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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / June 2008Are you in the correct lane?
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/timujin/Fark/driving-rules.gif Link grabbed from a fark discussion thread. > http://www.majhost.com/gallery/timujin/Fark/driving-rules.gif That looks like something from driving school. Some people simply don't care to follow this rule, or are really ignorant about the problem that they are causing. I had one driver who insisted that it was acceptable to coast in the centre and left lanes, and considered it to be "the other driver's problem" to pass him on the right. It was rather scary. They're totally oblivious to people using flash-to-pass, drivers aggressively cutting in front, and the traffic jam behind them. Some of these drivers exclaim, "What's the speed limit?" There's people passing you on the right! Speed-restriction or not, move over before you get me killed! Then these same "I'm doing the speed limit" drivers get into a speed-restricted zone and are going 10 or 20 over the posted limit, only to slam on the brakes before crashing into something because they were going too fast for conditions. I'm afraid to let anyone drive me in a car anymore, as I seem to end up getting stuck with the most oblivious drivers. > >http://www.majhost.com/gallery/timujin/Fark/driving-rules.gif > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > car anymore, as I seem to end up getting stuck with the most oblivious > drivers. I agree and do the same with the stipulation that I will be 'going with the flow" in the center lane whatever that may be. Parking in the CL at less than the prevailing traffic meets all the criteria for being a lane blocker. Harry K > >http://www.majhost.com/gallery/timujin/Fark/driving-rules.gif > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > car anymore, as I seem to end up getting stuck with the most oblivious > drivers. OOOPS That was meant as a reply to John B. I should wake up a bit before posting. Harry K > http://www.majhost.com/gallery/timujin/Fark/driving-rules.gif > > Link grabbed from a fark discussion thread. There's no excuse for LLBs. But there can be for CLBs --- or more specifically semi-CLBs... If I'm driving on a three-lane highway with several exits, I'll basically stay in the center lane. Why get caught up in the traffic entering and exiting the highway? If there are several miles with no exits, I will move to the right lane. As far as faster traffic when I'm in the center lane, they should be passing on the left - not the right. If there's a LLB there, it's not my problem that the faster car can't get around - it's both of theirs. In a busy area, I refuse to get tangled up with vehicles coming on and off the highway. Especially when many entering expect ME to yield for THEM. John B. > >http://www.majhost.com/gallery/timujin/Fark/driving-rules.gif > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > it's not my problem that the faster car can't get around - it's both of > theirs. Sure, it's your problem. If someone ends up stuck behind a rolling roadblock and chooses to pass you on the right but doesn't notice an onramp coming up, suddenly you are caught up in an unsafe situation as the faster driver may choose to swerve around a slow merger rather than brake hard. It may not be strictly your *FAULT* (although I would say that you bear some responsibility) but it is still your PROBLEM. > In a busy area, I refuse to get tangled up with vehicles coming on > and off the highway. Especially when many entering expect ME to yield for > THEM. Simple solution: don't. Just maintain a steady speed and course unless/until it's clear that some idiot will actually run into you unless you do something else. nate > the faster driver may choose to swerve around a slow merger rather > than brake hard. > > Just maintain a steady speed and course > unless/until it's clear that some idiot will actually run into you > unless you do something else. LOL!. Then what? Swerve... or brake hard...? ----- - gpsman > > the faster driver may choose to swerve around a slow merger rather > > than brake hard. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > LOL!. Then what? Swerve... or brake hard...? Yes, while using the horn to alert the a-hole driver that he is endangering you by encroaching on a space to which you have the right of way. Most of the time this is not necessary, however. The poor merger will either accelerate or slow to find a gap, and while he may be angry, the feelings of morons are of little concern to me. nate >> As far as faster traffic when I'm in the center lane, >> they should be passing on the left - not the right. If there's a LLB there, >> it's not my problem that the faster car can't get around - it's both of >> theirs. > > Sure, it's your problem. I have another example of how CLBing is definitely a problem for the CLB. These lane-blockers assume that everybody else is going to swerve around them and leave them lots of room so that they can continue blocking traffic. That's incorrect, as a CLB found out today. I was in the right lane and approaching a slow van. I signalled