| 187. Yep. Speeding 'only' is a major contributing factor to global warming, dependence on foreign |
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oil, more deaths (and higher medical costs, medical insurance) from crashes... but the majority do it anyway. I'll never get it. Peak Oil may 'cure' everyone of this before too long, though.
|
| -Left-lane slowpokes drive you crazy? |
liberal N proud |
Dec-10-08 06:22 AM |
#0 |
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My commute home includes a left exit |
proud2Blib |
Dec-10-08 06:27 AM |
#1 |
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Oh, so it's YOU!??! Just kidding. |
chimpymustgo |
Dec-10-08 06:30 AM |
#2 |
| -
It's the guy that sit in the left lane driving from Chicago to Iowa that is the problem |
liberal N proud |
Dec-10-08 06:33 AM |
#5 |
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Let the dipshit speeders zoom on by |
riqster |
Dec-10-08 11:45 AM |
#46 |
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Better a pig than a sanctimonious ass (nm) |
Book Lover |
Dec-10-08 02:07 PM |
#67 |
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As has been discussed elsewhere, and ad nauseum at that, |
riqster |
Dec-10-08 03:14 PM |
#87 |
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Not "them". Me |
Book Lover |
Dec-10-08 04:18 PM |
#98 |
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Ah. |
riqster |
Dec-10-08 08:07 PM |
#112 |
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95% of all cops... |
awoke_in_2003 |
Dec-11-08 09:09 PM |
#180 |
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Yeah, kinda like politicians, |
riqster |
Dec-12-08 09:38 AM |
#186 |
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A lot of times it isn't speeders. Too many |
liberalhistorian |
Dec-11-08 09:22 AM |
#151 |
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Agreed. Some states do in fact ticket such drivers nt |
riqster |
Dec-11-08 09:35 AM |
#153 |
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Yep. Speeding 'only' is a major contributing factor to global warming, dependence on foreign |
codjh9 |
Dec-12-08 09:46 AM |
#187 |
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Where there are lane divisions and exit only lanes |
treestar |
Dec-11-08 06:58 AM |
#143 |
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not only that, |
nerddem |
Dec-10-08 06:38 AM |
#6 |
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+30 is excessive |
pending |
Dec-10-08 06:54 AM |
#10 |
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I want poor drivers in front of me, not behind me. |
mwb970 |
Dec-10-08 07:07 AM |
#16 |
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yeah, i don't block their progress either |
nerddem |
Dec-10-08 07:25 AM |
#20 |
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The average speed in the left lane on 95 through DE/MD is more like 75/80 |
haruka3_2000 |
Dec-10-08 06:56 AM |
#11 |
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i try to keep the cc at about 15 above |
nerddem |
Dec-10-08 07:18 AM |
#18 |
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I hated driving on the beltway |
haruka3_2000 |
Dec-10-08 07:20 AM |
#19 |
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In Ohio, my rule is 4+ |
riqster |
Dec-10-08 03:26 PM |
#92 |
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NJ Turnpike |
high density |
Dec-10-08 08:02 AM |
#25 |
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Yeah, if you're out of state, you should really obey the speedlimit on there |
haruka3_2000 |
Dec-10-08 05:00 PM |
#100 |
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I Was Going 60 in the Middle Lane Recently |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-10-08 09:57 AM |
#44 |
| -
Increase Following Your Distance. |
Ikonoklast |
Dec-10-08 12:50 PM |
#57 |
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Thanks. I Do The Same Thing |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-10-08 01:46 PM |
#59 |
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whenever i try to increase my following distance some asshole |
Scout |
Dec-10-08 02:25 PM |
#70 |
| -
Cops pick off the easy ones. |
thecatburgler |
Dec-10-08 02:04 PM |
