I need to get one of those bumper stickers that says "As a matter of fact I DO own the road!" :B
Fortunately I was able to judge slowpoke's speed long before I had my nose up his bumper. DW has a better view of the right lane from the passenger's seat, she confirmed that the right lane was empty ahead, all vehicles had been passed, and I could see all the way down the right lane behind us, so I moved over and passed. I'll admit it was a risky move, since the guy couldn't see anything in the right lane, he may have decided to move over while I was passing him.
2112 wrote:
Part of the problem is not many students go to a professionally structured 'driving school' anymore. High schools no longer offer drivers ed. It's all private now. It's parent taught by parents with poor driving habits teaching their kids poor driving habits.
I know this isn't aligned with the OP's topic intent but I had to throw this out there.
When my kids took driver's ed in 2004/2005, it was still offered by the school but they discontinued the part of the class with highway driving. When I was in school, driver's ed took us out on a limited access highway to learn speed control, merging, passing, etc. No more. Many folks have no concept of correct lane usage and think the left lane is as good as any other lane to ride along in. I was giving this guy the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't moving over because he couldn't see, and hoping he wasn't just ride along in the left lane all day.
I never like passing on the right, but I've learned that you can wait until the cows come home before some folks will move over and let you pass safely on the left....
Olde Volks Place wrote:
You didn't attempt to help him get over safely
I thought about that but was unable to figure out how....normally I would flash my brights to signal that I wanted to pass, but there was no way he could have seen me. What else could/should I have done?
I really wanted to tell him to get on RV.net and start reading up...he not only needed mirrors, but probably would benefit from a trip to the scales too....
I believe that he was at passing speed but slowed quickly as we approached the grade. Red Chevy Silverado 1500 extended cab with whole family on board, back of the truck loaded up with BBQ, toys, etc, and a 34' TT was probably a little much for that 5.3L to get up the hill....
Hopefully he saw the RV.net sticker on the back of the TT and will check out the forum.
