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by bdickens
Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:12 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)
Replies: 71
Views: 13053

Re: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)

Bullitt wrote:
bdickens wrote:
Bullitt wrote: Thanks, I know how to drive.

If I'm going 80 on a 65 speed limit highway, and everybody else is also going 80, nobody should be trying to pass me on the right simply because he/she wants to go 100 mph. Weavers, speeders, and tailgaters do this here on a daily basis. They are out of control.
It doesn't matter. You are impeding the flow of traffic. It is not your place to decide how fast anyone else gets to drive.

You do that stunt in Germany - where people actually do know how to drive as opposed to merely moving a car from one place to another - and you are the one getting the ticket no matter what the speed limit is and how fast they are driving.
Actually, you are wrong. Very wrong. When the car in front of me is also going 80, I can't speed up, nor change lanes if the adjacent car is going 80. If an irresponsible driver chooses to slalom his way through traffic as openings open and close, then he is the one getting the ticket for reckless driving, not me. That's the law in every state. And don't lecture me about Germany, I was stationed there for three years and know all about driving on the autobahn.

Don't you lecture me about Germany. I actually did drive on the Autobahn as a heavy wrecker driver in 37th TRANSCOM.
by bdickens
Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:19 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)
Replies: 71
Views: 13053

Re: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)

magicglock wrote:Sounds like lack of common courtesy and control issues. Take speed limit out of the conversation and focus on courtesy. Stop trying to impose control over others. People speed, let them Chase that ticket and help them along by getting out of the way. I don't know why people are so heck bent to play hall monitor and deliberately impeed traffic to stop speeders. If you have cars behind you that want to get by...MOVE! Otherwise you are instigating road rage and have little regard for others. Frankley if you are one of those that won't let someone over or won't get out of the way you may have issues far greater than your driving. Let's all try to promote a polite society, this world needs some new examples to follow.
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by bdickens
Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:32 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)
Replies: 71
Views: 13053

Re: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)

The point is twofold:

1) You are holding up traffic.

2) It is not within your purview to decide how fast other people get to drive.
by bdickens
Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:52 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)
Replies: 71
Views: 13053

Re: I-45 On-Ramp (Gulf Fwy)

Bullitt wrote: Thanks, I know how to drive.

If I'm going 80 on a 65 speed limit highway, and everybody else is also going 80, nobody should be trying to pass me on the right simply because he/she wants to go 100 mph. Weavers, speeders, and tailgaters do this here on a daily basis. They are out of control.
It doesn't matter. You are impeding the flow of traffic. It is not your place to decide how fast anyone else gets to drive.

You do that stunt in Germany - where people actually do know how to drive as opposed to merely moving a car from one place to another - and you are the one getting the ticket no matter what the speed limit is and how fast they are driving.

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