#65 |
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you see that is the thing right there |
amdezurik |
Dec-11-08 05:09 AM |
#131 |
| -
I don't know why people like that never seem to get |
liberalhistorian |
Dec-11-08 09:28 AM |
#152 |
| -
Left exits are a special situation |
pending |
Dec-10-08 06:50 AM |
#9 |
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For a while, there was a woman who was traveling at the same time |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:12 PM |
#84 |
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I agree |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-10-08 07:58 AM |
#24 |
| -
I drove in Connecticut over 30 years ago |
Cirque du So-What |
Dec-10-08 06:31 AM |
#3 |
| -
In CT, traffic is usually moving too slow for anybody to be passing anybody |
haruka3_2000 |
Dec-10-08 06:58 AM |
#12 |
| -
Maine is the WORST. |
joeunderdog |
Dec-10-08 11:54 AM |
#48 |
| -
Come to Oregon, nobody's in a hurry and couldn't care less if you are. |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-10-08 12:51 PM |
#58 |
| -
Oh god, not them. |
Nightflurry |
Dec-10-08 03:24 PM |
#90 |
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There's lots of good things here, but the drivers are not one of them. |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-10-08 04:22 PM |
#99 |
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I don't know - lately 84 in the left lane moves pretty dependably |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:04 PM |
#78 |
| -
Yep, when I'm in CT, I'm on 95...all the fucking way to exit 91 |
haruka3_2000 |
Dec-10-08 05:00 PM |
#101 |
| -
95 is awful |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 07:17 PM |
#108 |
| -
exit 83. |
NutmegYankee |
Dec-11-08 05:37 AM |
#132 |
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So my dad says |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:02 PM |
#77 |
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Left exits are from the devil himself |
pipi_k |
Dec-10-08 06:25 PM |
#105 |
| -
The flyover on 91 N in Hartford (from 84E) is what |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 07:16 PM |
#107 |
| -
Left exits aren't so bad here (Houston). |
kentauros |
Dec-11-08 09:57 AM |
#156 |
| -
We usually don't have trouble with that |
TheFarseer |
Dec-10-08 06:32 AM |
#4 |
| -
They were always very kindly to me. |
Buns_of_Fire |
Dec-11-08 05:44 AM |
#133 |
| -
Yes. Here's the tip: if people are RACING past you on your right - MOVE OVER. |
FormerRushFan |
Dec-10-08 06:39 AM |
#7 |
| -
It's very simple: Slower Traffic Keep Right |
ixion |
Dec-10-08 06:45 AM |
#8 |
| -
Some think that is possible when it is heavily congested in both |
hlthe2b |
Dec-10-08 07:01 AM |
#15 |
| -
One exception: Michiganers driving through Ohio |
rucky |
Dec-10-08 07:00 AM |
#13 |
| -
It's passive aggression. |
Romulox |
Dec-10-08 07:01 AM |
#14 |
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Definitely. And, in my experience, most of them are middle-aged white men... |
DCKit |
Dec-10-08 07:29 AM |
#22 |
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I find most of them are form Ohio or Illinois |
liberal N proud |
Dec-10-08 09:14 AM |
#35 |
| -
Nope. They're all from long island. |
jazzjunkysue |
Dec-10-08 08:29 PM |
#113 |
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LOL |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 06:48 AM |
#142 |
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hah I was thinking most were from Ohio and Wisconsin. |
Radical Activist |
Dec-10-08 10:45 PM |
#121 |
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I lived in Ohio for forty years, most of my life, and |
liberalhistorian |
Dec-11-08 09:44 AM |
#155 |
| -
Even worse that the Ohio drivers who sit at your rear quarter on the left? |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 11:19 AM |
#159 |
| -
Yep! I know that's hard to believe, given |
liberalhistorian |
Dec-11-08 08:01 PM |
#174 |
| -
That's absurd |
treestar |
Dec-11-08 07:02 AM |
#145 |
| -
On German autobahns in cities |
conscious evolution |
Dec-10-08 07:14 AM |
#17 |
| -
Germany is great |
Duckhunter935 |
Dec-10-08 07:35 AM |
#23 |
