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Old 09-12-2010, 04:39 PM   #1
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This doesn't apply in California.
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Old 09-12-2010, 04:46 PM   #2
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No, people drive fast as shit here.

People in the far right lane drive 65+, middle lane 75+, left lane 85+.

I drive 60MPH in the far right lane and have people high beam me or tailgate me because I'm apparently going too slow.
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Old 09-12-2010, 04:58 PM   #3
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Yeah, I do it to get good gas mileage and when they do tailgate me or give me the high beams they're probably expecting me to speed up, which I don't. Then they just end up going around me.

Retards wanna go fast then they should go to the far left lanes and stay out of the slow lanes.


And man, don't get me started on people who hit their brakes for no god damn reason, I fucking haaaaaaaaaaaaate that!
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Old 09-12-2010, 05:33 PM   #4
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I do NOT agree with going under the speed limit in the fast lane but I don't think the correct answer is to tailgate and flash your lights, thats just way too distracting and you look like a huge A hole. Is that extra 5-10 mph slowing you down really going to matter, Just chill out and wait for a gap to open up to pass them life is too short to get all worked up about someone going under the speed limit.
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Old 09-12-2010, 06:13 PM   #5
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actually a short burst of headlights while approaching a slower car is considered good etiquette, you are letting the car in front of you know you are coming in faster then he/she. also if you find it distracting maybe you're not checking your surroundings every 5 seconds like you should.
I was talking about someone riding somebody eleses ass and constantly flashing their high beams, pretty sure that isn't good etiquette.
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Old 09-12-2010, 05:57 PM   #6
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^agreed.... alot of you need to spend some time driving in New Jersey
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:09 PM   #7
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My sides are hurting from you too. The speeders don't cause any accidents. evar!

An unmarked car can't pull you over for one, and impeding traffic? I'm sure like 2 of those get written a month in the entire US.. You guys are out there man... lol

Oh and careful, people have been prosecuted for telling people to kill themselves... hahaha

Here's another one, I've been driving for 16 years and have never been in an accident. Its amazing I'm still alive!!!!!!
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Old 09-13-2010, 11:07 AM   #8
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My sides are hurting from you too. The speeders don't cause any accidents. evar!

An unmarked car can't pull you over for one, and impeding traffic? I'm sure like 2 of those get written a month in the entire US.. You guys are out there man... lol

Oh and careful, people have been prosecuted for telling people to kill themselves... hahaha

Here's another one, I've been driving for 16 years and have never been in an accident. Its amazing I'm still alive!!!!!!
Poor bastard had it coming lol BANNED HAHAHA that's what you get when you think you know it all and have no common sence what so ever. Ppl like you need their lic. Taken away.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:38 PM   #9
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never heard of the 2 car length rule I always thought it was 3 seconds behind no matter how fast they are going.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:50 PM   #10
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never heard of the 2 car length rule I always thought it was 3 seconds behind no matter how fast they are going.
The common rule of thumb, and the one taught in driving schools, is one car length for every 10mph to allow proper stopping time if the car in front suddenly jams on their brakes or hits something.

So on the highway, that means a good 6 car lengths. Naturally, most people don't follow this especially in the left lane.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:42 PM   #11
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I usually just lay on my windshield washers til they stop tailgating it actually workd 95% of the time.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:45 PM   #12
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I usually just lay on my windshield washers til they stop tailgating it actually workd 95% of the time.
LOL That's a good one.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:44 PM   #13
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Yeah I see the unmarked f150 pulling speeders over all the time here, one time they were using a riced out eclipse as a police car kinda weird.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:49 PM   #14
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Huh?? Troopers in unmarked cars can and do pull over people all the time in the US. Maybe in your particular state they don't but no need to call out Canada like that.

A good 10-15% of our state cops up here are in plain gray Chargers.
Once in Utah I saw somebody pulled over in an unmarked Mustang.

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I usually just lay on my windshield washers til they stop tailgating it actually workd 95% of the time.
Oh yeah! That reminds me...

In high school I drove my mom's 1994 Plymouth Voyager. I re-aimed the back window washer and used it on tailgaters.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:52 PM   #15
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Oh yeah! That reminds me...

In high school I drove my mom's 1994 Plymouth Voyager. I re-aimed the back window washer and used it on tailgaters.
Haha. Did you fill the washer container with oil slick?
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:54 PM   #16
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i guess it doesn't really matter now but i work in new mexico and yes unmarked cars can pull you over. same in texas. i think that's bs but it's just the way it is. but there is also always that situation where it's dark and you can't tell what the car is behind you. i came so close to brake checking some a-hole who came up on me all fast on I-10 while i was passing another vehicle. i decided against it and just sped up and moved over into the right lane. turned out it was a highway patrol. few miles up the road he's got some corvette pulled over on the side of the road. frankly i don't see why he didn't just have his emergency lights on but oh well he didn't and if i had brake checked him he probably wouldn't have been happy at all.
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Old 09-13-2010, 12:22 AM   #17
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You don't need to tailgate. Just high-beam the guy up a couple of times, and he'll get out of the way (at least he should)
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Old 09-13-2010, 08:10 AM   #18
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You don't need to tailgate. Just high-beam the guy up a couple of times, and he'll get out of the way (at least he should)
in Indiana/Kentucky that doesnt work I tryd it
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