Today I was going 80 mph in the left lane Interstate 80 westbound

[mdmc]

I'm cruisin, listenin to NPR, passing cars and trucks with ease.

Suddenly, a car appears quickly approaching from the rear.

The dude had to be going 100 mph!

So I put on my right blinker and I moved over.

The dude flew by me.

I then put my left blinker on and got back in to the passing lane.

I continued on my commute, passing cars and trucks with ease.

[stellanoir]

1. The degree of aggressiveness of other drivers seems to be getting worse.

It's totally creepy.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. Amazing how well that works, isn't it?

Thanks, from the guy doing 100.

(ok, it wasnt me, but you get the point)

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. had the same thing happen on 400SB at 0640 yesterday morn

and it was an Alpharetta police cruiser (number 10)...fun thing...we were not in Alpharetta yet (still well north of McFarland for anyone who knows the area)...i would wager on 115 for my guy and this was in rush hour traffic...

sP

OnEdit...you can bet you last buck (not that it is worth much) that i got the hell out of the way...

[CottonBear]

4. Try driving on the I-285 Perimeter in Atlanta: everyone is a freaking NASCAR driver.

:grr:

It is terrifying at times because I-285 is 6 or more lanes wide. :scared:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. you know dern well that 285 is a speed suggestion

not a highway identifier...

;-)

sP

[CottonBear]

7. Don't I know it! That's why I bypass I-285 if at all possible.

:hi: from NE GA!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. Hwy 20...great alternate if you can deal with the truckers

of course 85 and 75 aren't much better...

sP

[CottonBear]

12. I take an alternate route through Commerce to Dawsonville to reach Chattaboogie!

;)
GA Hwy. 20 sucks big time now (It didn't used to.)

[ProdigalJunkMail]

17. we use it a good bit to get over toward 75 from Cumming

but never really during 'busy' hours...we love it...but during the rush is just might suck...

sP

[XOKCowboy]

13. Hey I-285 is GREAT

at 5AM. :) I always try to stay overnight just north of Atlanta, get up EARLY and hit I-285 before the morning rush hour. There is still a lot of traffic but it's manageable.

[CottonBear]

19. That's the best time to take I-285: during the middle of the night! n/t

[conscious evolution]

42. Stay ITP

Its a lot saner in town.

[RebelOne]

23. I try to avoid I-285 as well as I-75.

You could be going 80 on either of them in non-rush hour traffic and people will still tail-gate you.

[DemoTex]

34. A few years back CNN had a story on a Ga. State Patrolman lecturing a driver ed class.

I saw it with my own eyes. The state patrolman told the Atlanta high school students that they must drive the prevailing speed on I-285, or risk life and limb. That speed, said the cop, was normally about 80 mph.

I have started detouring through Athens when I drive from Greenville, SC, to Griffin, GA, to see my elderly parents. I absolutely hate I-285 and I-75-S!

[KillCapitalism]

39. 285 is the most frigtening highway I've ever driven on.

My brother lives down in the Atlanta area & I was doing 110 just in order not to get ran over. Some cars were passing me as if I were standing still.:scared:

[CottonBear]

50. Getting onto I-285 from I-75 southbound is absolutely terrifying and I've been doing it since 1981.

I frequently travel back and forth from Chattanooga to NE GA to see my family and friends.

I'll go out of my way to avoid going through Atlanta unless it's between 11PM and 5AM.

Also, merging onto I-85 North from I-285 is really dangerous too. :scared:

[TCJ70]

6. I was riding with my roommate back home...

...the other night and we had to turn right (two lane street by the way). So he puts his turn signal on and is about to turn when this guy goes blazing past us ON THE RIGHT!!! I could have been killed had he turn a few seconds earlier. We had to stop for a few seconds after we got onto the street we needed. Sheesh...

[ThomWV]

8. My truck gains 1 mile per gallon for every mile per hour I slow down from 70

Down to about 60 where it levels out. Just wanted you to know.

[mdmc]

14. I try to drive the limit always

but I was using my girlfriend's cool car and couldn't help myself.

My car (96 protege') would break up at 75mph

[XOKCowboy]

10. You are my hero...

Didn't hurt a bit did it? You my friend are a respectful and good driver. I commend you.

[librechik]

11. that was my frequent experience on I -80

have to say, it's one I enjoy with my Mustang GT.




Don't hurt me.



I have had it up to 120 in certain conditions. (no cops, nice, deserted road)




BAD LIBRECHIK!!!! BAD!!!!!



I might as well enjoy it since it won't last much longer...


