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in the NE, that is often 3-5 years that you have to put up with the same work zones.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Some fun on the roads this afternoon. Got behind a minivan on an exit ramp, one I usually take at 50 (yellow sign 40) - I was thinking that this van was going to crawl, but I was wrong - the thing flew through the long curve at maybe 55, and once on the surface street, tore down the road weaving through traffic. Shocking. Then while on the foot saw another zillion phone holders, a woman in a Land Rover dawdle at a light and then floor it (sounded awful), woman in a CTS coupe blow through a red light with an occupied crosswalk, and saw a cop make a right turn from a straight lane, then dawdle down the cross street.
In DC, there is a camera in the D street tunnel. I live in Northern Virginia, and I normally do not go to that part of town, so I had NO IDEA there was a camera (nor was there a posted speed limit sign in that section of the tunnel). I had to go to a government site for 10 days, and got 7 tickets for 60 in a 45. They sent me $900 worth of tickets, but thanks to DC bureaucracy, I never heard from them again. That was 6 years ago. I guess they know that out of state drivers are not going to pay them anyway. Also, I work downtown, and no one has ticketed my car or booted it so I got of easy I guess.
Tell that to the 2 semi drivers and the limo driver who were the blocking trio last Sunday holding up a very, very long line of drivers in vehicles behind them. The Semi drivers could have been from anywhere in the U.S., perhaps the left coast. The limo had a local tag.
The nuttiest drivers anywhere in the U.S. apparently are in the Sleepless area as duly reported on this Inconsiderate board.
The blocking semi drivers could also have been from the middle, and thinking "I'm not speeding, I can be in any lane I want, these speeds are too high, slow down!". I've seen the "elephant races" of one truck passing the other at .5mph more in Europe, too.
Saw a WSP car sitting in traffic - first a car in front of it turns with no signals, then a car turning from a side street barely slows for red and turns - LEO does nothing. I notice why as he starts moving - he's eating a burger. Must be a busy day.
Typical amount of phone yappers out today, always seems to be about 3/4 oblivious young women. One today was in a Land Rover Defender - kind of odd, must be out in daddy's toy.
Must be part of a cell class-action settlement or something.
With 4 lanes, it should be 2 lanes on the left are fastest/fast, and two lanes on the right are slow/slowest.
The fact that we have some sections with 6 lanes and you still get LLC's should be penalized by death. The more lanes available, the larger the fine should be for LLC. 3 lanes LLC should be $300, 5 lanes $5,000, 6 lanes = death.
SEcond that motion?
Do you honesty still believe most speed limits are set with safety in mind? I don't believe they even regard safety in their list of considerations, although they may state that in words or speech.
If they did want to set safe speed limits, they'd follow the 85th percentile rule.
No, I'm afraid most speed limits are set with the maximizing of revenue in mind.
That's funny.
In CA, they are so money hungry that stunt would probably get you a false accusation brought forth for creating counterfiet money with your pictures, and then fine you for counterfitting currency. Counterfeit charges would be my fear based on my experience with the CA courts.
MLC to me depends heavily on where you are. In a truly urban area, the density of exits (and sometimes the tendency for lanes to randomly peel away) dictates that the middle lane is the best option.
When I started driving in the NW Indiana suburbs of Chicago, I-94 in Indiana and the Tri-State in Illinois were 3 lanes each direction. No lanes randomly lost, but an exit every mile or two. Dad always said (and I have agreed) that "The right lane is for getting on or off, the middle lane is for driving, and the left lane is for passing." I still use that approach when I'm on the 3+ lane expressways in Louisville, but I recognize that it doesn't apply on the more rural Interstates that have gone to 3+ lanes over the last 10-20 years, where the exits are spaced several miles apart.
If the exits are consistently less than 2 miles apart, it's not MLC.
Saw this across the street when I got home today. I think the car was turning left from the side street, Durango was also turning left onto the side street,and they hit. But I could be wrong. Nice spill from it, too.
