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Hey John!! Wes here, sitting in the shade of my RV right now. Funny to hear the last line, because mine says the same thing about when I am driving. And when sh

• JohnDotAwesome 3y ago
  New number, whodis
• e40 3y ago
  > "fuck em, I will drive how I want" Says the same thing to people in the US (and elsewhere??) that drive in the freeway's fast lane holding everyone up for MILES. That is one of the most annoying things I face regularly on the road.
  • wesleytodd 3y ago
    I hate people who do this, nd it is probably why my wife has such a reaction, it is more about me pestering her too much than her actually wanting to ride in the fast lane. Backseat driving is a bad habit of mine. But one thing I have learned by driving 50k miles these past few years is that you never actually get there meaningfully faster. So really, everyone is better off if they just slow down and hit that cruise control.
    • idopmstuff 3y ago
      > But one thing I have learned by driving 50k miles these past few years is that you never actually get there meaningfully faster. So really, everyone is better off if they just slow down and hit that cruise control. Depends what you're driving on. If it's a freeway where you're going to hit stretches of traffic anyway or roads where there's stop signs and lights, sure. When I'm on the 5 going from SF to SD, though, yeah, the clown who's doing 60 in the left lane for miles while holding me up is very much increasing the amount of time I have to spend on the road.
      • bigyikes 3y ago
        Yeah. Going a bit faster on your morning commute won’t change much. But it does legitimately add up on longer drives. Not to mention, waiting behind a needlessly slow driver is just annoying. Mental costs are real, especially when operating heavy machinery.
        • DangitBobby 3y ago
          It adds up over a week of morning commute as well.
      • wombatpm 3y ago
        Chicago to Minneapolis is approximately 420 miles. At 60mph that’s a 7 hr drive. At 70mph it’s 6 hrs. At 80 it’s 5 hrs 15 min. When I was making that drive every other week I hated the slow pokes. There are only some many times you can look forward to a stop in Tomah, WI
        • billforsternz 3y ago
          I don't know, as a non-American, Tomah Wisconsin sound exactly like the kind of place you could get a nice grilled cheese or a decent hamburger at a diner unchanged since the 1950s, with a bottomless cup of coffee and a nice slice of apple pie from a friendly middle aged waitress called Flo or similar who would no doubt call you hon. I'd look forward to stopping there.
          • XargonEnder 3y ago
            As an American who has never been to Wisconsin this is pretty much what I would imagine as well.
          • dr_dshiv 3y ago
            If it is like most of small town america, they replaced the diner with a soulless strip mall back in the 90s. You can stop at the Burgerking or Dollar General now.
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    • NikolaNovak 3y ago
      I agree with being measured and predictable; I take advanced driving and safety class every couple of years as a refresher and safety is a massive priority for me. And I'm a big fan of cruise control. But going fast in the fast lane IS measured and predictable :-) As well, 20%, or say a difference between going 10km over vs 10km under on a 5hr trip, is an hour and that's not nothing :-/
      • WalterBright 3y ago
        Being predictable is the best way to avoid an accident.
        • jkhdigital 3y ago
          Amen. This is why I use my turn signal when changing lanes every. single. time. Over 20 years and counting without an accident.
          • scioto 3y ago
            Be glad you don't live in Texas, where using your turn signal is tantamount to issuing a challenge, and is seen as aggressive behavior: "Oh, you want that right lane? No, it's MINE!" Or worse, people don't see turn signals enough to know what they mean, and just adds to the confusion.
            • rawgabbit 3y ago
              I am a Texan. Always use the turn signal.
        • GeorgeTirebiter 3y ago
          Is this an (accidental?) +1 for robo-cars?
    • imoverclocked 3y ago
      Measured and predictable: definitely. Having different speeds in different lanes also helps traffic flow better. Also, people seem to really bunch up in some regions. Having a gap that is several car lengths in front of you actually helps traffic flow smoother (and thus faster.) I feel like aggressive/impatient drivers who cut people off create this culture where I live and then ultimately end up slowing everyone (including themselves) down.
    • rubicon33 3y ago
      I wish everyone would sit the fuck down, and do the math on driving faster. 10 mph, even 20mph hour more isn't going to get you where you're going much faster. Maybe you get there 5 min sooner. Was that worth being a complete dick and a danger to everyone else? Fuck off.
      • thorncorona 3y ago
        You’re right. Fuck the speed limit, I drive however I want. Speed limit 60? I drive 60 in the left lane where everyone else drives 80. The safest. Better yet, since my car is old and I don’t maintain it, I will drive 50 on the highway in the middle lane so everyone has to drive around me. Who gives a shit about other people anyways. Them driving faster than me is a problem but not the other way around.
        • Dalewyn 3y ago
          Safest speed is maintaining the same speed as the traffic around you. Deliberately driving at a faster or slower speed than traffic for no good reason is the definition of unsafe driving. Please surrender your driver's license before you kill someone with that attitude.
          • pfannkuchen 3y ago
            I don’t think they are being serious, they are playing the role of an inconsiderate person.
