow'...

NO, actually it is illegal.

If you hold up traffic by driving slow in the left you are are guilty of failing to yield the right of way to faster cars behind you.

This is true even if you are speeding and the person behind you is speeding faster and creeping up on you. So if you are doing 75 in a 60mph zone and someone comes up behind you doing 85 then you are legally obligated to move to the right lane and allow them to pass you.

 

[melensdad]

When I am driving long distance and set my cruise control, if I come up on cars going slower than me, I'll get over to pass. If there are cars that are coming up on me, I will remain at my cruise control speed to finish up the pass and will not speed up for cars piling up behind me. They can just wait until I get ahead of the group I'm passing to pull over. I don't care how much of a hurry they are in, I will not allow their impatience to speed me up. I'm probably already going over the speed limit. Ride on my ass too closely and you'll get the slow down treatment to where I will stay along side the car I WAS passing until you back your ass off. There is absolutely no reason to follow a vehicle that close going that fast, just because you are in a hurry or have a compulsion to drive fast.

You are making the classic jackass assumption of their motivations. You assume your needs are as important as theirs.

I my daughter was supposed to be airlifted from Community Hospital's Outpatient center in St John, IN to the University of Chicago's Wylers Children's Hospital. The doctor actually figured it would be quicker for me to driver her to the hospital. So I did. Got there in 45 minutes.

Arrogant idiots who don't think may presume that I was impatient if they thought (or didn't think) like you do.

Get the hell out of people's way and obey the law. You are not there to enforce the law. You are not there to judge other's motives. You are supposed to follow the laws and that means you are failing to yield to faster drivers and YOU are now breaking the law . . . and possibly endangering other people's lives.

 

[public servant]

I move up on people's asses when they don't get out of the way for faster traffic.

I just slam on my brakes. The whites of their eyes get really big.

***JosephR...I'm sure that when you saw the... ...you realized it was a joke...but I want to clarify that because some hypocrits are so full of themselves...they didn't get it.***

 

[Hiram2005]

I just slam on my brakes. The whites of their eyes get really big.

+1!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[melensdad]

I just slam on my brakes. The whites of their eyes get really big.

NEGATIVE REP POINT to you sir.

Not only is that not funny. It is dangerous. It is illegal.

 

[public servant]

I'm somewhat bewildered by some of the statements here... I'm speeding, but you should obey the law and move out of my way...you have a legal obligation to move out of my way because I'm speeding and you are risking other people's lives by not allowing my speeding vehicle to pass you...

I'm not sure you can crawl up someone's a$$ about not legally yielding the right of way for your speeding vehicle...am I missing something?? Do we not see that your speeding vehicle is also violating traffic law and placing people at risk? Perhaps I just need more coffee...

 

[public servant]

NEGATIVE REP POINT to you sir.

Not only is that not funny. It is dangerous. It is illegal.

First off it was meant to be humorous. Now explain to me how your speeding is any less dangerous? Neg. rep points?? Damn...there goes the free cup of coffee I was saving them for. Now shall I tell you where you can place your negative rep points? Rather hypocritcal...don't you think? But I'd expect nothing less.

 

[melensdad]

I'm somewhat bewildered by some of the statements here... I'm speeding, but you should obey the law and move out of my way...you have a legal obligation to move out of my way because I'm speeding and you are risking other people's lives by not allowing my speeding vehicle to pass you...

I'm not sure you can crawl up someone's a$$ about not legally yielding the right of way for your speeding vehicle...am I missing something?? Do we not see that your speeding vehicle is also violating traffic law and placing people at risk? Perhaps I just need more coffee...

