Posted: 1/6/2004 7:45:31 PM EDT
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Here are ten little tips that will make everyone's driving experience throughout the day just a little better. You cannot merge into 70mph traffic using your brakes. If you miss an exit proceed to the next exit and come back. Do not cut across three lanes of traffic and then back down the shoulder. If you must pull out in front of me at the last minute please be kind enough to at least go the speed limit and not poke along at 15mph. Turn signals. They are standard equipment on cars for a reason. Use them. Turn signals. If you are bright enough to use them, please turn them off when you are done. There is nothing worse than following someone for miles who is planning to turn left. If you get a flat tire, the shoulder is by far the best place to change it. Not the on-ramp. Not the off-ramp. Not the middle of the road. If traffic is backed up and moving slow, weaving in and out of all the lanes is not going to magically transport you to the front. The left lane is for passing. If you are going to drive the speed limit or below, keep your ass in the right hand lane. If you do wander out into left lane to pass, do it quickly. You can back up traffic for miles if you are trying to pass a car going 55 if you only go 56. Last but not least, when looking for a parking spot, find one and park as quickly as possible. It will not kill you to walk your fat ass a few extra steps across the parking lot. |
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To add... Do *NOT* [b]rubberneck[/b]! If you want to see car wrecks, watch re-runs of FOX's 'World's Worst Police Chases'! An accident on the other side of the ditch is not a reason to slow down unless you're a cop, fireman, or EMT... Drive in [red]staggered[/b] formation, so as to allow people to pass you if neccicary. Line abreast is for fighter planes and Army parades, NOT the freeway... Do not assume that all vehicles on the road rise to the height of your SUV's windows. Look DOWN and back, not just straight back - the motorcycle and sportscar drivers of the world will thank you... |
| Don't drive around downed railroad gates. And please, when on a four lane road and I'm in the left lane and a school bus is in the right lane with its yellow lights on soon to change to red, if you're in the lane behind the bus, don't cut me off by merging quickly in front of me thinking you're going to get passed the bus before the stop sign comes out![:D] |
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Quoted: And! Don't get on the damn freeway going 35mph! get up to speed on the onramp damnit [:(!] Argh... YES... Especially when they STOP at the end of the ramp waiting for a spot, and you have to go from merging speed to zero instantaniously to avoid a crash... Or when instead of flooring it at the end of the ramp, they BLIND MERGE across the lines while still going 35 on a 65mph road, and you have to take evasive action to avoid rear-ending the dumbass... Personally, I preferr to merge at at least 10mph faster than traffic, for safety reasons (you can't rear-end a car that's moving faster than you)... Once in line, I slow down of course... Of course, having a car that will finish a normal entrance-ramp run around 90mph (if left to it's own devices, which I normally don't do) helps with that as well... |
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Quoted: DO NOT MERGE AT THE LAST SECOND, this has to be one of the biggest causes for traffic... YES! I see people pass by a nice place to merge just to drive up to the end of the lane to get in front of a couple of cars [:|] I just put my car in the middle of the merge lane towards the end [}:D] But! I also cant stand the people that wont let anyone merge with them [:|] they are only making traffic worse by making people that want to merge in stop or slow down alot.. |
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I tought of some more. Yield signs mean yield, not blow through the intersection at 40 mph while trying to insert a new CD. When the traffic light turns from yellow to red it means STOP. It does not mean try and zip through the intersection before any of the other cars start moving. You do not ALWAYS have the right of way. One way streets are called "one way" because you are only supposed to drive down them one way. Never assume everyone in town wants to hear what is on your car stereo. I'm sure I'll have some more after work today. |
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If your automobile has the power to accelerate quickly, please use it. There is an aging truck behind you who needs all the room he can get to accelerate to highway speed. You may be able to go from 35 to 65 in 100 feet, but the aging truck needs several hundred feet to do that. Failure to do this will leave the aging truck unable to merge into 70 mph traffic while doing 40, and watching you mirthfully and mindlessly zip through traffic with the ease of Superman catch a falling tower. |
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Quoted: And! [red]Don't get on the damn freeway going 35mph![/red] get up to speed on the onramp damnit [:(!] Damn straight! Speeding like that will cause an accident for sure. Just merge into lanes doing what everyone else is doing (5 mph) to keep traffic flowing smoothly. CW in L.A.[BD] |
