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> Given the choice between delaying the onset of a pass for 5 seconds to
> allow faster traffic to go by and beginning the pass immediately even > though it will delay the other vehicles by 30 - 60 seconds, MFFY > chooses the immediate pass every time. An Induhvidual in an SUV cut in front of me as I was properly passing a slow line of traffic. Instead of waiting a few seconds for me to complete my pass and return to the right lane, the MFFYer drifted into the left lane and forced me to brake. After passing the slow vehicle in the front of the line, the MFFYer refused to return to the right lane. With a line of traffic building up behind me, I cut off the LLB and returned to the right lane. The MFFYer then ran the red light at the next intersection without even speeding up. This left all the drivers behind the LLB, who would have ordinarily made it through the traffic light on green, stuck at the intersection. MFFY! |
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In a previous posting, "Harry K" > had
the audacity to say: :Having been in all 50 states (cheated by driving through a corner of a :few of them) Wow, that's impressive. I guess being an American always helps one achieve that end, though. :} I have only 6 under my belt thus far, and I "cheated" WA by *walking* into its extreme northwest corner (customs were pretty much fast asleep at the time - US customs that is . :I have never seen a sign saying anything other than KRET r Slower Traffic Keep right or the like. Have never seen one that :references the SL in any way. Indeed. Occasionally, however, they boo-boo and put a STKR and speed limit sign together in the same place (usually, this is avoided, lending further credence to the notion of keep-right and speed limit laws being separate and not interdependent). But that is rare; the only such place I can definitively think of offhand is [under] an overpass in North Vancouver where a STKR sign is placed on one pillar (the left, I think), and a 90 kph sign is placed on the other pillar. -- E.R. aka SJG aka Ricardo present location: vancouver bc canada |
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In a previous posting, "Harry K" > had
the audacity to say: :Having been in all 50 states (cheated by driving through a corner of a :few of them) Wow, that's impressive. I guess being an American always helps one achieve that end, though. :} I have only 6 under my belt thus far, and I "cheated" WA by *walking* into its extreme northwest corner (customs were pretty much fast asleep at the time - US customs that is . :I have never seen a sign saying anything other than KRET r Slower Traffic Keep right or the like. Have never seen one that :references the SL in any way. Indeed. Occasionally, however, they boo-boo and put a STKR and speed limit sign together in the same place (usually, this is avoided, lending further credence to the notion of keep-right and speed limit laws being separate and not interdependent). But that is rare; the only such place I can definitively think of offhand is [under] an overpass in North Vancouver where a STKR sign is placed on one pillar (the left, I think), and a 90 kph sign is placed on the other pillar. -- E.R. aka SJG aka Ricardo present location: vancouver bc canada |
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50 is not all that impressive, just an odd idea I had to do it. Memory
begins to fade but I don't recall actually -driving- in Hawaii, just being there. Alaska would also sorta be a cheat as I only drove a crew bus out on the Aleutian chain before Alaska became a state. Collected all the NE states on a trip (Syracuse-Syacuse) just to collect them while running up the miles on my new 62 Volvo 122s. Harry K |
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50 is not all that impressive, just an odd idea I had to do it. Memory
begins to fade but I don't recall actually -driving- in Hawaii, just being there. Alaska would also sorta be a cheat as I only drove a crew bus out on the Aleutian chain before Alaska became a state. Collected all the NE states on a trip (Syracuse-Syacuse) just to collect them while running up the miles on my new 62 Volvo 122s. Harry K |
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John David Galt wrote: > > Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote: > > With all this discussion of Me First/F**k You (MFFY), it's time to admit the > > fundamental problem leading to MFFY: speeding. > > Pure bull****. > > The fundamental problem leading to MFFY is the refusal of idiots like you > and "Judy" to KRETP, so that each driver can choose his own comfortable > speed rather than be held back by you. > > Just because you've temporarily succeeded in creating one of these blocks > does not mean that you're "keeping up with the flow of traffic". The flow > of traffic is determined by what the majority wants to do, and they want > to pass you. Therefore you must let them. Only the worst kind of MFFY > asshole could fail to figure that out or refuse to accept it. Well I just spent