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"Left Lane Drivers Unite!" - LEFT LANE DRIVERS of AMERICA
LeftLaneDrivers.org ^ | 2007 | LeftLaneDrivers.org

Posted on 05/15/2007 12:01:24 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

LEFT LANE DRIVERS of AMERICA

“If you’re not a Left Lane Driver then get out of the Left Lane!”

Traffic has become increasingly congested and tempers flare as slower drivers occupy what has been historically referred to as the “fast lane”. It’s time to get that Left Lane back! It is our considered opinion that not only will traffic move more smoothly and more quickly once the Left Lane is used in the way it has been designed but also headaches, frustration, bad tempers and road rage will all be greatly reduced when this pressure valve is released. It’s time to reduce this unnecessary stress. It’s time that… LEFT LANE DRIVERS UNITE!

We invite you to join Left Lane Drivers of America, a growing, grassroots effort to reclaim the Left Lanes on our freeways and multiple lane highways. To do this, those of us who are genuine “Left Lane drivers” are politely but firmly reminding others what the Left Lane is for.

(Excerpt) Read more at leftlanedrivers.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cars; commute; disobeythelaw; driver; fastlane; freeway; highway; ignorespeedlimit; ignoretrafficlaws; imbeciles; lawsnotforyou; leftlane; roadrage; speed; traffic
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To: GingisK
You cannot win your case. This is just fact.

What case? Allow me to repeat: You flatly asserted that it was impossible (due to some nonsense about drag) for billbears' car to get better mileage at 70 than at 55. I indicated that my car gets substantially better gas mileage at 70 than it does at 55. No one was talking about higher speeds until you shifted context and threw up the straw-man. Your original assertion was demonstrably wrong. You can't make it right by claiming to have made some other argument.

321 posted on 05/15/2007 7:26:21 PM PDT by NCSteve (Trying to take something off the Internet is like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.)
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To: FreedomPoster

He’s also probably never thought about the fact that his kind of behavior has possibly resulted in a number of deaths, ruined lives, and other disasters.


322 posted on 05/15/2007 7:29:22 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: wideminded

If I am doing the speed limit (or better) on a one lane I see little reason to pull off the road to allow non-emergency traffic to pass;if I am in the left-most lane of a freeway,it is likely I have just passed a slow semi or am planning on one of those rare left-hand exits.Generally I drive in the middle lane .Still NOTHING annoys me while driving. like those supercharged egos with their leftist slogan flashing their headlights as though they are really important.AS a long time commuter and driver on winding rural roads and having once done road patrol,I realize the posted speed limits are basically worst condition maximums.Generally 5 to 10 mph over the posted speeds won’t get much attention;but when then posted limit is 65,average traffic is 75 and some idiot roars through at 90 ,often passing first on one side,then the other, I certainly hope he or she very soon is handed a speeding citation.No matter how high you set the limits,some will claim they can safely exceeed those limits.There limits to human reaction time in case of disabled vehicles,animals, and debris in the road.Every mph more speed reduces the available time to avoid a collision.


323 posted on 05/15/2007 7:32:10 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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To: NCSteve
You flatly asserted that it was impossible (due to some nonsense about drag) for billbears' car to get better mileage at 70 than at 55.

For most people's cars, this would be the case. I wasn't thinking in terms of THAT type of car. Once his case was clarified, I can clarify my case. The facts still are: air drag will increase fuel consumption regardless of the car. The affects of drag are greatly affected by the shape of the car, which I wasn't initially considering. The type of engine will affect the parameters for which the mechanics has been optimized.

Velocity is limited by air drag. There is a top end to every car. This is caused almost entirely by air drag. Do you wish to argue against that?

As the velocity of the car approaches its top end, its MPG will degrade rather quickly. Do you wish to dispute that?

324 posted on 05/15/2007 7:32:58 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: NCSteve
Another handy reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics)

My case is and always will be, you won't get the best milage at high speeds. Sure, some cars do better than others. Sure, some cars are optimized for for higher speeds. Speed will eventually degrade MPG, regardless of the type of car. Physics is still physics.

325 posted on 05/15/2007 7:36:16 PM PDT by GingisK
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Sometimes I think about the one thing I'd like to do if there's ever the opportunity (post apocalytic event or something): drive from Kansas City to Denver in under four hours. That is, actually be able to drive a car built for the autobahn the way it was meant to be driven: fast. I can dream, can't I?

If you've ever driven across Kansas on I-70, you might realize that speed might just not be quite as dangerous as boredom...

And in the spirit of this thread, just remember one of the rules that makes the autobahn so safe, despite the speeds:

Rechtsfahren!

326 posted on 05/15/2007 7:44:44 PM PDT by Meglos
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To: NCSteve

It wasn’t billbear’s car, it was mine.


327 posted on 05/15/2007 7:48:42 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: NCSteve
You can't make it right by claiming to have made some other argument.

