Why is it

[dan88911]

Why is it when people are driving to slow they are an idiot?
However, when you are driving to fast you are an A-hole?

[Don Ro]

Irony of life, I guess.
That and we just want to complain?
Speaking of complaining, driving slow in the fast lane and folks passing in the slow lane.

[DanielDudley]

Actually, it may just be that I am an SOB at all speeds. I'm pretty sure Ralph Nader wrote a book about me.

[yetibone]

I know there's rules against saying this, but I don't call 'em idiots, or a-holes. I call 'em all "fornicating knuckles".

[scottmandue]

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot,
and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

-George Carlin
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[masraum]

I'm going to say it's because people that are driving slow may be perceived as timid, indecisive, inattentive or overly cautious. Therefore, they may mean well or are stupid and are just a pain in the rear. I think the perception is that anyone driving fast is being intentionally dangerous or reckless and is therefore acting with malice.

Originally Posted by Don Ro

Speaking of complaining, driving slow in the fast lane and folks passing in the slow lane.

Houston is the WORST for left lane campers. I just don't understand it. I've watched folks get on the freeway at times when there's very little traffic and immediately cut to the far left lane at speeds 10-15mph slower than the flow of traffic. When they get to the left lane, they don't speed up.

I don't think anyone here is taught "slower traffic keep right".

The good news is that, as far as I can tell, there is no law that says that you can't pass on the right on a multilane freeway. Yes, it is against the law to pass on the right on the shoulder of the road, but if there is more than one lane heading in your direction and there is someone in the left lane, you are legal to pass in the right lane. At least, that's how I've read the laws that I was able to find for Texas. It makes sense to me as well.

My commute is on an interstate that runs through the center of Houston. The direction that I drive ranges from 2 lanes up to 5 at one point (mostly 4 lanes per direction). In moderate traffic, I would say that the left lane is usually 75% utilized, the next is probably 50-60%, then 30-40% and finally 5-15%. Yeah, I do occasionally make my way over to the far right lane to get around folks in the 3 left lanes.

I try to maintain the flow of traffic. I pull into a turn lane, then apply the brakes instead of braking heavily in the main lanes and then ducking into turn lanes after I've slowed down. I pull up to lights in the left lane so that if the person behind me wants to turn right on red, they don't have to wait for the light to turn.

[Don Ro]

"Houston is the WORST for left lane campers."
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Ha! Try The Valley of the Sun. Tons of retired folks who are used to driving through a midwest pasture.
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Signed: Don, retired (68) and...well, I do like to open her up a bit.

[widebody911]

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an moron, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

--George Carlin

[RSBob]

By in large, people's perspectives are very egocentric and limited by their own perspective. The degree by which other people's actions differ from their own imparts the level of condemnation. So there ya go.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by RSBob

By in large, people's perspectives are very egocentric and limited by their own perspective. The degree by which other people's actions differ from their own imparts the level of condemnation. So there ya go.

poopie-head!

[masraum]

Hah

[Rick Lee]

I have no problem with people driving faster than me. Why would I care? Let them be the radar magnet.

[livi]

I am usually an idiot.

[oldE]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I have no problem with people driving faster than me. Why would I care? Let them be the radar magnet.

I have no problem with folks who drive faster, as long as they are driving skillfully and with care for the traffic and road conditions.

I have fond memories from about 15 years ago, on the highway from Halifax to central Nova Scotia, when I was in a group of very good drivers which sort of coalesced.

There were perhaps six or eight vehicles which blended their speeds and we were flowing through traffic. We were probably doing about 15 kph faster than other traffic on the road, but there were no brake lights flashing, no sudden lane changes. It was kind of zen.

What made it enjoyable for me was I could almost predict when each driver would make an overtaking outmaneuver. I was not worried what anyone would do, we all seemed to have the same style of driving.

It is when folks start making choices I feel are unsafe I get edgy.

The other night, coming home with the late afternoon traffic out of Halifax, brake lights started flashing like Christmas displays. The group of cars with which I was traveling at 110kph had come up on a fellow in an old compact car doing about 70kph. What he was doing on a limited access highway, I have no idea.

Best
Les

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by RSBob

By in large, people's perspectives are very egocentric and limited by their own perspective. The degree by which other people's actions differ from their own imparts the level of condemnation. So there ya go.

That's pretty much it!
Universal Law #29, or thereabouts.
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My own hypocrisy shows itself when I chastise another driver for something that I do myself 1/4 mile later.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

My own hypocrisy shows itself when I chastise another driver for something that I do myself 1/4 mile later.

I try really hard to keep that to a minimum, but i do kick myself when I do it.