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First, I am the only one who voiced an opinion. That does not mean I am the only one who thinks so.
Second, I am sure everyone driving at 2mph at the first hint of snow thinks there will be carnage if they speed up to 5 mph. That is not necessarily so.
Third, you are the only one who thinks car navigation systems are worthless. That did not stop you from expressing your opinion.
Fourth, you are not the only one with an opinion.There are others who have an opinion as well and their opinions may not always coincide with yours.
Let me say this there was no way that me you or anyone else would have been able to pass that truck without getting creamed by it.
I have something else to say but the host may not like it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
And then as I am looking out onto the street in front of my building, the redneck of the place is pulling out of the garage. He drives a Dakota with a loud exhaust. He had some junk in the back...as usual he hit the gas too hard when he was leaving, and the junk in the back promptly hit the road. Some woman passing by yelled at him, and he went and picked it up. This hick (every building seems to have one, no matter the locale) usually hits the gas so hard when he pulls out that he gets it a little sideways. I have long hoped he'd lose control and hit a light pole. Maybe tomorrow.
That is exactly the response from someone who runs out of arguments. Why do you feel the need to convince me when you know you are right?
My email is in the profile, Feel free to voice your "arguments" that you think hosts would frown upon!
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
If its not a trap why are you goading me?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
someone has to slow down a tad or speed up a tad if necessary to open a spot and keep everyone moving.
truck drivers seem to have the courtesy down, also people in utility vans carrying supplies (and people) and the like to a job site.
worse offenders are the people that feel it's their duty when they see someone trying to merge from the right with their left blinker on, to just speed up and block; similarly if they are in the right lane and see someone on their left trying to exit, speed up and/or keep speed with the vehicle trying to exit.
yesterday i'm trying to merge left, i see a 3 car opening and signal, then start to move left, when the camry in the left lane literally guns it to cut me off then maintains speed with me to block me.
i finally get left and throw up both hands so the driver can tell i'm wondering what the heck is wrong with them.
then they just back way down in speed.
probably weren't even aware of what they were doing.
sometimes i think when people are distracted, then see a blinker, all of a sudden they are re-awoken and begin to drive again, but they just lay on the gas because they have generally poor fine-control ability.
No its the "How dare you get in front of me" mentality.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
When the light turns green, she shoots off, something I attributed to classic oversensitive GM throttle positions. But, then as she nears the limit she slows...and soon I am coming up on her even though I am going the limit on the nose. As I become even with her rear bumper, she starts to wander in her lane, like a drunk. At this point I slow down...and then she weaves over into my lane, and slows way down. Then, randomly, just as I think of passing on the right, she stumbles back into the right lane. I then decide to just punch it for a second, and shoot past...I don't want to be hit by the shrapnel that is sure to come. I do suspect she was drunk rather than just belligerent...she was gripping that wheel to save her life, and she wasn't looking to either side. As we pull up to the next unjustifiably out of sequence light, she stops....and when it turns green she lurches forward, hits her signal, and turns right. I was so amazed at her skill that I didn't even think of calling her in until I got home. All I can say is 'wow'. I hope she ditches the thing rather than hits another car.
Anyone familiar with this road knows it follows the shore line and goes past some of the most expensive real estate in the Midwest. Its a two lane road winding through the suburbs with a 30 MPH SL.
Well I am driving down this little winding suburban road doing SL + maybe 5 and this Lexus tries to pass me twice when there was oncoming traffic. Well third time she guns it passes me then hits her brakes and goes on barely doing faster than me. :confuse:
Now here is the kicker. The road goes north for several more miles and as it passes the Naval Training center it becomes two lanes. As I approach a stop light she is sitting there waiting for a green. It turns green just before I get there so I just run right past her and when the road turns back into the a single lane road with me in front of her. I guess there is some justice out there. :shades:
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Usually the anarmed guy is the one who wishes to make comments that Edmunds would not allow.
And,incidentally, you may wish to keep your day job,if you feel compelled to post such hackneyed cliches.
I have something else to say but the host may not like it.
Hence the invitation.
Anyway,I was just posting my point of view, nothing derogatory about you personally. Is it really hard to disagree with me and move on? Why do you feel the urge to make nasty comments to me that Edmunds would not allow?
Don't read them if you don't like them.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
If am going 55 on a 55 mph rural, I dare not slow down at an intersection with an opposing waiting left turner for fear that they are an Early Left Turner and they will drive into the left side of my car.
