When Someone Flashes Hi-Beams on Highway...

[dmw16]

Im glad to see I'm not alone on this one. But i can't believe that there are so many smart people on this forum, but so many seem to think they have the right to block traffic. Just get out of the way. it's part of paying attention when you drive.

 

[Nikamichi]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Flashing your beams at someone is akin to flipping them off. If someone does it to me I return the favor by slowing the hell down.

Look at it like this, the person you flashed who didn't move would probably not move for anyone regardless. You may think that the only reason people move out of your way is because you flashed the high beams but more than likely they would have moved regardless... because they are what we call 'GOOD' drivers. They didn't move because of the power of your high beams.

Not necessarily. Most people on the road always seem totally oblivious to the vehicles around them. When I flash my hi-beams, it means wake the heck up and realize you're slowing everyone else down.

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Slow down, or YOU pass me if YOU are in a hurry. I am content just driving to work.

If you're content just driving to work, do it in the right lane. Its not THAT hard to be aware of merging traffic. You do realize that, right? The right lane is not the passing lane. The left lane is. Your mentality works in 3 lane highways, where you can cruise in the middle lane...in a standard 2-laner, get to the right ya ass.[/quote]

I don't like having to constantly change lanes back and forth for merging traffic. I will drive in the middle lane if it is clear for a half mile in front me.

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Nikamichi
This is the problem with drivers on the road. They think they're entitled to cockblock everyone else. If you want to drive like an old fart, get out of the speeding lane.

The problem is speeders or impatient drivers thinking that they can tell me to move.

 

[TheNewbie]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Flashing your beams at someone is akin to flipping them off. If someone does it to me I return the favor by slowing the hell down.

Look at it like this, the person you flashed who didn't move would probably not move for anyone regardless. You may think that the only reason people move out of your way is because you flashed the high beams but more than likely they would have moved regardless... because they are what we call 'GOOD' drivers. They didn't move because of the power of your high beams.

Now there's a nice way to get yourself shot on the way to work.

I know its annoying getting flashed but if you weren't disturbing to begin with, you wouldn't get flashed..

 

[Deeko]

The problem with any traffic signal is that different people interpret them differently. For example, some people see flashing the high beams as "excuse me, could you move" whereas as others see it as "get the f*ck out of my way!" Kinda like when I moved to the city...its commonplace in philly that if you're driving down a road without a stop sign, and someone pulls up to an intersection that has one, to honk and let them know you're there (its often hard to see). It took me a long time to get used ot this, because I grew up in the suburbs where honking your horn is about as aggressive as ramming them off the road.

Ahh the semantics of the road.

 

[Siddhartha]

"When Someone Flashes Hi-Beams on Highway..."

I do not move over if traffic is heavy and there is no where to go.

I am happy to move over for people who are going faster. Actually I like having two or three cars ahead me going faster. I figure they will hit the next speed trap up the road before me.

 

[Beev]

You guys would all hate me.

I stick next to the car next to me only very sliiiiightly faster. Then cars behind the other car (in the other lane) get behind me because I'm faster, so I slow down to just barely slower than the other car, so they get back behind it because that car is now faster, so I speed back up a smidge. Repeat until i get shot

 

[Nikamichi]

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Nikamichi
This is the problem with drivers on the road. They think they're entitled to cockblock everyone else. If you want to drive like an old fart, get out of the speeding lane.

The problem is speeders or impatient drivers thinking that they can tell me to move.

This is exactly why we have road rage. :|

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Nikamichi
This is the problem with drivers on the road. They think they're entitled to cockblock everyone else. If you want to drive like an old fart, get out of the speeding lane.

The problem is speeders or impatient drivers thinking that they can tell me to move.

The law tells you to move.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Analog
As far as those laws that say you must stay to the right, fine, but don't tell me that I need to follow the law when you're clearly violating the law by doing 15 miles over the limit, that's also just plain idiocracy.

That's just making a poor excuse.

