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This morning when I was coming to work and I was going a little above the speed limit a vehicle (which ended up being a tan F-150) was tailgating me to get me to move (since there is sooooooo much traffic at 515am). Anyway, once everything was said and done, guess who ended up on base first!! I never understood people who feel they need to tailgate and weave in and out of traffic and in some cases (like this example) myself or others end up getting on base before or at the same time. I used to see a blue F-150 (it seems to be pick on F-150 owners posting) with an aftermarket tailgate with a Dallas Cowboy star on the back that does the same thing and 80% of the time we would still get to gate one at the same time and in some cases I would get through the gate first because I get into the left lane while this guy gets in the right lane of gate one (before they open up the other two lanes).
kwillia
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I don't consider the rule "left lane for passing only" to be logical for 235 in California and Great Mills. I don't see how anyone could expect it to hold true because of left hand exiting along the entire stretch both north and southbound.
luvmygdaughters
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People coming into Leonardtown on Rt. 5 and making the right onto Rt. 234, always have to pass the ones coming out of Food Lion parking lot trying to merge onto Rt. 5. If I have my blinker on to come onto Rt. 5 there is always someone who has their blinker on to merge onto Rt. 234. Instead of blending in behind me which will enable me to merge out, they have to pass and come in front of me. Makes absolutely no sense.
Amused_despair
New Member
That will clog up the passing lane real fast. 
I agree. When I leave work, people will automatically get into the far left lane even as far south as gate 2 so they can turn left into San Souci, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, even as far down as wanting to go to Wildwood. So guess what, the middle lane ends up being the passing lane. Even in the morning people (I come from Calvert to the base) people will get into the left lane and do the same thing. In the mornings, I personally prefer to stay in the middle lane until around San Souci and then slowly try to merge to the left lane to get to gate one.
SG_Player1974
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My most favorit-ist of the bunch are the bikers! These TOOLS will weave in and out of lanes, barrel down turn lanes, evade signal lights at intersections, cut people off.....
The funny part is that this has often coincided with Ripley on 97.7 doing his "Watch out for bike riders" PSA
The funny part is that this has often coincided with Ripley on 97.7 doing his "Watch out for bike riders" PSA
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Did you mean watch?My most favorit-ist of the bunch are the bikers! These TOOLS will weave in and out of lanes, barrel down turn lanes, evade signal lights at intersections, cut people off.....
The funny part is that this has often coincided with Ripley on 97.7 doing his "What out for bike riders" PSA
SG_Player1974
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Pete
Repete
At the risk of sounding racist and sexist, which I am not, I have studied this left lane camping situation and found that a full 90% of the time it is a female of the Arfican American pursuation that is the culprit. They are just tooling along oblivious to the 3 mile back up behind them and even more oblivious to the people swerving around to the right to pass them and swing back left.
It is poor situational awareness or is it more the "Mutha - %$$#%$$ this is my cah, my lane and my time."
It is poor situational awareness or is it more the "Mutha - %$$#%$$ this is my cah, my lane and my time."
SoMDGirl42
Well-Known Member
entitlement mentality
Amused_despair
New Member
If the person in the left lane is going the speed limit than they have every right to be in that lane even if the law states that slower traffic stay to the right, because how can you legally go faster than the speed limit?
Pete
Repete
That works fine when the right lane is open. However when someone is in the right lane going 53 with the cruise control locksed and a death grip on the wheel and the left lane person is door to door with them for 12 miles how are you going to go around?
Im_Me
Active Member
You seem to be repeatedly repeating this thought. While logical enough, you are patently missing thepoint. If someone is driving slowly in the left lane and the right lane is open, I'm happy to pass them on the right. It's when you have a car in the right lane going whatever speed they want AND a car in the left lane pretty much matching that speed that things get really screwed up! That's when fingers fly.
Baja28
Obama destroyed America
Here's your sign.
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I was first, you owe me a coke.