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[TMGT]

I wouldn't have followed him long enough to take a picture either.

No following here, was passing a line of cars he was in, at least he wasn't driving like an idiot to boot.

Need to Re-mount my dash cam so I can get pics next time.

 

[two_bit_score]

No following here, was passing a line of cars he was in, at least he wasn't driving like an idiot to boot.

Need to Re-mount my dash cam so I can get pics next time.

:thumbsup:

 

[Dadnatron]

I have seen this many times. I used to work 3rd shift, driving to work at 11 at night on a 3-lane highway, no-one else on the road and some jerk needs to ride my bumper. Pull into a different lane and he zooms way up to the next car on the horizon and rides his tail. Whatever...

The other one is people getting behind a truck and getting mad because they can't see around them and the truck won't get out of their way. Hey, if you backed up two car lengths you could SEE that you have completely empty lanes to pass on either side. Nope, staying right there headlights to mudflaps getting steaming mad.

In both Indiana and KY, you are supposed to be in center or right lane except to pass. No one will ever tailgate you in the left lane... if you're not in it.

 

[TMGT]

In both Indiana and KY, you are supposed to be in center or right lane except to pass. No one will ever tailgate you in the left lane... if you're not in it.

Same in VA, actually it's a ticketable offense to travel in the left lane. Va troopers did a campaign about a year ago and it got better for a little while, they need to do it again!

I work 1st shift 11pm-7am (3rd to some people) and it's gotten pretty bad with people blocking the left 2-3 lanes and not moving over. People traveling through on vacation seem to be the worst offenders so this time of the year is pretty frustrating.

 

[Dadnatron]

I drive 3hrs Tuesday Morning and Friday evening. I drive my wife's Audi S6 which has some 'get up'.

I get severely frustrated when people drive in the left/fast lane but simply go the speed limit. I understand the thinking, but it isn't their place to enforce the law. I typically travel about 10mph over the limit on the interstate. It is the typical 'travel speed' in the fast lane.

Invariably, when I get anywhere close to Ohio (Cincinnati area) there is someone (usually several someones) with Ohio plates, who refuse to get over. THIS is the dangerous driving... not flow of traffic speeding, but traffic blockages where people look for ways to 'go around' the blockage rather than are able to simply drive by the guy.

I have no issue with him driving whatever speed he wants... he just needs to be in either the center or right lane. And I'd shoot every 'Brake checker' on the spot if I didn't have to get to work by 8am. That power-trip BS is just an issue waiting to happen. It is absolutely Illegal. And puts far more people at risk, than the guy traveling quickly in the fast lane.

 

[PhysAssist]

I hate the people who drive "on my shoulder" in the passing (left) lane while I drive in the driving (right) lane. They'll just sit right there next to my left rear bumper. And if I slow down hoping they'll complete the pass, they slow down too!!

I'm right there with you Bill [not on your left shoulder though].

It irritates me to no end, because I tend to go at or perhaps slightly above the average speed of traffic as a whole, which means, I have to at times shift into the left [PASSING] lane to pass a slow-boat, and then I go back to the [DRIVING] lane right to let faster cars go by.

Until THAT GUY locks himself to my shoulder- usually after closely tailgating me when I drive at a deliberately faster-than-the-driving-lane-speed in the left lane to make my pass, which means that instead of being able to continue to cruise at my set speed [I love my cruise-control]- I have to brake to get him to pass or get stuck behind the next slow boat.

Don't get me started on drivers slow-boating in the passing lane.

As far as that brake check video- if anyone got hurt in the collision he caused, he would be liable and at fault- especially as it was caught on camera.

Far from lauding him for it, he should be cited, and maybe even lose his license- in my opinion.

Remember 2 wrongs don't make a right.

But 2 rights DO make an about-face.

...and as my mentor George Carlin always said- There's always a moron in front of you going too slow, and a maniac behind you going too fast...

That usually makes me think of my F-I-L, who is categorically unable to drive anywhere near the 55-65 MPH speed limits on open country roads or limited access highways, but then gets into towns and regardless of the posted 25-30-35 or 45 MPH speed limits drives at 45-50 MPH- tailgating his adze off.

 

[PhysAssist]

Just accept that fact that others don't share your habits and desires and try to not be in anyone else's way or make them do something unsafe. This goes for everyone.

Kudos for the succinct summary!!

It's called the Golden Rule, and applies pretty much everywhere equally.

 

[hawkeye08]

I learned the two second rule, but that was well over 40 years ago. Prior to that it was a car length for every mile per hour. I will say that even with ABS stopping distance has probably decreased over the last couple decades, but they still need somebody to work that brake pedal.

I think we were taught a car length for every 10 mph, not every mile per hour. I'm probably remembering wrong.

 

[BigBlue1]

I drive 3hrs Tuesday Morning and Friday evening. I drive my wife's Audi S6 which has some 'get up'.

I get severely frustrated when people drive in the left/fast lane but simply go the speed limit. I understand the thinking, but it isn't their place to enforce the law. I typically travel about 10mph over the limit on the interstate. It is the typical 'travel speed' in the fast lane.

Invariably, when I get anywhere close to Ohio (Cincinnati area) there is someone (usually several someones) with Ohio plates, who refuse to get over. THIS is the dangerous driving... not flow of traffic speeding, but traffic blockages where people look for ways to 'go around' the blockage rather than are able to simply drive by the guy.

I have no issue with him driving whatever speed he wants... he just needs to be in either the center or right lane. And I'd shoot every 'Brake checker' on the spot if I didn't have to get to work by 8am. That power-trip BS is just an issue waiting to happen. It is absolutely Illegal. And puts far more people at risk, than the guy traveling quickly in the fast lane.

You're totally right. But some folks will cry "both actions are illegal!!" The difference is that one illegal situation (the left lane policeman) is intentionally causing problems for other traffic and raising stress but the other illegal situation ('speeding' at the flow of traffic) is something that affects nobody else negatively as long as the other people aren't trying to be the police. The fast driver isn't doing anything with intention to impact other folks. The lane hog wants the confrontation.

It goes back to "drive without impacting anyone else". Do that and the roads are safer. Don't block the left lane, don't tailgate in situations where the front person is legitimately working their way past other traffic. Everyone will be happy. But it is always the lane hog that starts the problem.

 

[BigBlue1]

Until THAT GUY locks himself to my shoulder- usually after closely tailgating me when I drive at a deliberately faster-than-the-driving-lane-speed in the left lane to make my pass, which means that instead of being able to continue to cruise at my set speed [I love my cruise-control]- I have to brake to get him to pass or get stuck behind the next slow boat.

Yes, the faster person needs to try to not impact others by giving folks in front reasonable time to pass at their speed. That assumes that the front person is driving more than 0.001 mph faster than the person to their right, of course!

Remember 2 wrongs don't make a right.

But 2 rights DO make a left.

I think that would be 3 rights...