What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[ultrarunner]

12 hours drive time is a long haul for me.

What I find is many drive much faster and going with the flow makes one a target.

Several times cars that passed me on 5 were pulled over by Highway Patrol up the road in California, Oregon and Washington.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

That's when a good radar detector helps. Just got my 5th one.

Of course, it really helps to be an alert driver. And as an actual driver I don't use cruise control or any other driving aids.

 

[WinterDeere]

And here I thought that it was fully possible to drive the speed limit without using cruise control.

"You may reasonably expect a man to walk a tightrope safely for ten minutes; it would be unreasonable to do so without accident for two hundred years." -- Bertrand Russel

I believe he was talking about the mutually-assured destruction (MAD) era of the cold war, in this quote, but I always felt it applied equally well to maintaining one's speed when driving long stretches in a car that just wants to go fast.

My primary means of remaining ticket-free is to have my head on a swivel, and to know the areas likely to be under surveillance. But in those areas I know to be tightly-controlled, I often use my cruise control to maintain speed.

 

[Jstpssng]

And here I thought that it was fully possible to drive the speed limit without using cruise control.

Possible, yes. But a lot easier with CC. Especially when you have a defective right foot like mine... Made out of lead.

Often when coming up the interstate in a winter storm I will drop in behind a tractor trailer going a sane speed, keeping 2 markers between us. (2/10 mile) This keeps my right foot from twitching... I have followed trucks as far as 30 miles that way.

 

[ultrarunner]

I must be doing something right being ticket free five decades…

As a teen working at a dealership it was made very clear one speeding ticket meant being fired and same for home driving privileges…

Somehow we all managed to be ticket and accident free…

At 18 I had to get my own insurance and good grades, work history and clean driving record all factored…

Not so for a lot of my friends that had lead feet, totaled cars and also liked their under age beer…

More than a few times I got the call to drive intoxicated friends home and even was stopped at a check point… they had been drinking but never a drop for me… to much to loose is how I saw it… but my folks were not doctors or lawyers or police and fire…

Once I explained no alcohol in my car and no drinking for me the officer thanked me for picking up my friends… one the son of a deputy…

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Possible, yes. But a lot easier with CC. Especially when you have a defective right foot like mine... Made out of lead.

I may be guilty of exceeding the speed limit at times. Like when driving.

But while going faster (or much faster) than the limit it's rarely at a constant speed. Slowing down for curves, when meeting other vehicles, when catching up with another vehicle and unable to pass, etc.

Also, I do the speed limit in towns and other places where it makes sense. Ironically, it's not uncommon that someone I passed that drove relatively slowly on the open road then passes me later, when going through a town.

That's cruise control at work I suppose.

 

[ultrarunner]

Dodge 1 ton non dual turbo diesel passed me on the freeway at a good clip a few minutes ago.

It was towing a full size Case loader backhoe on a gooseneck with the back of the truck severely squatting.

The trailer had 2 axle with 8 tires.

If a person is going to max+ load why run 80 in the third lane on the freeway?

 

[Jstpssng]

Also, I do the speed limit in towns and other places where it makes sense. Ironically, it's not uncommon that someone I passed that drove relatively slowly on the open road then passes me later, when going through a town

Ditto here. I don't think it has anything to do with CC.

Years ago I had to get home for a minor emergency. I was traveling at 20 mph over the 55 mph limit... With 2 cars right on my tail. We approached a residential area so I slowed down: they didn't and went around me instead. Something about blasting through town at 75 didn't make sense to me.

Just because I run cruise control doesn't mean that I don't pay attention to the road. When you're backing off the throttle I'm doing the same with my thumb, either slowing my speed or disengaging completely. When you are pressing the accelerator I'm increasing my speed, or simply reactivating the CC. On curves I simply disable it momentarily.

 

[Jstpssng]

Dodge 1 ton non dual turbo diesel passed me on the freeway at a good clip a few minutes ago.

It was towing a full size Case loader backhoe on a gooseneck with the back of the truck severely squatting.

The trailer had 2 axle with 8 tires.

If a person is going to max+ load why run 80 in the third lane on the freeway?

Well, it's up to you to get out of their way!!!
Some people do drive like that. They are bigger than you are so feel they have the right to drive like a Dic-
Er, like a jerk.

 

[bcp]

Well, it's up to you to get out of their way!!!
Some people do drive like that. They are bigger than you are so feel they have the right to drive like a Dic-
Er, like a jerk.

i wonder if the driver was also an author.

Bruce