Current Events > People who tailgate in the right lane are really taking a gamble.

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Gobstoppers12 posted...

So enforce the minimum speed limit. Otherwise, I'm not doing anything wrong.

Depending on how much traffic you're creating, police can give you a ticket for driving too slow. I think revoking someone's license for that alone, is overkill though.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

Yes you are doing something wrong. End of story

Take me to court over it. I'll win.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

Take me to court over it. I'll win.

So youre one of those i have absolutely no morals or ethics or care about safety, I only do what is the letter of the law type people? You are in the wrong, prove me wrong.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

So youre one of those i have absolutely no morals or ethics or care about safety, I only do what is the letter of the law type people? You are in the wrong, prove me wrong.

No. I drive at or near the speed limit. But if someone feels safer driving slower, it's not really your job to tell them they can't. You aren't the police nor the courts nor the lawmakers.

You're just complaining.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

So youre one of those i have absolutely no morals or ethics or care about safety, I only do what is the letter of the law type people? You are in the wrong, prove me wrong.

"Officer, I wanted to speed and this man wouldn't let me. Arrest him."

Normally I do my best to let the other guy pass me if someone tailgates me by giving a hand signal or changing lanes.

Though my friend is the kind of person who brake check tailgaters. He literally got one to crash on the side of the road because he did it. All my other friends in the car were laughing... except for me. This was during my college years, but goddamn were my frat friends assholes.

TMOG posted...

"Officer, I wanted to speed and this man wouldn't let me. Arrest him."

I wanted to drive at 100km/h in the 100km/h zone, but he was doing 60km/h which is dangerously slow and creating a road hazard

I do have to say that highway driving is pretty miserable in CT. The right lane moves slowish, the middle lane also moves slowish and is where 95% of the eighteen wheelers are, and the left lane is some fucking Mad Max shit. I frequently encounter at least one person doing 80 plus swerving from lane to lane.

In Oregon, they mandate trucks drive in the right lane and it makes things much better. But also I was often going faster than anyone else, which left me confronting the idea that it was I who was the asshole driver, bringing my dog-eat-dog CT driving mentality to a rather more chill environment.

Folks always bring out the strawman about "slow drivers" every time you criticize them for trying to get their truck nuts in your exhaust pipe.

But never mind the hyperbole (I only see such drastically below the limit speeds on 1 lane scenic roads near national parks), nobody can provide an example of HOW a slow driver "causes" an accident that doesn't boil down to "some other asshole wasn't paying attention or acted recklessly because losing a minute of their time made them big mad"

Gremlynn posted...

Folks always bring out the strawman about "slow drivers" every time you criticize them for trying to get their truck nuts in your exhaust pipe.

But never mind the hyperbole (I only see such drastically below the linitv

Yeah, if you're going, like...30 MPH on the highway that's a big problem, but if you're doing 50 in the right lane it's really not a big deal at all.

Ik gonna go a step further and say that 90% of people driving dodge Rams need to get their licenses revoked.

Tailgating absolutely everywhere, every lane, every type of road. Weaving in and out of traffic at the last minute like they're some small, slick car. Cutting people off constantly, revving engines as hard as they can, brake checking. Sprawling across three parking spaces to make sure no one scratches their precious baby. Name a street law, and these overcompensating King of the Road asswipes break it.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

I wanted to drive at 100km/h in the 100km/h zone, but he was doing 60km/h which is dangerously slow and creating a road hazard

See, you keep saying that driving below the speed limit is "dangerous", but you have yet to provide any examples of why or how.

TMOG posted...

"Officer, I wanted to speed and this man wouldn't let me. Arrest him."

"Officer, this man was impeding the flow of traffic. Arrest him."

"No person shall drive upon a highway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, because of a grade, or compliance with the law."

(BTW: All states have minimum speed limits. It's just that not all states post them on highways.)

TMOG posted...

See, you keep saying that driving below the speed limit is "dangerous", but you have yet to provide any examples of why or how.

What the fuck is this bullshit response? Get out of here

Kloe_Rinz posted...

What the fuck is this bullshit response? Get out of here

Once again

DarkBuster22904 posted...

Ik gonna go a step further and say that 90% of people driving dodge Rams need to get their licenses revoked.

Tailgating absolutely everywhere, every lane, every type of road. Weaving in and out of traffic at the last minute like they're some small, slick car. Cutting people off constantly, revving engines as hard as they can, brake checking. Sprawling across three parking spaces to make sure no one scratches their precious baby. Name a street law, and these overcompensating King of the Road asswipes break it.

Not all. Mostly just the ones that always keep the bed covered. Bonus points if it's lifted, and has a punisher, gun, thin blue line, or declaration of independence decal. Done deal if it's waving one or more Murican flags.

What is it with driving those large pick up trucks that turn people this way?

Noumas posted...

What is it with driving those large pick up trucks that turn people this way?

I don't think that driving a large pickup turns people into assholes, I think large pickups just appeal to people who are already assholes.