Originally posted by: jupiter57
I like the idiots who, whenever a cop is spotted, (either going in the opposite direction or having someone pulled over on my side of the road) will slow dow 5 MPH or more for several miles.
I always wonder, do they think they are getting "Credit" for those 5+ MPH under, that will apply if they do get caught?
OT: Another pet peeve of mine: A certain "ethnic group" of people, strictly driving exactly the posted speed limit (Obviously because they have no insurance and/or license). You are doing 5+ MPH over, so you go around them. They throttle up so as to keep pace with you, gaining a few MPH for a short distance, thinking that if a cops gonna pull ANYONE over, it will be you and not them because you are in the passing lane.
When this happens, I floor it to blast around them, then go back to my set Cruise Control speed!
I dunno of this happening applying to any particular ethnic group, but I see it happen ALL the time. I'll pass someone on the left while going down a two-lane highway, and suddenly they'll rediscover their gas pedal, catching up with and/or even passing me.
What's even more annoying, though are the two following scenarios:
1) You're driving along at whatever speed on a highway; someone in a lane to your right, traveling at a substantially slower (i.e. 10+ mph different) rate and who is obviously oblivious to everything going on around him/her, changes lanes not more than 20 feet in front of you--without a blinker, I might add--forcing you to brake so you don't end up in their backset. And all the while, if the person had waited all of 3 or 4 seconds, they could've changed lanes after you passed, as there were no cars behind you.
2) This is especially annoying on two-lane roads: you're driving along in the left lane, seeing as how you're going faster than the cars on the right. You come up to someone who's changing into the left lane to pass; right on, go for it. But, just as this person changes into your (i.e. the left) lane, they slow down to the EXACT same speed as the person they were apparently attempting to get around. I hate it when people fail to realize the proper dynamics of the left and right lanes. Especially when there ends up being a HUGE trail of cars behind the person on the left because they a) aren't paying attention, and b) aren't letting anyone pass.
But getting back to the OP's post, I've passed officers before (going at most ~5mph over the limit) without problems. I wouldn't risk anything more than that, though.
) and he would use it while driving on the higway. You get behind a pack of cars and see EVERYONE'S brake lights light up the second we hit it
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