On my way to Memphis today, we traveled along an interstate that has ongoing roadwork. This creates a bottleneck in many areas so I have learned to be patient when driving.
However, today as we drove out of a bottleneck when the lane was freed up, I saw a driver behind me come pass me at a faster rate of speed. I got into the left lane to pass someone else and the left lane was full and a long line. This guy decided that none of us was going fast enough for him and he could not pass all of us in the left lane. So he gets into the right lane and passes people going 70 mph on the shoulder of the interstate!
He could have gotten a lot of people killed had he blown a tire or lost control on the shoulder as he passed. Sheesh. What's wrong with people?
I have a lot of driving pet peeves, but I believe that this one takes the cake.
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A) People who drive the speed limit or under in the left most lanes.
B) People, who when stopped at stop lights, insist of keeping 1-3 whole car lengths between them and the car in front of them.
C) People, usually the same as B, who once the light turns green, allow the car ahead of them to get 50 feet down the road before they even start moving themselves.
D) People, similar to C, who start out really really slow but slowwwwlllyyy accelerate to actual speeding (more then 10 over the limit) which happens by the time your able to get in the other lane (since everyone was passing them initially) and then your not able to pass without risk of a ticket.
Last edited by RandyWayne; 06-29-2012 at 10:30 PM.
A) People who drive the speed limit or under in the left most lanes.
B) People, who when stopped at stop lights, insist of keeping 1-3 whole car lengths between them and the car in front of them.
C) People, usually the same as B, who once the light turns green, allow the car ahead of them to get 50 feet down the road before they even start moving themselves.
D) People, similar to C, who start out really really slow but slowwwwlllyyy accelerate to actual speeding (more then 10 over the limit) which happens by the time your able to get in the other lane (since everyone was passing them initially) and then your not able to pass without risk of a ticket.
Randy - the above is called "leaving yourself an out". Granted some people leave too much; but involved in a rear-end accident that then knocks you into the person in front of you causes you to be a bit more cautious about how close you are to the vehicle in front. Also, have you ever been stopped behind a vehicle and they stalled. Then you are too close to be able to get around them safely? Professional drivers are taught to leave themselves an out.
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Randy - the above is called "leaving yourself an out". Granted some people leave too much; but involved in a rear-end accident that then knocks you into the person in front of you causes you to be a bit more cautious about how close you are to the vehicle in front. Also, have you ever been stopped behind a vehicle and they stalled. Then you are too close to be able to get around them safely? Professional drivers are taught to leave themselves an out.
I understand that, which is why the recommendation is 1/2 a car length. I was taught in drivers ed many many years ago that a good rule of thumb is to pull up close enough to were you can still see the back tires on the car in front of you. That is plenty of space to pull out to the side if you need too.
I understand that, which is why the recommendation is 1/2 a car length. I was taught in drivers ed many many years ago that a good rule of thumb is to pull up close enough to were you can still see the back tires on the car in front of you. That is plenty of space to pull out to the side if you need too.
Ohhhhh, I thought is was the tires of the car in front of the car in front of you! Oops, my bad.
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