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~Free~ The Left Lane Is For Passing Bumper Sticker
- Thread starter Smokin Gunn
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wallsfd949
Golden Member
It'll never work in Memphis. We have the worst drivers in the country. Can't understand 'slower traffic keep right' and get pissed off when I flash my brights at them. GTFO (getthe?over )
If this would work, it'd be a really hot deal.
If this would work, it'd be a really hot deal.
VirtualLarry
No Lifer
Hey man, I mean, I've never been to Memphis, but ... don't count Boston out of the race for the worst drivers in the country either. Especially the drivers that aren't from this country, don't speak english nor are apparently able to read street signs, and have no ideal WTF a "rotary" is. Hint: "Rotary has the right-of-way." Real simple.
OTOH, I guess we don't have that problem. Normal traffic speeds probably average 10-20mph over the posted speed limits on the highway, and 5-10mph over on smaller roads, except when travelling down "main street" through some of the smaller towns around.
At least, nobody that I've ever seen brandishes weapons, like I hear that they sometimes do on the West Coast.
But half of the drivers are "soccer moms" driving huge SUVs and talking on their cell phones. But I suppose that's probably a problem all over, these days.
Perhaps ironically, the infamous "Route 128", the "breakdown lane" at the far right-hand side of the road, doubles as the "extra passing lane" during rush-hour. Yes, that's also the entry/exit lane too. Wonderful. There are some that actually fear driving that highway. I'm a pretty good driver, I like to think, and I'm mostly fearless, but dang, some of these other drivers really scare me. Especially when it seems that the cell phone must be driving the vehicle, since the "driver" seems to be waving both hands in the air while talking on the phone. 🙁 (I've even seen people reading the newspaper while "driving", during rush-hour. There ought to be a law...)
Hey people, don't hurt my feelings. Mark a space near the top for Florida. People just refuse to press gas. Some people drive *barely* 30 mph in the left lane of a major street with three lines in each direction. You see a bright green 1/2 mi ahead, and no traffic at all ahead except you are stuck behind a bright individual who does not seem to care.
Better yet, one day I drive to work in the morning rush hour and am stuck behind a male driver in a van with a "State Senator" tag who is doing 29 mph in the left lane in a freaking 45 mph zone. Later that evening, I take a different route. And I can't believe my eyes. Now it is the evening rush hour, the same "State Senator" van, with a female driver doing 29 in a 45 zone. God help us all.
Austin's pretty bad as well... I dont know about other places but here, you dont even have to pass any sort of driving test to get a liscence. All you need is parental approval if you're under 18 and you're a full fledged liscenced driver. Combine that with the fact that people here have no concept of the actual size of their vehicle not its capabilities and keep buying bigger and bigger trucks and suvs. Heck, there is always someone driving in the leftmost lane at well below the speed limit who will simply not move over to another lane unless their life depended on it and even then, only if death was imminent. All I can say is....Austin Traffic Sucks!!
sixt7gt350
Member
In Indiana, it's pretty much assumed that a person "parking" in the left lane of I-65 will have an Illinois plate.
Sure enough, when you get up close enough to read the plate, it's almost always confirmed.
What are we? Their designated Sunday drive? It's not like we have that much to offer. Sheesh. Go tour southern Illinois for a change.
By and large, driving here hasn't degraded too far......YET. It's gone down a long way in ten years, but it's still better than most places. (Except Denver, where they haul @$$ and it's a beautiful thing!)
Thanks, OP!
Sure enough, when you get up close enough to read the plate, it's almost always confirmed.
What are we? Their designated Sunday drive? It's not like we have that much to offer. Sheesh. Go tour southern Illinois for a change.
By and large, driving here hasn't degraded too far......YET. It's gone down a long way in ten years, but it's still better than most places. (Except Denver, where they haul @$$ and it's a beautiful thing!)
Thanks, OP!
kamranziadar
Banned
hahahahaa
VirtualLarry
No Lifer
LOL. Likewise, ones with an OH plate tend to speed a bit, do they not?
I remember driving out to IN last summer, took the OH turnpike... man, that's like, the highway that time forgot. Plus, it's perfectly flat. You swear that the road that you are driving down is just a giant hamster-wheel diorama thing, and the same scenery just keeps repeating itself as you drive past, like some sort of sinister super-advanced Nintendo game designed to hypnotize you and draw you into another dimension.. like the "bermuda triangle of OhiO". See, there's a reason there's two circular things on either side of the state - they're like wormholes, or warp-gates. They high the "hi" part, the hidden majestic hills and lush green tropical valleys of midwestern paradise, like a lost land protected by the Ancient Ones, so that ordinary travellers just passing through will never see the "real" OH. ...No, wait, what am I saying? That's all wrong, Cleveland is the armpit of the midwest. It matches up with NJ. MA is like the hooked arm and extended middle-finger. NH is.. just plain stoned. RI.. sounds like a "dirty" rash that you've picked up and would rather not mention in public. Ah, I'm babbling, sorry. I have a fever right now, literally. (No, not from anything in RI, stop snickering now. Just a touch of the flu.)
But hey, I dig IN too. They were one of the last places where you could get soda in a - wait for it - authentic *glass* bottle. Carbonated soft-drinks just taste so much better in glass than in plastic (leeching bromides into your system) or aluminum (linked to causing alzhiemers. I think. I don't really remember..).
Now, what's *really* fun, is getting behind an Amish horse+buggy, on a windy road on a no-passing zone.
I'm pretty sure that you're NOT supposed to honk your horn at horses. (In fact, in MA, you are supposed to bring your motor-vehicle to a complete halt, and then wait for the Rider to wave you past. I wonder how many MA residents actually know that? Btw, yes, we do have horses and farms around here, and I think that there is actually a Menonite enclave somewhere in this state. Just not too many actual Amish, like in IN.)
shira
Diamond Member
Um, I hate to quibble, but this bumper sticker is not likely to be of use when it's needed.
If you're BEHIND some idiot impeding the left lane, the bumper sticker won't be visible (or if on the front bumper, won't be readable even if the fool were trying).
In all other cases, I suppose this might be a good general education tool, but you will have no idea if the message is getting through.
If you're BEHIND some idiot impeding the left lane, the bumper sticker won't be visible (or if on the front bumper, won't be readable even if the fool were trying).
In all other cases, I suppose this might be a good general education tool, but you will have no idea if the message is getting through.
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