You are not the judge or the jury. Your obligation on the road it to follow the laws. There are laws that have priority over other laws. For example the failure to yield right of way to faster traffic law is a safety law that is NOT dependent upon the speed limit. If there is a runaway truck coming down hill you may be in the left lane in front of him, you have no clue why that truck is coming up fast, you make the errant presumption that the driver is a jerk. The law says you move over to allow the faster truck to pass you. That is a safety based law. By "slamming on the brakes" as you wrote a couple posts above you will die, the truck driver will likely die. You will have had the momentary satisfaction of 'knowing' that you were 'right' but you were in fact wrong.

Further, the way you phrase the wording of your post presumes to know the motives of other. Again, that is arrogant ignorance. You don't know the real motive of the people behind you. Yes, they may simply be jackasses, but you still need to get out of their way.

 

[melensdad]

First off it was meant to be humorous.

The attempt failed.

Now explain to me how your speeding is any less dangerous?

I never said that someone else's speed is LESS dangerous. I simply stated that your actions are clearly very dangerous. In fact they are actively dangerous while the speeder may have only been passively dangerous, and only if other traffic fails to yield right of way.

Neg. rep points?? Damn...there goes the free cup of coffee I was saving them for.

Rep points are used for positive and negative reinforcement.

Now shall I tell you where you can place your negative rep points?

Stop whining and man up to what you wrote. Your actions would intentionally cause an accident, or nearly cause one, and they would be done on purpose.

Rather hypocritcal...don't you think?

No sir. I simply said that the people who fail to yield right of way are obligated to do so regardless of the speed of the driver behind them. That is the law.

But I'd expect nothing less.

Your signature line is from Matthew. Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God. But you would choose, by your intentional braking action, to be anything but what you proclaim.

 

[public servant]

Your obligation on the road it to follow the laws. There are laws that have priority over other laws. For example the failure to yield right of way to faster traffic law is a safety law that is NOT dependent upon the speed limit. Further, the way you phrase the wording of your post presumes to know the motives of other. Again, that is arrogant ignorance. You don't know the real motive of the people behind you. Yes, they may simply be jackasses, but you still need to get out of their way.

Are you really this efing stupid? Your obligation, the same as mine, is to obey traffic law. Not driving in the left lane has priority over not speeding??? You're efing serious???? Why? Because you're in a hurry...this justifies recklessly driving up on the back of someone??? Perhaps the person has a reason for being in that lane. But I'm sure your speeding and running up on the back of them is more important.

Although this would be one of only very few reasons to be in such a hurry...I'm sure when the doctor told you that you could get your daughter to the hospital quicker...he didn't mean strap her in and drive like a bat out of hell risking her life and the lives of other motorists. But I'm sure you're a professional driver right? You spoke of arrogant ignorance...something of which I'm sure you are a professional...or in your case it would be more along the lines or arrogant stupidity. There is an excuse for being ignorant...stupidity has no excuse.

I'd return the favor of the negative rep....but you'd still be stupid...so what's the point. If my post offended you...I really don't give a .

Slow down...no matter what you think...you're not as important as you believe you are. The life you save, unfortunately, may be your own.

 

[public servant]

Stop whining and man up to what you wrote

I did man up to what I posted. A humorous reply to Joseph R's post...notice the big after it? Of course you may have missed that through those hypocrite colored glasses you're wearing.

Now, again...this is in reference to Jospeh R's post...rather than run up on the back of them...I would think the correct thing to do would be flash your brights at them and give them just a second to move out of the way...but if you take the corner of your front bumper...and just nudge their rear quarter panel...they move riiiiiight out of the way... **THIS WAS AGAIN AN ATTEMPT AT HUMOR FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND OR FOR THE HYPOCRITS THAT FEEL THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THE ROAD**

Where in my signature line did I proclaim to be anything? It is a quote from Matthew (the only thing you've gotten correct all morning)...no where in my signature line does it reference me. My signature line also says "I'm with your mom"...but I'm really not. (I don't think she was old enough to be your mom) Again...humor...learn it...embrace it...it can be your friend. Don't take yourself so seriously...no one else does. (I did change my sig. line...in honor of you)

Unlike you...I'm clear I'm not the center of the universe. And reference your signature line...trust me...there is no chance of your brains falling out.