left and moved into the centre lane. I passed the van, and noticed a tractor-trailer ahead. I wanted to pass the truck too, so I waited for this CLB in front of me to move over into the big gap behind the truck. I was surprised when the CLB didn't yield, and I had to brake before crashing into it. I honked, but to no avail. The CLB started slowing down to play Duckling with the van. That's when the incident occurred. A driver behind me was approaching quickly, and it appeared that he was going to hit me if I tried to brake for the CLB again as it was trapping me next to the van. The left-lane traffic was going too fast for me to move left. The only other choice was to go around on the right, and that's when the CLB got a wake-up. I moved into the space between the CLB and the van and took about 20% of the centre lane, leaving not very much room for the CLB. The CLB got passed at about the same time on both sides. The other driver in the centre lane was also surprised and swerved around the obstruction. I accelerated to pass the truck and moved over, just as the driver who was behind me accelerated past me. The CLB honked and flicked on its high-beams. What did the CLB do then? It accelerated to pass the truck and caught up to me. Why did it take such an action to get the CLB to speed up? The CLB then started matching my speed. Maybe it wanted to yell at me or stare at me in disbelief about how I can drive very closely to other cars without hitting them. Just before I was going to dislodge the CLB again, the CLB accelerated! The CLB found a gap in the right-lane traffic, and moved into the right lane! All of that nonsense could've been avoided if everybody would Keep Right Except To Pass. Never block the passing lane! Keep Right Except To Pass! Passing is not a game. Keep Right Except To Pass! The passing lane is for passing only. The centre lane is a passing lane. Keep Right, Pass Left! Drivers in the passing lane must yield to faster traffic. Keep Right Except To Pass! > >> As far as faster traffic when I'm in the center lane, > >> they should be passing on the left - not the right. If there's a LLB there, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > around them and leave them lots of room so that they can continue > blocking traffic. That's incorrect, as a CLB found out today. Whatever you do, do not mention the type of road upon which this event occurred. Spoils the story. > I was in the right lane and approaching a slow van. I signalled left > and moved into the centre lane. I passed the van, and noticed a > tractor-trailer ahead. I wanted to pass the truck too, so I waited for > this CLB in front of me to move over into the big gap behind the truck. Why? Doesn't that make you a "duckling"? Why wouldn't you just pass in the L lane? Why didn't you "move over into the big gap behind the truck" when your pass was complete? "Big gap behind the truck". You weren't passing anybody. > I was surprised when the CLB didn't yield, That figures. > and I had to brake before > crashing into it. Ah. A disciple of Nate's "don't do sh.t until a collision is unavoidable" school. How's that working out for you? > I honked, but to no avail. What, you hit it? It sounds as if you think honking somehow improves braking performance. Surely you don't expect me to believe that you thought someone was going to vacate "your way" in the center lane with a perfectly good "passing lane"... right over there (to your L)? > The CLB started slowing > down to play Duckling with the van. Spurious conclusion, you don't know why they slowed. Occam's Razor suggests: 1) To get your dumb a.s to pass > That's when the incident occurred. What a surprise. > A driver behind me was approaching quickly, and it appeared that he was > going to hit me if I tried to brake for the CLB again What?! Why would you need to brake *again*? You had to brake to avoid hitting him in the a.s, backed off, and then you are accelerating? The bullshit driving expert often cites fear of being rear-ended, usually to limit his maneuvering options for his story. "I COULDN'T SLOW DOWN, TRAFFIC WOULD RUN OVER ME!!!" > as it was trapping > me next to the van. You weren't "trapped". You could have slowed and moved R behind the van. > The left-lane traffic was going too fast for me to > move left. Of course it was, you f.cking moron. If you looked any further ahead than directly over your hood you'd have noticed the van and the truck when you had enough time and room to accelerate and take the L lane, pass, and be on your way. > All of that nonsense could've been avoided > if everybody would Keep Right Except To Pass. "Not my fault", huh? > Never block the passing lane! Keep Right Except To Pass! Passing is > not a game. Keep Right Except To Pass! The passing lane is for passing > only. The centre lane is a passing lane. Keep Right, Pass Left! > Drivers in the passing lane must yield to faster traffic. Keep Right > Except To Pass! That would be hilarious if it weren't so stupidly ironic. Or is it ironically stupid? Maybe it's just ironic and stupid. Which is funnier? That's what it is. ----- - gpsman >The CLB honked and flicked on its high-beams. What did the CLB do then? > It