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Slow left lane drivers

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<< Is there anything more infuriating? >>


What about people who can't get/don't get up to speed in the on-ramp and you're behind them?
 


<< rice up your car to include an oil slick sprayer on your rear bumper just in case.... >>

Naw, just keep a bunch of pennies in your ash tray...throw a handful out your window/sunroof doing 75mph and the guy behind you will receive pennies from heaven 😉
 


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<< rice up your car to include an oil slick sprayer on your rear bumper just in case.... >>

Naw, just keep a bunch of pennies in your ash tray...throw a handful out your window/sunroof doing 75mph and the guy behind you will receive pennies from heaven 😉 >>




I better throw a Christmas ornament thingy that's made out of glass(looks a bit smaller than a tennis ball. what's it called?) filled with methylene chloride at you in retaliation. Strikes your car.. *ball shatters*. Methylene chloride is a hardcore paint stripper and needless to say, your paint will look like hell by the next day.



 
<Donning flame suit>

Well... you could do what the more affluent do in MA. Get an Expedition, force them off the road, then take up BOTH lanes. You can then drive at any speed you like! 😛


<Removes flame suit>

This public safety tip brought to you by Detroit, land of "Large and in charge vehicles"
 


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<< Flicking your high beams is signalling me to slam on my brakes HARD >>


Flicking my high beams is a signal for me telling you to get your slow ass out of my fuggin' way!!!😀 If you're going below the friggin' speed limit, you better get the f*&k out of the fast lane, that's for damn sure! They don't have the little "flick" feature for high-beams for nothin'😉 >>



ever try left turn signal? I hear that's what they do on the autobahn 😉
 


<< <Donning flame suit>

Well... you could do what the more affluent do in MA. Get an Expedition, force them off the road, then take up BOTH lanes. You can then drive at any speed you like! 😛


<Removes flame suit>

This public safety tip brought to you by Detroit, land of "Large and in charge vehicles" >>



Just do this then in that case: call up the State Police and tell them that there is a drunk driver at such and such a place.
 


<< resolutions to this problem... stay calm as you tailgate him and blink your high beam and honk your horn constantly until he speeds up and change lane or you both getting into an accident >>



Both actions are against the law.

I also sincerely hope that no one stomps the brakes to get someone to stop tailgateing.

Thousands get killed and injured by these childish antics....

 
i hate the people who drive speed limit or under in the left lane.. esp. when they can see traffic coming up behind them.. not having highway etiquette is something i really dislike in people.. any ppl being overtaken or pushed to be overtaken should be in the right lane, or move to it when they see people coming up from behind.. no questions asked!! i understand your anger... it IS infuriating.. because people are just too dense, and make other people drive slow, not that it's a HUGE deal, but it's a cause of road rage, which should try to be avoided.. these people make that hard.
 


<< What's the hurry hot dog?? >>



Know what I hate? People who ask you why you are in a hurry. Just because you have nothing better to do than mosey down the road doesn't mean everyone does. Some people might actually have an emergency. Some people might actually be trying to beat a deadline. Some people might have to catch an airplane.
Yeah, I got your next response. "Why don't you leave home 10 minutes earlier??" How do you know I didn't? How do you know I didn't just get done changing a flat tire? How do you know I didn't stop to help a pregnant woman change her flat tire? Why don't you just mind your own business and drive how you want, and let me drive how I want.

</rant>
 
Solution: Twin M-60's on the hood. Gerande launchers out the side windows. Flamethrower sticking out of the trunk. Road warrior. Make it real. Bring the battle home, baby.
 


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<< What's the hurry hot dog?? >>



Know what I hate? People who ask you why you are in a hurry. Just because you have nothing better to do than mosey down the road doesn't mean everyone does. Some people might actually have an emergency. Some people might actually be trying to beat a deadline. Some people might have to catch an airplane.
Yeah, I got your next response. "Why don't you leave home 10 minutes earlier??" How do you know I didn't? How do you know I didn't just get done changing a flat tire? How do you know I didn't stop to help a pregnant woman change her flat tire? Why don't you just mind your own business and drive how you want, and let me drive how I want.

</rant> >>


And I'm not in a hurry when I drive fast, I just hate driving slow. 45mph feels like walking speed to me.
 
ugh, i hate driving behind the underspeedlimiter in the left lane. Some guy in a van got off a ramp onto the beltway, this was on the left side so it dumps into the fast lane. speed limit is 55, he goes 45. of course there's enough traffic and all the guys behind me get around him.. so i'm stuck there for a bit.... my high beams meant nothing to him. Altho, i don't know why i just didn't honk..
 


<< Know what I hate? People who ask you why you are in a hurry. Just because you have nothing better to do than mosey down the road doesn't mean everyone does. Some people might actually have an emergency. Some people might actually be trying to beat a deadline. Some people might have to catch an airplane. >>



AMEN to that, MurphyRulez! 🙂

To add to the rant, have you ever considered that people don't want to spend their time just driving a car down a road?!
 
I want to know when they stopped teaching "driving" and resorted to only teaching "steering", there is a huge difference. I used to drive from the Bay Area to LA at least once a year for 15 years or so (about 400 miles each way). When you get on a road like that, I-5, which is a major trucking and traffic road you learn quickly. When people "flash" their high beams they are asking you to pull over so they can pass, thats all. It is not like they are saying "hahaha, you have a slow car and drive like a grannie.." It is a courtesy to pull to the right if they are driving faster than you are. That is why on any major freeway there are signs that say "slower traffic keep right"

I can understand in heavy traffic why you get upset if somebody flashes you, it is because they are an idiot. What are they going to do, get a total of three car lengths closer to their destination?? Flashing in traffic makes no sense, and they are looking for trouble.

P.S. If I am behind you flashing my red, blue, and strobe lights, please pull over (to the RIGHT) and don't slam on your brakes. Thanks.
 
Being road curteous is very important on the highway(freeway), it can really mean life or death in some cases. At times, driving slowly on a highway full of fast vehicles where the above-speedlimit speeds are considered the norm, is extremely dangerous. Go with the flow.
 



<< And I'm not in a hurry when I drive fast, I just hate driving slow. 45mph feels like walking speed to me. >>



Ditto. I can't understand how people have patience to drive below speed limit...
 
may depend on what kind of vehicle they're driving too perhaps? 65 in a low close to the floor vehicle feels fast, while 65 on a high off the ground SUV/Truck/Van feels slow.
 
If "the car in the left lane is going about 45 and the guy in the right lane is also going 45mph and driving right alongside the guy in the left lane," there's always the shoulder! 😀 P!sses the roadblockers off because you defeat them at their little game. Dangerous? Well, I'm not talking about safety here, as the two roadblockers bottling up traffic aren't worried about safety either.
 
what pisses me off is when i'm driving fast (75-80) and some idiot has to come up and tailgate me... like i'm not going fast enought. Well flack him... it's polish roadblock time!

😀

 
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