Moderators...will one of you do me a favor and reset my rep points back to zero. I'd like for this hypocrite to get his money's worth. (I'll just pay full price for that cup of coffee I was saving them up for ) Actually...even better...can I transfer them to him? We'll see if it inflates his chairborne ranger ego and sense of self righteousness even more than it already is.

And for the record...when you give someone negative rep...don't start the explanation out with "sorry..." Don't be sorry...just have a set and state the reason why.

 

[Crimson]

Drivers are so much more stupid now than they used to be. Curtesy is out the window. Just be thankful that you dont live in california with that traffic nightmare.

 

[IMPULSE.ACTIONS]

Talk about E-road rage. Lol

First off, I'm a driving instructor and when I say that I don't mean teaching teenagers what a key and a mirror are. I teach racing from ages 5 and up covering most all skill levels. The very first thing I do with all drivers is establish that they understand the basics of road courtesy and signs on and off the track. I've read a lot of good and bad in this thread so far.

I am very anti-left lane cruisers but moreso, what happened to getting over for someone broke down on the shoulder? I know that most people have AAA and just sit in the car and make a phone call now days but if you have ever been outside the car on an interstate you know what I mean. There is nothing that gets under my skin more than watching someone stay in the right lane and not slow down when going by someone on the shoulder, especially if the road isn't congested. PAY ATTENTION AND GET OVER! If you can't, SLOW DOWN! I know it might take a little adjustment to speed and use of a turn signal and mirror but the person on the shoulder will appreciate it more than you can imagine.

I could literally write a book on driving, oh wait I have already.. Lol.. Anyway, awareness, control and courtesy are the most important things in driving and they are all out of 75% of the drivers vocabulary these days and def. not in the text book test..

 

[public servant]

Talk about E-road rage.

(again...to be perfectly clear...more humor)

 

[hornadylnl]

I couldn't believe the number of people I saw pull off on the side to change drivers. How much harder would it be to get on the off ramp and pull on to the shoulder of the ramp, change drivers and then get back on?

Public Servant, who is the safer driver, the guy going 55 on 465 with people weaving their way around him, or the guy who does 60-65 and is flowing with traffic?

 

[public servant]

Public Servant, who is the safer driver, the guy going 55 on 465 with people weaving their way around him, or the guy who does 60-65 and is flowing with traffic?

Who is the safer driver? The guy who is not riding someone's ass because he's in a hurry.

I have no problem with going with the flow of traffic...but when I hear they are breaking the law because they are preventing someone else from speeding....well...that really doesn't need an explanation. In reality...other than my post that was a failed attempt at humor...because some people have no sense of humor...I wasn't going to post in this...but because I got negative feedback over my post...and I realize this is the internet and people like to blow a lot of on the internet...I'll express my .

Should they move over? Of course they should. I'm not promoting anyone blocking traffic flow...but should they move over just because they are pissing someone off or impeding someone else from speeding? That other person needs to get over themselves.

Why is anyone weaving in and out of traffic? Flash your lights at them and give them a moment to move out of the way. If they fail to move then safely move around them. Tailgating and weaving is not the proper way to handle it. If someone is in that big of a hurry...they should have taken into consideration traffic delays and left for their destination earlier.

And hauling balls and running up on slower traffic with your head out the window screaming "Get out of my way you stupid SOB...you're breaking the law" probably isn't the correct response. That makes as much sense as "Move you b*st*rd so I can speed". Please...
Drive safely...buckle up...and never, ever and drive. Speed kills.

 

[IMPULSE.ACTIONS]

Speed kills.

Speed has never killed! Impacts on the other hand are a different story....

 

[public servant]

Speed has never killed! Impacts on the other hand are a different story....

Yes...but the speed of the impact is generally what drives that steering column through your strenum.

See? Humor...someone has a sense of it besides me...