View Poll Results: Politest/least rude way to signal a left-lane hog?
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What's the politest way to signal someone to move over?
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guam's speed limit is 35. people usually go around 40-45. but sometimes you get these really rude people traveling at 30 mph with another car right next to them traveling at the same 30mph while there is traffic building up behind them. The lanes in front of them are completely free...AND THEY WONT MOVE! just boils my blood.
#17
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Originally Posted by aliti19
I usually come barreling behind them at a high speed and move out to the left shoulder a bit. That usually works.
I can't get over how stupid American drivers are (generally speaking) compared to the rest of the world. Anywhere else i've been (canada, greece, germany), the left lane is for PASSING ONLY. Here, there are idiots camped out there all day long.
I remember driver's ed back in the day - they never mentioned keeping to the right & i always wondered why.
I can't get over how stupid American drivers are (generally speaking) compared to the rest of the world. Anywhere else i've been (canada, greece, germany), the left lane is for PASSING ONLY. Here, there are idiots camped out there all day long.
I remember driver's ed back in the day - they never mentioned keeping to the right & i always wondered why.
Mexicans who have driven in the states made the same comment about how we Americans like to park it in th left lane.
#18
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Flashing the high-beams is usually the way it is done, and the most commonly accepted method. With most vehicles today all you have to do is pull back on the turn-signal lever once.
However, this gets back to the age-old dispute of who is correct... .... ...especially on roads that have a speed limit....the person(s) in the left lane who is driving legally and staying at the speed limit or the person(s) who, illegally, wants to go faster and finds that car blocking him. That question had been debated back and forth a thousand times on a thousand different forums and there doesn't seem to be a clear-cut answer......each side is convinced that they are correct. Even the police and judges don't all agree on it . Some will ticket and convict the person who is "blocking" traffic; others will ticket the person speeding and who wants to get by.
However, this gets back to the age-old dispute of who is correct... .... ...especially on roads that have a speed limit....the person(s) in the left lane who is driving legally and staying at the speed limit or the person(s) who, illegally, wants to go faster and finds that car blocking him. That question had been debated back and forth a thousand times on a thousand different forums and there doesn't seem to be a clear-cut answer......each side is convinced that they are correct. Even the police and judges don't all agree on it . Some will ticket and convict the person who is "blocking" traffic; others will ticket the person speeding and who wants to get by.
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-30-05 at 12:42 PM.
#19
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What the folks in NASCAR used to call using the "chrome horn" is now politely referred to as the "bump draft". Same thing, but sounds techie!
Probably not worth getting worked up over, too many badly disturbed people out there carrying firearms. I once had a drunk wave a pistol at me - just before he plowed into the Armco barrier dividing opposing lanes on the freeway. I was in the far right lane, but not accelerating fast enough for him. He had four other lanes to choose from and NO traffic (Sunday morning, just at daylight.)
For once, the next car on the scene was a cop.
Probably not worth getting worked up over, too many badly disturbed people out there carrying firearms. I once had a drunk wave a pistol at me - just before he plowed into the Armco barrier dividing opposing lanes on the freeway. I was in the far right lane, but not accelerating fast enough for him. He had four other lanes to choose from and NO traffic (Sunday morning, just at daylight.)
For once, the next car on the scene was a cop.
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Originally Posted by babyGS3
guam's speed limit is 35. people usually go around 40-45. but sometimes you get these really rude people traveling at 30 mph with another car right next to them traveling at the same 30mph while there is traffic building up behind them. The lanes in front of them are completely free...AND THEY WONT MOVE! just boils my blood.
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Originally Posted by babyGS3
guam's speed limit is 35. people usually go around 40-45. but sometimes you get these really rude people traveling at 30 mph with another car right next to them traveling at the same 30mph while there is traffic building up behind them. The lanes in front of them are completely free...AND THEY WONT MOVE! just boils my blood.
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Originally Posted by aliti19
I can't get over how stupid American drivers are (generally speaking) compared to the rest of the world. Anywhere else i've been (canada, greece, germany), the left lane is for PASSING ONLY.