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Things have changed there then since I was there, because when I was there |
Bandit |
Dec-10-08 08:38 AM |
#30 |
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This was only when they autobahns |
conscious evolution |
Dec-10-08 09:32 AM |
#36 |
| -
Yes! They drive me crazy! |
Jim__ |
Dec-10-08 07:26 AM |
#21 |
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I do most of my long distance |
SheilaT |
Dec-10-08 08:13 AM |
#26 |
| -
What makes me angry is when there are signs 5 miles back that there will be a lane closing |
Horse with no Name |
Dec-10-08 08:22 AM |
#27 |
| -
That means that the road is OPEN for 5 more miles |
Romulox |
Dec-10-08 08:47 AM |
#32 |
| -
I can understand that |
Horse with no Name |
Dec-10-08 11:57 AM |
#50 |
| -
I agree w/r/t the final bit of merge. |
Romulox |
Dec-10-08 05:59 PM |
#104 |
| -
Drive in both lanes so they cannot get by. |
Kansas Wyatt |
Dec-10-08 09:56 AM |
#43 |
| -
Driving in more than one lanes is as illegal as speeding. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-10-08 10:37 PM |
#120 |
| -
When traffic is backed up and merging to one lane, and some.... |
Kansas Wyatt |
Dec-11-08 06:29 PM |
#172 |
| -
My time's not so important that I would allow... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-10-08 08:28 AM |
#28 |
| -
You're one of the passive aggressive ones. What a surprise. |
Romulox |
Dec-10-08 08:48 AM |
#33 |
| -
No-- I simply don't care one way or the other... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-10-08 09:41 AM |
#39 |
| -
You "don't care" enough to post about it on the internet. Right. |
Romulox |
Dec-10-08 11:35 AM |
#45 |
| -
You seem to be implying that I'm the one doing the slow driving |
LanternWaste |
Dec-10-08 03:11 PM |
#83 |
| -
I can't wait until you have to rush to the hospital to see a loved one dying |
Zywiec |
Dec-10-08 09:38 AM |
#38 |
| -
That wouldn't be my time, would it |
LanternWaste |
Dec-10-08 09:43 AM |
#40 |
| -
that was harsh n/t |
GloriaSmith |
Dec-10-08 12:08 PM |
#54 |
| -
Call an ambulance |
treestar |
Dec-11-08 07:00 AM |
#144 |
| -
Call a reading teacher |
Zywiec |
Dec-11-08 07:57 AM |
#147 |
| -
My response addressed the norm, not the extreme... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-11-08 03:53 PM |
#167 |
| -
OTOH, |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:06 PM |
#80 |
| -
Probably not... |
LanternWaste |
Dec-10-08 03:36 PM |
#93 |
| -
In the larger scheme of things, sure |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:47 PM |
#94 |
| -
It's obvious that your comments about taking your time on the highway and enjoying life ... |
OmelasExpat |
Dec-10-08 04:06 PM |
#97 |
| -
You've uncovered my dirty little secret. |
LanternWaste |
Dec-11-08 03:59 PM |
#168 |
| -
I use left lane campers for bear bait. After all if you want to speed |
B Calm |
Dec-10-08 08:31 AM |
#29 |
| -
(paraphrased) George Carlin: |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Dec-10-08 08:41 AM |
#31 |
| -
"Left Lane losers" |
LeeM |
Dec-10-08 08:48 AM |
#34 |
| -
. |
herbster |
Dec-10-08 02:00 PM |
#63 |
| -
Hey Neighbor! Welcome to DU! |
alphafemale |
Dec-10-08 07:22 PM |
#109 |
| -
They're just as bad as walk - four - abreast - blocking - the - aisle at Wal-Mart slowpokes |
slackmaster |
Dec-10-08 09:34 AM |
#37 |
| -
Or standing to the left on DC escalators! |
sofa king |
Dec-10-08 12:05 PM |
#53 |
| -
Escalators are one or two stories: About 40 feet |
taterguy |
Dec-10-08 03:22 PM |
#89 |
| -
Oh, yes! |
sofa king |
Dec-10-08 07:04 PM |
#106 |
| -
Hehe, I actually made a blog post about that not long ago |
NeedleCast |
Dec-11-08 10:06 AM |
#157 |
| -
How 'bout those who get off the escalator ... then stop? |
ieoeja |
Dec-11-08 04:25 PM |
#170 |
| -
I'm sick of the tailgaters myself |
Neo |
Dec-10-08 09:47 AM |
#41 |
| -
Tailgaters are the most unsafe drivers on the road. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 10:26 PM |
#117 |
| -
Once I had some idiot in a pickup tail-gate me at 70 mph in the left lane |
RebelOne |
Dec-11-08 06:42 AM |
#140 |
| -
The worse the driver, the faster and closer they drive. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-11-08 11:54 AM |
#160 |
| -
