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Over near my place in Austin there's a lane merge that seemingly no one gets right. There's a whole bunch of shopping centers around where Loop 1, Loop 360 and US 290 make a rather large triangle. On the 290/360 corner there's no access on or offramp between eastbound 290 to westbound 360 which is a popular way to get onto Loop 1 North to cross town lake. So everyone who's coming out of those shopping centers or trying to transfer has to get off the highway, onto the access road and take the light. In understanding this they made the light have two left turn lanes onto the access road for 360 North. The silly thing is this access road merges with 360 itself and everyone on it wants to be in the right lane to turn onto Loop 1 North at the light at the bottom of the long and steep hill. As do about maybe 1/5th of the traffic on 360 itself. So you have all of these cars on this 2-lane road who try to all merge into the right lane right before the two lanes merge left. So you have all of these signs saying "Lane ends, merge left" and about 3/4ths of the traffic is sitting in or trying to enter the right lane that is about to end. Part of this is because the lane only really ends/merges after a rise in the hill so drivers can't see it, but there are still signs everywhere.
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On my way home from work today I had a lady stop to let me pull out and turn left onto a busy road that was clear from the other direction. It was very nice of her.
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Sep 21, 2017 22:09
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PCOS Bill posted:On my way home from work today I had a lady stop to let me pull out and turn left onto a busy road that was clear from the other direction. It was very nice of her. PCOS Bill's account has clearly been hacked.
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Sep 21, 2017 22:31
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um excuse me posted:Just zipper merge at the end and move on. The correct way to zipper merge is to match the pace of the middle lane and merge at the end. What ends up happening is 5 cars all merge at once, creating an opening for more cars to pile in, which isn’t alternating cars anymore and creates a speed differential between the lanes. So the the merge lane is clearing out at a faster pace then the middle, creating a cascade effect that’s causes a jam. https://projects.511wi.gov/zoo-interchange-project/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/6-2-16_ZipperMergeWebsite.pdf
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Sep 22, 2017 00:00
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https://i.imgur.com/3VvzkSb.mp4
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Sep 22, 2017 15:28
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This traffic looks unbearable
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Sep 22, 2017 15:29
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On my bicycle ride home from work there's a street that always packs up. Only one lane, but a bus lane next to it. You know, for the busses. Without fail, someone decides that waiting is not for him, and guns it through the bus lane. Today two motorcycle cops were dishing out tickets to people doing just that. Sweet, sweet justice.
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Sep 22, 2017 16:38
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bolind posted:On my bicycle ride home from work there's a street that always packs up. Only one lane, but a bus lane next to it. You know, for the busses. Without fail, someone decides that waiting is not for him, and guns it through the bus lane. They did something like this in houston where everyone would merge at the last second in the intersection so they cops would waive them on to a side street and give them a ticket. I didnt see it happening but i went to court and they drew up a big diagram of thay specific intersection and why it was illegal and mounted it on the wall on the court so they could just point to it instead of explaining it over and over it was pretty lol. I watched them do like 30 of those cases before they got to me it was pretty funny.
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Sep 22, 2017 20:43
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bolind posted:On my bicycle ride home from work there's a street that always packs up. Only one lane, but a bus lane next to it. You know, for the busses. Without fail, someone decides that waiting is not for him, and guns it through the bus lane. Broadway/Lincoln in Denver are like this and people use the bus lane as their personal passing lane all the time. Granted it's bus only during rush hour, but that doesn't stop anyone. I have yet to see it enforced so I guess that's why people keep doing it.
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Sep 22, 2017 20:53
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bolind posted:On my bicycle ride home from work there's a street that always packs up. Only one lane, but a bus lane next to it. You know, for the busses. Without fail, someone decides that waiting is not for him, and guns it through the bus lane. There's a spot like this near where I live. Feels good when the police come round 
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Sep 22, 2017 21:58
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Those crack downs only work when the dummos think it's safe to do and start doing it regularly. That's what I tell myself to keep my sanity. They [police] gotta wait. They know, they just gotta wait.
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Sep 22, 2017 22:01
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Some woman in a Jag tried to do that to me earlier this evening, nipping up the inside using the bus lane before it ends and everyone is allowed to pull into that lane. NOPE.
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Sep 22, 2017 22:12
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Well I'm sure I'm the rear end in a top hat at fault here somehow and I'm going to get read the riot act for even being present on the road for this, but I was sitting at a red light with cross traffic in the right turn lane, we got a green just as a group of people started crossing the intersection to my right, so I waited because the other option was "Mow down a bunch of pedestrians." That wasn't good enough for the """""""""nice lady""""""" behind me who went roaring around me, cutting people off in the other lane who were turning left (T intersection, left or right only) with her fist pounding through her horn button and almost took out the last three people in the group crossing, just to make sure she got through that green. And four seconds later I made my right on green with plenty of time to spare.
