Can we not pass anymore?

justjeepin86

justjeepin86

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Two times in the last couple weeks i have passed people on my small drive to work in a passing zone. Both times the person was driving 50 in a 55. Both times the person hammered down while i was passing them and then rode my tail up to 65 and kept on my tail the rest of the route. What the hell. If you were driving the speed limit or a little better, i wouldn't pass you in the first place. I passed them both nice and clean and didn't ride their tail before doing so. I did cut them off getting back in line since they sped up almost to 75 like me while passing.
 
Happens to me all the time. I laugh and say i must have "woke them up" by passing them.

Just this AM on the highway I glide past a SUV. I'm on cruise at 70 and he / she was doing maybe 65. I get passed and never see the headlights behind me.... They end up flying by me after cruising in my blind spot for a minute. I guess I woke 'em up.

I assume people don't know how to use cruise control...
 
I'm guilty of that ONLY if I was doing the spped limit or more and someone rages up behind me, riding my tail, then tries to fly around me. I'll make them work for it, especially on a two lane road. More than once I've put some people in a ditch. Again I only do this if they deserve it.
Sounds like in your case they're probably talking on the phone and get mad when you pass them because it reminds them of how shittily they drive on the phone.
 
I do think phones have alot to do with it at times, especially on the highway. It is really dangerous to speed up when someone is passing you on top of being illegal. I do get it though when someone is being a douche.
 
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[I pass guys like yo at whatever speed it takes thsn i brake check your no driving assUOTE="XJsavage, post: 1307062, member: 10517"]I'm guilty of that ONLY if I was doing the spped limit or more and someone rages up behind me, riding my tail, then tries to fly around me. I'll make them work for it, especially on a two lane road. More than once I've put some people in a ditch. Again I only do this if they deserve it.
Sounds like in your case they're probably talking on the phone and get mad when you pass them because it reminds them of how shittily they drive on the phone.[/QUOTE]
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Ive had it happen to me also 40-50 in a 55 then as i pull out they nail it so i file back in then they slow down again so i let the big block scream and eat some i get it alot on 49 headed to ure with the trailer and blazer
 
The ones tha piss me off near as bad are the yo yo interstate drivers.
If I am on the interstate and not in traffic I set the cruise for 10 over (uually) and roll on.
I hate when you get to a moron and pass them back and forth 20 times because their speed varies based on whats on the radio or what text they are reading...
 
justjeepin86 said:
Two times in the last couple weeks i have passed people on my small drive to work in a passing zone. Both times the person was driving 50 in a 55. Both times the person hammered down while i was passing them and then rode my tail up to 65 and kept on my tail the rest of the route. What the hell. If you were driving the speed limit or a little better, i wouldn't pass you in the first place. I passed them both nice and clean and didn't ride their tail before doing so. I did cut them off getting back in line since they sped up almost to 75 like me while passing.
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I think some people do it innocently enough. It pisses me off when I've been following the guy doing 40 in a 45, but then you get to the straightaways and he speeds up to 55, but then at the slightest curve, slows back down to 40. Plus there aren't enough passing zones anymore. My dad has a theory that the line painting company gets paid by how much paint they use, so they just put a double yellow everywhere. I'm generally along the lines of @mysterync, by the time they realize what happened I'm getting back over. Especially if I know the road. I'll hang back about 60-100yds, so that I've already got a really nice roll on them by the time the passing zone starts. Then just let compression ignition and silver snails do the rest! :burnout:
 
I'll explain further upon what I said earlier before I start getting letters in the mail :lol:
In order for me to risk ruining my nearly perfect driving record or the safety of others they would have to:
1. Be speeding at least 15 mph over the limit.
2. Tailgate my vehicle
3. Ignoring my brake checks (warnings)
4. Look like a general douche, talking on the phone, flipping me the bird, drinking alcohol etc.
5. Passing in an unsafe area
99% of the time I let a simple pass slide with no thought to it. I drive jeeps and large commercial vehicles regurally. The comment about putting someone in a ditch I have not done since I worked with a pavement marking company and was encouraged to do so by state DOT and troopers. Stay the hell off of wet thermo plastic! Most drivers have to be taught to respect other drivers as if they're children. When I speed up as they fly around me its only for a brief moment and then its back to business for me. Hopefully that cleared it up. :driver:
 
jeepinmatt said:
My dad has a theory that the line painting company gets paid by how much paint they use, so they just put a double yellow everywhere.
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You are exactly right! They do. And the person in charge of how and where the lines are put down is not who you may think they are. From my experience its not even the DOT that does this. They'll leave that decision in the hands of the paint crew superintendents who get bonuses on production vs. time and honestly don't care enough to put time into how it goes down. The state gets charged by tons of thermo/markers used so more is merrier. That's really how it works.
 