I know, BAD LIBRECHIK !!!!!! BAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!


think Fred Astaire in "On the Beach." I can't stop.

[Hugabear]

15. Karma's a bitch

Someday, that driver's aggressive driving will catch up with him.

Just this weekend, I witnessed an accident where a driver ran through a red light and got T-boned on her passenger side. Thank god nobody was sitting in that seat. However,if the driver who had the green light had been going just a little faster, of if she hadn't hit her brakes, she might have been the one T-boned, with much worse results.

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. Personally, I thnk you're bitchin'. My kind of driver. I have the same type of attitude n/t.

[seabeyond]

18. cool. works for me. n/t

[LSK]

20. ?????

:shrug:

[mdmc]

28. just showin the kids how it is done

peace and low stress my friend:)

[CRF450]

47. Exactly.

I'll set the cruise at 8 or 9 over the limit. Pass anyone thats going slower if the limit is the same, and I'll let the faster drivers continue on. Now if 75% of the drivers around are going faster, I'll speed up to keep with the pace rather than block traffic behind me. But one thing that makes my blood boil is those nitwits riding in the left lane along another vehicle in the right lane **gah, fucker!**.

I think people here in northeastern NC are sanessed drivers around, I rarely ever, EVER see someone going faster than 10 over. And the funny things is, we have a bypass that stretches for about 10 miles with a speed limit of 70mph, most drivers hardly go anymore than 75, but that doesn't keep me from setting my cruise at 78mph:D Now, Hampton Roads VA, that area is full of a-hole drivers!

[raccoon]

21. You're smart--you'd rather be safe and get over for a speeder than

be right and end up in the hospital.

[Gold Metal Flake]

22. It's so easy, isn't it.

I do it as well. I also let faster cars go by on two-lane highways and canyon roads. It's so easy to simply be courteous.

[LanternWaste]

24. Wouldn't it just be simpler...

Wouldn't it just be simpler if everyone left ten minutes earlier...?

[Lorien]

32. I'll bet that most of them aren't late. They're just "more important" than

the rest of us. They are also immortal, apparently.

Gawd, I HATE freeway driving!!!!

[LanternWaste]

35. I figure if it's a choice

Yeah. I figure if it's a choice between going 25mph over the limit or not getting to sleep as late, I'd be much better off getting up a bit earlier...

Frikkin' Highway Prima Donna's... :mad:

[Swamp Rat]

25. Good, but if it was the autobahn, they usually come up behind you @ 150 mph+

So, you have to keep your eyes in the rear view mirror all the time, if you are in the left lane. When you see a dot in the rear view mirror, you have to turn on your signal ASAP and start to move over ASAP, because by the time you look in the rear view mirror again, the car has passed you.

I drive anywhere from 120 to 150 mph on the autobahn, but I have been passed by Porsches going MUCH MUCH faster.


...............................................vVVVvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv..............................................

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. Confused

It was my impression that LANE ETIQUETTE was very important on the Autobahn, and that NO ONE drives in the left lane unless it's to pass another vehicle. Am I wrong?

[Swamp Rat]

30. No, you are absolutely correct. I assumed the OP was just passing other cars via the left lane,

then IMMEDIATLY moving back into the right lane, where everyone should always be while cruising.

Sitting in the left lane is such a no-no in Germany other drivers will call the police, and the offender will certainly receive a ticket within a few minutes, since remaining in the left lane is VERY DEADLY on the autobahn.

Passing on the right is also considered reckless and is taken seriously.

[Jed Dilligan]

59. It's hard to keep that up when there's a different speed limit

for cars and trucks. If there are only two lanes, one is moving at 80 with occasional speeders and the other is moving at 60 with occasional slowdowns to 40 or so. (I'm assuming the OP is on the 80 in California.)

[flvegan]

27. Sounds about right. Smart move.

Hopefully Joe Tripledigit has the car and the skill to drive 100 mph like that in traffic.

[DRoseDARs]

29. Good thing you aren't in Reno. Nevada Highway Patrol was out in force today...

I counted over half a dozen of their suv cruisers during my drive to class and coming home. Usually I can go several days without seeing even one. :shrug:

[Mountainman]

31. Suppose the right lane was full of drivers going slower than you are, you have to put on your breaks

and slow down. Now suppose when you want to go back into the left lane cars are passing you and will not let you in? That's what it is like on the 101 going to Santa Barbara in the morning. If you pull over to let the ass hole going 100 by you will get stuck in the slow lane for a long long time. Usually there are trucks slowing things down there. In that case I say fuck you ass hole and keep driving keeping up with traffic in the left lane.