I saw a tailgater clip the rear bumper of the car in front who was passing to accommodate him |
brentspeak |
Dec-11-08 09:06 PM |
#178 |
| -
We Have A Law In Illinois |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-10-08 09:53 AM |
#42 |
| -
Ain't that the truth! |
WCIL |
Dec-10-08 12:04 PM |
#52 |
| -
Well, I'll Admit, I'm One Of The Slow Ones |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-10-08 01:52 PM |
#60 |
| -
Do the math.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-10-08 02:07 PM |
#66 |
| -
Or, you could look at it rationally, and blame those who drive over the speed limit. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 10:21 PM |
#116 |
| -
The great majority of people exceed the speed limit at least some of the time.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-10-08 10:48 PM |
#122 |
| -
Try that defense when you cause an accident going over the speed limit. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 10:55 PM |
#123 |
| -
I don't tailgate, don't honk my horn and don't flash my lights.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-10-08 11:14 PM |
#124 |
| -
What Math? |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-11-08 06:13 AM |
#134 |
| -
Here is what you said.. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-11-08 12:13 PM |
#161 |
| -
Now I Get It |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-11-08 12:16 PM |
#162 |
| -
Here in Atlanta we have a perimeter highway, I-285 |
Fumesucker |
Dec-11-08 12:31 PM |
#163 |
| -
I've Been On That Highway! |
ProfessorGAC |
Dec-11-08 01:31 PM |
#165 |
| -
Nope. I discovered that I was sharing the planet with billions of other people decades ago. |
TahitiNut |
Dec-10-08 11:53 AM |
#47 |
| -
That's a great way to look at things. |
wartrace |
Dec-11-08 09:23 PM |
#183 |
| -
So true! n/t |
schuetter |
Dec-11-08 10:01 PM |
#184 |
| -
There should be a corollary law to that. |
sofa king |
Dec-10-08 11:57 AM |
#49 |
| -
That is precisely the reason I got a ticket |
WillieW |
Dec-10-08 12:01 PM |
#51 |
| -
The safety issue, it seems to me is the disparity between speeds |
krispos42 |
Dec-10-08 12:22 PM |
#55 |
| -
The speed disparity is the fault of speeders in most cases. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 02:34 PM |
#74 |
| -
Speed limits have nothing to do with safe speeds, IMO |
krispos42 |
Dec-10-08 02:55 PM |
#75 |
| -
That's not an opinion shared by safety experts. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 03:06 PM |
#79 |
| -
Except safety experts aren't in a vacuum |
krispos42 |
Dec-11-08 01:39 AM |
#125 |
| -
They're experts for a reason. Their opinions are based upon facts, not suppositions. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-11-08 02:49 AM |
#126 |
| -
And they aren't running things. |
krispos42 |
Dec-11-08 03:17 AM |
#127 |
| -
Yup. |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:07 PM |
#81 |
| -
Watching the clusterfuck develop on the 101 used to be my morning entertainment. |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-10-08 12:46 PM |
#56 |
| -
If someone is moving faster than you when they move over into your lane... |
Fumesucker |
Dec-10-08 10:34 PM |
#119 |
| -
Personal space, it's an automatic reaction when someone squeezes in |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-11-08 12:48 PM |
#164 |
| -
So, you're one of those speeders who thinks the speed limit isn't for you? |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 01:58 PM |
#61 |
| -
No I am not one of those speeders |
liberal N proud |
Dec-10-08 02:21 PM |
#68 |
| -
You just said you do. That's your problem, speeding. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 02:26 PM |
#72 |
| -
Get your ass out of my way! |
liberal N proud |
Dec-10-08 03:59 PM |
#96 |
| -
Just for that, I'm slowing down to 55 mph beside that big truck. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 10:18 PM |
#114 |
| -
Glad I don't drive in Texas |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 06:40 AM |
#139 |
| -
Texas is, too. |
TexasObserver |
Dec-11-08 09:07 PM |
#179 |
| -
yup, if i'm already going over 80 in a 70mph zone, i have no sympathy |
Scout |
Dec-10-08 02:25 PM |
#71 |
| -
Here's hoping you don't kill anyone! |
TexasObserver |
Dec-10-08 02:30 PM |
#73 |
