Please read the signs....
Suspect I'll ruffle some feathers...and I suspect this isn't the most correct audience for this post, but for RV'ers in Alaska, please read the road signs. The ones that seem to get ignored the m...
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MDKMDK wrote:
To those who suggest that they "won't jeopardize the safety of others or my family" by trying to find a place to move over to let the waiting traffic pass, you may be doing just that. Consider this, that "road rage" does happen and it's been documented in varying degrees for decades. I would suggest that trying to justify blocking traffic by invoking the safety mantra means nothing to the wrong individual you may be holding up. When trapped behind a slower moving vehicle, I have been known to on occasion utter the phrase, "I don't mind if you want to drive slow, just don't do it in front of me". I'm not about to act upon that premise other than to wait for an opportunity to safely pass, but there are those out there in the real world that may do much more, given the right set of circumstances and conditions.
Just playing Devil's Advocate here, no offense to those who have indicated their contrarian positions.
Avoiding the motivation issues, what has historically made the Seward Highway (South from Los Anchorage to about Portage) one of the more dangerous highways is people passing on the 2-lane portions without waiting for either a 3 or 4 lane section or for a good passing area. For me, and I suspect most others, a slow driver going too slow is just a frustration to be dealt with, but because some folks simply don't deal well with that, they attempt to pass, often with tragic consequences on that stretch of highway.
In that stretch mentioned, there are (rough count) about 5-7 identified pull-out spots for slow vehicles ("Delay of 5 or more must pull over") as well as a few more parking/scenic pull outs. I can't expect everyone to drive the speed limit nor would I expect anyone (RV, Semi-, Tow-truck) to pull over if it wasn't safe, but again yesterday, seeing an RV go from Indian to the Weigh Station at what probably averaged 40 (high of 55-60 in the few places with S/L of 65) without taking advantage of the pull-over spots was pretty frustrating to those of us in the group of about 15 behind that vehicle.
