sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
I don't need to validate my argument. I feel the way that I feel. It's also the law. :shrug:
Blockers in left lane....have a ticket.
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I don't need to validate my argument. I feel the way that I feel. It's also the law. :shrug:
People who have their head up their arse and insist that it's their right and that they are within the law forget that the alleged goal of traffic laws are to keep us safe.
The impact on traffic flow caused by a slower vehicle in the center or left lanes has on traffic is not pretty. I believe what I saw was a simulation / demonstration by some Maryland Traffic Safety Institute (U of Md?).
It's the reason why a number of states have the stay right except to pass laws.
While other vehicles may be technically speeding, troopers will often ignore minor transgressions if it's with the flow of traffic - it's not safety in numbers for the speeder, it's just safety because the traffic is moving smoothly.
So the people on their high horse who claim they have a right and the law says, are actually more of a danger than the hundreds of vehicles that are moving faster
bcp
In My Opinion
But we are discussing around here, Maryland.
If I were in Germany there is no way in hell I would hop on over to the left most lane and set the cruise at 70mph..
actually, when I was there and drove it many years ago it seemed that the way to handle it was to go as fast as you could (between the towns) staying in the right, then if you came up on someone you pulled left, flashed your lights to get his attention to you passing, you passed then popped back to the right until the next time you came up on a slower vehicle
bcp
In My Opinion
What we have here is certainly a lack of common courtesy.
If you are speeding and come up on someone driving the speed limit in a legal manner, you should wait until you can safely move right, pass then safely move back left.
No sense in the guy driving legally to be the one that has to keep changing his speed and lanes.
at least we agree that people are just self centered and rude at all cost.
smilin
BOXER NATION
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Do you speed up on a 2-lane road to accomodate someone trying to drive faster behind you?
mAlice
professional daydreamer
I'm not going to argue common sense with you, but you go ahead and have fun with that.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
It's the same general point. You should not have to change your driving pattern to accodomate someone who is breaking the law.
DEEKAYPEE8569
Well-Known Member
Nope. I slow down below posted speed limit, then signal and ease over to the shoulder; if 'driving faster'n me means being followed so close, I can't see the grille or headlights of the car behind me.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
It's a damn shame that someone forces you to get off of the road so that they can fly down the road.
smilin
BOXER NATION
I love the word: 'Legally". Here is the legal definition of " Impede" and all of it's ramifications and synonyms:
impede verb annul, arrest, barricade, be a drag on, be an obstacle to, be in the way, block, blockade, bolt, bother, brake, bring to a standstill, burden, cause to delay, check, circumscribe, confine, cramp, cumber, curb, dam up, decelerate, delay, detain, deter, disable, drag, embarrass, encumber, erect a barrier, estop, fetter, foreclose, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impair, impedire, incommode, inconvenience, interfere, interrupt, keep back, keep in check, limit, load, mar, obstruct, paralyze, postpone, preclude, press, prevent, quell, restrain, restrict, retard, set one back, shackle, slacken, slow down, stalemate, stand in the way, stay, stop, stop in progress by hindrances, suffocate, suspend, thwart, trammel, turn aside
Associated concepts: impede or be an obstacle to traffic flow.
impede legal definition of impede. impede synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.
impede verb annul, arrest, barricade, be a drag on, be an obstacle to, be in the way, block, blockade, bolt, bother, brake, bring to a standstill, burden, cause to delay, check, circumscribe, confine, cramp, cumber, curb, dam up, decelerate, delay, detain, deter, disable, drag, embarrass, encumber, erect a barrier, estop, fetter, foreclose, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impair, impedire, incommode, inconvenience, interfere, interrupt, keep back, keep in check, limit, load, mar, obstruct, paralyze, postpone, preclude, press, prevent, quell, restrain, restrict, retard, set one back, shackle, slacken, slow down, stalemate, stand in the way, stay, stop, stop in progress by hindrances, suffocate, suspend, thwart, trammel, turn aside
Associated concepts: impede or be an obstacle to traffic flow.
impede legal definition of impede. impede synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
You obviously need to have the last word. So, I concede to your superior experience.
bcp
In My Opinion
I love the word: 'Legally". Here is the legal definition of " Impede" and all of it's ramifications and synonyms:
impede verb annul, arrest, barricade, be a drag on, be an obstacle to, be in the way, block, blockade, bolt, bother, brake, bring to a standstill, burden, cause to delay, check, circumscribe, confine, cramp, cumber, curb, dam up, decelerate, delay, detain, deter, disable, drag, embarrass, encumber, erect a barrier, estop, fetter, foreclose, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impair, impedire, incommode, inconvenience, interfere, interrupt, keep back, keep in check, limit, load, mar, obstruct, paralyze, postpone, preclude, press, prevent, quell, restrain, restrict, retard, set one back, shackle, slacken, slow down, stalemate, stand in the way, stay, stop, stop in progress by hindrances, suffocate, suspend, thwart, trammel, turn aside
Associated concepts: impede or be an obstacle to traffic flow.
impede legal definition of impede. impede synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.
Thank you so much for yet another internet lesson.
Now look up law
look up speed limit
You seem to be putting frustration in the wrong place, the one impeding your zippy lifestyle is not the guy going the speed limit, its actually the one that decided what numbers to put on the sign designating that limit.
You should zip on down to the proper office and voice your concerns with them.
glhs837
Power with Control
Your driving pattern should be such that you minimize your impact on other drivers at all times. If your speed in the left lane is such that you have to get over all the time to let people pass, that's your clue that your speed is too slow for that lane.
If on a two lane road, you end up with 5-6 cars stacked up behind you, a courteous driver would get over and let the build up past them.
bcp
In My Opinion
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
I love how people are defending speeding, rather than obeying the traffic laws. It's rather hilarious.
DEEKAYPEE8569
Well-Known Member
Not me.....the way traffic 'round here is now, I stay in the slow lane(s) and let the wannabe racers have at it. If I'm not in the passing lane and I get tail-gated, I don't worry about it. If they wanna get by me; that's what the left lane's for.
This is just my opinion but I don't agree with you. If you and a friend were walking side by side in a narrow hallway slowly with a crowd of people behind you would you continue to block those people or would one of you get ahead of the other in a single file fashion so there was room for others to get buy. It is no different on the roads, if someone is doing the same speed as the people in the right lane it would not hurt them to move over to let faster traffic pass. I think it is rude for people to impede the flow of traffic just because they can. The law also says I can play my music at a high level until 10pm but I don't because I know my neighbor does shift work and might be sleeping. This is no different, it doesn't hurt me to listen to my music at a reasonable level to accommodate others just like it wouldn't hurt the ones doing the speed limit in the left lane to pull into the right lane to let traffic by.