Angry wannabe RV police encounter
Sunday July 7 we were driving south on US 101 below Yachats Oregon. If you are not familiar, it is narrow and winding with no passing lane for a stretch. The suggested speed signs for the curves ar...
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Unless I knew the road, I would certainly follow the speed limits "suggested" for trucks.
The times that I've had cars pile up behind has usually been on local roads that I don't know... but I am sure the locals who do know the roads fly along them.
I have found that usually the speed limit signs on roads I don't know are good to follow and I actually treat them as "limit" signs not minimum signs.
I have not had anyone confront me about driving - but there have been instances where I am sure a car driver thought I should have done something different, but for whatever reason I was unable to. Especially moving over on a highway to let someone on... besides not being required to, most times if I move over to the left I will crowd (or worse) cars in the left lane. Then you get into the discussion of "should I cruise while towing on a 3 lane road in the middle or right lane?".
Just drive safe and defensively. And do your best to keep your cool, as the OP seems to have done.
The times that I've had cars pile up behind has usually been on local roads that I don't know... but I am sure the locals who do know the roads fly along them.
I have found that usually the speed limit signs on roads I don't know are good to follow and I actually treat them as "limit" signs not minimum signs.
I have not had anyone confront me about driving - but there have been instances where I am sure a car driver thought I should have done something different, but for whatever reason I was unable to. Especially moving over on a highway to let someone on... besides not being required to, most times if I move over to the left I will crowd (or worse) cars in the left lane. Then you get into the discussion of "should I cruise while towing on a 3 lane road in the middle or right lane?".
Just drive safe and defensively. And do your best to keep your cool, as the OP seems to have done.