Monday driving from Pompano Beach Florida to Raleigh, NC. Most of the trip was on I-95. All I can say is, I can't really blame LLBers. I cannot tell you how many times during the trip I was pressured while passing by some ass, who as soon as I completed my pass, either pulled into the right lane behind me and just sat on my bumper, or who pulled ahead of me and then pulled in front of me and slowed down. By the time I got home I was thinking seriously about checking into a mental health clinic. I passed one guy 5 times while driving through Georgia and South Carolina. He'd come flying by me locked onto the bumper of a faster car. Sooner or later would loose the draft and fall back to a much lower speed. As soon as I repassed him, he would lock onto my bumper and draft me until somebody faster came along. And he did not just follow me and match my speed at a reasonable distance - he would ride my ass. When I pulled over to he right, so did he. If I moved to the left to pass, so did he. This happened over and over. If I had not stopped for gas, he might have followed me home. And just in case you think I some old fart gumming up the left lane, I averaged 68 mph including 51 minutes of stopped time (according to my GPS). My actual driving average was above the speed limit. I don't LLB, but I do think I have a right to pass slower traffic. I don't appreciate people riding my ass while I am completing a pass in a legitimate manner. If you don't think this happens, then you've never driven I-95. I have sympathy for drivers who get tired of all the Interstate BS and just take to the left lane and drive their chosen speed. Why should they be courteous when so many other aren't. Regards, Ed White |
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John David Galt wrote: > > Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote: > > With all this discussion of Me First/F**k You (MFFY), it's time to admit the > > fundamental problem leading to MFFY: speeding. > > Pure bull****. > > The fundamental problem leading to MFFY is the refusal of idiots like you > and "Judy" to KRETP, so that each driver can choose his own comfortable > speed rather than be held back by you. > > Just because you've temporarily succeeded in creating one of these blocks > does not mean that you're "keeping up with the flow of traffic". The flow > of traffic is determined by what the majority wants to do, and they want > to pass you. Therefore you must let them. Only the worst kind of MFFY > asshole could fail to figure that out or refuse to accept it. Well I just spent Monday driving from Pompano Beach Florida to Raleigh, NC. Most of the trip was on I-95. All I can say is, I can't really blame LLBers. I cannot tell you how many times during the trip I was pressured while passing by some ass, who as soon as I completed my pass, either pulled into the right lane behind me and just sat on my bumper, or who pulled ahead of me and then pulled in front of me and slowed down. By the time I got home I was thinking seriously about checking into a mental health clinic. I passed one guy 5 times while driving through Georgia and South Carolina. He'd come flying by me locked onto the bumper of a faster car. Sooner or later would loose the draft and fall back to a much lower speed. As soon as I repassed him, he would lock onto my bumper and draft me until somebody faster came along. And he did not just follow me and match my speed at a reasonable distance - he would ride my ass. When I pulled over to he right, so did he. If I moved to the left to pass, so did he. This happened over and over. If I had not stopped for gas, he might have followed me home. And just in case you think I some old fart gumming up the left lane, I averaged 68 mph including 51 minutes of stopped time (according to my GPS). My actual driving average was above the speed limit. I don't LLB, but I do think I have a right to pass slower traffic. I don't appreciate people riding my ass while I am completing a pass in a legitimate manner. If you don't think this happens, then you've never driven I-95. I have sympathy for drivers who get tired of all the Interstate BS and just take to the left lane and drive their chosen speed. Why should they be courteous when so many other aren't. Regards, Ed White |
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Speed limits are merely in place to protect lame and/or stupid drivers from themselves. If the speed limit is where you feel comfortable driving, then there you have it. -Kenny -- Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Los Angeles H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (310) 391-1898 |
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Speed limits are merely in place to protect lame and/or stupid drivers from themselves. If the speed limit is where you feel comfortable driving, then there you have it. -Kenny -- Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Los Angeles H: 3630 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #138, L.A., CA 90034-6809 (310) 391-1898 |
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