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Johng

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Posted: 08/16/08 09:38am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Mine is when I am in the MH and I need to change lanes or merge, most will not let you in, I guess they just want to be in front of a MH or Truck.

A friend (he was in his MH) I were leaving a resort in Santa Fe, when I turned onto the highway and did not see anyone, a few minuts later I got passed by an old pretty rough looking truck, must have upset him he came around and waved his IQ at me. I called my friend on my cell and asked him if I pulled out front of the guy by mistake, he said no, I was fine. Maybe I wasn't going fast enough for him.

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Here lately it's the people who are behind me and honk when I'm making a right turn, even though I'm not going too slow and turn the signal on to give them plenty of notice (and yes, the signal works fine). Apparently I don't get out of their way fast enough.

Put my all time #1 pet peeve is the misguided folk who believe it's pefectly okay and acceptable for them to drive well above the speed limit, and that it's somehow my duty to get out of their way. Those people need to seriously and maturely consider who is breaking the law (hint: it's not the person traveling the speed limit, or just below).


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strollin wrote:

Rubiranch wrote:

... I HATE the putz who self-appoints himself a LEO and drives 65 in the fast lane and wont mover over to allow the faster traffic to move ahead. ...


My pet peeve are those putzes that believe that if they want to drive faster then everybody else should just get the H out of their way! If I'm in the fast lane doing the speed limit it's because the other lanes are moving at less than the limit. These putzes don't seem to notice (and don't care) that there isn't any place to move over to in order to let them by so they ride the bumper, flash headlights, make cute hand gestures and scream out the window.

In the event that there is an open lane to move to, it isn't any harder for them to move over and pass than it is for the slower driver. Personally, when I encounter a driver in the same lane going slower, I pass them at my earliest convenience without giving it a second thought.


In the state of Utah YOU are required to move over and get out of my way, even if the speed limit is 65 and you're doing 70!!

I have followed PUTZs in the fast lane that had more than one opportunity to move over into the right lane but feel it is their God given right to impede traffic.

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Posted: 08/16/08 10:24am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Rubiranch wrote:

strollin wrote:

Rubiranch wrote:

... I HATE the putz who self-appoints himself a LEO and drives 65 in the fast lane and wont mover over to allow the faster traffic to move ahead. ...


My pet peeve are those putzes that believe that if they want to drive faster then everybody else should just get the H out of their way! If I'm in the fast lane doing the speed limit it's because the other lanes are moving at less than the limit. These putzes don't seem to notice (and don't care) that there isn't any place to move over to in order to let them by so they ride the bumper, flash headlights, make cute hand gestures and scream out the window.

In the event that there is an open lane to move to, it isn't any harder for them to move over and pass than it is for the slower driver. Personally, when I encounter a driver in the same lane going slower, I pass them at my earliest convenience without giving it a second thought.


In the state of Utah YOU are required to move over and get out of my way, even if the speed limit is 65 and you're doing 70!!


So . . . you're saying the person going 65 needs to obey the law and move over, but it's okay for you to disobey the law by speeding????

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Pawz4me wrote:

Rubiranch wrote:

strollin wrote:

Rubiranch wrote:

... I HATE the putz who self-appoints himself a LEO and drives 65 in the fast lane and wont mover over to allow the faster traffic to move ahead. ...


My pet peeve are those putzes that believe that if they want to drive faster then everybody else should just get the H out of their way! If I'm in the fast lane doing the speed limit it's because the other lanes are moving at less than the limit. These putzes don't seem to notice (and don't care) that there isn't any place to move over to in order to let them by so they ride the bumper, flash headlights, make cute hand gestures and scream out the window.

In the event that there is an open lane to move to, it isn't any harder for them to move over and pass than it is for the slower driver. Personally, when I encounter a driver in the same lane going slower, I pass them at my earliest convenience without giving it a second thought.


In the state of Utah YOU are required to move over and get out of my way, even if the speed limit is 65 and you're doing 70!!


So . . . you're saying the person going 65 needs to obey the law and move over, but it's okay for you to disobey the law by speeding????


Yep, that's what the law was designed for, ME.

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Posted: 08/16/08 11:09am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

As far as I'm aware, the law says that slower traffic must keep right. Slower meaning those going below the posted speed limit. The law assumes that no one is going faster than the posted speed limit. Laws are not written on the presumption that citizens will be breaking other, related laws, or that it is okay to do so.

So the law is meant for the person on the interestate with a 65 mph speed limit who for whatever reason is only going 60. It doesn't mean that someone going 65, the legal speed limit, has to stay to the right to accommodate those who choose to break the law by disobeying the speed limit.

If anyone can provide a link to any state law that says otherwise (i.e., that it's okay to speed and that those going the legal speed limit must move over for speeders), then I'd sure like to see it. A simple "slower traffic must keep right" statute won't do it, for the reasons I've posted.

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Posted: 08/16/08 11:27am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

My pet peeve is people that cut people off to turn right. They do it weather we are towing or not. There is plenty of space behind us for them to turn from, why do they feel the need to try to cause an accident by cutting someone off!!!

Also someone driving all over the road very slowly with a cell phone stuck to their ear. Had a close friend that was T-boned in an intersection by a lady on a cell phone that ran a red light. Put him in hospital with serious injuries.


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I am sorry so few are going to understand this one.

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