| -
Deleted message |
Name removed |
Dec-11-08 07:33 AM |
#146 |
| -
Oh brother. n/t |
donco6 |
Dec-10-08 07:34 PM |
#110 |
| -
I travel I-95 to and from work every day. |
calico1 |
Dec-10-08 01:59 PM |
#62 |
| -
Every day I curse the idiots who designed those left exits, though |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:09 PM |
#82 |
| -
Many people drive in the left lane because they think it's less "bumpy" |
herbster |
Dec-10-08 02:01 PM |
#64 |
| -
Yes, they do. |
flvegan |
Dec-10-08 02:23 PM |
#69 |
| -
Glad to hear it. They drive me nuts. |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-10-08 03:01 PM |
#76 |
| -
"None shall pass..." |
EnviroBat |
Dec-10-08 03:13 PM |
#85 |
| -
I just try to be a courteous driver. |
Dr.Phool |
Dec-10-08 03:13 PM |
#86 |
| -
Exactly |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 06:32 AM |
#137 |
| -
What I really hate is people who block a lane while approaching a merge... |
bbernardini |
Dec-10-08 03:18 PM |
#88 |
| -
I drive in the left lane all the time, but I yield when needed. |
Xithras |
Dec-10-08 03:25 PM |
#91 |
| -
If you watch truckers on hills in CA with only two lanes, if they want to pass a slower moving truck |
county worker |
Dec-10-08 03:50 PM |
#95 |
| -
I noticed trucks like to do this on I-80 in the mountains going to Reno. |
pinniped |
Dec-11-08 05:02 AM |
#130 |
| -
I ride occasionally with a colleague who always drives in the left lane. 55-60 mph. It drives me |
CLW |
Dec-10-08 05:21 PM |
#102 |
| -
Hogging the passing lane is inconsiderate as hell and dangerous. Traffic stacks up |
bertman |
Dec-10-08 05:24 PM |
#103 |
| -
I hate it. |
donco6 |
Dec-10-08 07:36 PM |
#111 |
| -
Hallmark of a bad driver. They need to make a left turn/exit miles ahead. |
alphafemale |
Dec-10-08 10:19 PM |
#115 |
| -
While its dangerous to camp the left lane |
NeedleCast |
Dec-10-08 10:32 PM |
#118 |
| -
Insane left-lane speed demons are just as annoying and perhaps |
JCMach1 |
Dec-11-08 04:04 AM |
#128 |
| -
No doubt |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 06:21 AM |
#135 |
| -
Some joker was playing lane hog at 60mph on Highway 58.... |
pinniped |
Dec-11-08 04:59 AM |
#129 |
| -
Can't Stand Them. But I Make Sure To Cut Them Off Sharply To Give Them A Good Ole Hint To Move The |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Dec-11-08 06:25 AM |
#136 |
| -
When I retire, I'm going to move up North and drive slow... |
Sancho |
Dec-11-08 06:35 AM |
#138 |
| -
not since i lashed that 4x12 hardwood plank to my front bumper! woohoo! |
KG |
Dec-11-08 06:45 AM |
#141 |
| -
First of all, "fast" means the speed limit. |
Deep13 |
Dec-11-08 08:13 AM |
#148 |
| -
Why do you think they call it rush hour? |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 08:52 AM |
#149 |
| -
Good: Left lane campers are assholes with no concept of society |
alcibiades_mystery |
Dec-11-08 09:15 AM |
#150 |
| -
when I drive on the LIE at 8:30 in the morning |
Magic Rat |
Dec-11-08 09:39 AM |
#154 |
| -
That is a bit excessive |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 10:24 AM |
#158 |
| -
Nah. I just bide my time, and when I can get around them, I get around them. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Dec-11-08 02:01 PM |
#166 |
| -
In Florida It's Known as DWO - Driving While Old |
ddeclue |
Dec-11-08 04:13 PM |
#169 |
| -
The Montana law also allows the patrolman to write you a ticket at 55 |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 06:24 PM |
#171 |
| -
Left Lane Idiots are very dangerous....... |
lib2DaBone |
Dec-11-08 07:49 PM |
#173 |
| -
When I am on the road, the trucker gets the courtesy |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 08:55 PM |
#175 |
| -
In my experience, the left-lane Speed Racers also tailgate in the middle and right lanes |
brentspeak |
Dec-11-08 08:59 PM |
#176 |
| -
True |
liberal N proud |
Dec-11-08 09:03 PM |
#177 |
| -
Not necessarily the same group.,. |
Fumesucker |
Dec-11-08 09:13 PM |
#181 |
| -
I used to deal with tailgaters by slamming on the brakes |
brentspeak |
Dec-11-08 09:19 PM |
#182 |
| -
Or some right to carry asshole might take a shot at you |
liberal N proud |
Dec-12-08 06:38 AM |
#185 |
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