            • Dalewyn 3y ago
              If it was sarcasm, well, sarcasm travels through the intertubez very poorly. :V My sentiment remains nonetheless: Anyone who deliberately breaks the flow of traffic for no good reason is a danger to other drivers.
        • dang 3y ago
          Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • Fatnino 3y ago
      Your last paragraph is just objectively wrong. People here are commenting how it's wrong for long drives, so I'll chip in with how it's wrong for a short drive too. South bay to Sacramento in a Chevy bolt. I can drive 55mph and do the round trip on one full battery charge. Or I can drive 75mph and save so much time that it more than makes up for the necessary mid trip charge up in Davis on the return.
  • cassac 3y ago
    The US version (varies by state) of the fast lane is garbage which is why nobody follows it. If you want a passing lane then you need a non passing lane and I don’t think US drivers are willing to make that concession.
    • porkbeer 3y ago
      Typically, you stay out of the left lane unless passing in the US. It's that easy. In many states, the person failing to yeild to faster traffic is ticketed, but not all.
      • greedo 3y ago
        But funny, hardly anyone ever gets ticketed for tailgating, which is far more dangerous.
      • cassac 3y ago
        But you can still pass in the right lane. So a slow driver in the left lane has someone riding their tail and are also getting passed in the right so they can’t even change to the slow lanes anymore. Add in left exits, moving over for vehicles on the shoulder, and speed limits that adjust based on road conditions and you have the perfect storm of it only being enforced in the worst cases.
        • siftrics 3y ago
          > So a slow driver in the left lane has someone riding their tail and are also getting passed in the right so they can’t even change to the slow lanes anymore. Then why the f*ck are they in the left lane?!
      • nradov 3y ago
        It's easy in theory. In practice on many busy freeways such as I-5 through California the right lane is often clogged with heavy trucks for miles at a stretch, and the road surface is in terrible condition due to wear from those trucks. All the car drivers, even the slow ones, then hang out in the left lane so as not to get caught behind the trucks. I'm not defending this poor driving etiquette but the road conditions make it inevitable. The only real solution would be to add a third lane.
  • brightlancer 3y ago
    > Says the same thing to people in the US (and elsewhere??) that drive in the freeway's fast lane holding everyone up for MILES. If it's the fastlane, then there are other lanes. I suspect the person is doing the speed limit, maybe a bit over, in the fast lane -- and you're just and ASSHOLE.
    • wolrah 3y ago
      > If it's the fastlane, then there are other lanes. In these scenarios it's usually two lanes in each direction, and the slow lane is filled with a line of semi trucks that have hard limiters set somewhere in the 65 MPH range and can not go faster no matter what, even if the highway limit is 70 or higher. Those truck drivers will do anything they can to maintain their max speed. Some utter jackass then decides they don't want to be behind the trucks, but they also don't want to go faster than the trucks, and we end up with a line of annoyed traffic led by one dipshit. > I suspect the person is doing the speed limit, maybe a bit over, in the fast lane -- and you're just and ASSHOLE. Your position assumes the posted speed limit is set reasonably. Here's a hint: It's usually not on highways. I mean ffs there are eight lane divided highways with 55 MPH posted limits. You can't possibly defend that nonsense. Most controlled-access highways the speed limits should start at 75 and as proven by the Germans beyond any doubt ∞ is a perfectly reasonable limit for rural stretches with good visibility and quality pavement. Beyond all that, you are not the cops. It is not your job to enforce posted speed limits. If you are intentionally choosing to get in the way of a line of traffic when you have a reasonable option to not do that, YOU are the asshole. I just can't even contemplate the level of selfishness it would take to be in the passing lane, looking at a line of annoyed drivers behind you and open road in front, thinking "man all those people are assholes for wanting to get past ME".
  • gcoakes 3y ago
    What do you mean by "holding everyone up?" I'm constantly self conscious about this. I refuse to drive more than 5mph above the speed limit after a particular incident a few years back. I drive quite a bit on a 3 lane 75mph highway. Consistently, I'll end up behind someone who doesn't know what speed they want to go in the middle lane, something between 65mph and 75mph. They're mostly 18 wheelers. I'll usually move over to the passing lane and go between 75mph and 80mph until I pass them. Inevitably, there's some asshole that wants to go 90mph that appears out of the ether as soon as I start passing. They always want to be less than a second behind me, and never seem to understand that I want to keep at least 3s between me and the car in front. I always imagine they're saying the same thing you're saying in their heads.
  • camgunz 3y ago
    The last few times I've seen this happening (> 1 vehicles blocking anyone passing) behind me I've slowed down in the fast lane, let the "blocker" catch up to me, and then slowed down even more so the blocker has to also slow down, breaking the wall of cars and allowing people to switch into the passing lane to get by. I get a real kick out of it. Dunno how safe it is, but w/e.
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• NikolaNovak 3y ago
  Lol, my wife has an aunt that's famous for this. She'll go whatever speed she wants in whatever lane she wants on a major 4-6 lane hwy (401 in Toronto) and will righteously swerve her finger at people flashing their lights and honking behind her: "you can GO AROUND!". (For record and clarification I do not condone that approach :)
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