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Grit dog wrote:
Because I know whooo the left lane loafers are now.....can spot 'em in this thread! And they're not happy someone is dissing their leftlane pissoffability of other drivers! LOL
We can also see the selfish folks that think they are more important than all others.jfkmk wrote:
I saw a left lane idiot tooling along just under the speed limit. A trooper was behind her lights and siren blaring. She finally realized he was there and stopped. Right in the middle of the fast lane! Man was that trooper pissed! People sure are stupid.
I'll bet that ticket was the max he could write...- I saw a left lane idiot tooling along just under the speed limit. A trooper was behind her lights and siren blaring. She finally realized he was there and stopped. Right in the middle of the fast lane! Man was that trooper pissed! People sure are stupid.
mjbenedict wrote:
They're having a real problem here now with long wait times to get in to do a road test. Apparently too many people can't be bothered to study adequately, and it's like "whatever... I'll just go back another day and see if I can pass". They oughta be charging them a re-test after say the 3rd attempt within a certain period and maybe not let them retest for say another 6 months. It's unfair to the new drivers who do all the right stuff. Maybe they should raise the pass score from the current 80% to near perfect, or perfect.
Yes, if one can't pass a driving test, they shouldn't have license to drive. They're not that complicated and if one can't be qualified in a 2ton vehicle, they shouldn't be driving one.- I'm not a super techy kind of guy and think technology is highly overrated in many cases. However, I'm very hopeful of the benefits driverless vehicles may provide.
Because vehicles will communicate with each other, there's potential to drastically increase efficiencies and minimize bottlenecks often caused by shortcomings of human nature -- unwilling to yield right of way, claiming complete ownership of a lane, attempting to exit or merge at the very last moment, etc.
Example: The so-called zipper concept, involving merging traffic, becomes very inefficient and chaotic because of stubboorness, inattention and other factors. With driverless vehicles communicating with each other, every vehicle would know the intended path of the other, adjusting it's speed and lane selection accordingly and allowing for smoother transitions.
It may not happen in my lifetime, but perhaps the next generation will reap the benefits of such technology. run100 wrote:
I find a speed no-one else is going and try to maintain that. Problem is you sometimes attract "flies" who buzz around you. It's much safer to not hang around other cars. A lot of people are distracted and latch on to driving around you. I call them "flies" because they're so distracted you can pass them off to other cars as you pass them. It's like holding your head next to another person to get the fly buzzing around them. What gets me is the people who hang next to tractor trailers for miles when they regularly have blowouts and tread separation. They also wander into lanes as the TT drivers are just as distracted these days. I make it a point to get around them as fast as possible. Back to my first sentence, it's pretty easy to continue notching up the cruise control when people keep hanging around you on the interstate. Few know how to drive defensively.
I'm fine with states passing, and enforcing, left lane laws, as long as they also enforce the speed limit. I'm no angel and often drive 5-mph over (sometimes more), but when motorists feel they should absolute freedom to rocket down the highway at 90-120-mph, that's a significant problem that puts us all at risk. Laws (controls) are there to prevent injuries, death and property damage.
The higher the speed, the higher the likelihood many others will be taken out in the event of a crash.myredracer wrote:
Yes, if one can't pass a driving test, they shouldn't have license to drive. They're not that complicated and if one can't be qualified in a 2ton vehicle, they shouldn't be driving one.
Why is driving here being compared to driving in Europe? Everything about driving in Europe is completely different. Completely - the vehicles, the roads, the laws, the driver training & licencing, driver capability, the enforcement, the terrain, the distances, urban density, etc. The annual per capita mileage driven in a car is much less than here due to alternative forms of transportation being very efficient, convenient and low cost. Even flying around Europe is a very economical and popular alternative to driving. Cycling in Europe is very popular.
Our son has been living in The Netherlands for about 5 years. Since other forms of transportation are so good and inexpensive there, like many, he doesn't own or want a car. Road safety there is taken seriously and even schoolkids take an annual cycling test starting at a young age. The importance of road safety is instilled at an early age. Couple of years ago our son and his best friend (Dutch) went to Vegas, rented a blinged-out Mustang and drove out to Grand Canyon. So different than Europe, they haven't stopped talking about it since!
I think the gov't and authorities in the US and Canada could be doing a much better job at road safety but there doesn't seem to be the political will or interest. Why can't they for one thing, have periodic driver testing and if you don't pass, you lose your licence until you do pass. Why don't they do random enforcement in various jurisdictions and start enforcing more of the regulations? Why do they even bother putting turn signals on vehicles if drivers don't use them and cops don't care? As it is now, you get your licence and can throw the motor vehicle regulations away and forget about it.run100 wrote:
I look forward to the day (maybe not in our lifetime) when driverless cars are the norm. No more humans constantly abusing traffic laws.
The higher the speed, the higher the likelihood many others will be taken out in the event of a crash.- I'm fine with states passing, and enforcing, left lane laws, as long as they also enforce the speed limit. I'm no angel and often drive 5-mph over (sometimes more), but when motorists feel they should absolute freedom to rocket down the highway at 90-120-mph, that's a significant problem that puts us all at risk. Laws (controls) are there to prevent injuries, death and property damage.
The higher the speed, the higher the likelihood many others will be taken out in the event of a crash. - Why is driving here being compared to driving in Europe? Everything about driving in Europe is completely different. Completely - the vehicles, the roads, the laws, the driver training & licencing, driver capability, the enforcement, the terrain, the distances, urban density, etc. The annual per capita mileage driven in a car is much less than here due to alternative forms of transportation being very efficient, convenient and low cost. Even flying around Europe is a very economical and popular alternative to driving. Cycling in Europe is very popular.
Our son has been living in The Netherlands for about 5 years. Since other forms of transportation are so good and inexpensive there, like many, he doesn't own or want a car. Road safety there is taken seriously and even schoolkids take an annual cycling test starting at a young age. The importance of road safety is instilled at an early age. Couple of years ago our son and his best friend (Dutch) went to Vegas, rented a blinged-out Mustang and drove out to Grand Canyon. So different than Europe, they haven't stopped talking about it since!
I think the gov't and authorities in the US and Canada could be doing a much better job at road safety but there doesn't seem to be the political will or interest. Why can't they for one thing, have periodic driver testing and if you don't pass, you lose your licence until you do pass. Why don't they do random enforcement in various jurisdictions and start enforcing more of the regulations? Why do they even bother putting turn signals on vehicles if drivers don't use them and cops don't care? As it is now, you get your licence and can throw the motor vehicle regulations away and forget about it.
