A wee rainstorm together with a few seconds of tiny hail pips totally caused gridlock at the office as world+dog tried to get home earlier. (office is situated in an office park, there’s only two exits).
Humbug.
Damned straight… apparently JUST like that.
I had no idea they had done it, I just searched to see what was up. I’m not quite as happy with my truck now.
They need to stop teasing us with the gas and give us the diesel
You errant pack of retarded, knuckle-dragging spanner-heads…
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I swear that a one-legged toddler on a tricycle would be faster than you…
{deep breath}
OK, Viking… Just relax now…
{deep breath}
Here, have a beer…
{glug glug glug}
Ah… that feels better.
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Legally, they’re in the right. The posted speed is the MAXIMUM speed limit. Sometimes I’m doing 50 in a 60 zone. I try to drive the limit, but I might miss a sign. If someone feels the need to do 80 in a 60, they’re in the wrong.
It can be frustrating, sure. Just enhance your calm. Unless you’re headed to the hospital and have a passenger bleeding to death, you don’t have to pretend it’s NASCAR.
“If you ain’t passin’, you ain’t winnin’!”
-some wannabe race car driver somewhere, probably
People scream around me all the time. They ride my bumper and pass in poor places and in bad conditions. It infuriates them that I drive the speed limit, and when they go by I wave 2 fingers rapidly front-to-back like I’m saying GO GO GO! I catch up to them at the next set of lights and almost every time they give me the finger through the rear window. I just wave back, which I’m sure increases their rage.
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Ja, I’m also one of the guys who tend to drive well below the speed limit.
Because what’s the rush? And I also tend to use less fuel, and drive more relaxed.
That depends. Over here there is actually a law that says you aren’t allowed to travel at a speed that holds other traffic up - and if you are travelling slower than the speed limit, you must pull over to let other traffic past.
Of course that law is rarely ever enforced, despite the frustration caused when someone has 10 or so cars lined up behind them. It’s far better to penalise someone travelling 5 km/h over the speed limit than someone who causes frustration
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We actually went a step further with this, as have a few other European nations. Behold, the Mandatory Minimum Speed Limit sign!
In these circumstances, unless you are prevented by standing traffic, it is an offence to drive too slow. Technically any road in the UK with a speed limit of 70 (that is, Motorways, Clearways, and Dual Carriageways - freeways and divided highways to the rest of you) also has a mandatory minimum of 30 because all vehicles that are required to use a yellow warning light are prohibited (with the exception of pre-planned convoys, which are accompanied by vehicles that flank front and rear with ABNORMAL LOAD pasted all over them).
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I’m not talking about driving too slow, I’m talking about not driving too fast.
Some of our highways also have a minimum speed. I always try to approach or exactly match the speed of the road I’m on. If it’s dangerous to follow the laws, then I’m a gigantic freaking hazard. I also come to a complete stop at all stop signs and use my signal lights to indicate my intent to change lanes or make a turn. I’m a monster.
15 years ago I got a speeding ticket and I was being passed by other traffic. That one event may have coloured my driving habits a bit where posted speeds are concerned.
Ah, I see you don’t drive a BMW then 
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I swear when you buy a BMW they must make you take a mandatory “how to drive like an a-hole” course before they hand you the keys.
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Ouch. I drove an '87 BMW 535is for a while. I loved that car. I wish I could afford a newer one, but… finances.
I do know what you mean, though. I’ve seen a lot of a-hole BMW drivers.
But my post was in response to your response to this post (is that clear enough?)
And all those things you do, I also do. In addition, if someone is following too close I slow down
I drive a Mini, which is (essentially) a cadet branch of the BMW family where they try weird stuff and see what sticks.
Anyway, relevant comment here is the turn signal control sucks. It usually responds best if I tap it the same direction to deactivate, but sometimes, especially when it’s cold, opposite direction seems to work better. But sometimes, opposite direction just inverts which set of turn signals is on.
And it’s very quiet, minimal audible ticking.
So, yes, the car itself is (partially) at fault.
I agree with driving to the conditions.
I do not agree with some spaztard driving at 20 under the limit when there is no reason to. (Eg: on a freeway where there are no other cars on the road, good conditions, etc, etc.)
Funny you should mention. A (young, P2-licenced) mate of mine has just lobbed in Melbourne to pick up some things, and he says other motorists tend to drive much slower than the posted limit.
I told him that is because Vicroads is very strict on what is and is not speeding so nobody wants to take any chances.
To two idiots on the road today: There is no reason to be going 55+ mph in a 40 mph zone. Now two old people are seriously injured, (a helicopter was called), your car and theirs are totaled, and the road is going to be closed for the next several hours.
On a personal note, I got to spend some time shaking because the crash happened in front of me, and now I’m exhausted and just want to go to sleep since the adrenaline has worn off. Don’t drive like an a$$h0l3!
Edit: This is the third accident I’ve witnessed in the last month and a half. That dash camera that’s been in my wishlist? I just bought it.
Traffic jam to the left. Traffic jam to the right.
Traffic jam ahead.
Then what are you doing sniffin’ mah ass, yo?
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My lane. Not your lane. No merging into the part I’m using.
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