So, I'm driving home from Los Angeles the other night

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
There are 5 lanes for you to chose from! Why the fvck are you in the fast lane going 70mph??? I come up behind you doing 80mph and you just sit there with your head up your ass refusing to move over. WTF is wrong with you??? ASSHOLE!!! :| GET THE FVCK OUT OF THE FASTLANE!!!

\End rant

If they are doing the speed limit, why should you care.

You are breaking the law by doing 80.

it isn't your role as a driver to regulate the speed of others drivers.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Yeah they do.

Hmm, no if I'm going that much faster than the speed limit I'm already passing other cars on my right.

If he was able to pass on the right, then odviously, they weren't in the process of passing people.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Injury
I think your mistake was assuming that people generally give a crap.

corect. many people just really are oblivious or don't care

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

When YOU [plural you] pay my tickets and insurance, i'll drive faster
:roll:

IF i am clearly passing someone on the left and someone else pulls right up on my bumper wanting me to go [even] faster - they are TAILGAITING - about the most dangerous thing anyone can do . . . at thet point, IMO, they can go to hell. :|

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Injury
I think your mistake was assuming that people generally give a crap.

corect. many people just really are oblivious or don't care

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

When YOU [plural you] pay my tickets and insurance, i'll drive faster
:roll:

IF i am clearly passing someone on the left and someone else pulls right up on my bumper wanting me to go [even] faster - they are TAILGAITING - about the most dangerous thing anyone can do . . . at thet point, IMO, they can go to hell. :|

are you one of those people that drives .5 mph more than the car they are trying to pass? if you are. DIE.

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

ok im confused then. how ill moving over for a second earn you a ticket?

I can't move over since I'm already passing cars. Going faster though will earn me a ticket.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

i know they can't be possibly going to work because they're driving way under the speed limit in the left lane. sometimes as low as 45. they're completely oblivious to the huge line of cars that have built up behind them.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

ok im confused then. how ill moving over for a second earn you a ticket?

I can't move over since I'm already passing cars. Going faster though will earn me a ticket.

well thats reasonable so long as you change lanes when there is an opening to do so.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Injury
I think your mistake was assuming that people generally give a crap.

corect. many people just really are oblivious or don't care

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

When YOU [plural you] pay my tickets and insurance, i'll drive faster
:roll:

IF i am clearly passing someone on the left and someone else pulls right up on my bumper wanting me to go [even] faster - they are TAILGAITING - about the most dangerous thing anyone can do . . . at thet point, IMO, they can go to hell. :|

are you one of those people that drives .5 mph more than the car they are trying to pass? if you are. DIE.

i hate those people as well.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
There are 5 lanes for you to chose from! Why the fvck are you in the fast lane going 70mph??? I come up behind you doing 80mph and you just sit there with your head up your ass refusing to move over. WTF is wrong with you??? ASSHOLE!!! :| GET THE FVCK OUT OF THE FASTLANE!!!

\End rant

I've been driving around LA for the last 5 days and have noticed the very same thing. Something has changed out here. Even when not clogged, the freeways just don't move like they used to simply because of a much higher % of people doing the speed limit and even under in the fast lanes.

 

[CrispyFried]

Thats what v8s and the other lanes are for.

US drivers generally dont know how to drive or yield.

You can get a ticket (I think) for not using the right lanes when not passing but I dont think Ive ever heard ofit being enforced.

 

[Special K]

How much over the speed limit do you have to be going on a freeway in LA before you are likely to be ticketed? How well do cops patrol the freeways there? I've never driven in LA before.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: Special K
How much over the speed limit do you have to be going on a freeway in LA before you are likely to be ticketed? How well do cops patrol the freeways there? I've never driven in LA before.

depends on where you drive. the drive between LA and Vegas is supposed to have the highest average speed in the country.

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: aswedc
What was the speed limit?

It does not matter. It someone wants to pass move over for 2 seconds and let them. why because passing on the right is illegal and dangerous.

Passing on the right on the freeways is not illegal.

The speed limit was 65mph. Generally, traffic is flowing 75mph or so. Some faster some slower.

its illegal in my state.

"Passing on the right" laws refer to when you go off the pavement. If there are peopel waiting on a one lane road tu turn left and you pull over on the shoulder to pass them, then that can be illegal. On a multi=lane street you are free to drive in whatever lane you want and no one can get a ticket for going by someone when in the right lane. Otherwise you could drive 10 MPH in the left lane and no one would be able to go by you...

However, most states to NOT have laws about the passing lane. Lots just have signs that say "Slower traffic keep right" or "Left lane for passing" but rarely is it actually an enforceable law.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Injury
I think your mistake was assuming that people generally give a crap.

corect. many people just really are oblivious or don't care

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

When YOU [plural you] pay my tickets and insurance, i'll drive faster
:roll:

IF i am clearly passing someone on the left and someone else pulls right up on my bumper wanting me to go [even] faster - they are TAILGAITING - about the most dangerous thing anyone can do . . . at thet point, IMO, they can go to hell. :|

are you one of those people that drives .5 mph more than the car they are trying to pass? if you are. DIE.

