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โFeb-27-2017 07:59 PM
pnichols wrote:
Sooooo ... many of you hotrods are advocating that slow drivers speed up to match the (offtimes illegal) speeders for the safety of all ... instead of the speeders slowing down (and offtimes becoming legal in the process) so as to be a closer match to the slower drivers for the safety of all - even if it's a large RV that must do the speeding up to match whatever types of other vehicles that are traveling at the high(er) speeds?
(I must have written that wrong ... because it sounds so very wroNng and makes so little sense on several fronts.)
โFeb-27-2017 07:04 PM
pnichols wrote:
Sooooo ... many of you hotrods are advocating that slow drivers speed up to match the (offtimes illegal) speeders for the safety of all ... instead of the speeders slowing down (and offtimes becoming legal in the process) so as to be a closer match to the slower drivers for the safety of all - even if it's a large RV that must do the speeding up to match whatever types of other vehicles that are traveling at the high(er) speeds?
(I must have written that wrong ... because it sounds so very wrong and makes so little sense on several fronts.)
โFeb-27-2017 06:11 PM
PA12DRVR wrote:Grit dog wrote:
I'm going to start a thread about people who drive so f&;!?$(ing slow that they impede traffic. Left lane loafers, those out for a Sunday morning drive at 6am on a Wednesday when the rest of the world is headed to work and the guy pulling his RV down the freeway at 59 mph because the tires are "rated" at 60 mph or whatever.
Sound ridiculous?
Kind of like the thread I posted in.
Fwiw, I'm probably the guy that gives some of you extreme heartburn when I blow past you doing 75-80 with my 32' trailer hooked up or camper on the back.......
Honestly not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but I happen to agree with the sentiment. It might not be the problem elsewhere, but after a lifetime of driving in AK, I'm convinced that more accidents are caused by people driving 30 mph on the 65 mph speed limit highway ("oh no, it's snowy") than are caused by the folks going the limit or faster.
Maybe it's just on the roads I drive up here, but folks who are slower than the majority of traffic (whatever the speed limit) are creating asymmetrical risk for everyone else.
pnichols wrote:
Sooooo ... many of you hotrods are advocating that slow drivers speed up to match the (offtimes illegal) speeders for the safety of all ... instead of the speeders slowing down (and offtimes becoming legal in the process) so as to be a closer match to the slower drivers for the safety of all - even if it's a large RV that must do the speeding up to match whatever types of other vehicles that are traveling at the high(er) speeds?
(I must have written that wrong ... because it sounds so very wrong and makes so little sense on several fronts.)
โFeb-27-2017 04:21 PM
โFeb-27-2017 03:24 PM
Grit dog wrote:
I'm going to start a thread about people who drive so f&;!?$(ing slow that they impede traffic. Left lane loafers, those out for a Sunday morning drive at 6am on a Wednesday when the rest of the world is headed to work and the guy pulling his RV down the freeway at 59 mph because the tires are "rated" at 60 mph or whatever.
Sound ridiculous?
Kind of like the thread I posted in.
Fwiw, I'm probably the guy that gives some of you extreme heartburn when I blow past you doing 75-80 with my 32' trailer hooked up or camper on the back.......
โFeb-27-2017 02:18 PM
Stefonius wrote:ramgunner wrote:That Prius is going to be "road art" if he pulls in front of me without leaving adequate separation.
The thing is, you need to be prepared for your worst day, not your best day. The day when the guy in the Prius pulls in front of you and hits his brakes because of the squirrel that ran in front of him.
About 20 years ago, my uncle was driving a truck hauling dry concrete. A Mercedes passed him on the right shoulder of an off-ramp at a high rate of speed, pulling in front of his tractor with less than one car length of separation. He couldn't see the guy coming up the right side. Then the idiot slammed on his brakes for the sharpish right hand curve in the ramp. My uncle downshifted and braked to avoid flattening the Mercedes. He didn't hit the car, but the sudden change in velocity DID flip his truck over (ain't physics fun). He was ejected from the cab, which then rolled over him. He almost died. The Mercedes driver didn't stop to offer aid.
The moral of the story? Next time, hit the Mercedes.
โFeb-27-2017 01:25 PM
Grit dog wrote:
I'm going to start a thread about people who drive so f&;!?$(ing slow that they impede traffic. Left lane loafers, those out for a Sunday morning drive at 6am on a Wednesday when the rest of the world is headed to work and the guy pulling his RV down the freeway at 59 mph because the tires are "rated" at 60 mph or whatever.
Sound ridiculous?
Kind of like the thread I posted in.
Fwiw, I'm probably the guy that gives some of you extreme heartburn when I blow past you doing 75-80 with my 32' trailer hooked up or camper on the back.......
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โFeb-27-2017 08:58 AM
ramgunner wrote:That Prius is going to be "road art" if he pulls in front of me without leaving adequate separation.
The thing is, you need to be prepared for your worst day, not your best day. The day when the guy in the Prius pulls in front of you and hits his brakes because of the squirrel that ran in front of him.