By the way. You must be a youngster. It is entirely permissible to refine one's stance in an argument as the discourse develops. It layman's terms, this is called a conversation. This two-way process allows a continuing exchange of ideas that can eventually lead to an accurate and thorough understanding of the viewpoints maintained by the parties in the conversation. This technique is frequently used in all sorts of human endeavors. The educational process often uses this approach. Engineering processes use this approach. Politics should use this approach, but the way people now practice conversation in this country has all but eliminated practical debate.

328 posted on 05/15/2007 7:51:01 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: hoosierham

Are you psychic that you can tell which vehicles are just speeding and which are private vehicles with a legitimate need to exceed the speed limit?

Someone like you is why my friend never got to say goodbye to his wife and child after they were in a traffic accident. They refused to yield, and he got there two minutes too late to say goodbye. I hope you’re happy with your little speed-nazidom. Because of you and people like you, my friend shot himself two weeks later from grief.

I wish you joy of your fascism. May you rot in hell.


329 posted on 05/15/2007 7:52:11 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

flash lights and ride his butt


330 posted on 05/15/2007 7:52:39 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 Positive carbon emitter)
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To: FreedomPoster
You have serious passive-aggressive issues. You should get help.

Yeah, I know. But I like being the way I am. My provocations are usually harmless. And they usually begin when someone follows way too close and honks. So I pay them back. But I act like a "clueless driver", eyes straight ahead, going slow, overly focused. Little do they know that I am intentionally driving them crazy. It can be fun. Try it!

331 posted on 05/15/2007 7:57:23 PM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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To: ExtremeUnction

I said this to hoosierham, and now I’ll say it to you.

Someone like you is why my friend never got to say goodbye to his wife and child after they were in a traffic accident. They refused to yield, and he got there two minutes too late to say goodbye. I hope you’re happy with your little speed-nazidom. Because of you and people like you, my friend shot himself two weeks later from grief.

I wish you joy of your fascism. May you rot in hell.


332 posted on 05/15/2007 8:00:43 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
As a defense the slow left-laner stubbornly refuses to submit, mumbling autistically to himself that he, by god, has a right to drive 55 mph in the left lane if he wants to.

I do it on purpose, with great deliberation. I know that I don't have a right to go 55, I have a REASON to go 55. And that is to piss off the person behind me.

333 posted on 05/15/2007 8:03:53 PM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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To: decal

Big time. There’s nothing worse than having to merge into interstate traffic at 40 MPH because the clown right in front of you won’t go any faster, so you’re just stuck. It is downright dangerous and that’s when I’m doing my best to not reach the road-rage point. Some people just have no business driving on the interstate and should stick to back-roads or public transportation.


334 posted on 05/15/2007 8:12:13 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Bad spellers of the world untie!!)
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To: Cobra64
listenhillary wrote: "You have a very nice car, but you don’t enjoy it. You have to get from here to there so you can get out of the car as fast as possible.

It doesn’t make much sense.

*Snort*. I've driven a Cobra before... it makes *perfect* sense. That ain't a Miata or a luxury sedan, it's a street-legal race car. Experiencing it is less "driving" and more "launch and recovery".

Yeah, I'm sure you don't enjoy the Cobra - much. (rolls eyes)

335 posted on 05/15/2007 8:27:27 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Spktyr

I agree with you and offer my condolences on the loss of your friend and his family.

I think it would be very rare to find a driver who has not exceeded the posted speed limit at one time or another. I would like to think that those who are going a bit faster than I am, are doing so for a reason. I know that has been the case for me. Reasons for speeding can be as simple as needing to get to the bathroom, or as urgent as getting to an emergency room.

I have no way of knowing who is just speeding to speed or who is speeding out of necessity, so whenever possible, I get out of their way.


336 posted on 05/15/2007 9:48:36 PM PDT by Sergio (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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To: All
This thread brings up two thoughts.

First, there are more fatalities on the road than air transportation. I wonder if this is so because the licensing, medical requirements, and renewal standards for flying are much more stringent than driving. Perhaps meeting a much tougher standard before being allowed to drive and to continue to drive would alleviate much of the tragedies we see on the road.

Second, I wonder if removing speedometers from cars would make a difference. Without the reference of the speedometer, I would think that folks would drive at their “comfort” speed rather than at a preconceived “this is the speed that I should be driving” speed, which may be higher than the drivers abilities.

Hey, my opinions are free and are worth every penny.

337 posted on 05/15/2007 9:59:45 PM PDT by Sergio (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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To: Spktyr

Thanks, you more than said it, for me.


338 posted on 05/15/2007 11:46:39 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: SoldierDad
I’m not in that much of a hurry, sorry

If you're not in that much of a hurry, take a different road and stay out of the left lane there too. It is inconsiderate and selfish to detain drivers who have places to go, people to see and things to do.

339 posted on 05/16/2007 12:32:26 AM PDT by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: ExtremeUnction
But I act like a "clueless driver",

You are not acting.

340 posted on 05/16/2007 3:58:30 AM PDT by doodad
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