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Sep 22, 2017 22:14
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Murphys Law posted:Two days ago I had some shithead stop in the middle of the highway in front of me because he wanted to exit. This was on the outer loop of 695 at rt. 40 by Golden Ring in Baltimore for anybody who knows the area. At least he wasn't this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZSzlRKxw-4
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Sep 22, 2017 22:48
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^^^^^I can't even... Dumb: Don't come to a complete stop on a freeway. DUMB: Don't start reversing on a freeway! DUMB: Don't reverse in the lane when there's a perfectly good shoulder right there! DUMBDUMBDUMB: Don't be so poo poo at reversing so you end up halfway in the center lane!  : Don't hang out for a minute in a lane when there's a perfectly good gore point shoulder area you could wait in.That person could've probably continued to the next exit in the time it took to not get killed or kill someone else.
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Sep 23, 2017 11:18
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I tried to pull a u-turn onto the opposite shoulder of a 40 mph road today. A guy was about 200 feet behind me so I put on my blinker and slowed down. He didn't slow down, instead electing to pass me on the left at about 55 mph as I started to make my turn. He realized as he was fully into the other traffic lane that I wasn't signaling and slowing down for the fun of it, slammed on his brakes and nearly lost control. I saw he was going to hit me if I tried to finish the turn so I jerked back and he floored it past while laying on the horn. How dare I clearly signal my intentions and then try to follow through on them.
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Sep 23, 2017 23:00
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:I tried to pull a u-turn onto the opposite shoulder of a 40 mph road today. A guy was about 200 feet behind me so I put on my blinker and slowed down. He didn't slow down, instead electing to pass me on the left at about 55 mph as I started to make my turn. He realized as he was fully into the other traffic lane that I wasn't signaling and slowing down for the fun of it, slammed on his brakes and nearly lost control. I saw he was going to hit me if I tried to finish the turn so I jerked back and he floored it past while laying on the horn. How dare I clearly signal my intentions and then try to follow through on them.
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Sep 23, 2017 23:22
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It's a tricky situation in that video. I think we landed on passing guy being to blame? I was literally told to pass as fast as I could in a passing lane like that in driver's ed even though the law is different IIRC.
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Sep 23, 2017 23:36
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um excuse me posted:It's a tricky situation in that video. I think we landed on passing guy being to blame? I was literally told to pass as fast as I could in a passing lane like that in driver's ed even though the law is different IIRC. Passing a long line of cars like that is almost always a bad idea. At best it's going to take longer than you think it will and the odds of meeting an oncoming car are pretty high. There's also usually a good reason that no one ahead of you is swinging out to pass.
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Sep 23, 2017 23:41
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I generally have a lot of respect for truck drivers, but this guy seemed a bit inconsiderate.
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Sep 24, 2017 01:42
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Today I was making a right hand turn behind a pair of pickup trucks loaded with furniture. The road we were turning onto is a 35 MPH zone, and there's a long (~ 1/4 mile) slight hill that you can easily see to the top of. Lead truck wouldn't make his turn as long as there was traffic visible at the top of the hill, as a result we ended up sitting there for over three minutes waiting for the perfect gap to form. They sat through four 15+ second gaps where there was plenty of room for both pickups to make a slow turn out and get up to a reasonable speed before oncoming traffic would catch up with them. After the third skipped gap I yelled "GO!" at them and the driver of the following truck started screaming about how their trucks were loaded and they needed extra room to go. Finally the road was completely clear and they proceeded. At a red light at the next intersection I pulled up next to the following truck (I was going straight, he was turning) and the driver started up with the usual tough guy "you're lucky I'm so busy right now, otherwise I'd drag you out of your car and kill you" bullshit. I ignored him until he started hurling gay slurs at me - "let me guess, your human being rear end is in a big rush to go suck a dick. That's it, isn't it human being?" I replied "you know, I don't consider being gay an insult and I'm sorry you're so insecure with your sexuality." Completely shut the rear end in a top hat down. He was clearly taken aback and opened his mouth, said nothing, sat there for a few seconds, gave me the finger and rolled his window back up.
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Sep 24, 2017 01:52
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And that driver's name? Albert Einstein
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Sep 24, 2017 02:01
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could've just given him the ol' mental patient jerkoff motion when he was explaining how important his big powerful heavy truck was
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Sep 24, 2017 02:13
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um excuse me posted:It's a tricky situation in that video. I think we landed on passing guy being to blame? I was literally told to pass as fast as I could in a passing lane like that in driver's ed even though the law is different IIRC. Cops don't seem to agree with your drivers ed teacher, as I got a speeding ticket doing this very thing, and I was only about 10mph over.
