And the No. 1 thing that drives motorists mad ...

The Daily Bulletin ^ | 7/17/2006 | Michelle Groh-Gordy, DriveTime

[bannie]

It is for me.

Yea, but your identity is your Cobra64!!!

[taxed2death]

"However, if there are three lanes of traffic, I drive the speed limit in the center lane with no apologies. "

Just s friendly note...in CT that center lane is the truckers "fast lane"...so you'll likely have an 80,000 pound rig millimeters off your back bumper. Guess who's gonna lose in that fight?

[Muzzle_em]

How do you feel about seat belt laws?

[freedumb2003]

A lot of fun on I-85.

Try it on the 101/405. Your remaining life will be measured in minutes.

[dirtboy]

I live in CT but ride there quite often as it pertains to my work.

So when you're not in CA, don't lane split.

[Skooz]

The speed limit is the lowest common denominator and is set for those who are too dense to drive to begin with.

It's also the law.

[Cobra64]

1) Drivers who toss cigarette butts out the window onto the road.

[bannie]

My biggest irritant is people on their cell phones. I do believe that it makes them less safe FOR THE REST OF US. People get too wrapped up in their conversations and forget the dangerous task at hand. As with drunk drivers, it's not just THEIR lives they're messing with.

I've seen it, and I'm sure most others have seen it.

[MineralMan]

"Just s friendly note...in CT that center lane is the truckers "fast lane"...so you'll likely have an 80,000 pound rig millimeters off your back bumper. Guess who's gonna lose in that fight?
"

OK. I've never been in CT. I would adapt to the conditions I found there, no doubt, as I have adapted to the conditions wherever I drive. Actually CT is one of the few states I've never driven. I'll have to make a point of it, one of these years.

[dirtboy]

I am number 5. And if someone is REALLY trying to pass me, I enjoy pulling up next to a car going EXACTLY the speed limit and putting on cruise control. Just to see how big a line of speeders I can get trapped behind me on the highway. A lot of fun on I-85.

Which is illegal in most states. If you are not passing, stay right, whether you are doing the speed limit or not.

[taxed2death]

"I am number 5. And if someone is REALLY trying to pass me, I enjoy pulling up next to a car going EXACTLY the speed limit and putting on cruise control. Just to see how big a line of speeders I can get trapped behind me on the highway. A lot of fun on I-85."


....sounds like what a Democrat would do.

[GreenAccord]

I made that exact argument earlier. Seems The Cobra owner and I agree on this one...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1667191/posts?q=1&&page=1#221

[Cobra64]

In the hilly area we live in there are often third lanes that open up on the right for slow traffic (read:trucks) going uphill. What really annoys me is the people who use the slow lane for uphill to pass you in when you're already going over the speed limit.

Your logic says that YOU get to establish the speed over the limit that is acceptable to everyone else.

Speed limit is 50.

You are driving 60.

I want to drive 70.

Conclusion, I piss you off because I am exceeding your speed. How about the others that are driving 50? Hmmm?

[MineralMan]

"Try it on the 101/405. Your remaining life will be measured in minutes."

Huh? I thought the speed limit on those two freeways was about 15 mph. That always seems to be the speed when I'm on them, running from LAX up to Ventura County. I hate those two freeways more than any roads I've ever been on in my life, and have driven both hundreds of times.

I used to drive from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and back in the same day about six times a year. I always tried to time my passage so I avoided the LAX to Ventura County line during the worst of rush hour.

TIP to all travellers going to California: Mark those two freeways on your map and avoid them whenever possible.

[relictele]

Unlike the speeders and those who disregard the traffic laws? Uh huh.

Please don't tell us you think the speed limt is a failsafe, always-reasonable-and-accurate figure. Please DO tell us you're familiar with the 85th percentile concept. If you think everyone driving the 'safe' speed limit would create a traffic panacea, please have a look at this (unless you've seen it already):

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5366552067462745475&q=

[Smogger]

I am number 5. And if someone is REALLY trying to pass me, I enjoy pulling up next to a car going EXACTLY the speed limit and putting on cruise control. Just to see how big a line of speeders I can get trapped behind me on the highway. A lot of fun on I-85.

In California people are shot at on the freeway for just such behaviour so often, that it barely makes the news.

[Cobra64]

Skooz is undoubdtedly a Volvo driver who set the rev limiter to 1,200 rpm.

[mysterio]

How do you feel about seat belt laws?

Nanny state idiocy with the goal of revenue enhancement for government and insurance companies.

[EndWelfareToday]

I am number 5. And if someone is REALLY trying to pass me, I enjoy pulling up next to a car going EXACTLY the speed limit and putting on cruise control. Just to see how big a line of speeders I can get trapped behind me on the highway. A lot of fun on I-85.

In my opinion jerks like this should be the ones ticketed. Not the speeders or those that yank such vermin from their cars to pound their heads in. But then... This is just my opinion.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

People get too wrapped up in their conversations and forget the dangerous task at hand.

Yeah, I often see middle-aged women drivers who don't need their phones for that!! ;)