A Driving Mystery ~ Why must you pull in front of me at 65 MPH ...

In_The_Wind

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Sat Nov-12-05 04:49 AM
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A Driving Mystery ~ Why must you pull in front of me at 65 MPH ...

and then slow way the hell down

making it necessary for me to go around you ...

I dislike playing leap frog on the Thruway ...

Have they started selling drivers license at Wal-Mart ...

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hfojvt

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Sat Nov-12-05 04:51 AM
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1. some people just have this fetish

about not driving in the left lane :hide:

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Nov-12-05 05:27 AM
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3. That's okay. So just stay the hell behind me! Didn't anyone tell you ...

about keeping a safe driving distance between cars ...

I mean :shrug: what's wrong with pulling in behind me instead of in front of me!

AND

if you really have to pull in front of me

don't try for a lawsuit because I'm not going to rear-end you!

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mrbill

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Sat Nov-12-05 05:38 AM
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5. it might be safer keeping these dillweeds in front of you.........

The type of driving behavior that you describe pisses me off to no end. Speed around me then cut right in front. Excuse me i was going 65 here, not 63.....

Oh well, better that you have my headlights up your ass.

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Nov-12-05 05:48 AM
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6. Yep! Sometimes I just slow way the hell down and let 'em go ...

I'm rarely in a hurry.

I've got no deadline to meet.

But after 9 hours of driving at 67 to 69 MPH people who cut me off are the ones that upset me the most.

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mrbill

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Sat Nov-12-05 06:00 AM
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9. after 9 hours the ones that iritate me the most are.....

Edited on Sat Nov-12-05 06:03 AM by mrbill

the multitudes that pay no attention to the yield signs at the access points of the highway. I'm crusing here at 65 and you pull out in front of me and make me slow down or signal a left lane action....

Zap you dumbass driver with mister finger.

A 1/4 mile back is good safe place to be.

You can get away with one leap frog move, then the other player usually becomes obsessive/compusive.

on edit; spell check

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NamVetsWeeLass

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Sat Nov-12-05 06:51 AM
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13. Yield...

Here in the Land of West BY GAWD Virginny, they don't understand them there Yield Signs.... Dunno if they think it's some type of Fucked up stop sign or what, But the pull right on out regardless of the fact that you're going 70 and are only 1/8 of a mile away... Heh.. :wtf:

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Nov-12-05 07:46 PM
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18. I've driven in West Virgina!

:wtf: :shrug: it isn't any worse that any other state I've passed through ...

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NamVetsWeeLass

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Sun Nov-13-05 03:31 AM
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21. hmmmm.

Well it could be me, I really don't like it here, LMAO.

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NMMNG

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Sat Nov-12-05 04:53 AM
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2. Some people are just a$$hats

:shrug:

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Nov-12-05 05:36 AM
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4. Buffy - I really wonder about the rest of the world at times ...

What are they thinking!?! I'm almost always driving just above the speed limit. So pulling in front of me only means that (1) I have to apply my brakes or (2) pull out to go around you.

I had one nut pulling a trailer who played leapfrog with me 2 or 3 times on an empty highway. The last time he did - I slowed down enough to give him 1/4 mile of distance ...
:wtf: there was no one else out there!

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DrDebug

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Sat Nov-12-05 05:50 AM
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7. Psychology

There are three cars. A B and C. You are A and your friend who upset you is B. The speed of the cars is mentioned next to the letter. So you are A68


The initial situation

A68 |
    |
C60 |
    |
B63 |

B wants to pass C

A68 |
    |
C60 |
    | B66

B has passed C

A68 |
    |
    | B69
C60 |

Now there are two options. 
1) B goes behind A or 2) B passes A. 
The first option sounds the most intelligent
However B is slightly faster than A so psychology tells him:

A68 | B70
    |
    |
    |
C60 |

B has passed A

B69 |
    |
A68 |

And after that psychological victory returns to his normal mode

B63 |
A68 |


B63 | A75:mad:

A70 |
    |
B63 |

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Nov-12-05 05:59 AM
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8. You Are Exactly Right!

Thanks for explaining that so clearly.

Now I can go back to bed and stop wondering about it.

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LaurenG

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Sat Nov-12-05 06:05 AM
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10. This is one of my biggest aggravations

I am working hard at not getting angry over this stuff. I hate driving anymore. People pull out in front and won't even go the speed limit. I have given up driving on the interstate to work and back because of the congestion and the average speed of 30 mph due to high volume. I take the side roads. You know if the speed limit is 35 I figure thats how fast one should drive, not 25 or 20. These things along with having someone pull out in front of me and then make no effort to keep the flow of traffic going drive me nutty. :eyes:

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EFerrari

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Sat Nov-12-05 06:28 AM
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11. Bob Hope used to say, Californians got theirs in the mail.

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In_The_Wind

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Sun Nov-13-05 03:08 AM
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20. That's all the more reason for me to stay the hell outta California.

that and the fact that my 1st ex-husband is out there ...

hahaha - the East is the best ...

:hug:

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Clintmax

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Sat Nov-12-05 06:33 AM
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12. That's MY biggest driving pet peeve too, Miss Joan!

:hi::hug:
It just gets underneath my skin and festers! :grr:

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WCGreen

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Sat Nov-12-05 10:38 AM
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14. I agree so much with Clint....

Pulling out in front of someone on the Highway is dangerous as well as agravating.....

Especially if there is no one behind you...

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Pharlo

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Sat Nov-12-05 10:42 AM
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15. Driving mystery #2:

Why when someone in the right lane wants to switch lanes to pass the vehicle in front of them, they only need six inches clearing the bumper of the vehicle they're pulling over in front of (vehicle in the left lane), but now, after slowing traffic down in the left lane to one mile per hour faster than the vehicle they are now passing, why do they need FIVE CAR LENGTHS of clear road before they can pull back over into the right lane again?

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DS1

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Sat Nov-12-05 11:07 AM
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17. Everything is relative

I'm not going to explain this any further.

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DS1

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Sat Nov-12-05 11:05 AM
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16. Yeah, that's why I LOVE cruise control up in Vermont

but HATE cruise control in MA. In MA I get in the middle lane so the truckers can scream by me on the right going downhill, and then I pass them going uphill, rinse repeat. But MA passenger car drivers, they som stupid ass.

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In_The_Wind

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Sat Nov-12-05 07:49 PM
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19. Cruise control is fun rollin' along I 90. The road was so empty that ...

for one crazy moment I though about lurking while I was driving.

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obxhead

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Sun Nov-13-05 03:37 AM
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22. No. They come in a Craker Jacks box now.

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