National Speed Limit

[WildBill3]

It's just sad to see that some just dont get it.Guess it takes all kinds.When im in my smaller cars that have a highway gear our speed is usually waaay above 55 and milage doent seem to suffer seems im allways looking for that next fast guy follow so he goes though the speed trap first.And what better way to get good milage than in the DRAFT!!!WB3

[tcrist]

Ok, you guys convinced me, I am wrong about the way I was driving. I promise not to ever do it again. It is dangerous. I will start driving like some of the people that have posted on this thread.

From now on I will drive at least 20 mph over the speed limit and tailgate the other cars. I will use my chrome horn, I will use the PIT maneuver and knock anybody off of the road that is driving the speed limit in the fast lane.

Even though the above mentioned constitute "assault with a deadly weapon”. Why, because it seems like it must be the right thing to do. No one on here is saying a word about that. It must be just the way Cobra drivers drive.

Sorry Jamo, I will put myself on a 3 day time out.

Terry

[392cobra]

Originally Posted by tcrist

Ok, you guys convinced me, I am wrong about the way I was driving. I promise not to ever do it again. It is dangerous. I will start driving like some of the people that have posted on this thread.

From now on I will drive at least 20 mph over the speed limit and tailgate the other cars. I will use my chrome horn, I will use the PIT maneuver and knock anybody off of the road that is driving the speed limit in the fast lane.

Terry

Terry,
It's good to see you have finally learned your lesson.

Happy Motoring.

[JBCOBRA]

Hey tchrist
If you were the @ss that almost got me killed, I pity you for being the way you are.
Are you in denial?
I certainly don't mean to be personal. That is not my nature. But, if You chose to put me in a situation that may cost me my life...............then it is truely is personal.

[Cobrabill]

In addition to "road sense",sarcasm isn't your strong suite either.

[olddog]

Ok I do not agree with tcrist staying in the left lane, but I have to point out that some of you blaming him for all the problems is equally wrong. There will always be times when the left and right lane gets jammed up. Like every time an 18 wheeler is going around a slower truck or when a cop is driving down the highway (I'll come back to this in a moment). The bottom line is that you are in control of the distance between you and the car in front of you. If you are in a line of cars tail gating a slower driver, it is time to allow even more distance between you and the rest of the idiots, because when something goes wrong, you will have even less warning, when the car in front of you hits a stopped car before he can hit his brakes.

Equally I could argue that the guy whos tire blew out may have been much worse if he had not been slowed down by the left lane hog.

I can also tell you that I have driven in Gernany many times. Most of the highways, I was on, were at least 3 lanes wide. The small trucks used in Europe stay in the right lane and only run about 55 mph. The normal traffic flow is 80 mph, with the guys running 120+ mph sprinkled in. This is fine when there are 3 lanes, but when there are only two it just does not work. The speed difference from 80 to 55 is trecherous. To get out of the fast line and move into the slow truck lane, requires burining your brakes up, when traffic is heavy (most of the time). It is best to pick a lane and drive with the flow, and if you cannot run with the big dogs stay the hell out of the left lane, as changing lanes with a 40 mph speed difference is crazzy.

Regardless what people tell you about no speed limit in Germany, the law is that if you are going faster than 130 kph any accident is automatically your fault, but it doesn't matter to you, as your dead. It does matter to your family, as they have to pay all the bills for your stupid mistake.

Back to a cop driving down a 4 lane highway. Everyone sees him and everyone in every lane is suddenly driving the same speed as him, usually the speed limit plus a few. Now as all the people who are cussing tcrist run into this log jam, they start tailgating and changing lanes, not knowing a cop is ahead, and there is no getting through. Within a few minutes someone nearly hits another car changing lanes, and a car goes spinning off into the median. I've seen it a hundred times. There are more wrecks caused by a cop driving down a 4 lane than any other cause, but who's fault is it really? The cop or all the agressive speeders, who will not slow down no matter what. Tcrist is no worse than a cop, but for the life of me I do not understand why he wants to be like one.

However my point to all this blabbering is that although tcrist is wrong, the agressive speeder, tailgators, and rapid lane changers have no leg to stand on either. If they wreck because he is driving the speed limit, it was their choices that put them in harms way. Just because someone pisses you off, you do not have a free pass to do stupid things out of anger. If you are prone to this, you should sell your Cobra, while you are still alive. Well that likely pissed everyone off, but the truth sometimes hurts. I hope this might save someones life, but I doubt it will change anyones mind.

[tmareina]

Not many people drive faster than I...however if someone does want to drive faster and speeds up behind me I pull over and let them pass...sooner or later there will be an efficient highway man to give them a greeting.

Tom

[lineslinger]

I have experienced the up close and personal results of the type of arrogant lane dominance dictated by some. As a former firefighter I have heard the stories and have seen the gruesome results from the type of driving being advocated by the " self selected" few.


Regardless of how much fact and logic is presented, I have no doubt the driving techniques of the ones who advocate such on this thread will not change one iota.
Terry, Anthony? Am I right?

[lineslinger]

And done with such calculated style. What detector do you use?
Good idea on the radio, retired mine years ago, may be time to drag it out from under where ever the hell its buried, offer up some voltage and see if will still fire.

[Jamo]

Latest and greatest Passport...