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Quoted: Here are ten little tips that will make everyone's driving experience throughout the day just a little better. You cannot merge into [red]70mph traffic[/red] using your brakes. If you miss an exit proceed to the next exit and come back. Do not cut across three lanes of traffic and then back down the shoulder. If you must pull out in front of me at the last minute please be kind enough to at [red]least go the speed limit and not poke along at 15mph.[/red] Turn signals. They are standard equipment on cars for a reason. Use them. Turn signals. If you are bright enough to use them, please turn them off when you are done. There is nothing worse than following someone for miles who is planning to turn left. If you get a flat tire, the shoulder is by far the best place to change it. Not the on-ramp. Not the off-ramp. Not the middle of the road. If traffic is backed up and moving slow, weaving in and out of all the lanes is not going to magically transport you to the front. [red]The left lane is for passing. If you are going to drive the speed limit or below, keep your ass in the right hand lane.[/red] If you do wander out into left lane to pass, do it quickly. You can back up traffic for miles if you are trying to pass a car [red]going 55 if you only go 56.[/red] Last but not least, when looking for a parking spot, find one and park as quickly as possible. It will not kill you to walk your fat ass a few extra steps across the parking lot. Y'all are just joshin me, right? CW in L.A.[BD] |
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Quoted: There is an aging truck behind you who needs all the room he can get to accelerate to highway speed. No kidding! I had an 2.8 Liter S10 4*4 that had the worst accelleration known to man. Inertia is the key! I used to hate it when some shmoe in a fairly quick car would wait to the last minute to accelerate, leaving me with the same amount of room he had. It was worse following someone with a cruise control, as I needed the downhill run to even come close to making it up the next hill at traffic speed. |
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The left lane is for passing. If you are going to drive the speed limit or below, keep your ass in the right hand lane. If you do wander out into left lane to pass, do it quickly. You can back up traffic for miles if you are trying to pass a car going 55 if you only go 56. AMEN!!!!!!!!! one more though if i may: The speed limit does not vary with the speed cops drive. It is not necessary to stagger a cop doing 50mph in a 70mph zone at 49mph, PASS HIS ASS, YOU'RE HOLDING UP TRAFFIC, ASSHOLE. |
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Quoted: I would support roadside beatings or horse whippings for violating these "tips." My father & I have come up with a proposal... We make a law that allows ANYONE who is passed by someone in the right lane to be SHOT at once by the faster car. If they miss, they're lucky, if they get hit... Too bad, they should have been driving faster, or in the right lane. |
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Quoted: The left lane is for passing. If you are going to drive the speed limit or below, keep your ass in the right hand lane. If you do wander out into left lane to pass, do it quickly. You can back up traffic for miles if you are trying to pass a car going 55 if you only go 56. AMEN!!!!!!!!! one more though if i may: The speed limit does not vary with the speed cops drive. It is not necessary to stagger a cop doing 50mph in a 70mph zone at 49mph, PASS HIS ASS, YOU'RE HOLDING UP TRAFFIC, ASSHOLE. Coming back from the Sebring 12 Hour when I was living in Atlanta, I75 N was moving along then suddenly, major brake test! Very close to being a huge pileup. I worked my way through the crowd to find that a Florida trooper had entered the expressway and was running 5 MPH less than the speed limit and everyone slammed on their brakes. DAMN! I got up behind the cop in the left lane and flashed my lights. When he looked in his rear view mirror, I motioned him to the right. My passenger was having a coronary......."I can't believe you are doing this". The trooper moved over, I waved as we went by and that was the end of the story. My friend kept saying we were gonna get pulled over and I kept saying "for what?". Another time on I16 E, Laurens County was driving in the left lane at 65 in a 70, running radar. This fool in the right lane would not pass him so I flashed the county mountie. He moved over and then dropped in behind me and hit the lights. I pulled over, got out of the car, and asked him why he pulled me over. He said I should not be flashing my lights at him and I told him that he should not be doing 65 in the left lane. He kept trying to tell me that he was running radar and looking for drunks (at 0200 on I16 in Laurens County, riiiggghhttt!) and I kept telling him I didn't care and he should not be driving 65 in the left lane. I saw his dash cam, which I thought was cool, it would monitor his behavior as well as mine. I don't normally get belligerent with officers, but this guy was a dick. I finally told him to write me a ticket for something (and I would see him in court), or I was getting back in my car and leaving. I finally just left. Needless to say, I make damn sure that I am within 10 of the speed limit through Laurens from that day forth. |