Ron said:
The ones tha piss me off near as bad are the yo yo interstate drivers.
If I am on the interstate and not in traffic I set the cruise for 10 over (uually) and roll on.
I hate when you get to a moron and pass them back and forth 20 times because their speed varies based on whats on the radio or what text they are reading...
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That drives me damn crazy also. I'm a 10 over cruise guy.

jeepinmatt said:
I think some people do it innocently enough. It pisses me off when I've been following the guy doing 40 in a 45, but then you get to the straightaways and he speeds up to 55, but then at the slightest curve, slows back down to 40. Plus there aren't enough passing zones anymore. My dad has a theory that the line painting company gets paid by how much paint they use, so they just put a double yellow everywhere. I'm generally along the lines of @mysterync, by the time they realize what happened I'm getting back over. Especially if I know the road. I'll hang back about 60-100yds, so that I've already got a really nice roll on them by the time the passing zone starts. Then just let compression ignition and silver snails do the rest! :burnout:
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Agreed, there should be many more passing zones! It is hard to get around those idiots that their speed fluctuates like that.
 
This crap always happened when I lived in Boone because of all the Floridiots. I think this issue is worse in the mountains where there are actual passing lanes. People slow poke it 5-10 under on the two lane, but as soon as it opens up with a passing lane they speed up. I can't even begin to count the times going to Harlan and Callalantee that I got to a passing zone, moved to the left to go around someone and they speed up. I've gotten the finger, honked at and lights flashed at me numerous times for laying into it and rolling past them with the trailer/rig in tow.
 
I haven’t run into a speed up dickhead in a long time.

I slow down whenever someone is tailgating me. I don’t use the brake, I just ease of the gas a little bit and slowly decrease my speed. When I was younger, if I really had a dickhead on my tail, I used to hit the E-brake so they don’t get warning of brake lights. Try that next time someone is tailgating you and see how close they get to your rear bumper, lol. You will see their hood dive down in your rearview mirror and swear their front bumper is underneath your car. Be ready though because they are going to be HOT when they finally come around you!

Here is another dickhead scenario some of you may have experienced. Four lane road, at a stop light. The left lane goes straight, the right lane is forced to merge into the left lane about 100-200 yards past the light. I’m in the left lane because guess what, I am fawking going straight! Dickhead in the right lane thinks he is going to beat me off the light, then merge in front of me. This particular day it was raining and I was driving my wife’s AWD highlander. If I had been in my van, I wouldn’t have even bothered trying this because it would have just lit the tires up on the wet pavement. The light turns green, and I launch, he launches, but I’ve got about a half a car length on him. I keep it pinned, and so does he until his lane is ending at which point he had to slam on the brakes and get in behind me. Another ¼ mile up is my turn to the left. I pull into the turning lane, and roll down my passenger side window waiting for him, knowing he is HOT. He stops beside me, and I stare at him. He flips me off then drives off without saying a word, lol.
 
drkelly said:
I haven’t run into a speed up dickhead in a long time.

I slow down whenever someone is tailgating me. I don’t use the brake, I just ease of the gas a little bit and slowly decrease my speed. When I was younger, if I really had a dickhead on my tail, I used to hit the E-brake so they don’t get warning of brake lights. Try that next time someone is tailgating you and see how close they get to your rear bumper, lol. You will see their hood dive down in your rearview mirror and swear their front bumper is underneath your car. Be ready though because they are going to be HOT when they finally come around you!

