Vigilante Slow Driving in Fast Lane

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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Inner Hulk wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:

Whywould you risk your life to impede traffic? Driving slow in the fast lane does not make things safer!

Because I have to turn LEFT off of a 4 lane road. But before I can do that, I have to be in the passing lane, then merge into the left turn lane.

This inconveniences people who want to fly in the passing lane? Tough. Vote for a different road.

Impatient to turn and feel the urge to cut around in line? Nope. Learn some manners, as alien a concept as that is.

There’s no problem with you sitting in the left lane for a couple blocks to make sure you get your turn. But what’s the point of speeding up when someone tries to pass you to get the left turn first? What’s the point of that besides being a complete and utter douche bag? There’s absolutely no reason for it.

You’re like the dickhead at Wal Mart who parks his cart on the right side of the aisle and then stands to the left of the cart. Basically blocking anyone from getting through while you stare at the intriguing assortment of tooth paste.

If you were in line at the movie theatre to buy tickets and the guy behind you darted around you to get to the ticket window first, then you’d simply smile and nod? Yeah, right…

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I would nominate you for providing T-Nation with the worst comparison ever.

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[quote]swivel wrote:

the most important thing is to drive safely. cops want to see traffic moving. they don’t want clogged lanes, they don’t want tailgating and people passing on the right cause that’s what makes people dead. traffic flow and safety is much more important than the literal “speed limit”. this is why you can drive by cops on a friday morning commute in good weather @ 80 mph. the reason you would get a ticket for driving slow in the passing lane is because, in the judgement of that officer, your driving is fucking up highway flow over a 20mile stretch and is ultimately more dangerous than someone doing 10 or 15 over who might get pulled over but probably only get a warning if they were “speeding safely” and didn’t have too much of a record.[/quote]

I understand your point, but if you carry your argument to its logical conclusion you’ll see it’s not correct…let’s say the speed limit is 35 which it is on the road I am talking about…if suddenly everone started driving 150 mph down this road do you think the police would smile and be happy that traffic was moving?

Also, I’ve gotten tickets when I’m doing 90 mph even though everyone on the highway was also doing 90 mph so the argument doesn’t stand up to real world testing.

There’s a reason there is a big sign on every road telling you how fast you can go…it’s not to tell you the slowest you can go…it’s the fastest you’re legally allowed to go…sometime ago cars got safer and faster and can now go much fast than they could when speed limits were developed, but the speed limit is still the speed limit…

if you want to drive 300 mph on the highway, I will gladly, quickly and courteously get out of your way and not worry one bit about you…my problem is when I’m driving on a small road and the road is constantly shifting from 1 lane to 2 lanes every mile or so…

if you stay in the left lane (what is commonly called the passing lane) you don’t have to merge as it is the right lane that dissapears…so…I “sit” in the left hand lane doing 5 miles OVER the speed limit…maybe I wasn’t clear about this in my OP…

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[quote]sen say wrote:

I understand your point, but if you carry your argument to its logical conclusion you’ll see it’s not correct…let’s say the speed limit is 35 which it is on the road I am talking about…if suddenly everone started driving 150 mph down this road do you think the police would smile and be happy that traffic was moving?[/quote]

135 in a 35 is “logical conclusion” ? and logic doesn’t really apply here anyway; you’ll get a lot more shit from cops for doing 50 in a 2 lane 35 than you will doing 80 in a 4 lane 65. they’re both 15 over the limit, but 50 in a 35 is way more reckless. [quote]

Also, I’ve gotten tickets when I’m doing 90 mph even though everyone on the highway was also doing 90 mph so the argument doesn’t stand up to real world testing.[/quote]

being the one car pulled over isn’t raising any flags about your driving ? think about it dude. you’ve started this thread by describing how you drive. nearly every responder has called you a dangerous driver. now you admit that you’re the one fish getting hauled out of a 90 mph sea and you don’t think that maybe, just maybe, it’s because you present yourself as a dangerous driver? that others, although doing 90, are still following rules of order and predictability and present themselves as “safe speeders” ? that there’s really no difference between you and them because you’re merely traveling @ the same speed ? you still think it’s only about what the sign says ?

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[quote]swivel wrote:
sen say wrote:

I understand your point, but if you carry your argument to its logical conclusion you’ll see it’s not correct…let’s say the speed limit is 35 which it is on the road I am talking about…if suddenly everone started driving 150 mph down this road do you think the police would smile and be happy that traffic was moving?

135 in a 35 is “logical conclusion” ? and logic doesn’t really apply here anyway; you’ll get a lot more shit from cops for doing 50 in a 2 lane 35 than you will doing 80 in a 4 lane 65. they’re both 15 over the limit, but 50 in a 35 is way more reckless.

