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01-24-2013, 10:00 PM | #55 |
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01-24-2013, 11:01 PM | #56 | |
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First of all, I don't know how much traveling you have done, but it is ig*****t to assume that the construction/composition of all roads fits to your experience. When tailgating happens to me, I'm going the speed limit or at most 1-2 mph under the limit. It almost always happens to me on roads that are one lane in each direction and most of that time there is a double yellow line. On most of the roads like this (and many other roads in Texas) there is no shoulder. Texas is a low tax, low service state, so I imagine this is a large reason for the lack of shoulders. These roads are also usually in unincorporated areas with less 'motivation to tax'. Also, these roads lack sidewalks. There are usually deep open drainage ditches that are cut right next to the road, so it's not as though you can pull over onto dirt. So, there often aren't those options you are assuming are there. If I'm going the limit or slightly under, and I'm in the rightmost lane (in a driving on the right side country), I'm not going to go faster and break the speed limit just because the person behind me doesn't like the speed I'm going. If the person wants to break the law and pass me, that's fine with me. Member Why? lives in the Cape Cod area. I've never been there, but I've been to almost every other area of MA. The Cape Cod area is certainly not an urban area, so I imagine the roads are similar to other bucolic areas of MA, which are similar to like areas of TX, with roads like those I've described (very different from many parts of CA....took me awhile to get used to them.). I'd love to see what happened if you were 'continuing to tailgate with my high beams on' and both of you passed a cop. "So, for me, it's a small car for young drivers who like to like to drive quickly around town, not a grandma car." Okaaaay. 'So, FOR ME' ...Okaaaay. As another poster pointed out about another post on this thread, this = a young me-me attitude. You will eventually learn that the world doesn't revolve around you. "for young drivers who like to drive quickly around , not a grandma car." - This is your perspective, your opinion. Fortunately, others have different opinions. What gives your opinion more validity than that of someone else? Answer - Nothing. Fortunately the roads are governed by what we call laws, not opinions. |
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01-24-2013, 11:18 PM | #57 | |
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01-24-2013, 11:39 PM | #58 | |
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The rest of the world and other drivers aren't around to mold to the compensation structure of your company. If you are going to fast and a cop pulls you over, you will usually get a ticket. He/she is not going to care that your habits increase your pay. "..driving slow is boring.....game and excitement.....otherwise I'd hate driving" - Immaturity, plain and simple. Never been close to having an accident where you were responsible? - In your opinion. I wonder if other drivers who have shared the road with you would agree. |
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01-24-2013, 11:44 PM | #59 |
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01-24-2013, 11:45 PM | #60 |
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01-24-2013, 11:48 PM | #61 |
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Again, you are assuming that on a one lane road, the person can always pull over. Why? didn't say what kind of road he was driving on.
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01-24-2013, 11:53 PM | #62 | |
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01-24-2013, 11:54 PM | #63 |
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01-24-2013, 11:56 PM | #64 | |
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01-27-2013, 06:19 AM | #65 |
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I'm far from religious, but I think this quote from the Dalai Lama is perfect for driving:
"Do not let the behaviour of others upset your inner peace" I find that if I just let people do their thing, and not be intimidated by them, eventually they'll leave me alone. Once upon a time, the Australian car market was 50% big sedans, so driving a little hatch was usually a dangerous move. These days, Aussies buy many more small cars so its not such a problem. |
02-05-2013, 12:33 AM | #66 |
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IF (a big hypothetical if) I really felt that I HAD to drive a fairly large vehicle in order to NOT get PUSHED AROUND around on the road and have my safety compromised (I don't currently feel this way), I'd probably drive an AWD Ford Flex.
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09-26-2014, 10:18 PM | #67 |
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When I lived in central Oregon there were lots of big pickups and SUV's but people rarely hassled me in my Yaris LB. Since moving to a majority Democrat community in Sonoma county the Right wing minority rednecks are really nasty about tailgating small cars and Priuses. They hate energy efficient vehicles with a passion and I get tailgated by gas guzzlers nearly every day. Mostly big American made SUV's and pickups but there is this one young guy who has a nicely kept Blazing Blue Yaris LB like mine who gets so close I have to pull off onto the shoulder every time. Could be he's got a super charger or a meth problem. There's lots of that here from what I've read in the paper. I'd have thought being this close to San Francisco people would be a bit more tolerant.
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09-27-2014, 02:56 AM | #68 | |
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Washington has a tug on me, as well as Tennessee, Nevada, Florida, and Texas (I've spent time in every state except Alaska and Hawaii). I don't think I could live in any state other than those five. A guy in a Ford F-250 pulled the same kind of c**p on me near Lodi, CA....passed me (almost hitting me) and then flipped me off as he was passing me. Doesn't usually happen that way here. The attitude is different re firearms . My cousin lives in Petaluma, CA. I'd love to see Mr. 'Blazing Blue' try to pull that kind of c**p on him. He's a retired Deputy Chief of Police (a major U.S, city) who came up through the narcotics division, an ex college level rugby player, and the son of a U.S. Marine who then spent 30 years as a fireman. |
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09-27-2014, 06:40 AM | #69 |
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You have a cell phone with a camera now. Take pictures, make it obvious you are taking pictures. They will stop, since nowadays that crap is actually criminal.
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09-27-2014, 04:45 PM | #70 |
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My reference happened in 2006 (my cell phone camera resolution at that time was either or non existent), but good point re birdman's situation .
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11-05-2014, 04:29 PM | #71 |
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People just under estimate Yaris just because they are made from Toyota. Plus the control on Yaris is really nice compare to other cars.
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11-06-2014, 10:45 AM | #72 |
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From my experience with Blitz, having had one on my car, Blitz only makes a supercharger kit for the Yaris.
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