DW and I traveled from Florida to Maine recently and we are thankful to have arrived home all in one piece. I saw an article on television about the driverless car manufacturers planning to put their new cars on the highway just as soon as they program integrity and moral driving skills into their computer driving systems. I think it would be very beneficial to retrain our current highway drivers on driver integrity and good moral driving skills.The number of horrible drivers we encountered on our trip home were frequent enough to make us wonder why we expose ourselves to this incredible danger. We observed incidents of road rage, impatience, driving to endanger, speeding, aggressive maneuverings, following too closely, no signal use when changing lanes, abruptly changing lanes, no courtesy and to boot, these actions were done buy truckers and passenger cars alike. I am to understand that most city folks believe that these driving methods are normal and to be expected. Every morning in Florida the news had coverage on several road closures due to car crashes. Just the "cost" of commuting! In my opinion, this is unacceptable and mostly preventable if better driving was practiced. Maybe I am in the minority with these thoughts, so thanks for hearing me vent. Lakeside

yea I hear you. drivers are maniacs. seen it all also.will it change, probably not :)we actually drive more back roads now when we can. slows down the speed and life for us. instead of the insanity at warp speed on the highways.also hubby now just stays in the right lane on highways and we do our speed with our big rig and hope to stay away from most of the mess :)vent away, I think most would agree on this rant!

Age rage, not road rage. As we get older our fuse is a bit shorter and we notice non compliance a bit more. We have a dash cam on our coach and I could easily make a movie. We just cruise along, and plan our route through the bigger cities. My vent!

Thank you FunnyCamper, Back roads sound like the way to go from now on, if we go at all!Lakeside

Not sure what backroads you mean, probably US and state routes? Although they can be nice rides they are far more dangerous than the interstate limited access highways. There is almost never a head on collision on an interstate but cars coming at me doing 55 or 60 mph and passing with just lines on the road for protection worries me more than the infractions I see on the interstates.

lakeside013104 wrote:I think it would be very beneficial to retrain our current highway drivers on driver integrity and good moral driving skills.Good luck with that! :ERudeness and the 'All About Me' attitude seems to be an epidemic in America.

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Cloud_Dancer
Explorer II
Mar 31, 2016
As a commercial pilot with ATP license, I did recurrent training and testing every 6 months. Flight physical exam every 6 months, and drug test schedule was on random basis. I've seen actions by pilots that made me judge them as "substandard". Whereas, I was perfect in every way....:B
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Mar 31, 2016
PA12DRVR wrote:
jplante4 wrote:
malexander wrote:
We have to do this every two years to keep our pilots license, I see no difference in driving a vehicle.

And for some pilots, the only time they fly is every 2 years for their flight review. I don't think they're so safe.

x2

is it only co-pilots that try to fly drunk?
bumpy
PA12DRVR
Explorer
Mar 31, 2016
jplante4 wrote:
malexander wrote:
We have to do this every two years to keep our pilots license, I see no difference in driving a vehicle.

And for some pilots, the only time they fly is every 2 years for their flight review. I don't think they're so safe.

x2
jplante4
Explorer II
Mar 31, 2016
malexander wrote:
We have to do this every two years to keep our pilots license, I see no difference in driving a vehicle.

And for some pilots, the only time they fly is every 2 years for their flight review. I don't think they're so safe.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Mar 31, 2016
malexander wrote:
Driving is a privilege.
With that said, I believe EVERYONE should have to drive with an examiner/instructor EVERYTIME you renew your drivers license. This would not be a pass/fail "test", just a recurrent training exercise (unless you just absolutely can't drive). You pay the examiner/instructor his fee.

We have to do this every two years to keep our pilots license, I see no difference in driving a vehicle.

I've flown. I've driven.
I see a huge difference myself.
bumpy
malexander
Explorer
Mar 31, 2016
Driving is a privilege.
With that said, I believe EVERYONE should have to drive with an examiner/instructor EVERYTIME you renew your drivers license. This would not be a pass/fail "test", just a recurrent training exercise (unless you just absolutely can't drive). You pay the examiner/instructor his fee.

We have to do this every two years to keep our pilots license, I see no difference in driving a vehicle.
down_home
Explorer II
Mar 31, 2016
In Gorgie, on the Interstates I can generally drive faster if I stay in the right lane around certain cities. They like, to patrol,, the left lane, and by George, you aren't going, to pass them or go around them.
Worrying about them being ticketed, I'm more glad to stay out of their way.
I see them coming for me i will find a lane shoulder or somewhere to go before they hit me. Got pretty good reflexes. Wife kinda freeze frames as do most women and some others and don't react, of course their cars can't get out of their own way in the same month. I like to have good clear lane ahead and behind and beside me. Sometimes hard to keep cars from cutting me off and dropping in between us and car ahead, so when I drive they gotta catch me to get in front. If they do the road is theirs. Never drive unsafe and unaware.
Sees someone pulling on the Interstate while in left lane make room for guy in right to come over long before distance is critical.
You all get off the road I'm coming through, next month going to Floridee.
Around here we no longer use the Interstate unless at night.
Too many wrecks, usually involving Semis and you can count on the road being blocked anytime there is light out.:)
Kids spent 7 hours in traffic,just going to town. Hwy Patrol brought toilet paper, water and snacks down the line of traffic.
Today there was a backup of about thirty miles.
They installed very wide turn around between opposing lanes and are now starting to detour cars back to one or two exits, on this fifty mile or so section, of I24.
Don't worry about them getting tickets. Worry about just staying out of their way.
In Florida don't go to the malls anywhere near Orlando or jsut about anywhere. I never saw so many fights or near fights and fender benders and that was just in the parking lots in 07.
I wish I had went ahead with Pilots license when still in good health.
I pssed up a twin engine Cessna for 25,000 for the PE, someone didn't pay 2008 or so
In the Mh they tend to shy away from cutting us off unless they are drunk, and many may well be. I just need a big ole crash guard like on police cars in front and back.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Mar 30, 2016
bpounds wrote:
mabynack wrote:
...It really irritates me when they race up in the left lane and then slow down and pace me in my blind spot...

Irritates me too. I figure they are too stupid to determine a safe speed for themselves, and go through life just following the crowd.

I live in a area of a lot of two lane roads. What irritates me is when people race up behind you, then tailgate only a few feet from the back of you. Or, worse when I am pulling my TT and the follow along in my blind spot.

If you want to drive that fast then go past me and do so. I have no problem with that and that is what I do. But, why tailgate on a flat road for miles at a time ??????

Sometimes I slow down pull to the right a little and they get the idea and go by. But, I have had times when I slow to 40 mph and they just won't go past. Just keep tailgating. Sometimes I just have to pull off onto the shoulder and stop just to let them go by.
bpounds
Nomad
Mar 29, 2016
mabynack wrote:
...It really irritates me when they race up in the left lane and then slow down and pace me in my blind spot...

Irritates me too. I figure they are too stupid to determine a safe speed for themselves, and go through life just following the crowd.
mabynack
Explorer II
Mar 29, 2016
I noticed on my last trip that a lot of people here in Florida tend to just drive in the left lane. It really irritates me when they race up in the left lane and then slow down and pace me in my blind spot.

I had a guy do that at 2 a.m. with a misaligned headlight. I tried speeding up and he sped up and then I tried slowing down. I eventually took my foot off the accelerator completely and got down to 45 mph before he finally sped up and drove away from me.