[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Freeway driving question. (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 6/21/2014 3:31:31 PM EDT
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Three lanes, posted 65mph. Moderate traffic. Right lane is on and off ramps. OK to do 65 in the middle lane? Why or why not?
Poll inbound. Wait, I've done this before. Where's the "add poll" button? There it is! |
| Depends on the culture around you. In Southern California back when the speed limit was 55mph, no. You would only do that in the right lane only. Here in SE Idaho, you drive the speed limit or slower regardless of the lane you are in. The cops will likely pull you over for anything above 4mph the limit. |
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Is it OK to drive other vehicles there other than Prii? Quoted:
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Anywhere except the far left lane. In this case the middle lane is where you should drive your Prius, yes. Is it OK to drive other vehicles there other than Prii? Of course, are you wanting to tell us about your Miata? 
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Of course, are you wanting to tell us about your Miata?
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Anywhere except the far left lane. In this case the middle lane is where you should drive your Prius, yes. Is it OK to drive other vehicles there other than Prii? Of course, are you wanting to tell us about your Miata?
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Why the fuck are you driving so slow? Get on the fucking gas or get out of the way. Fuck! Slow fucker. GET ON THE GAS!!!!
Where the fuck do you think you are driving? You are in California! Not some fucking Podunk shitbergh in the Midwest or Washington state or the south. 65MPH is a suggested minimum speed! Drive like a fucking man. Wanna drive slow? Stay off the fucking freeway! FUCK! Stomp that mother fucking pedal!!!!! And tighten up your following interval. No more than 3 car lengths at 65 MPH Gods damnit! I got places to be and you are slowing me right the fuck up. What are you? Some old fuck or a Vietnamese woman? FUCKING GO YOU FUCKING FUCK!!! /roadrage |
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Why the fuck are you driving so slow? Get on the fucking gas or get out of the way. Fuck! Slow fucker. GET ON THE GAS!!!! Where the fuck do you think you are driving? You are in California! Not some fucking Podunk shitbergh in the Midwest or Washington state or the south. 65MPH is a suggested minimum speed! Drive like a fucking man. Wanna drive slow? Stay off the fucking freeway! FUCK! Stomp that mother fucking pedal!!!!! And tighten up your following interval. No more than 3 car lengths at 65 MPH Gods damnit! I got places to be and you are slowing me right the fuck up. What are you? Some old fuck or a Vietnamese woman? FUCKING GO YOU FUCKING FUCK!!! /roadrage LOL |
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Why the fuck are you driving so slow? Get on the fucking gas or get out of the way. Fuck! Slow fucker. GET ON THE GAS!!!! Where the fuck do you think you are driving? You are in California! Not some fucking Podunk shitbergh in the Midwest or Washington state or the south. 65MPH is a suggested minimum speed! Drive like a fucking man. Wanna drive slow? Stay off the fucking freeway! FUCK! Stomp that mother fucking pedal!!!!! And tighten up your following interval. No more than 3 car lengths at 65 MPH Gods damnit! I got places to be and you are slowing me right the fuck up. What are you? Some old fuck or a Vietnamese woman? FUCKING GO YOU FUCKING FUCK!!! /roadrage LOL Well, you did ask. Except for the comedy value involved you should have banned non-Californians from the poll. I love to read stories from free states where they talk about getting jammed up by the local constabulary for driving 4 miles over the speed limit. FREEDOM! Yeah right. Left lane rage is also amusing. What kind of man won't pass on the right? Pussies. All of 'em pussies. Come to So-Cal and we'll learn ya ta drive right. Where else but in LA can you have 8 lanes of freeway (that's 8 lanes going in one direction and 8 lanes going in the other at the same time for you non-freeway having folk) moving at 70 MPH with following intervals often less than 3 car lengths and everybody is getting along fine. I believe that all So-Cal traffic jams are caused by some out of state shit heel who gets the cold sweats when his speedometer needle nears 60. |
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I drive whatever damn speed I what.
It does not matter what lane, what road or what some silly twat in an office somewhere thinks is a proper speed. It does not matter if the local constabulary takes exception to it or not. I don't care. If I want to drive 90, I drive 90. If I want to drive 60 in the left lane, fuck you, you can go around! 