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Quoted: Quoted: The left lane is for passing. If you are going to drive the speed limit or below, keep your ass in the right hand lane. If you do wander out into left lane to pass, do it quickly. You can back up traffic for miles if you are trying to pass a car going 55 if you only go 56. AMEN!!!!!!!!! one more though if i may: The speed limit does not vary with the speed cops drive. It is not necessary to stagger a cop doing 50mph in a 70mph zone at 49mph, PASS HIS ASS, YOU'RE HOLDING UP TRAFFIC, ASSHOLE. Coming back from the Sebring 12 Hour when I was living in Atlanta, I75 N was moving along then suddenly, major brake test! Very close to being a huge pileup. I worked my way through the crowd to find that a Florida trooper had entered the expressway and was running 5 MPH less than the speed limit and everyone slammed on their brakes. DAMN! I got up behind the cop in the left lane and flashed my lights. When he looked in his rear view mirror, I motioned him to the right. My passenger was having a coronary......."I can't believe you are doing this". The trooper moved over, I waved as we went by and that was the end of the story. My friend kept saying we were gonna get pulled over and I kept saying "for what?". Another time on I16 E, Laurens County was driving in the left lane at 65 in a 70, running radar. This fool in the right lane would not pass him so I flashed the county mountie. He moved over and then dropped in behind me and hit the lights. I pulled over, got out of the car, and asked him why he pulled me over. He said I should not be flashing my lights at him and I told him that he should not be doing 65 in the left lane. He kept trying to tell me that he was running radar and looking for drunks (at 0200 on I16 in Laurens County, riiiggghhttt!) and I kept telling him I didn't care and he should not be driving 65 in the left lane. I saw his dash cam, which I thought was cool, it would monitor his behavior as well as mine. I don't normally get belligerent with officers, but this guy was a dick. I finally told him to write me a ticket for something (and I would see him in court), or I was getting back in my car and leaving. I finally just left. Needless to say, I make damn sure that I am within 10 of the speed limit through Laurens from that day forth. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The left lane is for passing. If you are going to drive the speed limit or below, keep your ass in the right hand lane. If you do wander out into left lane to pass, do it quickly. You can back up traffic for miles if you are trying to pass a car going 55 if you only go 56. AMEN!!!!!!!!! one more though if i may: The speed limit does not vary with the speed cops drive. It is not necessary to stagger a cop doing 50mph in a 70mph zone at 49mph, PASS HIS ASS, YOU'RE HOLDING UP TRAFFIC, ASSHOLE. Coming back from the Sebring 12 Hour when I was living in Atlanta, I75 N was moving along then suddenly, major brake test! Very close to being a huge pileup. I worked my way through the crowd to find that a Florida trooper had entered the expressway and was running 5 MPH less than the speed limit and everyone slammed on their brakes. DAMN! I got up behind the cop in the left lane and flashed my lights. When he looked in his rear view mirror, I motioned him to the right. My passenger was having a coronary......."I can't believe you are doing this". The trooper moved over, I waved as we went by and that was the end of the story. My friend kept saying we were gonna get pulled over and I kept saying "for what?". Another time on I16 E, Laurens County was driving in the left lane at 65 in a 70, running radar. This fool in the right lane would not pass him so I flashed the county mountie. He moved over and then dropped in behind me and hit the lights. I pulled over, got out of the car, and asked him why he pulled me over. He said I should not be flashing my lights at him and I told him that he should not be doing 65 in the left lane. He kept trying to tell me that he was running radar and looking for drunks (at 0200 on I16 in Laurens County, riiiggghhttt!) and I kept telling him I didn't care and he should not be driving 65 in the left lane. I saw his dash cam, which I thought was cool, it would monitor his behavior as well as mine. I don't normally get belligerent with officers, but this guy was a dick. I finally told him to write me a ticket for something (and I would see him in court), or I was getting back in my car and leaving. I finally just left. Needless to say, I make damn sure that I am within 10 of the speed limit through Laurens from that day forth. |
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Good stuff here. There was a snowbird lady (old retireees that come to AZ for the winter) that wrote a letter to the local rag about how people honk at her and flip her off when she's in the left lane and doing the speed limit. Her letter was answered by a DPS officer that said,"Law enforcement IS NOT your job. It's ours. If someone wants to pass you, regardless of your speed, pull over and let them pass." I got a kick out of that. I drive up north a lot on I-17, which is a two lane highway. All during football season (which is usually hunting season also) I get held up by the conversion-van-full-of-NAU Moms-headed-up-to-see-junior-play [50] and they have the cruise control set for 65 or 70 (speed limit is 75) and they're flapping their jaws and they ARE NOT gonna get out of the left lane come hell or high water.[pissed] |