accelerated to pass the truck and caught up to me. Why did it take [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >moved into the right lane! All of that nonsense could've been avoided >if everybody would Keep Right Except To Pass. When you see someone speed up AFTER you pass them, it's a dead giveaway that they are playing the Passive-Aggressive Game. They are pretending to be oblivious f.cks, but in reality they are fully conscious of everything that is going on around them, and they are blocking you ON PURPOSE. The reason they get so mad when you pass them is because you have spoiled their little game by escaping from their control. If you escape, they "lose" the game... And they're very sore losers. I've told the story before of the older couple in a clown car SUV who were blocking the center lane of a 50 MPH street by driving 35 MPH. I was in the center lane behind them, but couldn't pass because there was a Phalanx of other Sloths in the left and right lanes. Finally, a Sloth in the right lane turned off into a driveway, and I punched it around the couple in the SUV. As I started to pass, the a.shole FLOORED IT and tried to block me. Unfortunately for him he did not succeed. After I completed my pass and merged back into the center lane (there was more Sloth in the right lane up ahead), I slowed back down to the 50 MPH speed limit. Somehow this geriatric piece of f.ck who was so content to dawdle along at 35 MPH as long as I was behind him is now travelling so fast that he catches up to me, and HIS WIFE leans over and honks the horn! Ordinarily, you wouldn't expect everyone in the car to participate in the passive-aggressive game like that, but it happens more often than you think. I was driving my pickup truck on I-10 coming out of Tucson one time when I came upon a LLB Suburban going at least 10 under. After being stuck behind him for a while, a gap opened up in the right lane and I started to pass. Of course, this shithead sped up, but while he did so his front seat passenger was pointing at me and laughing. Unfortunately, I was driving my underpowered pickup truck, and it took me a couple of tries to escape their clutches. I had to exceed 100 MPH to do it, and it took that little Tacoma quite a long time to build up to that speed. Anyway, I've digressed a little bit, but be on the lookout for people playing the Passive-Aggressive Game. Apparently it's so much fun for certain personality types to play this game that even the passengers want to join in the fun.  SignatureQ: What's the difference between a traffic snake and a real one? A: The traffic snake's a.shole at the *front* end. > Anyway, I've digressed a little bit, but be on the lookout for people > playing the Passive-Aggressive Game. Apparently it's so much fun for > certain personality types to play this game that even the passengers > want to join in the fun. I've had some similiar experiences. What you neglect is that they teach it to their children. When bicycling I've had *CHILDREN* yell 'get off the road' and similiar. > There's no excuse for LLBs. But there can be for CLBs --- or more > specifically semi-CLBs... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > and off the highway. Especially when many entering expect ME to yield for > THEM. Especially when they come down the ramp as a clusterfuck of 20-40 cars, bumper to bumper, effectively creating one vehicle 400-800 feet long, each driver seemingly concluding the vehicle to their front just isn't going quite fast enough... and ignoring the fact that the acceleration lane doubles as an exit, and is only 400' long. I'll never forget a OC buddy's wife telling me that, whenever she needed to change lanes, she looked for a truck. She "knew" there would be enough space in front of him. Of course he has to slow to regain his following distance. 1/10 of a second after he eases off the throttle traffic behind him begins escaping his sloth because he's a stupid f.cking lane blocking truck driver... with no business on the road. ----- - gpsman > If I'm driving on a three-lane highway with several exits, I'll basically > stay in the center lane. Keep Right Except To Pass! > Why get caught up in the traffic entering and exiting the highway? It is the responsibility of the merger to yield to traffic on the roadway. > If there are several miles with no exits, I will move to the right lane. What about when there is traffic behind you, and you are causing a traffic jam? > As far as faster traffic when I'm in the center lane, > they should be passing on the left - not the right. > If there's a LLB there, it's not my problem that the > faster car can't get around - it's both of theirs. It is your problem, and you are the cause of the hazard. The LLB is another problem. It only takes one stupid driver blocking the passing lane to cause a traffic jam. > In a busy area, I refuse to get tangled up with vehicles coming on > and off the highway. Especially when many entering expect ME to yield for > THEM. You're making the problem worse for everybody else, and suggesting to the merge-impaired that it is acceptable to drift onto the roadway. |
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