No . . . did you read my post . . . try again i bolded it just for you
since you probably won'rt find it, i'll duplicate it here:
"IF i am clearly passing someone on the left . . . "

and if you are one of "those" impatient tailgaiters YOU can go to hell.

even +1/2 mile per hour only will pass another car in about a minute . . . UNfortunately, there are many drivers in the fast lane that will try to MATCH the speed of the car they are "passing" . . . and of course, there are drivers on the RIGHT that will deliberately SPEED-UP so the driver on the left can't pass.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior


However, most states to NOT have laws about the passing lane. Lots just have signs that say "Slower traffic keep right" or "Left lane for passing" but rarely is it actually an enforceable law.

It is in Illinois.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Injury
I think your mistake was assuming that people generally give a crap.

corect. many people just really are oblivious or don't care

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

When YOU [plural you] pay my tickets and insurance, i'll drive faster
:roll:

IF i am clearly passing someone on the left and someone else pulls right up on my bumper wanting me to go [even] faster - they are TAILGAITING - about the most dangerous thing anyone can do . . . at thet point, IMO, they can go to hell. :|

are you one of those people that drives .5 mph more than the car they are trying to pass? if you are. DIE.

No . . . did you read my post . . . try again i bolded it just for you
since you probably won'rt find it, i'll duplicate it here:
"IF i am clearly passing someone on the left . . . "

and if you are one of "those" impatient tailgaiters YOU can go to hell.

even +1/2 mile per hour only will pass another car in about a minute . . . UNfortunately, there are many drivers in the fast lane that will try to MATCH the speed of the car they are "passing" . . . and of course, there are drivers on the RIGHT that will deliberately SPEED-UP so the driver on the left can't pass.

A MINUTE TO PASS?????? ARE YOU OUTOF YOUR FREAKING MIND?????

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior


However, most states to NOT have laws about the passing lane. Lots just have signs that say "Slower traffic keep right" or "Left lane for passing" but rarely is it actually an enforceable law.

It is in Illinois.

my other pet peeve is trucks in the left lane. get 'em the hell out of there. there's signs posted that say no trucks in the left lane, yet i run into trucks trying to pass each other and they end up blocking all lanes.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Injury
I think your mistake was assuming that people generally give a crap.

corect. many people just really are oblivious or don't care

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

When YOU [plural you] pay my tickets and insurance, i'll drive faster
:roll:

IF i am clearly passing someone on the left and someone else pulls right up on my bumper wanting me to go [even] faster - they are TAILGAITING - about the most dangerous thing anyone can do . . . at thet point, IMO, they can go to hell. :|

are you one of those people that drives .5 mph more than the car they are trying to pass? if you are. DIE.

No . . . did you read my post . . . try again i bolded it just for you
since you probably won'rt find it, i'll duplicate it here:
"IF i am clearly passing someone on the left . . . "

and if you are one of "those" impatient tailgaiters YOU can go to hell.

even +1/2 mile per hour only will pass another car in about a minute . . . UNfortunately, there are many drivers in the fast lane that will try to MATCH the speed of the car they are "passing" . . . and of course, there are drivers on the RIGHT that will deliberately SPEED-UP so the driver on the left can't pass.

A MINUTE TO PASS?????? ARE YOU OUTOF YOUR FREAKING MIND?????

You evidently are a freaking impatient jerk.

i gave an EXAMPLE . . . you said +1/2 mph . . . i just did a rough calculation of 'how long' . . . i usually pass much more quickly . . .i.e. "clearly passing" [usually +5 mph the car on the right]

and when YOU pay my tickets and insurence i'll risk a ticket to go even faster.

you have no right to endanger others by tailgaiting [period]
:thumbsdown:

 

[McCarthy]

I don't mind how people play on the highways. I just stay to the right and watch them zoom by.

What gets me is when those people get on 2 lane roads and start applying some of the tactics mentioned. Riding my bumper, flashing their lights, putting on their brights. Not sure if they think this will make me go faster or if they think I should pull off onto the shoulder to let them pass. I just keep going at whatever speed I was going.

Usually these are the same people I meet at the traffic lights at the edge of town, and through their speeding to wait at red lights and zigzagging in traffic to try to find the fastest lane of traffic....they usually end up behind me by the other side of town. Slow and steady wins the race home. Oh well, they give me a laugh on the daily drive.

 

[shud]

I too despise this. It makes me want to murder someone.

If you use Google you can find a vinly sticker for the top of your windshield that says "MOVE OVER" backwards so that it's readable by the person in front of you. I'm getting one soon and I only have a 4 cyl Jetta! That should give you an example of how horrible the traffic moves on 2-lane I-75 in Ohio. There was some WOMAN (it always is) going 65mph in the left lane for about 15 miles. I was honking from 3 cars back and so were the people in front of me but the biatch wouldn't move. No room in the right lane to pass, either.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: gigapet

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: Injury
I think your mistake was assuming that people generally give a crap.

corect. many people just really are oblivious or don't care

Originally posted by: Hammer
i hate it when people hold up traffic like this during morning rush hour. just because you're an unemployed piece of sh1t doesn't mean you have to slow down people with paying jobs.