Also, I’ve gotten tickets when I’m doing 90 mph even though everyone on the highway was also doing 90 mph so the argument doesn’t stand up to real world testing.

being the one car pulled over isn’t raising any flags about your driving ? think about it dude. you’ve started this thread by describing how you drive. nearly every responder has called you a dangerous driver. now you admit that you’re the one fish getting hauled out of a 90 mph sea and you don’t think that maybe, just maybe, it’s because you present yourself as a dangerous driver? that others, although doing 90, are still following rules of order and predictability and present themselves as “safe speeders” ? that there’s really no difference between you and them because you’re merely traveling @ the same speed ? you still think it’s only about what the sign says ?

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I think it may be a percentage type philosophy. Even though the ticket may not say so.

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[quote]swivel wrote:

being the one car pulled over isn’t raising any flags about your driving ? think about it dude. you’ve started this thread by describing how you drive. nearly every responder has called you a dangerous driver. now you admit that you’re the one fish getting hauled out of a 90 mph sea and you don’t think that maybe, just maybe, it’s because you present yourself as a dangerous driver? that others, although doing 90, are still following rules of order and predictability and present themselves as “safe speeders” ? that there’s really no difference between you and them because you’re merely traveling @ the same speed ? you still think it’s only about what the sign says ?

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I was up on two wheels at the time…hadn’t thought about that…thanks for opening my eyes.

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[quote]sen say wrote:

I was up on two wheels at the time…hadn’t thought about that…thanks for opening my eyes.[/quote]

ok that made me laugh… are you joey chitwood ?

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[quote]swivel wrote:
are you joey chitwood ?[/quote]

Colt Seavers.

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To the OP, I hate people like you. What you are doing is dangerous and illegal.

Sportsmanlike driving requires proper lane use. When you block the passing lane it forces people who want to pass to zig zag around traffic in the slow lanes.

The jockying for position that I have experienced behind various left lane bandits has nearly wrecked me on the freeway several times. I feel very lucky to be alive.

How can you be so clueless to the mayhem and anarchy that builds up behind you? Surely you have seen another of your ilk force other drivers to do some really dangerous moves in order to get around them. Do you do this to derive a sense of power?

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[quote]sen say wrote:
swivel wrote:
are you joey chitwood ?

Colt Seavers.[/quote]

no way…the unknown stuntman ?

dude did you ever bag heather thomas or what ?

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[quote]Sifu wrote:
To the OP, I hate people like you. What you are doing is dangerous and illegal.

Sportsmanlike driving requires proper lane use. When you block the passing lane it forces people who want to pass to zig zag around traffic in the slow lanes.

The jockying for position that I have experienced behind various left lane bandits has nearly wrecked me on the freeway several times. I feel very lucky to be alive.

How can you be so clueless to the mayhem and anarchy that builds up behind you? Surely you have seen another of your ilk force other drivers to do some really dangerous moves in order to get around them. Do you do this to derive a sense of power?

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Dude, it’s all passive/aggressive hysterical behavior. Left lanes riders, the guys that speed up to try to cut you off, the guys that try to block someone coming down the shoulder - all of them, every single one of them are E-men (Estrogen Men). They act like the highway is one big line they are waiting in and that everyone behind them has to stay behind THEM. They are also usually the type of people that do things in their cars they would never do in person. It’s dysfunctional, irrational behavior at its worst and E-man behavior at its best.

Apparently, a few more E-men have been exposed by this thread. Waaah waaah waaah, “who are you to want to go faster than me”…waaah waaah waaah, “your time isn’t more important than mine”, waaah waah waah "I’m already going 10 mph over the speed limit, waaah waaah waah “of all the old ladies, old men and out of shape middle aged men I’ve confronted, not one was late for an appointment or the airport”, waaah waaah waaah, “I always maneuver my car enough into the shoulder so they can’t pass, then I get out and confront the person after I’ve sized them up and I’m sure I can handle them, and give them a good piece of my mind”.

I trust all you E-men can find high heels and dresses in your size.

A T-man, if such a creature truly exists, realizes that he is not the center of the universe, that if someone behind him wants to pass, that simply YIELDING and letting them pass is, at the end of the minute, hour and day, no sweat off your back and is the POLITE thing (and the LAWFUL thing) to do - unless of course they are riding down your bumper in the RIGHT lane. If someone is trying to negotiate the shoulder in jammed traffic, for whatever reason, unless you choose to do likewise, their actions don’t affect your outcome - mind your own damn business should be the FIRST GOLDEN RULE.

When you start insisting and obstructing people walking in the mall or other public place from moving faster than, or around you, then you have earned the right to act in a similiar irrational manner while behind the wheel of a car.