Here is another dickhead scenario some of you may have experienced. Four lane road, at a stop light. The left lane goes straight, the right lane is forced to merge into the left lane about 100-200 yards past the light. I’m in the left lane because guess what, I am fawking going straight! Dickhead in the right lane thinks he is going to beat me off the light, then merge in front of me. This particular day it was raining and I was driving my wife’s AWD highlander. If I had been in my van, I wouldn’t have even bothered trying this because it would have just lit the tires up on the wet pavement. The light turns green, and I launch, he launches, but I’ve got about a half a car length on him. I keep it pinned, and so does he until his lane is ending at which point he had to slam on the brakes and get in behind me. Another ¼ mile up is my turn to the left. I pull into the turning lane, and roll down my passenger side window waiting for him, knowing he is HOT. He stops beside me, and I stare at him. He flips me off then drives off without saying a word, lol.
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I'd have been pissed about getting beat by a Highlander too!
 
drkelly said:
Here is another dickhead scenario some of you may have experienced. Four lane road, at a stop light. The left lane goes straight, the right lane is forced to merge into the left lane about 100-200 yards past the light. I’m in the left lane because guess what, I am fawking going straight! Dickhead in the right lane thinks he is going to beat me off the light, then merge in front of me. This particular day it was raining and I was driving my wife’s AWD highlander. If I had been in my van, I wouldn’t have even bothered trying this because it would have just lit the tires up on the wet pavement. The light turns green, and I launch, he launches, but I’ve got about a half a car length on him. I keep it pinned, and so does he until his lane is ending at which point he had to slam on the brakes and get in behind me. Another ¼ mile up is my turn to the left. I pull into the turning lane, and roll down my passenger side window waiting for him, knowing he is HOT. He stops beside me, and I stare at him. He flips me off then drives off without saying a word, lol.
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I have a couple of those spots on the main road I travel. It's amazing the asshats you encounter where ablaze ends once, driving the wife's Scion, thereby as a zooted out Mustang 5.0 fox body in the right lane, redneck couple in it. I roll up in the left lane, you know, the one that DOESN'T end, in a blue toaster. You'd think they knew what they were setting themselves up for, but when the light changed, I got a jump on them. Naturally, they pulled ahead, but not by a whole lot. I half expected to lose, but it's fun to try sometimes. ;-) Anyway, as soon as they merged ahead of, they started pulling violent brake checks and throwing fingers up! I don't know about you, but I respect the occasional challenge. I got run by an ecotec F-150 in my 6.0 Denali recently, and might have lost if they hadn't let out! I was impressed! But this slackjaw in the Mustang must have felt like his manhood had been damaged. At one point, he almost came to a stop in front of me. I thought he was going to get out. That would have ended badly for him, unlike the race.

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I think people just don't pay attention to anything around them when they drive anymore. It's not even cell phones, they just don't look at anything besides what's directly ahead. I have one road I travel frequently. It goes from a 50 zone to 35. Then you turn onto a 25 zone for a short while, another stop sign, then it goes up to 55. I get behind people doing 35-40 in the 50. They proceed to do that through the 25,then more of the same in the 55 zone. It's like that's the only speed they're comfortable with, signs be damned.

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catfishblues said:
I think people just don't pay attention to anything around them when they drive anymore. It's not even cell phones, they just don't look at anything besides what's directly ahead. I have one road I travel frequently. It goes from a 50 zone to 35. Then you turn onto a 25 zone for a short while, another stop sign, then it goes up to 55. I get behind people doing 35-40 in the 50. They proceed to do that through the 25,then more of the same in the 55 zone. It's like that's the only speed they're comfortable with, signs be damned.

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I see that crap all the time, lol! Very frustrating!
 
I always flash my highbeams before I pass on 2 lanes cause I'm tired of slow/unalert peeps wandering over as I pass them and 90% of the time yes they are on the phone or in some deep conversation w a passenger. I get more peeps honking at me than trying to race when I pass but it has happened occasionally. I think alot are suprised how fast the harmless looking 98 S-10 will move when I punch it and I have got back in the lane right infront of a few numbnuts who suddenly want to speed up when I go to pass. Then I sometimes get the highbeams from behind from slowpokes who now want to tailgate and I just raise and wave my right hand, not the bird, like a pageant contestant like I'm saying thanks or I know you're behind me..........that really pisses them off :D
 
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