Didn't see much else other than the usual volume of phone holders/yappers.
getting on the Gene Snyder (I-265) the ramp from Westport has a bit of an annoying last curve, but nothing I can't enter at 50-55 and use modest power to hit the merging point at 65 (which is the SL). So yesterday I was behind an early Volvo S80, and the driver took her time getting to 45-50, and then entering that curve, hit the BRAKES! And was still tapping them even in a straight line, now at 40mph. When I finally got by, I realized the problem... the curve was too sharp to steer one-handed while holding a cell phone to her head. Silly me.
Nothing else of note, seemed like less phone yappers than normal, did see a young woman in a G-wagen with a phone to her ear - way past time for wealth based fines.
So, is this typical for drivers of this brand? Not a clue about driving and capabilities. Only know that the brand has a cache. Have to have to impress. Have the money from "greed" and can afford to buy rather than buying something less ostentatious and donating the rest to charity. Is this inconsiderate to drive these expensive vehicles as an in your face greed message?
It could be an attentional bias on my part, but I doubt it.
So yes, people should complain about welfare, the welfare for CEO's and big corporations mainly based on Wall Street.
What about LLC's when there are 6 lanes?
Often times, the right lane becomes the fast lane in heavy traffic due to all the campers.
What about LLC's when there are 6 lanes?
Did you see my use of the word "sometimes?" Or the phrase "depending on where you are?"
You'll find me in the rightmost lane that I can maintain desired speed, and no, I'm not above changing lanes (99% of the time to the left) to pass. If the exits are closely spaced, that won't be the far right lane. In several urban areas (such as Louisville), that might be the #3 lane out of 5, because #4 and #5 tend to randomly peel off as Exit Only lanes.
Usually it seems like there's at least one school bus crash per month in the Louisville Metro. I had never heard of so many school bus crashes, and wrote it off to a lot of buses logging a lot of miles in a bussed district, or maybe extra media attention due to the infamous 1988 crash (in which the bus driver and passengers were the victim of a wrong-way drunk driver). There was even another fatal bus crash in one of the outlying areas within the last year, which was the result of the bus driver going too fast and losing control.
Today I was driving down the Gene Snyder, and spotted a school bus well ahead of me in the left lane. This was near the Shelbyville Road interchange, so I figured he was making room for merging traffic, and he was up to the speed limit (65mph). As I get closer, I see that he has his hazards on.
Another 3 miles later, we are past I-64 and all the on-ramp business is sorted out. The school bus continued to LLC at the speed limit or just above, still with his hazards on. I'm just closing up in the right lane, doing about 72, figuring I'll just go by. I had my nose up to the rear wheel when he started coming over. And this was no drift... he kept coming over. I lay on the horn and take evasive action to the right. I was just starting to get my left-sides on to the rumble strips when he finally jerked back left and let me get back on the road.
The kicker is it was a charter bus full of kids. WTF? LLCing, hazards, and just plain running me off the road. I'm now convinced Kentucky really has the worst school bus drivers!
http://www.wave3.com/story/22562375/loaded-school-bus-involved-in-injury-acciden- t
Interesting theory... makes me wonder how long they had been on. I had seen him on the freeway for several miles before he helped me get acquainted with the rumble strips, and the surprisingly cambered shoulder.
Today's buses (the one that ran me off the road, and the one that crashed in the afternoon) were both charter buses. To be fair, the one that crashed on I-64 had some catastrophic failure that involved a wheel coming off, which caused it to take a hard left from the right-most of 3 lanes, after which it went nose-first into the Jersey barrier. Actually there was some vivid footage from the dashcam of a semi that was just behind.
But when on foot...saw numerous phone holding yappers including several in cars I know have bluetooth, got crosswalk crowded by a couple of older women in a Lexus LS (who I yelled at as a window was down), and a guy on a motorcycle yelling at a guy in a car who possibly almost changed lanes into him.