CB...I never leave home without it. With all the detectors, GPS, XM traffic radio and/or using the cell to call traffic info...nothing, assolutely nothing, beats the CB out in the wide open spaces for finding our about where cops are working or where road construction/wrecks are slowing down traffic or what are the best detours around such stuff. No big radio hanging off the Vette dash with a big stick out back...just a nice portable Uniden I keep in a small doctor's bag with a portable Uniden scanner (I use that for labor disputes too).

[lineslinger]

What kind of cash is it to upgrade to a contemporary CB, couple hundred bucks? My old one is better suited for a display in the Smithsonian.

[JBCOBRA]

Hey Anthony
Stay out of the left lane. "Drive right, PASS left"
Don't be part of the problem out there.

[cdog]

Our national anthem should contain the phrase "MOVE RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS".

The real dangers are people barreling up on a 55 mph left-laner, then everyone has to pass, then someone will inevitably pull in front of the slow left-laner and JAM on his brakes, spooking the left laner, causing problems....

I usually pull in front of the slow left laners and turn on my right turn signal, then tap my brakes like 15 times. This is, of course, after coming up on them at 90 mph, and tailgating them at 4 feet for 30 seconds, thinking they'd be smart enough to move, but no.

Usually it's some dullard guy or some dumb young girl in some dog**** Camry who is COMPLETELY oblivious to the whole thing...They just have a blank stare. I think they are actually thinking that they are obeying the law and won't attract attention by going 55mph, but they don't realize they are in the wrong ****ing lane!

QUESTION: How much would it cost to take out a full page ad in every major newspaper that said (in white type on an all black page)..

Hey You!

STAY RIGHT
EXCEPT TO PASS!

[392cobra]

It is always fun to follow threads where some Type A's try to get other Type A's to change their behavior to what some Type A's believe is the proper behavior.

It gets even more fun when the other Type A's really don't care what some Type A's think is proper behavior and just carry on.

[Anthony]

I don't know billy, from what know about my laws, and what I just read about yours, it seems it is legal to drive in the left lane, under certain exceptions, which do apply, such as 6 lane highway. And, its legal to pass on the right as well, even on a 4 lane highway.

Now, when 10 is finished, will it be 6 lanes, if so, then I guess I can drive in the left lane. I'll be out in Phoenix, and south of there in 6 or so weeks, for a couple of weeks, which I make perodic visits for some consulting work.

I'll be driving a white SUV. If you come up behind me, flash your lights to say hello. As I said before, I give you permission to pass me on the right.

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by Anthony

I don't know billy, from what know about my laws, and what I just read about yours, it seems it is legal to drive in the left lane, under certain exceptions, which do apply, such as 6 lane highway. And, its legal to pass on the right as well, even on a 4 lane highway.

Now, when 10 is finished, will it be 6 lanes, if so, then I guess I can drive in the left lane. I'll be out in Phoenix, and south of there in 6 or so weeks, for a couple of weeks, which I make perodic visits for some consulting work.

I'll be driving a white SUV. If you come up behind me, flash your lights to say hello. As I said before, I give you permission to pass me on the right.

Son-of-a-b!tch you really are thick...A four lane hiway refers to a hiway with TWO lanes in each direction.

Unless you are engaged in one of these "exceptions"the law says DRIVE IN THE RIGHT LANE!!!
I'm sure you'll be easy to spot as you will be driving the only white SUV in Southern Az.DESERT.

Tcrist-the law says you must do it and it is the "right thing" to do.So just shut up and move over.

[tcrist]

Cobrabill,
Ok, you had to reply with your meaningless jabber so I have to respond.

I have been trying to take the high road (so to speak) and you still insist on insulting. I can take it. I have broad shoulders and you are a (insert comment here).

Also for your information, my main driving consists of a 2 lane road in each direction so under certain circumstances I am legal. So now who is driving wrong.

By the way, there is no line 3. That all goes together. Re-read it and then read between the lines. Maybe then you will get it. I have no time for the likes of you.


Terry

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by tcrist

Cobrabill,
1)Ok, you had to reply with your meaningless jabber so I have to respond.

2)I have been trying to take the high road (so to speak) and you still insist on insulting. I can take it. I have broad shoulders and you are a (insert comment here).

3)Also for your information, my main driving consists of a 2 lane road in each direction so under certain circumstances I am legal. So now who is driving wrong.

4)By the way, there is no line 3. That all goes together. Re-read it and then read between the lines. Maybe then you will get it.5) I have no time for the likes of you.


Terry

1)Meaningless jabber?That's the word you use when you're wrong and trying to project back on to the person who is right.

2)Someone who sits in the left lane and force his viewpoint on the rest of the motoring public is going to take the "high road"?SOB that's funny.That's so ironic.Or is it moronic?A nod is as good as a winkYou have broad shoulders and i am right .

3)You are still driving wrong.

4)I made it line #3.Therefore it exists.

5)Of course not.Being shown how wrong you are does get old.But there is an easy fix for that.But since you can't figure out that it is illegal to "travel" in the left lane-unfortunately you don't have much hope of figuring this out either .

Do you always bring a water pistol to an artillery duel?

[tcrist]

Cobrabill,
Your funny.

I do have a question though. Why does it seem that you always have to edit your posts. Can't you do anything right the first time?

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by tcrist

Cobrabill,
Your funny.

I do have a question though. Why does it seem that you always have to edit your posts. Can't you do anything right the first time?

It's always done right the first time.But a little tweaking takes it beyond it's initial perfection.

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