Dear NC - PLEASE pass this law!

[PhillyB]

Yeah, more laws and more fines. Glad everyone is so supportive.

 

i equally support a measure legalizing civilian PIT maneuvers on those same assholes

[Squirrel]

Then you're just being an asshole if there's no other reason to be there.

 

 

 

 

You havent figured that out yet?   But if someone is speeding it isnt my problem.  But I never go under the speed limit either.  They should either leave earlier or slow down. 

 

[PhillyB]

Fixed.

 

i've never seen that happen, but i'm not prepared to win a war of anecdotes

[Jase]

This is the part of the thread where I tell you that there is no intent for a "passing lane" when roads are designed or when traffic rules are established.  The "passing lane" is simply a construct invented by people who drive too fast to get mad at people who are driving sensibly.  The lanes are intended to be used EVENLY by everyone regardless of speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That said, get the fug out of my way.

[rhyslloyd]

That means that you are one of them and just don't realize it.

I drive route 49 from Mt. Pleasant into Charlotte each day and it is a daily occurrence.

That stretch of 49 is terrible. And don't get me started on 73 from Mt. pleasant to Albemarle.

[Darth Biscuit]

This is the part of the thread where I tell you that there is no intent for a "passing lane" when roads are designed or when traffic rules are established.  The "passing lane" is simply a construct invented by people who drive too fast to get mad at people who are driving sensibly.  The lanes are intended to be used EVENLY by everyone regardless of speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That said, get the fug out of my way.

 

 

Generally this is true, but there are signs all over NC roads that specifically state "Slower Traffic Keep Right".

 

It's really just a courtesy thing, just like using your turn signal, etc.

 

If you're an asshole, you're an asshole, but the semi anonymity of driving (and the internet for that matter) brings it out more in some people.

[Jase]

Generally this is true, but there are signs all over NC roads that specifically state "Slower Traffic Keep Right".

 

It's really just a courtesy thing, just like using your turn signal, etc.

 

If you're an asshole, you're an asshole, but the semi anonymity of driving (and the internet for that matter) brings it out more in some people.

 

This is more common on truck routes with hilly terrain IMO... trucks will try to pass each other and block the entire road because the passing truck doesn't have the accelerating power to get up the hill and around the other truck.

[Lumps]

The real issue is people in the right lane go 60 and left lane go 80 (65 limit). People like me who go 70-75 are fuged.

[PhillyB]

This is the part of the thread where I tell you that there is no intent for a "passing lane" when roads are designed or when traffic rules are established.  The "passing lane" is simply a construct invented by people who drive too fast to get mad at people who are driving sensibly.  The lanes are intended to be used EVENLY by everyone regardless of speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That said, get the fug out of my way.

 

this right here sounds like an admission of guilt

[Johnny Rockets]

That stretch of 49 is terrible. And don't get me started on 73 from Mt. pleasant to Albemarle.

 

 

LOL....I drive that stretch of 73 almost everyday also!

 

Mark my words, that road will be the death of me. 

[Batman]

i've never seen that happen, but i'm not prepared to win a war of anecdotes

Take a trip to Asheville sometime. Just look for the Prius with a Florida tag.

[CatofWar]

i equally support a measure legalizing civilian PIT maneuvers on those same assholes

Yeah, drivers who aren't being wreckless.... Bunch of dicks

[Darth Biscuit]

This is more common on truck routes with hilly terrain IMO... trucks will try to pass each other and block the entire road because the passing truck doesn't have the accelerating power to get up the hill and around the other truck.

 

I've seen quite a few of these signs in the Wilmington area... flat as a pancake.

[Harris Aballah]

You'd have to ticket the zoning committee in Raleigh. Merger lanes on the belt line go right into the fast lane in several spots, which creates merging hell, and constant traffic congestion. And eventually the slow lane becomes the fast lane. Until people need to merge over from the fast lane to the off ramps. Which creates the whole mess over again. And by the time that's sorted out, you're an hour late for work. And the guy driving slow in the fast lane gets blamed for it. And now they've got the whole Crawleigh project going on. Which changes the traffics patterns daily. So that doesn't help at all. Hopefully they get it right eventually. But I doubt it given the past projects that were poorly thought out. Like the merger onto the new 70 bypass.