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On residential roads, I drive no more than 10 MPH over the speed limit. It bothers me when people do more. I live in a suburban area, with plenty of kids, and it isnt so unusual to have a kid run out onto the street. Theres not too much of a significant difference between driving around town at 5-10mph over, or 15-20mph over.

As for the highway, I drive anywhere between 15-25 over. People on long island usually drive 10-15 over, so I dont think it’s all that bad.

When I see someone being a retard on the highway, whether it be driving absurdly slow in the slow lane, talking on the phone, or eating a sandwich, I usually signal to them to pull over because their tire looks flat. George Carlin taught me that.

As for the HID headlights, what the fuck is everyone complaining about? I’ve got an acura TL and I’ve driven behind plenty of friends or family at night with my lights on and no one’s complained. I do understand though, when an escalade pulls up behind you, and their headlights are at eye level with you sitting at your seat, then their bright. It’d still be as big of a pain in the ass if their normal non-HID lights were shining right into your rear view.

I didnt get my car because I liked the HID lights, but now that I’ve driven with them at night, they’re fucking phenomenal. I wouldnt go back to normal output lights.

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[quote]swivel wrote:

dude did you ever bag heather thomas or what ?

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In my outdoor bathtub, while smokin’ a cigar !

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

Dude, it’s all passive/aggressive hysterical behavior. Left lanes riders, the guys that speed up to try to cut you off, the guys that try to block someone coming down the shoulder - all of them, every single one of them are E-men (Estrogen Men). They act like the highway is one big line they are waiting in and that everyone behind them has to stay behind THEM. They are also usually the type of people that do things in their cars they would never do in person. It’s dysfunctional, irrational behavior at its worst and E-man behavior at its best.

Apparently, a few more E-men have been exposed by this thread. Waaah waaah waaah, “who are you to want to go faster than me”…waaah waaah waaah, “your time isn’t more important than mine”, waaah waah waah "I’m already going 10 mph over the speed limit, waaah waaah waah “of all the old ladies, old men and out of shape middle aged men I’ve confronted, not one was late for an appointment or the airport”, waaah waaah waaah, “I always maneuver my car enough into the shoulder so they can’t pass, then I get out and confront the person after I’ve sized them up and I’m sure I can handle them, and give them a good piece of my mind”.

I trust all you E-men can find high heels and dresses in your size.

A T-man, if such a creature truly exists, realizes that he is not the center of the universe, that if someone behind him wants to pass, that simply YIELDING and letting them pass is, at the end of the minute, hour and day, no sweat off your back and is the POLITE thing (and the LAWFUL thing) to do - unless of course they are riding down your bumper in the RIGHT lane. If someone is trying to negotiate the shoulder in jammed traffic, for whatever reason, unless you choose to do likewise, their actions don’t affect your outcome - mind your own damn business should be the FIRST GOLDEN RULE.

When you start insisting and obstructing people walking in the mall or other public place from moving faster than, or around you, then you have earned the right to act in a similiar irrational manner while behind the wheel of a car.

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This isn’t even good trolling. Stupidest post ever…
Go drive off a cliff.

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[quote]sen say wrote:
Inner Hulk wrote:
If you’re not passing or going fast in the FAST LANE, get out of it. What you’re doing could only be problematic.

Inbred speed freaks? Ok grandma, just because you’re uncomfortable and unsure of your driving ability at a faster speed doesn’t mean everyone else is.

Doesn’t the FAST LANE have to adhere to the legal speed limit also ?

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No, if they want to speed and risk a speeding ticket, that’s their choice.

You’ve never sped? It’s called the “Fast Lane”, obviously speeding is a semi acceptable part of driving.

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[quote]sen say wrote:
Lately I set my cruise control at 5 miles over the speed limit and cruise along in the fast lane. I won’t do this on 95 or any other major highway, but my daily commute consists of roads where the speed limit fluctuates between 25 and 40…I know the fast lane is intended for passing only…but with people consistently flying down the road at a hundred miles per hour no matter what lane they’re in…I just kinda started doing this in response one day.

When I’m on 95 or another highway I’ll sit in the slow lane and put the cruise control at 50. This way I never get upset that someone’s going too slow.

I know what I’m doing is kinda edgy…what do you guys (and broads) think? Anyone else taken it upon themselves to slow down the inbred speed freaks out there?[/quote]

Somehow I just caught wind of this thread and can’t believe everyone took this so seriously. First, the title is hilariious. “Vigilante”?

Then, he says “I know what I’m doing is kinda edgy…” No one saw the comedic genius in this?

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[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
sen say wrote:
Lately I set my cruise control at 5 miles over the speed limit and cruise along in the fast lane. I won’t do this on 95 or any other major highway, but my daily commute consists of roads where the speed limit fluctuates between 25 and 40…I know the fast lane is intended for passing only…but with people consistently flying down the road at a hundred miles per hour no matter what lane they’re in…I just kinda started doing this in response one day.