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I drive whatever damn speed I what. It does not matter what lane, what road or what some silly twat in an office somewhere thinks is a proper speed. It does not matter if the local constabulary takes exception to it or not. I don't care. If I want to drive 90, I drive 90. If I want to drive 60 in the left lane, fuck you, you can go around! Why's that? |
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I drive whatever damn speed I what. It does not matter what lane, what road or what some silly twat in an office somewhere thinks is a proper speed. It does not matter if the local constabulary takes exception to it or not. I don't care. If I want to drive 90, I drive 90. If I want to drive 60 in the left lane, fuck you, you can go around! Why's that? Duh! He is the local constable. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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I drive whatever damn speed I what. It does not matter what lane, what road or what some silly twat in an office somewhere thinks is a proper speed. It does not matter if the local constabulary takes exception to it or not. I don't care. If I want to drive 90, I drive 90. If I want to drive 60 in the left lane, fuck you, you can go around! Why's that? Simple. Because I can! 
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I'll leave work by 0500 this morning and hit an on ramp to interstate 93 north. The on ramp is a tight 180 deg ramp where there is no way on the planet that I can get up to highway speed before the merge....maybe about 50.
No doubt that even though traffic will be light, I'll encounter some cars in the "slow" lane that will be doing 75. Those cars won't want to move over and are coming up at a rate of closure such that I can't continue to accelerate and merge in without them having no choice but to slow or move, in which case I'm an ass, so I have to back out of it a bit and hit the highway way slower than I should. This highway sees alot of traffic but is only 3 lanes wide, so imagine the fun under similar circumstances in the late afternoon when they open the breakdown lane from 1500 to 1900 to ease congestion and the tightness of the on ramp keeps traffic from being even remotely close to that of the flowing traffic. I just can't figure it out. early morning, you know the inside lane has people slowing to get off or trying to get up to speed to get on, middle lane is clear, yet here they are doing 75 to 80 in the slow lane making things difficult for others, no intention of moving to the middle lane where everything becomes easier for all involved. Massachusetts, my trade is licensed here, but not in my state, so I pay my $5,000 or so a year in non-resident state tax for the privelage of driving on the king's roads to come where I can make a living wage, shame about the driving behavior of the residents, or at least some/enough of them. Don't even ask about directional use...most driving laws here seem to be nothing more than suggestions. |
Left lane empty and riding my ass when I'm 5 over in middle? Fuck you. Called hammer lane for a reason. Go 99 MPH there.
I gotta wait 23 more months before I can take the no-point driving class again. I get caught for blowing stop signs, not speeding
Egregiously failing to stop, I might add, not some BS 2 mph liberal shit! |
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The prevailing speed is about 7 over the speed limit. If you're doing the speed limit in the middle lane, you're going too slow.
E.g., 95S between DC and Richmond, I'm on that a lot lately. I can't do the speed limit as my truck is governed at 62, but I've seen way too many four-wheelers in the middle lane bunching things up for other truckers, as we're not allowed in the left lane. Edit: to be clear, pay attention to signs you don't normally have to. If a sign says "LEFT LANE NO TRUCKS" then get out of the way. You're on your own time, the truck drivers are at work. This isn't about me, I'm still in the right lane, but it does affect me sometimes when I have to pass. |
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Quoted: Well, you did ask. Except for the comedy value involved you should have banned non-Californians from the poll. I love to read stories from free states where they talk about getting jammed up by the local constabulary for driving 4 miles over the speed limit. FREEDOM! Yeah right. Left lane rage is also amusing. What kind of man won't pass on the right? Pussies. All of 'em pussies. Come to So-Cal and we'll learn ya ta drive right. Where else but in LA can you have 8 lanes of freeway (that's 8 lanes going in one direction and 8 lanes going in the other at the same time for you non-freeway having folk) moving at 70 MPH with following intervals often less than 3 car lengths and everybody is getting along fine. I believe that all So-Cal traffic jams are caused by some out of state shit heel who gets the cold sweats when his speedometer needle nears 60. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Why the fuck are you driving so slow? Get on the fucking gas or get out of the way. Fuck! Slow fucker. GET ON THE GAS!!!! Where the fuck do you think you are driving? You are in California! Not some fucking Podunk shitbergh in the Midwest or Washington state or the south. 65MPH is a suggested minimum speed! Drive like a fucking man. Wanna drive slow? Stay off the fucking freeway! FUCK! Stomp that mother fucking pedal!!!!! And tighten up your following interval. No more than 3 car lengths at 65 MPH Gods damnit! I got places to be and you are slowing me right the fuck up. What are you? Some old fuck or a Vietnamese woman? FUCKING GO YOU FUCKING FUCK!!! /roadrage LOL Well, you did ask. Except for the comedy value involved you should have banned non-Californians from the poll. I love to read stories from free states where they talk about getting jammed up by the local constabulary for driving 4 miles over the speed limit. FREEDOM! Yeah right. Left lane rage is also amusing. What kind of man won't pass on the right? Pussies. All of 'em pussies. Come to So-Cal and we'll learn ya ta drive right. Where else but in LA can you have 8 lanes of freeway (that's 8 lanes going in one direction and 8 lanes going in the other at the same time for you non-freeway having folk) moving at 70 MPH with following intervals often less than 3 car lengths and everybody is getting along fine. I believe that all So-Cal traffic jams are caused by some out of state shit heel who gets the cold sweats when his speedometer needle nears 60. |