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Sep 24, 2017 02:20
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Deteriorata posted:There's also usually a good reason that no one ahead of you is swinging out to pass. If you drive a lot in rural areas you'll come across a lot of patient people. They aren't in a hurry to get anywhere and generally won't pass anyone who isn't running their four-ways. Once you've got that person behind a truck and/or blue-haired geezer doing ~10 under you've pretty much got a rolling road block. The vast majority of drivers in my experience aren't willing to make a multiple pass regardless of how much visibility there is. I'd say there's at best a one in twenty chance someone goes for a double around that group. If they don't, now you have a triple pass to get by and the situation just keeps stacking up from there without any actual valid reason for anyone behind the initial slow person to not pass. Obviously making a multiple pass safely requires a lot of room where you're sure you won't have oncoming traffic or someone making a left turn, but in farmland America those kinds of situations are plentiful. Sometimes you have literally miles of unobstructed visibility. The Locator posted:Cops don't seem to agree with your drivers ed teacher, as I got a speeding ticket doing this very thing, and I was only about 10mph over. Washington and IIRC Montana allow the correct behavior, which is to keep the pedal on the floor as long as you're in the oncoming lane. wolrah fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Sep 24, 2017 |
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Sep 24, 2017 02:24
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With the difference in my case being that I was the only one he was passing, and if he'd been paying attention he would have clearly seen my left turn signal, which I put on before I even started slowing down. But I really should have assumed that he'd ignore that, I'm sure he doesn't even know what it's for. Also it was a no passing zone coming up on a blind curve. Disgruntled Bovine fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Sep 24, 2017 |
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Sep 24, 2017 02:37
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:With the difference in my case being that I was the only one he was passing, and if he'd been paying attention he would have clearly seen my left turn signal, which I put on before I even started slowing down. But I really should have assumed that he'd ignore that, I'm sure he doesn't even know what it's for. Also it was a no passing zone coming up on a blind curve. Difference in your case is down here vehicles specifically doing a u turn have to give way. So you are at fault here. (E: When doing a u turn you are pulling off to the side of the road first - 2e: You are not making a normal turn because there's no intersection to turn into) In the video it's different because you can't overtake cars indicating a normal turn. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Sep 24, 2017 |
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Sep 24, 2017 03:27
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wolrah posted:Washington and IIRC Montana allow the correct behavior, which is to keep the pedal on the floor as long as you're in the oncoming lane. Well, I got my ticket for this in... Montana so no, they do not allow the correct behavior, unless it's a somewhat recent change in the law there.
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Sep 24, 2017 03:41
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Fo3 posted:Difference in your case is down here vehicles specifically doing a u turn have to give way. So you are at fault here. (E: When doing a u turn you are pulling off to the side of the road first - 2e: You are not making a normal turn because there's no intersection to turn into) I just looked this up, apparently it's a bit of a grey area here. The way the law is written it's not illegal, but police have been known to give tickets for it. That said, passing in a no passing zone is definitely illegal regardless.
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Sep 24, 2017 03:46
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Yeah, but popping a uturn in front of anyone near a blind corner is risking a crash. E: Also I had a feeling so I looked up uturns in non passing zones/road markings, that's illegal too. If the laws are different there I would be suprised. It makes sense that people doing u-turns have to give way (as they are slowing down, pulling off to the side of the road), and they can't do it in non passing zones (like blind corners). Fo3 fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Sep 24, 2017 |
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Sep 24, 2017 03:49
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The Locator posted:Well, I got my ticket for this in... Montana so no, they do not allow the correct behavior, unless it's a somewhat recent change in the law there. Looks like they're half way there. You can go up to 10 over the limit while making a legal pass. http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/61/8/61-8-303.htm quote:(2) A vehicle subject to the speed limits imposed in subsection (1) traveling on a two-lane road may exceed the speed limits imposed in subsection (1) by 10 miles an hour in order to overtake and pass a vehicle and return safely to the right-hand lane. It's better than nothing, but still pretty easy to get a ticket. edit: Wyoming has the same rule since 2012 apparently. wolrah fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Sep 24, 2017 |
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Sep 24, 2017 04:09
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What is with people who will go under the limit, and then maintain their speed when the speed limit drops so that they are, in fact, speeding excessively? What mental defect causes this behaviour? It's insane. I'll pass people who are going 105 in a 110 zone, who then pass me when it drops to 90, as they're still going 105. I've always ever driven either at the speed limit, or at a certain delta above the speed limit, and I can fathom why you would speed more excessively in a lower speed zone than on a highway. Some folk tell me it's all about where people "feel comfortable," but the truth is I'd quickly lose my license if I regularly drove the speed I feel comfortable driving and would like to drive.
