Warning speed traps in the morning

[RoseRed]

Both. Watch the ones in that far right lane N/B throught the intersection, probably 90% cross both lanes of traffic to turn left into either the apartments or at the light.

I use that dedicated third traffic lane every day. Why should I sit in lanes 1 or 2 that are stacked with traffic when I too, am traveling NB and there are only a few cars in lane 3?

 

[GWguy]

Turn left onto St. Andrew's Church Road at quitting time.
If you leave ANY space between you and the car in front of you somebody's coming over. You can count on it.
So, I drive my automatic with two feet; "one on the brake and one on the gas HEY!" - Sammy Hagar - turning left. When somebody uses the far left turn lane to "merge" into the right lane, they get a surprise.
That IS NOT what that far-left left turn turn lane is for da**it.

You're already setting yourself up for a potential road rage incident. Taking a hard ass stance and saying "I ain't gonna let you in no how no way" is stupid. It's not going to kill you to let them in, and if no one lets him in, then he stops in the middle of the lane and backs up traffic behind him causing more grief to everyone.

Yeah, it's frustrating. Yeah, they could have gotten in the right lane to begin with. But I found if I don't kiss the bumper in front of me, don't hit the gas so hard, the guy on my left can match my speed and merge without any incidents or rage or frustration. Traffic flows, my blood pressure stays down, and I don't ding my truck.

Try it sometime.

 

[MrZ06]

but I do the speed limit.

that makes you an unsafe drive. It is safer to speed.

If you do the speed limit you have to contend with slower cars in front of you and faster cars coming up from behind you.


If you speed and drive faster than the flow of traffic you only have to worry about slower cars in front of you. There is no longer a threat from faster cars overtaking you.

 

[Tomcat]

I use that dedicated third traffic lane every day. Why should I sit in lanes 1 or 2 that are stacked with traffic when I too, am traveling NB and there are only a few cars in lane 3?

Then you become the numb nuts trying to merge into traffic just like you were saying bothers you southbound in the morning.

 

[MrZ06]

I drive my automatic with two feet; "one on the brake and one on the gas HEY!"

Have you ever considered swapping out your pedals for a set that will allow good heal tow driving? It will greatly speed up you gas break transition.

 

[dizzydevilrules]

Then you become the numb nuts trying to merge into traffic just like you were saying bothers you southbound in the morning.

Don't blame drivers for that ignorance, SHA made the road that way. That lane should have been the right turn lane to Solomons bridge. Or, SHA should have continued that lane up to at least Wildewood.

If you pave it, we will drive on it.

 

[glhs837]

As I am reading everyone's traffic complaints, I blame it all on technology. As a kid, we did not have all of these electronic devices to keep us occupied in a car or tell us where to go. So what did we do? We watched and learned how to drive from our parents. We learned how to read a map and estimate distance and time. We learned that it was common courtesy to pull to the left lane when someone was entering a highway. We learned to give 18 wheelers room to pull in front of us to pass on a hill and not ride in their blind spot. We learned to pull over and help people change tires. We learned that the Hilltop Motel was not a place we want to stay again. Most of us also grew up on or near a farm where we were driving pickups and tractors at the age of 10, so when we turned 16, it was not our first time behind the wheel. Oh the good ole days!!

Not sure I get you here... You don't like people to use the third lane that passes N/B through the intersection at all? And which turn into Wildewood? The one without the light or both?

You are connecting technology with the lack of training. Not a valid connection, I dont think. People have gotten out of the habit of teaching these things, assuming, wrongly, that Drivers Education was just that, not just "How to obey traffic laws 101". To be fair to the CSM program, they did some training on driving technique, more than I expected. But it's still only about %20 of what they really need.

Rose, they mean that straight through lane that ends just north of the light, the one that becomes one with the lane coming from WB Rt 4. And I agree, far too many folks use that as an express lane. Especially during rush hour. If I can be the first one in line, I will use it, not much can match my acceleration, and so I dont interfere with anyone to the right of me. But lots of folks just assume that folks wil let them in. And thats inconsiderate.

 

[bcp]

that makes you an unsafe drive. It is safer to speed.

If you do the speed limit you have to contend with slower cars in front of you and faster cars coming up from behind you.


If you speed and drive faster than the flow of traffic you only have to worry about slower cars in front of you. There is no longer a threat from faster cars overtaking you.

Well, Ive been driving since 1975, I have had one accident my fault, 1979.
I figure I will keep on being unsafe then and see if I can make it another 33 years.

And if I speed, dont I put that danger on the slower cars in front of me? Do I really have a right to endanger others because the law was written for everyone but me?

 

[RoseRed]

Then you become the numb nuts trying to merge into traffic just like you were saying bothers you southbound in the morning.

Seriously?