During the rush hour? only self-centered assholes and morons drive dangerously in traffic. :thumbsdown:

Originally posted by: Argo

Originally posted by: gigapet

so its your right to set the speed for everyone else on the road. stop being iconsiderate for two seconds and move over and let them pass.

You misunderstood me. My point was that if I'm doing 70 in 55 zone I'm already passing a bunch of cars. Now if you want to be passing those cars at 80 mph, well too bad I'm not risking getting a ticket just so that you could go 10 mph faster.

On the other hand if there are no other cars on the freeway then what's the big deal, you could just go around. I always pass cars like that on the right, not a biggy. My only beef is when the cars in the left lane are doing the same speed as the ones in the right, thus holding up traffic behind them.

When YOU [plural you] pay my tickets and insurance, i'll drive faster
:roll:

IF i am clearly passing someone on the left and someone else pulls right up on my bumper wanting me to go [even] faster - they are TAILGAITING - about the most dangerous thing anyone can do . . . at thet point, IMO, they can go to hell. :|

are you one of those people that drives .5 mph more than the car they are trying to pass? if you are. DIE.

No . . . did you read my post . . . try again i bolded it just for you
since you probably won'rt find it, i'll duplicate it here:
"IF i am clearly passing someone on the left . . . "

and if you are one of "those" impatient tailgaiters YOU can go to hell.

even +1/2 mile per hour only will pass another car in about a minute . . . UNfortunately, there are many drivers in the fast lane that will try to MATCH the speed of the car they are "passing" . . . and of course, there are drivers on the RIGHT that will deliberately SPEED-UP so the driver on the left can't pass.

A MINUTE TO PASS?????? ARE YOU OUTOF YOUR FREAKING MIND?????

You evidently are a freaking impatient jerk.

i gave an EXAMPLE . . . you said +1/2 mph . . . i just did a rough calculation of 'how long' . . . i usually pass much more quickly . . .i.e. "clearly passing" [usually +5 mph the car on the right]

and when YOU pay my tickets and insurence i'll risk a ticket to go even faster.

you have no right to endanger others by tailgaiting [period]
:thumbsdown:

Just realize the type of driver you are, and stay right. Let the fast drivers by. It really isn't that difficult.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: gigapet



A MINUTE TO PASS?????? ARE YOU OUTOF YOUR FREAKING MIND?????

You evidently are a freaking impatient jerk.

i gave an EXAMPLE . . . you said +1/2 mph . . . i just did a rough calculation of 'how long' . . . i usually pass much more quickly . . .i.e. "clearly passing" [usually +5 mph the car on the right]

and when YOU pay my tickets and insurence i'll risk a ticket to go even faster.

you have no right to endanger others by tailgaiting [period]
:thumbsdown:

taveling at 60 mph for a minute for passing would mean it is taking you an entire mile to pass a car thats about 5 yards long??? thats silly. you dont need to be passing then.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
There are 5 lanes for you to chose from! Why the fvck are you in the fast lane going 70mph??? I come up behind you doing 80mph and you just sit there with your head up your ass refusing to move over. WTF is wrong with you??? ASSHOLE!!! :| GET THE FVCK OUT OF THE FASTLANE!!!

\End rant

If they are doing the speed limit, why should you care.

You are breaking the law by doing 80.

Whoopty do...that has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: Special K
How much over the speed limit do you have to be going on a freeway in LA before you are likely to be ticketed? How well do cops patrol the freeways there? I've never driven in LA before.

depends on where you drive. the drive between LA and Vegas is supposed to have the highest average speed in the country.

Yeah, when you get out near Palm Springs the speed limit is 75mph. You can easily do 80mph out there without worrying about being ticketed.

In Los Angeles the speed limit on the freeways is 65mph. You will never be pulled over for doing 70 in a 65 zone. Some areas (San Clemente) will set up speed traps and they will pull you over for 10-15mph over (I usually keep it around 70-72mph through there).

75-80 is usually going with the flow of traffic or slightly faster than the flow in most areas but, depending on the car you are driving, you may never get pulled over for driving 80mph on L.A. freeways. I was in my wife's 2003 Nissan Maxima (it is silver, no illegal tints, registration current, front and rear plate).

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior


However, most states to NOT have laws about the passing lane. Lots just have signs that say "Slower traffic keep right" or "Left lane for passing" but rarely is it actually an enforceable law.

It is in Illinois.

my other pet peeve is trucks in the left lane. get 'em the hell out of there. there's signs posted that say no trucks in the left lane, yet i run into trucks trying to pass each other and they end up blocking all lanes.

Trucks are not allowed in the left 2 lanes on SoCal freeways. They are supposed to drive in the 2 or 3 right lanes. Most freeways here are 4 or 5 lanes. Some are 6 if you count the carpool lane.