Anyone like traffic circles-roundabouts?

[MossRoad]

Don't be puzzled. The idea is that you do not sit perpetually in the passing lane because you are just ever so slightly faster than the car you are passing...so this: say speed limit is 65. Car you are approaching is going 64.5. You are going 64.8. When you overtake the car and move out to the passing lane, you need to accelerate to maybe 70 or 75 just until you get around the car, then you get back to 64.8. That way is the legal way in most states. It is the polite thong to do everywhere.

Thongs are never polite.

 

[Torvy]

Thongs are never polite.

Lol, I hate typing on these small screens. You are 100% correct.

 

[Jstpssng]

I would like to see what states allow you to exceed the limit while passing. Here it's a sure fire way to get a ticket.

 

[ruffdog]

Thongs are never polite.

Pictures or it didn't happen!

 

[Gee Ray]

Thongs are never polite.

Depends on what SHE looks like.

 

[Frankenkubota]

There is a big traffic circle in pinehurst nc, it's been there for years and years. 2 busy state highways meet there, at 90 degree angles. Both hwys are 4 lanes and usually busy but must be narrowed to 2 lanes to accommodate the circle. Most the residents i knew did not like it.

Pinehurst is a retirement community and pretty soon Mrs is doing most the driving. I will just say that, after spending most my adult life on the road, i find female drivers to be a bit too cautious, increasing with age.

Get behind one of those blue hairs waiting for just the right opportunity and you got a long wait.

Like so many things, in theory they should work but inject a dose of human nature and everything stops.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Sharn Jean and I drove to Tulsa yesterday; first time we had been on the turnpike in quite some time. They raised the speed limit to 80 mph; it was a white knuckle flight for me, since she was driving. About every other vehicle was a semi, and they were hauling the mail.
The left hand lane seemed to have it's share of go-slow idiots, who wouldn't move over, so lots of passing on the right. I didn't see one patrol car the whole trip, so some of the cars and pickups were driving every bit of 90mph. All in all, I would just as soon not drive the turnpike any more. Old HW 66 is still open; takes a bit longer, but not so scary.

 

[Bearsixty7]

You're not obligated to break the law, but in most states you are legally obligated to move right if you're not actively passing another vehicle as the left lane is theoretically reserved for passing.

In California (CMVC 21654), it's "slower traffic keep right" (black on white sign: not a cautionary sign but instead states the law), which means you don't have to be passing, but you do have to move right if you're slower than someone behind you. Notice how it doesn't say "unless you're already going the speed limit", and you shouldn't assume that either, because people do get tickets for violating this.

Yep, seeing more and more of those signs in TX, OK and MO.. It's just common courtesy to get over if you are not passing someone or about to make a left turn. Some people just don't get it. (Like common sense, it isn't that common any more).

 

[Bearsixty7]

What really gets me are the people that think they have the right to break the law. If I am at the speed limit I am not going to move over so that you can speed. Honk your horn and flash your lights will result in nothing from me. I will drive the speed limit until the lane beside me turns or slows or whatever. I am not obligated to brake or break the law so that you can speed.

Unless you are about to turn left you should just get in line behind the other vehicle going the same speed, no need to travel side by side another vehicle going the exact same speed. IF you're doing the speed limit it doesn't bother me so much, it's the 2 or 3 vehicles going side by side at 2-5 mph slower than posted speed that irritates me.

 

[MossRoad]

Sharn Jean and I drove to Tulsa yesterday; first time we had been on the turnpike in quite some time. They raised the speed limit to 80 mph; it was a white knuckle flight for me, since she was driving. About every other vehicle was a semi, and they were hauling the mail.
The left hand lane seemed to have it's share of go-slow idiots, who wouldn't move over, so lots of passing on the right. I didn't see one patrol car the whole trip, so some of the cars and pickups were driving every bit of 90mph. All in all, I would just as soon not drive the turnpike any more. Old HW 66 is still open; takes a bit longer, but not so scary.

A couple months ago we took 412 east from Tulsa over towards Arkansas to go to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. I was not very comfortable going that speed with other cars. I'd be fine by myself, but 85-90 in traffic is nuts.