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Breaking the law for real (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I try to drive so I am as far away from other vehicles as possible. I also try to avoid ever inconveniencing other people. It doesn't matter if I'm going 140, if you come up behind me, I'm moving over to let you by - as quickly as I can while still being safe. I expect the same from others. Changing lanes isn't hard, I often move over to let someone by and then go back to continue passing.

Also, please stop passing on the right. You're just making everything worse.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

140

You mean km/hr, right?

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Km/hr, right?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago

Meters per second

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I did 140mph once. I redlined my poor Civic trying to keep up with a Supra. We were both weaving through traffic (Vegas to L.A.) and I did manage to keep up for a while. Looking back now that I'm older, I'm just really thankful we didn't cause an accident.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

I have no choice but to pass on the right because jackasses ride the left lane and drive under the speed limit. The police around here don’t enforce it. Drives me nuts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

In Arizona the norm seemed to be to pass fast on the right and go slow on the left. Even on a three lane road, with me going slightly above the speed limit in the middle, idiots would choose to pass on the right rather than use the open left lane. Definitely the worst part about the state in terms of daily experience

[+] [email protected] -8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Also, please stop passing on the right. You’re just making everything worse.

Yeah, it's unsafe, but how is it making things worse? It seems to be making the best of a bad situation, not escalating anything.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

The real solution here is to pass and enforce "stay right except to pass" laws. You should only pass on the left, full stop.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because a good chunk of time your just making it harder for the person who is holding everyone up to move over. I’ve seen lots of people pull out from behind me in the fast lane and go past me and the car in front of me, and then the car in front will move over. Sometimes people do want to get out of the way but people are to impatient to let them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I'll give them about 30 seconds. Which is 25 seconds longer than it takes to get in the slow lane.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

What the fuck? How is doing something unsafe not making things worse?