At times it was very hard rain, very dark, very poor visibility. Yet still a few idiots like a black A6 driving with no lights on. You'd think a car like that would have automatic lights. Even the stripper Malibu rental I was driving had them. But I had the headlights "on" the whole trip... automatic lights don't always come on when lights should be on.
Oh, I don't know about that! As much as you loathe the lack of accountability, I would hate to see you harbor such self-loathing! :P
Been noticing lately that lots of people won't run their headlights around 0530 (when I go to work) - sure there is light in the sky, but not a ton. What's the mentality behind this? Trying to appear stealthy or save some imagined .00001 mpg?
Maybe they all just came from a vacation in Fairbanks! People here drive around the clock without lights now. Yes, you can do so and see the road just fine, but it would really nice if they used lights from at least 2300 - 0400 given the low-angle light and/or glare during those hours.
Something else I have noticed on a couple local cars - those with automated running lights (MBs) have been disabled. It's a simple change in the settings, but why would someone want to be less visible?
Last night got to honk at a slow turner who honked back. Hey, you're in the wrong, stopping in the middle of the road for nothing then turning at 2mph. Watch yourself. Saw a simp in a Scion turning at ~3mph from an arterial street, too. Watch out for that cornering force!
We really need big government, big brother, to make laws to require technology that will not allow cell calls in moving vehicles, whether driver is doing it or a passenger. Calls to 911 would be allowed to be processed. Drivers making cell calls are stupid, selfish, reckless and finally, cannot manage their lives to make their phone calls at their homes and offices. They are disorganized and dumb.
Inconsiderates today - only one person turning from a straight only lane, and typical depressingly low turn signal use.
"They look like ordinary license plates until they're activated, after which they light up, or even flash, with selected messages. According to the company's Web site, those messages could read "Uninsured," "Expired," "Suspended," "Stolen," or even "Amber Alert."
Electronic License Plates Spark Concerns About Big Brother
Maybe we could just have the NSA deactivate their phone anytime they dial and the phone switches cell tower.
Actually I think we have enough big brother and need less government control.
>Drivers making cell calls are stupid, selfish, reckless and finally, cannot manage their lives to make their phone calls at their homes
I keep thinking about the 80% of young females driving during the daytime hours in this area who are on the cell phone. It's their social time when they get behind the wheel--hand gestures, laughing, anger, etc., all kinds of emotions show on their faces and in their actions while on their phones.
I always thought the "Baby on Board" signs were stupid since the driver should just be extra careful instead of acting like it's up to everyone else to protect thier bundle-of-joy on board.
We need "Cell Phone in Use" signs.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I am surprised "Baby on Board" signs don't make the vehicle a target, like the stupid stick figure family decals often seen on obese SUVs and oblivious minivans. Around my area, one could also sell an "Anchor Baby on Board" :shades: I too notice phone yappers often (but not always) revolve around a certain demographic.
Do they have a decal of a person with a cell phone stuck to their ear for me to look at when I'm behind them at a stoplight and they're not moving.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I am sure 1%er trickle down creator in the Bentley had current registration, maybe good insurance for when he eventually hits someone,too :sick:
please let's forget about *talking* on the cellphone as a supposed problem, because there is a worse problem: the amount of texting/emailing that goes on during commuting is huge - especially when traffic gets too dense for cops to see/detain anyone.
how about the inevitable implementations using existing video cameras above every recent highway - they can look at hands of the driver and identify the texters/web-surfers via image-recognition and send them tickets.
most highways already have plenty of existing video cameras. all vehicles' speeds can be calculated accurately between every pair of cameras - by computer using video data already being captured.
how about each driver gets hundreds of deserved/valid/retroactive tickets for all their 2010-2012 driving/speeding/texting. the stored videos can be replayed/re-analyzed any time in the future, and tickets sent out for speeding/texting that occurred years ago.
smile, you're on candid camera !