#24
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If more people stayed at the speed limit...or close to it.....there wouldn't be the back-up problems you have in the left lane. The main problem.....even without congestion.....is that no matter how fast somebody is driving in that left lane, there is always somebody else who wants to pass. The arguement that speed limits are too low doesn't really address the problem either because no matter where you set the limit, it would never be high enough for some people, and they would always be on somebody's else's bumper flashing their high-beams.
#25
last night i took my family to SF airport, and during the way, I encountered slow ****** that wouldnt yeild the lane. All i did were keeping a 2 cars lenght distance, and once in a while move closer letting them know they're blockin traffic. Well, that didnt work on either one.
The first one was a silver Camry, doing ~70mph constantly, so I waiting miles for a good spot to pass the *****, cut him off as soon as my rear bumper passed his front. As i looked in the rear view another car tried to cut him off as well.
the 2nd ***** was a dude on a brand new BMW 330, doing about ~70+, and brake-checked me as i got a little close to him. Well, I had to do the same thing, waited for miles for a good pass and cut him off. LOL. I think he got pissed off, highbeamed me, i slightly tapped on the brake and he backed off 1/4 mile away. I was on an ugly donor '05 ML500, so the cut off process was a bit slower than being in my IS.
I think using highbeam to signal is a little rude, and so is honking. My one and only attemp to signal is slightly pull up behind them.
The first one was a silver Camry, doing ~70mph constantly, so I waiting miles for a good spot to pass the *****, cut him off as soon as my rear bumper passed his front. As i looked in the rear view another car tried to cut him off as well.
the 2nd ***** was a dude on a brand new BMW 330, doing about ~70+, and brake-checked me as i got a little close to him. Well, I had to do the same thing, waited for miles for a good pass and cut him off. LOL. I think he got pissed off, highbeamed me, i slightly tapped on the brake and he backed off 1/4 mile away. I was on an ugly donor '05 ML500, so the cut off process was a bit slower than being in my IS.
I think using highbeam to signal is a little rude, and so is honking. My one and only attemp to signal is slightly pull up behind them.
#26
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Originally Posted by dailylex
The first one was a silver Camry, doing ~70mph constantly, so I waiting miles for a good spot to pass the *****, cut him off as soon as my rear bumper passed his front. As i looked in the rear view another car tried to cut him off as well.
the 2nd ***** was a dude on a brand new BMW 330, doing about ~70+, and brake-checked me as i got a little close to him. Well, I had to do the same thing, waited for miles for a good pass and cut him off. LOL. I think he got pissed off, highbeamed me, i slightly tapped on the brake and he backed off 1/4 mile away. I was on an ugly donor '05 ML500, so the cut off process was a bit slower than being in my IS.
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the 2nd ***** was a dude on a brand new BMW 330, doing about ~70+, and brake-checked me as i got a little close to him. Well, I had to do the same thing, waited for miles for a good pass and cut him off. LOL. I think he got pissed off, highbeamed me, i slightly tapped on the brake and he backed off 1/4 mile away. I was on an ugly donor '05 ML500, so the cut off process was a bit slower than being in my IS.
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#28
the fact is that it was night time, i was in a SUV driving behind a small sedan, they obviously already noticed me behind from a close distance. The cutting was supposed to let 'em know they're holding back traffic and pissing people off. hey, someone gotta do it right?
#29
IMHO, If you are going way faster (90mph) than the speed limit and other people are in your way, the most polite way is to get around them and get on with your way. Why should they move over for you? Remember, you are the one breaking the law.
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Originally Posted by newr
IMHO, If you are going way faster (90mph) than the speed limit and other people are in your way, the most polite way is to get around them and get on with your way. Why should they move over for you? Remember, you are the one breaking the law.
that's what i do when i am on i5 going back and forth socal and norcal, i sometimesdo around 90mph, faster than most cars, but after i pass them i almost always cut back to the right lane. it's just a good habit