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Sep 24, 2017 04:11
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wolrah posted:It’s better than nothing, but still pretty easy to get a ticket. That’s not the only problem with it. It also ought to cover roads that are temporarily three lanes because one is added for slow uphill traffic.
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Sep 24, 2017 04:15
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PT6A posted:Some folk tell me it's all about where people "feel comfortable," but the truth is I'd quickly lose my license if I regularly drove the speed I feel comfortable driving and would like to drive. Platystemon posted:It also ought to cover roads that are temporarily three lanes because one is added for slow uphill traffic. wolrah fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Sep 24, 2017 |
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Sep 24, 2017 04:41
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PT6A posted:What is with people who will go under the limit, and then maintain their speed when the speed limit drops so that they are, in fact, speeding excessively? What mental defect causes this behaviour? It's insane. I'll pass people who are going 105 in a 110 zone, who then pass me when it drops to 90, as they're still going 105. I've always ever driven either at the speed limit, or at a certain delta above the speed limit, and I can fathom why you would speed more excessively in a lower speed zone than on a highway. I run into this every single day. I tend to run about 4-5 over, and my daily commute takes me from an interstate with a 75mph limit to a divided road with a 55mph limit. Almost every single day I'll pass people on the interstate where I'm doing 79-80, then exit to the state road where the people I passed on the interstate will go blazing past me now that I'm going 60... still 5mph over, but now these people are going 15+ over the limit instead of at or even under the speed limit like they were doing on the interstate.  wolrah posted:Looks like they're half way there. You can go up to 10 over the limit while making a legal pass. Must be somewhat recent (like within the last decade, my ticket was a good number of years ago), since I was ticketed for 10 over while passing. Wish it was legal everywhere.
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Sep 24, 2017 07:03
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There’s a two‐lane road that I take somewhat regularly. It has a nice, long passing lane about halfway along. Cars that have been going 55 mph (the speed limit) for twenty minutes suddenly engage warp drives and go 70 MPH in either lane. I just keep on cruise control because the instant the passing lane ends, everyone, absolutely everyone, drops back to 55 MPH and stays there. It sort of makes sense that the other drivers feel more comfortable going faster when the road is wider, but unless there’s some seriously slow oversized vehicle that was holding everyone up, all the passing lane achieves is a shuffling of the pack and a handful of second shaved off the drive thanks to that brief sprint. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 12:40 on Sep 24, 2017 |
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Sep 24, 2017 07:36
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Platystemon posted:Cars that were have been going 55 mph (the speed limit) for twenty minutes suddenly engage warp drives and go 70 MPH in either lane. I loving hate this poo poo. I'm halfway convinced people do it deliberately because they don't want anyone to pass them. It's like when you come up on someone in the left lane going slowly and you flash them and they refuse to move over, so you go to pass them on the right and they speed up to try to stop you from passing. It's such loving bullshit, people suck.
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Sep 24, 2017 12:34
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FFS. Just one quick trip to Halfords, and I had: - BMW 3-series (debadged 4-pot diesel on a personal plate, absolutely shocking there) deciding that the instant I indicated to pull into the inside lane it was a good time to try and accelerate up the inside of me. - Some mildly modified VAG estate (Skoda?) blatting through 30mph town centre traffic at a 40+ slalom - A '16-plate M3 doing the same thing in a slightly milder fashion. LotsOfCunts.gif
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Sep 24, 2017 12:37
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I'm the person who will sit in the right most lane doing exactly the speed limit with cruise control on on a multi-lane, controlled access road. If you get upset, and don't move to a wide open left lane to pass me, I don't know what to tell you other than you're a dipshit. My gas mileage is more important than you having to save all of five seconds in the long run. And yes, I will accelerate if I do have to move to the left lane to pass someone (and then move back over). The worst thing is when two people both try to turn left in the same median cutout.
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Sep 24, 2017 13:28
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iospace posted:I'm the person who will sit in the right most lane doing exactly the speed limit with cruise control on on a multi-lane, controlled access road. If you get upset, and don't move to a wide open left lane to pass me, I don't know what to tell you other than you're a dipshit. My gas mileage is more important than you having to save all of five seconds in the long run. And yes, I will accelerate if I do have to move to the left lane to pass someone (and then move back over).  Thanks for staying in the right lane where slow people belong I guess?
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