Accidents versus Safe Driving
I thought I would post my thoughts on the recent rash of accidents and driving habits of some RV drivers. I live in MA but spend a lot of time on the roads in New England. With the fall color almo...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
Just to add fuel to the fire, (OK, I'm a trouble maker here).. I still do not understand how ... if you are actually speeding in the far left lane, (anything over the posted speed limit), and you have someone riding your bumper, how that is impeding traffic? Both drivers are wrong, because both drivers are speeding. I just don't get it?
If the front driver is UNDER the speed limit, yes.... I perfectly under stand that. But if going faster than the speed limit, does that mean they should go EVEN faster to get out of the way so the person behind can go even faster yet!
The whole thing is really bad if you ask me. Unfortunately, law enforcement and the courts let speeders get away with this. So... where's the safety factor here? Someone driving 90 mph when the speed limit is 50, or someone driving 50 when the speed limit is 50, and an impatient person who just can't obey the law? I REALLY don't get it. That's why I drive in the far right and let them pass. I don't get it ... left lane, speeding, and that's impeding traffic?
The reason behind the law is all safety. If you're in the fast lane doing the speed limit or faster, and there are people behind you who want to go faster than you, than they are very prone to tailgate and make unsafe lane changes to get around you. So States have laws that make you in the wrong too. Technically the Highway Patrol could stop you both and give tickets.
