Lol, no, we don’t reward selfish pricks
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JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 4 days agoEasy fix, move over and let them by.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The problem isn’t that you are rewarding anyone anything. Your causing traffic and safety hazards if you are forcing someone to pass on right when it’s the law in most states to use the left lane as passing only.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
You are causing traffic and safety hazards
Driving a consistent speed on cruise control isn’t doing that, dumbass, it’s the guy riding your ass and trying to speed who’s made a hazard
forcing someone to pass on right
Show me the gun I’m using to threaten them into this, or explain how I make their wheels change direction
Also: one lane roads exist & are way more common than multi lane roads for this kind of incident
flandish@lemmy.world 4 days ago
nobody forces someone to do anything. they CHOOSE to pass illegally in addition to speeding illegally.
i’ll eventually move over when it is safe.
and when you react during this period like a douche and roof your car from behaving like a child, guess who’s going to show up at your mva? this guy, dressed like the first responder I am. guess who’s going to remind you I have dashcam footage of your overreaction and behavior?
JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Being an undeputized speed police sounds more selfish to me. I control everyone’s speed. I am god.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
If I’m going at or above the speed limit then one can pass if that’s not fast enough. If they can’t pass for whatever reason: that’s their problem, not mine
yggstyle@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I control everyone’s speed. I am god.
- Just about every truck owner who pulls the above mentioned shit.
Bonus points for lifted, extra big wheels, and whatever other shit country music suckered them into buying. Meanwhile their truck bed has no scratches, or is covered, and the truck itself only has seen the highway. They don’t own a truck - they own a clowned up SUV and a testosterone deficiency.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
No reason to move over if you are already at the speed limit. If you are over you should slow down.
Signtist@lemm.ee 4 days ago
There’s a reason for those “slower traffic move right” signs. People drive at different speeds - if the people behind want to go faster than the people in front, it’s their responsibility to let them pass, so long as there’s a safe space in another lane to do so.
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes yes there are, but they aren’t there to appease criminals who can’t follow the rules.
Rules for thee but not for me!
There are minimum speeds laws as well, and those roads are where the slower traffic move right signs are. You are extremely unlikely to find them in city and not on highways.
They are designed because of mainly 3 types of people on the road.
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traffic that is too heavily loaded to accelerate quickly enough to maintain speed due to dynamic road conditions. Typically large commercial transport and vehicles towing or hauling something.
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Older vintage/classic/non-passenger vehicles that can’t or shouldn’t be traveling at the speed limit, but ARE still legal to drive on those roads
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Vehicles experienced pronlems but are still drivable.
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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
We don’t have those here, going over the speed limit is illegal and if caught a few times you are banned from driving
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Where that? I would love if more people had their licenses revoked in my area
iamjackflack@lemm.ee 4 days ago
So your solution to someone tailgating you while in the driving lane is to pull over into the passing lane and slow down to let them pass? Real genius…
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Every time the circlejerk assumes the worst out of comments like these.
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Lemme just pull into this lane of oncoming traffic real quick
JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Assumed highway. Many people think they’re the speed police. “I’m going 10mph over, that’s good enough for everyone.”
owsei@programming.dev 4 days ago
While the actual speed police said you are already over the limit
god I don’t understand speeding
JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Exactly… I’m breaking the law by 10mph so that’s good enough for everyone. This other guy that wants to break it by 15mph is a total asshole.
ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Situational awareness is key.
10 over on left lane (right for UK) while the other one is free? You’re the entitled speed police asshole. He’s the dumb tailgating idiot.
10 over the other way around? You’re doing nothing wrong. He’s still the dumb tailgating idiot.
I don’t condone assholery on the road, but it’s still my license and my fine if I’m speeding up for a tailgater. So if the right lane has slow traffic and I’m overtaking on the left, I’ll stick to whatever speed on or above the limit that I consider safe. Unless the tailgater has blue lights flashing, I’m not obliged to do a damn thing.
JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Sure. But if you have no one in front of you, and a line of people behind you, you’re the asshole, even if you’re going 10 over. Move over and let them by.
Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Yeah you are, you’re endangering yourself and those around you by traveling at an unsafe speed.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Not sure why all the down votes. Most states it’s the law the right lane is passing only.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
So you’re the tailgating truck driver in this meme?
JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 4 days ago
No, I’m the person that lets them pass because I don’t presume to know why they’re in such a rush. Maybe pregnant wife or medical emergency. Or maybe just a dick… don’t know. Don’t care. I’m not the speed police.