I was driving on a two-lane road that provides access to Wal-Mart on the right (from the direction I was going) and Lowe's Home Improvement on the right. The Lowe's access drive is just slightly offset from the Wal-Mart drive and a bit closer to me. There is no SL posted here. But, being a business district, one could reasonably assume a 20 mph limit.... 30 tops. There is a white Subaru at the Wal-Mart exit wanting to turn left, me going down the road about to turn left into Lowe's (and signalling), and an oncoming white minivan having just turned right onto this street about 50 yards down where it ends.
After I turn into Lowe's, the Subaru streaked across the road and into Lowe's as well, with the white minivan gunning the gas as the Subaru was entering the roadway, then laying on the horn as it passed the Lowe's entrance (with the Subaru already in the parking lot).
I had to scratch my head to wonder why the heck that minivan even bothered to accelerate to create a conflict in the first place, but my wonderment as to why the Subaru driver felt there was enough room to pull in front was quickly laid to rest when I saw the plates: New York. With only three of us on the stretch, it must have felt deserted! :P
Ironic, though, that while I see the majority of conflicts blamable on the bikers, all of the collisions about which I hear are attributed to the other vehicle(s) involved. Odd, that.
I recall two fatal crashes last week...one was struck by a car, the other lost control when trying to stop in traffic. The other day there was another, a random loss of control issue as well, I believe. I'm sorry, that's not how I want to go.
Today's winner was an old hag in a Pacifica who would brake for every curve in the road. Not turn in the road, but curve. Oh, and those things are so ugly from the back, fat squat thing.
when i look at this model, i wonder how it could exhibit good drivability characteristics. maybe it's just me.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Yes it is but since I have noticed more young guys driving rice rockets (racing is a better word) in a reckless manner all the time wearing nothing but shorts and sandals I am not surprised.
Now is it my imagination or do those who dress properly (long sturdy pants, boots, helmet and the like) also tend to ride safer?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Not if she is having to break at every curve. A good driver staying within the driving dynamics of the vehicle would rarely have to hit the breaks on a curve. That is unless they were racing and I don't think that was the case.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Pacifica: my buddy has one and it's like driving a Caravan that's been chopped. It drives as well as most cars on the road. If the lady was having to hit the brakes, that probably was because she was afraid of turning the wheels to go around a slight curve, as are some women.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Honey, I asked, how long have the breaks been making that noise?
Her reply "Oh about a couple of weeks now"
:sick:
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
This behavior is passing on the right when 3-5 vehicles are in the left lane passing a slow moving vehicle on the right. These drivers jump into the right lane, speed up to the back of the slow moving vehicle then push in front of the next vehicle about to overtake the slow moving vehicle. I've seen this behavior nearly cause a number of accidents. The left lane traffic is generally 10 miles faster than the slower moving right lane. The aggressive driver pushes into the left lane into whatever space is available then usually hits the brakes because they are passing the flow of traffic on the right.
This causes a chain reaction of all the vehicles in the left slamming on the brakes. I found the only way to prevent this is to keep my following distance to a half car length to prevent them from pushing in but decided this is not a good idea because it could introduce other bad outcomes.
Anyone have a better idea?
This is the type of thing the State Police should be ticketing rather than moderate speeding
The road in front of where I live is a 30...seeing hogs race up the hill at 50+ is always nice on the eyes and ears. They are almost worse than the souped up Civic crowd. The tin cans sound better anyway.
But yeah, Pacifica was being over cautious...and was creating a bottleneck in the process. Off in her own world I am sure.
I love those magnetic followers.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
If I'm in the right lane and I see one those lane jumpers pull into my lane from behind, I'll tap on the brake lights to let them know they're not going to make any progress. Usually, they take the hint and move back left.
When I decide to pass, I try to wait when there isn't a long line of cars trying to pass in the middle lane. Otherwise, there will inevitably be a slowdown and someone will zip over to the right or come up on my rear.
Best solution: avoid I-95 altogether, if you have the time. When we visited Charleston, SC last June, we took the more direct route (but probably longer in time), using mostly freeways and 4-lane roads from central VA. We did have to go through some towns, and there were a few short stretches of 2-lane road. But far less traffic, and much less stressful. More scenic too!
i was once driving a rental in phoenix about 8:00am, i was in the middle lane on 3 lane road, and on my right comes a car that side swipes me very hard as in a demolition derby or one of those movies where a vehicle is trying to push another off the road, sending me into the left-most lane.
vehicle just keeps on going. perhaps the person was drunk or on meds.
i go immediately to the rental office after waiting a while for a police vehicle that never comes (cell phones weren't as prevalent back then).
rental agent told me that the area is notorious for bad drivers.
a decade later i still can't believe it - it was so odd.