[mdmc]

33. In all honesty I try to take it slow and would stay in the right lane

in heavy traffic.

I'm kinda a slow and steady guy. I would much rather go slow then run the risk of being passed on the right & sideswiped.

Today I had a better car then I normally drive and was just enjoying the ride.

peace and low stress:hi:

ps- you can only go as fast as the car in front of you. If your in the left lane and behind drivers, well, that is all you can do. I just hate "the weavers"...

[spanone]

36. your speeding and complaining about someone else speeding? ok

[Gidney N Cloyd]

37. Nicely done. Thank you for your courteous lane usage. nt

[KillCapitalism]

38. Some people are just batshit crazy on the highways.

One of my neighbors is a highway patrolman in this state & he recently arrested someone for doing 163 in a 65 on one of our interstates.

[riverdeep]

40. I think George Carlin said it best:

"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"

[morgan2]

41. I got up to a 100mpg a few times

driving back and forth to school down 80. And that was in a Toyota Corolla...

[WillowTree]

43. So I take it then...

....that you don't spend any time whining about the high price of gas these days, seeing as how you can afford to "cruise" at 80 mph.

[BreweryYardRat]

44. Could be worse. People here in Tampa think an "Exit Only" lane = passing lane.

Bleah. I nearly got into accidents twice in one week from that problem alone.

[libodem]

45. I have been driving on the highway

quite frequently as my mom is an hour away and I go at least once a week to see her. Idaho highways are in bad shape these days. The right lane is rutted deeply and drags your wheels around. Trucks can only go 65 and they tend to stay in the right lane. Cars and pickups are allowed to go 75. That makes for a lot of pulling in and out and passing. I set my cruise control at 79 and try to stay in the left lane. I regularly have monster 4X4 pickup trucks breathing down my ass. I get into the right lane and let them by. That is unless I'm going to be trapped between semi's going 65. I'll go 80 but I don't feel like I have to get a speeding ticket because some aggressive macho freakazoid has to be ahead of me or his bull balls will fall off the back of his truck. If they start riding my bumper and I'm going 80, God forgive me, I've made them pass me on the right. I hate being tailgated but I'm not that much of a nut that I let it get to me all the time. I try to keep myself in check. I'm aware of how easy it would be to allow road rage to take over or to incite some gun nut to try and shoot me.

[Initech]

46. Nothing compares to the stupidity of So Cal drivers.

I'm serious, if I had a dollar for every stupid driver I've encountered - every cell phone driver, every idiot who cuts me off, every dip shit who buys a mattress and doesn't tie it down to his car, or know how to merge properly, or who doesn't know what the "YIELD ON LEFT HAND TURN" sign means... I'd be fucking rich. :argh:

[BlueCollar]

48. Try driving anywhere in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex

for a week.

This is Darwin's waiting room.

Then tell me about California...LOL

[michreject]

49. Wow! A driver with a brain

I wished everyone could follow your example.

[ensho]

51. driving at 80 mph is insanity

nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

52. Maybe For Really Bad, Cowardly Inexperienced Drivers. For Those Who Can Actually Drive? No It Aint.

I drive about 80 every day and I find it to be quite non-chalant, easy, safe and uneventful.

Sure, there are some really scaredy cat, two hands on the wheel, probably shouldn't even be on the highway type drivers I've seen that I most definitely wouldn't recommend that speed to, but for most of us it's perfectly fine.

[ensho]

53. you know what happens to boasters? do you have any children?

nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

54. Who's Boasting? I'm Just Tellin It Like It Is. Nothing Wrong With Competent Drivers Doin 80.

Maybe it's a challenge for you to drive that speed. Maybe the world goes by too quick for your mind to process the information quickly enough or something, or maybe you're just too scared etc. I dunno. What I do know, is that whatever your limitations are that make that speed that terrifying for you, are yours alone. Those of us without such issues who can drive competently, have no problem at all approaching 80. That's just flat out truth.

[B3Nut]

55. Hell, my Kia Rio5 feels natural at 80

I have to watch my speed when I'm on the Interstate...I'll be driving along in a seeming mellow fashion...look down....oops! When the tires are new, it wants to roll. I need new rears, so it's a little shaky past 70. Now just to pull some money off the money tree... :(

[ensho]

56. good luck, hope you don't have any children

nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

57. I Have Two Young Boys. NEENER NEENER NEEEEEEENER!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[BlooInBloo]

61. Worse yet is the really bad NON-cowardly inexperienced drivers.

[fishwax]

58. why's that?

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

60. I love it when everyone does what they're supposed to do. Makes things ever so much safer.