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Quoted: I drive whatever damn speed I what. It does not matter what lane, what road or what some silly twat in an office somewhere thinks is a proper speed. It does not matter if the local constabulary takes exception to it or not. I don't care. If I want to drive 90, I drive 90. If I want to drive 60 in the left lane, fuck you, you can go around! You must be a clone. |
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Driving in CA is like a NASCAR race you should be drafting the person in front of you. Quoted:
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Why the fuck are you driving so slow? Get on the fucking gas or get out of the way. Fuck! Slow fucker. GET ON THE GAS!!!! Where the fuck do you think you are driving? You are in California! Not some fucking Podunk shitbergh in the Midwest or Washington state or the south. 65MPH is a suggested minimum speed! Drive like a fucking man. Wanna drive slow? Stay off the fucking freeway! FUCK! Stomp that mother fucking pedal!!!!! And tighten up your following interval. No more than 3 car lengths at 65 MPH Gods damnit! I got places to be and you are slowing me right the fuck up. What are you? Some old fuck or a Vietnamese woman? FUCKING GO YOU FUCKING FUCK!!! /roadrage LOL Well, you did ask. Except for the comedy value involved you should have banned non-Californians from the poll. I love to read stories from free states where they talk about getting jammed up by the local constabulary for driving 4 miles over the speed limit. FREEDOM! Yeah right. Left lane rage is also amusing. What kind of man won't pass on the right? Pussies. All of 'em pussies. Come to So-Cal and we'll learn ya ta drive right. Where else but in LA can you have 8 lanes of freeway (that's 8 lanes going in one direction and 8 lanes going in the other at the same time for you non-freeway having folk) moving at 70 MPH with following intervals often less than 3 car lengths and everybody is getting along fine. I believe that all So-Cal traffic jams are caused by some out of state shit heel who gets the cold sweats when his speedometer needle nears 60. At all times, even when in stop and go traffic. Apparently the rule is 2-3 inches off the bumper of the car in front of you. You get bonus points for weaving back and forth and/or flashing your brights. "Yes, me and the 8,000 cars stuck in front of me are all just going to get out of your way" ETA: A late model 3 series BMW is the required vehicle to do this in. |
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Three lanes, posted 65mph. Moderate traffic. Right lane is on and off ramps. OK to do 65 in the middle lane? Why or why not? Poll inbound. Wait, I've done this before. Where's the "add poll" button? There it is! If you are not passing, move to the right. Traffic levels will dictate the speeds you can travel at. |
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Yes. It's OK to do the speed limit in the left lane too. Just don't impede traffic while doing it. Personally, I accept a longer travel time for the comfort of pacing behind a truck in the right, or middle lane. No one wants my gap then because there's a truck there, and IT cant stop as fast as I can. Just find one that's lightly loaded so it doesn't drag on hills.
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The interstates were originally designed for 90 mph safe speed. There are sections where that speed is not safe, but in general, that was the goal in the Eisenhower dream. yeah but the normal off-the-shelf tires that 75% or more put on their cars are not even rated above 80mph. But thats another reason I buy nice tires
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I've noticed that the road warriors hauling ass in the left lane often use the middle lane for passing on the right when they come on to someone not going quite as fast as they are going. This is entertaining to watch.
The fun factor is that through town, the middle lane is where the semis travel. |
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The right lane is for slow/trucks. The middle lane isn't a passing lane, and it's not the slow lane.
In a perfect world, tractor-trailers on a 3 lane highway (one direction) would be limited to the right 2 lanes, leaving a truck-free lane for cars to pass trucks. The left lane, no matter how you cut it, is the passing lane. The speed limit be damned, if you aren't passing, get the fuck out. |
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I've noticed that the road warriors hauling ass in the left lane often use the middle lane for passing on the right when they come on to someone not going quite as fast as they are going. This is entertaining to watch. The fun factor is that through town, the middle lane is where the semis travel. The semis travel through town in the middle lane because that's the lane with the most clearance below bridges (most of the time). |
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I drive whatever damn speed I what. It does not matter what lane, what road or what some silly twat in an office somewhere thinks is a proper speed. It does not matter if the local constabulary takes exception to it or not. I don't care. If I want to drive 90, I drive 90. If I want to drive 60 in the left lane, fuck you, you can go around! This isn't Nam, there are rules! Slower traffic moves to the right. |