Delaware Left Lane Rule Change
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bcp
In My Opinion
How dare you block him in. You should pull to the shoulder and let him pass.
you are so ignorant, what gives you the right to dictate the speed limit? how do you know he wasn't having a heart attack and driving himself to the ER? or maybe his hemorrhoid burst and he needed a plug or something.
you just dont know.
PsyOps
Pixelated
And I would say, don't make what you feel comfortable with my problem. You no more have a right to dictate to me the pace or position on the road with your speed than I do you at my speed. I have to turn left off route 4 to get to my house. I get in the left lane about a mile ahead because I know if I don't, inevitably traffic will start stacking up and they wont let me over when I need to. So I get over, go at my pace, and people behind me start riding my bumper and fuming because I’m impeding their precious time. Well, too bad. I go at MY pace not yours; and you are behind me and just have to deal with it. But I should NOT have to deal with unsafe, road-raging, pinheads that are aimed teaching me a lesson about being the left lane. The only thing they’re teaching me is how sadly impatient and dangerous they are.
bcp
In My Opinion
No, they are your tailights. I got beer... GOOD beer.Eat my taillights, buddy.
oh wait.... they're your taillights anyway, aren't they?
SamSpade
Well-Known Member
For What It's Worth --
If I see someone on the road driving slower than the traffic - and erratically - and I've got good reason to believe they are distracted - I'll make just about any maneuver to get past them. A distracted driver BEHIND me is no danger to me.
And it is almost always true for me lately, a driver going slowly in the passing lane is on the phone. Almost always, at least for me, in the past few years.
But I will still do the same if I can see the driver is arguing with the passenger - or they are trying to reach something on the passenger side floor (this DID happen in front of me on St Andrew's Church road and the driver sailed right THROUGH a telephone pole) - or they are looking for an address and their driving is erratic - they have no idea they pose a possible danger. I get past them. I don't want to smash into them because they're being a putz.
If I see someone on the road driving slower than the traffic - and erratically - and I've got good reason to believe they are distracted - I'll make just about any maneuver to get past them. A distracted driver BEHIND me is no danger to me.
And it is almost always true for me lately, a driver going slowly in the passing lane is on the phone. Almost always, at least for me, in the past few years.
But I will still do the same if I can see the driver is arguing with the passenger - or they are trying to reach something on the passenger side floor (this DID happen in front of me on St Andrew's Church road and the driver sailed right THROUGH a telephone pole) - or they are looking for an address and their driving is erratic - they have no idea they pose a possible danger. I get past them. I don't want to smash into them because they're being a putz.
bcp
In My Opinion
Better
Blue Moon
bcp
In My Opinion
Anymore, I tend to think Im the only driver not on a cell phone
GWguy
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I would much prefer they were in front of me, so I can watch them and respond accordingly. If they are behind me, I now become distracted watching him in the mirror waiting for him to run into me, and the chances of that are significantly greater until I am able to put lots of distance between us.
PsyOps
Pixelated
I think anyone would do this. But this isn't the kind of driver folks are talking about. The left-lane-NASCAR-types are talking about anyone that is in the left lane not going fast enough for them; therefore they have the right to push, weave, flash, and rage at you. I find that behavior far more dangerous and the problem with them is they typically end up in front of you causing an accident. If they weren't such a danger I'd find their mental state pretty humorous.
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bcp
In My Opinion
another thing people are failing to mention here is, if you get the Tard Driver behind you while you are passing, once an opening does come up, you either have to cut the driver off in the lane next to you to get out of tardos way, or you risk the chance of tardo trying to cut around you as you try to pull over.
The tards just dont realize the trouble they cause with their superior actions.
I like to keep dumb drivers where I can see them.
SamSpade
Well-Known Member
:shrug:
To each his own --
I was IN an accident because the guy in front of me spun around in the road and I ending up hitting him. If he's behind me, every second he gets further away from me.
bcp
In My Opinion
Good luck with that.
From reading this thread it sounds like you are pretty much surrounded anytime you leave the house.
bcp
In My Opinion
Too bad I wasnt between the two of you. the distance I would have given him while pissing you off about my speed, would have enabled me to stop safely without you hitting me.
Sorry I wasnt there to think for you.
I also like a lot of cushion between me and the cars around me. Definitely not a cuddler and I avoid being boxed in. This seems to piss people off as well, that there will be several car lengths between me and the car in front of me. We're all doing the same speed, but anger management boy will decide that he needs to be in front of me, in that perfectly good space that I'm wasting. So he jumps in front of me, I slow a bit to get some distance, and then we're all doing the same speed again.
Go figure.
PsyOps
Pixelated
I was coming home on Monday and a state trooper in the left lane was coming up on me. He wasn't going all that fast, but all of the sudden he completely lost control of his car, fishtailed left and right, then spun out doing a complete 360+. He blew at least one of his tires. I'm surprised he didn't roll the car. I have no idea why this happened as it seemed he was just cruising along. But all the cars behind him had to take evasive actions to avoid getting hit or hitting him. It didn't look like anyone did, but I was glad I was in front watching the whole thing get smaller.
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bcp
In My Opinion
Budget cuts.
