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Please explain why you think you're above the law.
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And I do feel like I'm above the law at times. The reason is simple; speed limits are made for the average person driving the average car paying the average amount of attention under average circumstances with average skill. I find that there are times when even an average person can speed safely, and certainly those in above average cars, with above average skill in an above average circumstance can speed even more. I respect the law when it makes sense. So, you go ahead and wait at that stoplight at 2 am when you can clearly see that no one is coming. Me, I'm running it. |
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^ Don't disagree but we have drifted away from the OP's question. OP's situation was a very different situation than a stoplight at 2am with no one coming...
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As far as someone coming up on me at 90, I'd just move over and let them pass (if they tail-gated me). Usually I'm pretty aware though, and would have moved over way before he got to me. |
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But I'm going the speed limit! And.... Just because I'm not above the law doesn't mean I have to agree with all laws. I don't recall being consulted when the speed limits were set. Plenty of stupid asinine laws in the books. Typically the more important and less asinine a law is the greater the punishment for breaking it. Going 95 in a 65 is what? Couple hundred bucks and a call to the ticket clinic? Are you breaking the law doing 95 in a 65 at 3am with no one on the road? Yes. However you are also breaking the law when you jay-walk or share your Netflix password or use the wifi from the Mcdonalds across the street. |
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theres also the notion that you aren't going anywhere faster when the traffic is medium thick no point in weaving in/out of lanes when the traffic is thick, like how much more ahead are you going to get |
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i move over. if i feel like the car is going to be at my bumper before i can pass the upcoming cars in the right lane i'll still move over, slow down, let them pass and then get back to the left.
the guy in the left lane coming up behind me shouldn't have to hit his brakes or wait.
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I thought I was a good person but the way I react when people drive slowly in the left lane would suggest otherwise
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If you would quit romping on her and giggling like a drunk infant the entire time, you could just get a standard 55 gallon drum.
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Because you don't use all the other "technology enhancements" in the vehicle, you still have time for blinkers.
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Most people around these parts also do not know that NY State law says that you must signal all turns at least 100 feet in advance. Still in the learner's permit handbook, and I remember this from back in the olden days before I had a license.....
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I rarely signal if I'm blowing by you switching lanes. If I'm cutting it close I'll use it. Turns always
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