I used to be a LLD (Left Lane Driver), but since I prefer avoiding traffic tickets, I decided to go only 5 over max in any situation (sometimes passing excludes this). I stick to the right like I need to. If I need to move over to let others merge in easier, I'll do so.

Originally posted by: Jumpem
Slow down, or YOU pass me if YOU are in a hurry. I am content just driving to work.

The driving world doesn't revolve around you. You should respect other drivers if you expect respect.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
"When Someone Flashes Hi-Beams on Highway..."

I do not move over if traffic is heavy and there is no where to go.

I am happy to move over for people who are going faster. Actually I like having two or three cars ahead me going faster. I figure they will hit the next speed trap up the road before me.

QFT

 

[cipher00]

If it's safe, I move over. Usually, I see them coming and move over first. Actually, I try not to travel in the left lane, anyway. Police look there more often than the more rightmost lanes. And. most of us are speeding anyway.

Rather than high-beams, does anybody use their left-turn signal instead? European, and not well known here, but it means the same thing.

 

[Siddhartha]

This guy I know once told me he likes to get in the left lane and do 72 mph. He said "that lane is mine if someone wants to go faster they can pass me on the right.".

He is the same person who feels a need to correct anyone who says anything besides "merry christmas", during the holiday season, no matter if they are christians or not.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Simple rule to follow. If you're not going to drive the same speed as the rest of cars in your lane, move over to the right.

 

[alien42]

this thread gives me road rage and i am not even in my car

 

[Wonderful Pork]

What if the person flashing the high beams is going significantly faster than everybody in the left lane? Left lane traffic varies from 75-85mph on my commute. I stay in the left lane going these speeds, usually with a 2-3 car length space in between me and the car in front. Occasionally there is some dude that wants to go 120mph in the left lane tailgaiting me till I move over, then tailing the guy in front of me, and in front of him, etc etc etc.

I find that kind of driving to be completely ridiculous and arrogant. If the entire left lane is going at a set speed and you want to go faster then thats too bad. I wont move over if you flash lights or honk or anything.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Simple rule to follow. If you're not going to drive the same speed as the rest of cars in your lane, move over to the right.

What if you're in the right lane?

 

[Beev]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Simple rule to follow. If you're not going to drive the same speed as the rest of cars in your lane, move over to the right.

What if you're in the right lane?

Then get your ass in the ditch!

 

[Alowishus]

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Simple rule to follow. If you're not going to drive the same speed as the rest of cars in your lane, move over to the right.

What if you're in the right lane?

If you can't keep up in the right lane then you pretty much should not be driving on the highway.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: Alowishus

Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Simple rule to follow. If you're not going to drive the same speed as the rest of cars in your lane, move over to the right.

What if you're in the right lane?

If you can't keep up in the right lane then you pretty much should not be driving on the highway.

But, if you're in a Geo Metro, it would be rather hard to keep up.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: yllus
People in the leftmost lane who don't move over for faster traffic are fucktards. Speed up or get out of the way.

Slow down, or YOU pass me if YOU are in a hurry. I am content just driving to work.

Then do it in the right lane, dumbass. You're forcing people to pass you illegally on the right.

 

[krunchykrome]

I speed more than I drive at the speed limit. When I speed, I drive in the left lane and if someone is going to slow, I go around them and get back into the lane. When Im driving slower than left lane traffic, I drive in the right lanes.

There's no need to flash your high beams; just go around them.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: Jumpem
No. If I am going at least the speed limit I stay in the left lane. If people don't like it they can go go around me. No reason for me to move because they are the ones in a hurry.

And if someone flashes me, waves their hands, or tailgates I will slow down to exactly the speed limit.

It's people like you who should never be issued a driver's license.

 

[Patt]

When morons flash their lights at me it makes me less inclined to move. Mind you, I'm only in passing lanes for legitimate reasons generally, but if I'm passing someone, and someone speeding even more than I am is flashing their lights to get past me, I slow down. Flashing your lights is arrogant and annoying.