everything old is new again

[elnutsmalljaws]

Since it is against the law to drive in the left lane if you are not passing, I wonder how many tickets are written for it. If speed limit signs must be obeyed or Roscoe P Coltrain will chase you down then why do "Keep Right Except To Pass" signs get to be ignored. I think every car should have a telephone and your liscense plate is the phone number. "Ring Ring" "Move over you pathetic blue haired %?£¥%}?%¥##%£¥^+?%, Hey look it's Geo

[Big Gills]

Yes this is one of my pet peeves. Slow drivers on the left hand lane that are driving slower than the right hand lane or wont get over when you get behind them needing to pass. We have signs up here on the highways that state that the left lane is for passing, slower traffic stay to the right. I like that rule. Then everyone is happy.Also we have a new law in effect that police are ticketing anyone caught talking or texting on cellphones. Automatic starting fine of $500 for first offence. The police are really on this. I have noticed a considerable improvement. Anyone who wants to talk or text needs to pull over and do it. God I love laws that are common sense. Just too many accidents when people talk and text. Hope this greatly reduces the needless injuries and deaths. Do you folks have this law down there?

[MrSplitshot]

If people would just PICK A SPEED and drive it, I could cope. It's the freaking morons that speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down that drive me crazy.

If the speed limit is 70 and you want to drive 65, no trouble from me...just park your ass in the right lane and maintain 65. If you happen to come up on somebody going slower than you, signal left, check mirrors, check over shoulder, change to the left lane when clear...pass the vehicle...immediately signal right, check mirrors, check over shoulder, change lanes back to the right. If you maintain your 65 speed this should be accomplished based on simple physics. Also, by doing this, if I choose to drive 80 in the left lane I can do so with minimal interruption.

I don't care how slow or fast you want to drive, just reserve the left lane for the faster of the two at any given moment. Don't camp over there. In Geo's example, I don't consider that camping....he's passing a line of cars, which means he's the faster of the two at that given time. I've got no problem with that at all.

The only exception that I see is to (1) move over into the left lane for an emergency vehicle or stranded motorist who is on the right shoulder (courtesy)....or (2) move over into the left lane when you are passing an on-ramp full of merging vehicles to help prevent an accident/bottleneck. Common courtesy, as in most areas of public existence, would handle a lot of problems. Contrary to popular belief, the world doesn't revolve around you.



Also, on Southbound I-75, there should be an ejection platform on the Ohio River Bridge that automatically sends all vehicles with Ohio license plates on to a ramp that directs them back North. On Northbound I-75, at the KY/TN border, there should be a detour that directs all vehicles with Ohio license plates to Cincinnati via North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. Both spots, along with all drivers who text/email while driving, should be patrolled and enforced via the coordinated efforts of military vehicles with bazookas on the top and attack helicopters....no warning citations, just a fireworks show.

[RoadToad]

I totally agree, Splitshot. I HATE being passed on the right, and it amazes me how some people seem to prefer doing that. Now, if someone's on the Gene Snyder doing 65 in the fast lane, and the right lane is clear, no traffic, no exits coming up, I'll sit behind them only so long, giving them a chance to do the right thing and move over, perhaps even encouraging them with a flash of the headlights, but eventually I'm going to do it. And one thing I've noticed is that when I look over at them while I'm passing there's a good chance I'll see a cell phone pasted to their ear. BUT if I'm sitting in the fast lane doing my usual 75, and maybe I forgot and didn't move over when the right lane cleared, and some fool comes up behind me doing 90, I'm moving over if I can. One time the guy behind me was just flying up the right lane, must have been going close to 100, and I moved over as soon as I saw him (he was still well behind me), and when he passed me he gave me the finger! People just don't realize how dangerous passing on the right can be. On the Autobahn, most of which has no speed limits, passing on the right will get you a BIG fine!

[HURRICANEBOB]

"everything old is new again"

My knees disagree.

You ought see the traffic patterns and driving habits on 31W between Etown and Fort Knox now that the big city drivers have gotten here that work in the new DA Human Resources Center. I feel like I'm back in Wash, DC or on the Baltimore Beltway again. Full contact, combat driving at its best.

Most of these guys swap lanes faster than I do thought patterns. Cutting in within inches of your front or back bumper is normal for them. I guess they figure if it doesn't take off the first layer of paint, it isn't considered close.

I do have to admit I get to work now far more awake than I used to. Driving to work now is an adventure.

[Fishin is life]

Does this mean I'm going to have to start wearing the shorty shorts when playing basketball now?

Talking about all this driving is one thing that makes me glad to be from small town USA

[bassin_bug]

Does this mean I'm going to have to start wearing the shorty shorts when playing basketball now?

Talking about all this driving is one thing that makes me glad to be from small town USA

Did one of us "drop the ball?" (pun intended). I can't connect what wearing shorty shorts has to do with driving in heavy traffic.

It doesn't matter about being from a small town. Sooner or later even a country boy has to go to the big city. I'm now from a small town but it's just recently. I still have to travel a lot and sometimes big cities get in my way. It's so crazy even my GPS gets confused.