It is a dedicated traffic lane prior to the intersection, the merge comes from that traffic lane after passing through the intersection. I would also point out that it is a pretty long merge area, unlike coming out of the WW development stoplight. I can see the heartburn for those crossing all lanes to make that first left, but for the light, not so much. There is plenty of time. If that 3rd lane and drivers are such a problem, perhaps you should petition SHA to close it prior to the intersection to alleviate the through traffic and only allow those coming from route 4.

 

[RoseRed]

Rose, they mean that straight through lane that ends just north of the light, the one that becomes one with the lane coming from WB Rt 4. And I agree, far too many folks use that as an express lane. Especially during rush hour. If I can be the first one in line, I will use it, not much can match my acceleration, and so I dont interfere with anyone to the right of me. But lots of folks just assume that folks wil let them in. And thats inconsiderate.

I don't assume. I use my blinker to merge into traffic, and if I were to run out of lane, I would stay out of the way until I could safely do so.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

You're already setting yourself up for a potential road rage incident. Taking a hard ass stance and saying "I ain't gonna let you in no how no way" is stupid. It's not going to kill you to let them in, and if no one lets him in, then he stops in the middle of the lane and backs up traffic behind him causing more grief to everyone.

Yeah, it's frustrating. Yeah, they could have gotten in the right lane to begin with. But I found if I don't kiss the bumper in front of me, don't hit the gas so hard, the guy on my left can match my speed and merge without any incidents or rage or frustration. Traffic flows, my blood pressure stays down, and I don't ding my truck.

Try it sometime.

Another thing is, if you're in the right lane turning left, you already have to deal with folks slamming on the brakes as soon as they get through the light.
This, compounded with those that cut you off to get into the right lane to go straight just add to the frustration. OFW /:-\

 

[MrZ06]

If I can be the first one in line, I will use it, not much can match my acceleration, and so I dont interfere with anyone to the right of me. But lots of folks just assume that folks wil let them in. And thats inconsiderate.

thats the thing you don't have to have that fast of a car to beat most traffic out of a light. Most people are just scarred to floor it.

You would think that common sense would tell people that they need to get of the line quickly if they are in a lane that is about to end. Unfortunately common sense is one thing most drivers don;t have around here.

 

[Toxick]

that makes you an unsafe drive. It is safer to speed.

Not necessarily.

As with most things in life, context means something.


If you're driving along on a country road at 10PM and there is nary another car in sight, driving the speed limit, or even less than the speed limit is much safer than speeding. Especially if the road is winding.

If you're in traffic, your best bet is to drive with the flow of traffic, whether it's lower than, equal to, or greater than the speed limit.

If you speed and drive faster than the flow of traffic you only have to worry about slower cars in front of you. There is no longer a threat from faster cars overtaking you.

If someone is so boneheaded that they can't overtake a slower car without compounding danger, then they shouldn't be driving without supervision in the first place. IOW: There shouldn't BE a threat just because faster cars pass you by.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Have you ever considered swapping out your pedals for a set that will allow good heal tow driving? It will greatly speed up you gas break transition.

A/T equipped cars already have a brake pedal that allows for sufficient heel/toe driving. You know that.

 

[MrZ06]

And if I speed, dont I put that danger on the slower cars in front of me? Do I really have a right to endanger others because the law was written for everyone but me?

No, with proper driving skills and a proper brake setup containing 6 piston brakes with slotted and cross drilled rotors. There is no risk to the cars in front of you.

 

[MrZ06]

A/T equipped cars already have a brake pedal that allows for sufficient heel/toe driving. You know that.

Yes, I was just saying that there are aftermarket setups that do a better job than the factory pedals.

 

[Vince]

What about the yahoos that don't think they need to yield to oncoming traffic? I had one that refused to yield to me when I had the green light, traveling S/B on 235 at Wildewood. He came out of Wildewood and just kept up at the same speed as I on the shoulder of the road, after the merge lane ended. I suppose he was expecting me to slow down and let him merge into traffic. Umm, no.

Those idiots just pizz me off. Going south on rt 4 towards Solomons bridge they have that lane just before you get on the bridge and those azzH**** act like they don't see you coming. Just jump right on rt 4 and don't care if you hit them in the azz end or not.

 

[MMM_donuts]

I read a long essay once about how road rage some kind of emotion that's tied directly to your own personal fear of lacking control in your life. For example, you have a plan to stay in one lane or go a certain speed the whole way to work, then someone interferes with that plan, takes that control of your environment away from you, and so you have to have revenge in order to show that you're the one that's actually in control...or dominant or whatever.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Yes, I was just saying that there are aftermarket setups that do a better job than the factory pedals.

Well, I don't think I want to invest in aftermarket stuff for my '97 LHS.
That thing has already cost my Dad and me more money-n-it's worth.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Those idiots just pizz me off. Going south on rt 4 towards Solomons bridge they have that lane just before you get on the bridge and those azzH**** act like they don't see you coming. Just jump right on rt 4 and don't care if you hit them in the azz end or not.

Cuz they know if you do, you're gonna be the one on the short end.
Sometimes I think it's a dare.
'Go 'head, hit me in the a**; see what happens.' Like that.