When I’m on 95 or another highway I’ll sit in the slow lane and put the cruise control at 50. This way I never get upset that someone’s going too slow.

I know what I’m doing is kinda edgy…what do you guys (and broads) think? Anyone else taken it upon themselves to slow down the inbred speed freaks out there?

Somehow I just caught wind of this thread and can’t believe everyone took this so seriously. First, the title is hilariious. “Vigilante”?

Then, he says “I know what I’m doing is kinda edgy…” No one saw the comedic genius in this?[/quote]

The whole thread after the op is ,unfortunately, a monument to sense of humour failure…

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[quote]Inner Hulk wrote:

No, if they want to speed and risk a speeding ticket, that’s their choice.

You’ve never sped? It’s called the “Fast Lane”, obviously speeding is a semi acceptable part of driving.[/quote]

If they want to speed and risk a speeding ticket that makes it so they don’t have to adhere? That’s like saying if they want to rape and risk getting an STD…I mean arrested…jesus…it’s either against the law or it isn’t.

Whether or not I’ve sped is beside the point…I saw the error of my ways.

It’s called the “fast lane” because when the highway system was developed in 1930 to get us out of the Great Depression (dumbest idea ever) most cars couldn’t go the Speed Limit. SO…there was a reason to have the Fast Lane. Now the cars can all exceed even the highest speed limit, so the Fast Lane has become all lanes and with all the NASCAR dopes out there and the Fast and the Furious movies and that dopey Speed Racer movie (No offense to my pal SpeedRacer or to the original show) fans, it’s no longer a roadway, but a deathway !!

Speeding is an acceptable part of driving ? That’s like saying date rape is an acceptable part of dating. It’s the same principle…when dating was developed back in 1930 (to get people’s minds off how damn poor they were) girls were prim and proper and wouldn’t bang just any stooge…nowadays with tramp stamps and Nickolodeon and Disney encouraging girls to enter stage left with their legs spread and birth babies when they’re 16…any guy can bang any dame out there (especially if they’re over 6’6")…no wonder Society is going to aitch eee double hockey sticks !

“You Can Drive 55”

-Sen van Hagar-

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Isn’t it called the ‘fast lane’ because it’s populated exclusively by smokin’ hot women of questionable moral fibre??

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[quote]sen say wrote:
Inner Hulk wrote:

No, if they want to speed and risk a speeding ticket, that’s their choice.

You’ve never sped? It’s called the “Fast Lane”, obviously speeding is a semi acceptable part of driving.

If they want to speed and risk a speeding ticket that makes it so they don’t have to adhere? That’s like saying if they want to rape and risk getting an STD…I mean arrested…jesus…it’s either against the law or it isn’t.

Whether or not I’ve sped is beside the point…I saw the error of my ways.

It’s called the “fast lane” because when the highway system was developed in 1930 to get us out of the Great Depression (dumbest idea ever) most cars couldn’t go the Speed Limit. SO…there was a reason to have the Fast Lane. Now the cars can all exceed even the highest speed limit, so the Fast Lane has become all lanes and with all the NASCAR dopes out there and the Fast and the Furious movies and that dopey Speed Racer movie (No offense to my pal SpeedRacer or to the original show) fans, it’s no longer a roadway, but a deathway !!

Speeding is an acceptable part of driving ? That’s like saying date rape is an acceptable part of dating. It’s the same principle…when dating was developed back in 1930 (to get people’s minds off how damn poor they were) girls were prim and proper and wouldn’t bang just any stooge…nowadays with tramp stamps and Nickolodeon and Disney encouraging girls to enter stage left with their legs spread and birth babies when they’re 16…any guy can bang any dame out there (especially if they’re over 6’6")…no wonder Society is going to aitch eee double hockey sticks !

“You Can Drive 55”

-Sen van Hagar-[/quote]

#1. I can’t believe you just made a comparison of speeding with rape.

#2. Society has always been shit. Prostitution, promiscuity, rape, murder, violence, and every other terrible thing you can imagine has played a huge whole in society since its inception. Society’s morals and ethics as a whole have always been nothing more than a guise. There was never this often reminisced and fabricated Golden Era of man where most everyone walked around with a fucking halo above their heads… Whenever I hear someone say “Nowdays people…” or “When I was younger…” BULLSHIT. Nothing’s changed, only your perspective.

And you admit you’ve sped in the past, and you probably still do. So you’re endangering others lives with your methods and you’re a hypocrite. Way to go chief.

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[quote]Neuromancer wrote:
Isn’t it called the ‘fast lane’ because it’s populated exclusively by smokin’ hot women of questionable moral fibre??

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