Please, when traveling together

[nevadanick]

Please leave room between your vehicles when traveling together. On 2 lane highway such as 93 people have to take to much of a chance to pass all of you and if there is room between you they can pass one at a time if need be. I was on 93 between Wells, Nv and Twin Falls, Id yesterday and in order to pass the campers/motorhomes safely i was upwards of 90 to get by the group. This group was going 10 under the limit and i watched as a semi was trying to pass and get back in the lane between also.

[mpierce]

DustyWV wrote:

BarbaraOK wrote:
And you leave enough space and sure enough someone pulls in in front of you - they slow down and you slow down to again leave enough space and the cycle keeps repeating itself over and over and over.

Barb

X-2

You should maintain a safe following/stopping distance between you and next vehicle. That space will often go away because of passing vehicles, simply readjust and start all over again.

Safety first.

In theory, yes. In practice, it doesn't work. Drove semi for years. In heavy traffic, I would try to back off, and leave more room. Instantly, a car darts into that spot, and I am once again following too close. So, as I slow down again, and the space start to get close to enough, ANOTHER car darts into that spot.

If I was to keep slowing down, to maintain the proper distance, pretty soon I would be STOPPED in the middle of the road!

So, I would try to maintain as much distance as I could, without it instantly being filled by another car. NO WAY I could maintain more. The cars would not allow it.

[BarbaraOK]

DmaxWW wrote:
I have found that when on two lane roads there usually isn't much you can do to let traffic pass. There usually isn't any area's to pull off the road and if one does show up you can't see it in time to slow down and pull off so about all you can do is proceed until they all pass or you happen on a spot where you can safely pull off. Remember, it takes a big area to get a large rig off the road and even more room to slow down to get there.

Couldn't agree more. I love some of the pull off areas we've seen on some roads - barely big enough for a pickup, we're 55+ feet with the car attached - so we need a long stretch and enough notice to slow down and pull over.

So if you are behind us, sorry, we will always pull into the right lane if a passing area appears, but there isn't much else we can do about it and we don't do 70 under any circumstances.

Barb

[Art_Davis]

DustyWV wrote:

BarbaraOK wrote:
And you leave enough space and sure enough someone pulls in in front of you - they slow down and you slow down to again leave enough space and the cycle keeps repeating itself over and over and over.

Barb

X-2

You should maintain a safe following/stopping distance between you and next vehicle. That space will often go away because of passing vehicles, simply readjust and start all over again.

Safety first.

Sounds good in theory, but doesn't work quite that way in practice. Trying to do this, you simply slow down more and more until you are the slowest rig in line. Maybe you are then going far slower than you want.

[AlGreg]

Use the 2 second rule. 2 seconds between you and the car in front of you. 3 or more if you are driving a big rig or if road or weather conditions are not good. This is taught in all defensive driving courses.

[Vette_Racer]

I have found that when on two lane roads there usually isn't much you can do to let traffic pass. There usually isn't any area's to pull off the road and if one does show up you can't see it in time to slow down and pull off so about all you can do is proceed until they all pass or you happen on a spot where you can safely pull off. Remember, it takes a big area to get a large rig off the road and even more room to slow down to get there.

[DustyR]

BarbaraOK wrote:
And you leave enough space and sure enough someone pulls in in front of you - they slow down and you slow down to again leave enough space and the cycle keeps repeating itself over and over and over.

Barb

X-2

You should maintain a safe following/stopping distance between you and next vehicle. That space will often go away because of passing vehicles, simply readjust and start all over again.

Safety first.

[Terryallan]

BarbaraOK wrote:
And you leave enough space and sure enough someone pulls in in front of you - they slow down and you slow down to again leave enough space and the cycle keeps repeating itself over and over and over.

Barb

OR you don't leave space between you, and the guy in front slams on brakes, and YOU become a permanent part of his rear end. Your choice. But his rear end is the expensive, and dangerous, possibly fatal, choice

[Old-Biscuit]

BarbaraOK wrote:
And you leave enough space and sure enough someone pulls in in front of you - they slow down and you slow down to again leave enough space and the cycle keeps repeating itself over and over and over.

Barb

Makes you feel like you are going backwards......

[BarbaraOK]

And you leave enough space and sure enough someone pulls in in front of you - they slow down and you slow down to again leave enough space and the cycle keeps repeating itself over and over and over.

Barb

[obgraham]

OP makes a valid point, then gets a lot of "whatif...howdyaknow..."

Really: if you're in your rig following another one, leave some space for others to pass one at a time. What's so hard about that?

[nevadanick]

In this case they all had Washington plates so i assume they were together. Either way there needs to be room left between them and there was plenty of oppurtunity for one of them to pass the other if there was room to get back in.

[3oaks]

fla-gypsy wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
How do you know they were traveling together vs some rvs being on the same road stuck behind the slow poke and every time there was a chance to pass some yodel from back of the line came shooting out passing multiple vehicles?

X2, these would be the same fools who get out there in no mans land and see a problem ahead (oncoming traffic) and then want to force their way back in line in front of you and expect you to accommodate their stupidity. What's the freakin hurry?

The same holds true in a situation with road construction ahead. Traffic signs indicating to merge right or left, and when you do, others fly by in the wrong lane just to get ahead, creating a traffic jam at the actual construction site while forcing their way in. I love it when a semi driver pulls out and drives in tandem with the merged lane to block this sort of action.

I guess is all part of the ME FIRST attitude these days.

[fla-gypsy]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
How do you know they were traveling together vs some rvs being on the same road stuck behind the slow poke and every time there was a chance to pass some yodel from back of the line came shooting out passing multiple vehicles?

X2, these would be the same fools who get out there in no mans land and see a problem ahead (oncoming traffic) and then want to force their way back in line in front of you and expect you to accommodate their stupidity. What's the freakin hurry?

[enblethen]

It should not matter if they are traveling together or traveling down the road by themselves, drivers should realize that they are holding up traffic. They should pull over and let traffic.
Number two in line is at fault as the first one for not pulling over to let vehicles pass. Even sliding over onto the shoulder will let the traffic wanting to pass to see what is coming without sticking their nose out into on coming traffic.
Here in Washington, holding up five or more vehicles will get you a gift certificate.