Wake County Crackdown

BRUISER said:
kids need beaters not race cars when they are in high school..
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(shameless plug) See me for all your 80's model Mercedes Benz diesel needs...I sell the hell out of them to customers to put their kids in. Barnone they are the perfect first car...hard to jackass in and built like a tank...best Benz that was ever put on the road the 123 chassis Diesel 77-85.. :D
 
BIGWOODY said:
(shameless plug) See me for all your 80's model Mercedes Benz diesel needs...I sell the hell out of them to customers to put their kids in. Barnone they are the perfect first car...hard to jackass in and built like a tank...best Benz that was ever put on the road the 123 chassis Diesel 77-85.. :D
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I'll have to agree there. My parents still drive their '82 300CD with around 300k on it. Once I got my license, I drove a '72 220D with a 4 spd manual. Great car but it had around 65 hp so you were real limited on the trouble you could get in. Awesome on dates though with the chrome all shined up.
 
NC_Mog said:
I'll have to agree there. My parents still drive their '82 300CD with around 300k on it. Once I got my license, I drove a '72 220D with a 4 spd manual. Great car but it had around 65 hp so you were real limited on the trouble you could get in. Awesome on dates though with the chrome all shined up.
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Dont discount the 602 and 603 powered 124 cars either, better brakes and air bags. ;)
 
100 mph left lane is too slow especially around D.C area they run in all lanes at 100+
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Except for when they're running at 10- ... for ten miles. Been there and done that several times.
 
BRUISER said:
I'll say it again I ride in middle lane going speed limit or maybe 5 over... I do not ride in right lane due to idiots that have no concept of how to merge and I do not block left lane but if you are speeding and I am blocking your path then you can stick it.. because you are breaking the law not me...
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I usually do the same, and am still amazed that people will try to go 85 mph just so they can get in front of me while I'm going 70. How fast DO they need to go?
 
Rich said:
I slightly disagree. "Keep right except to pass" is the law. There's no reason to poke along in a lane, ANY lane, if there's a free lane to the right.

The police and state troopers enforce the law, not the citizens.

Is it so hard to move over when someone comes up behind ya, whether they are going 5mph faster than you are or 50?

Having had the pleasure of living and driving in Germany for a few years, it's second nature for them, regardless is you're in a speed zone or not.. if someone is coming up behind you moving faster than you are, and it's not unsafe, slide over one lane, and let them by.

Yeah, I spent six years in Germany too... but what I drove wouldn't do over 32mph. No idea why Germans thought it was a good idea to tailgate tanks OR zoom through a turn right in front of one. But they did.

Also, the Autobahns don't HAVE any speed limit except whatever's under your hood.

Just a closing thought... That guy who's coming up behind you going a little over, may be EMS/Fire/etc. who's not yet in their district, but knows their help is needed...
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Then they should have a red or blue flasher on the dash or roof. It then becomes ILLEGAL for anyone else not to move over.
 
bigassedredjeep said:
i'm with rattlecan on this, i commute about 50 miles one way everyday and pass the same "old ass-mofo" reading the paper, wheel in one hand and coffee in the other, swerving accross his lane every GD day. and he's cussing me because i'm trying to get around him... if i could just get the minivans and grand parents out of the way, i might actually make it to work on time for once.

edit:...and most move over when they see the dually coming up, but the thing that is the most aggravating is when people block you in and you haven't done anything wrong, its like they just don't want to be passed? or they don't know that there are "two" lanes there for a reason?? i could see if i had been tailgating them, and then i try and go around on the right and they are just f*cking with me, but no
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And then there was the time... I used to live in New Jersey, and commute to work ONE WAY was over 40 miles. I always had to go back roads to Rte 206/130 then about 35 miles on that until I had to take a left for another 8 miles or so of more back roads.

One day I'm in the RIGHT lane, and my LEFT turn is coming up soon so I try to get over, and some jagoff from Maryland kept dropping back just far enough to leave a hole, then as soon as my blinker came on he punched it and closed the hole again. He must have kept this up through at least five miles and three of the four places I could turn and still be headed toward my job. I finally had to jam my way over in front of his bumper at a light so I could make my turn, and the son of a bitch had the gall to cuss ME out!
 
per conversation with two Penn. Highway Patrolmen, "...as long as they didn't touch you there's nothing we can do..." this was told to us after we aired out the powerstroke pulling a goose and two jeeps.... a dumbass ran us into the median and hit a drainage mound which sent the whole shi-bang skyward for about three feet.

since then, this has been my philosophy when pulling the jeep..


if i think it'll fit it will.
brandon
 
Technically, that is called a non-contact participant here in NC. "IF" they directly cause the accident, but are not hit, then they are still involved. However, if they stop short which causes a chain reaction with the next five cars but they are not touched, then it becomes the following distance of the other cars that is "responsible" for the wreck.
 
PoPo said:
Technically, that is called a non-contact participant here in NC. "IF" they directly cause the accident, but are not hit, then they are still involved. However, if they stop short which causes a chain reaction with the next five cars but they are not touched, then it becomes the following distance of the other cars that is "responsible" for the wreck.
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Yeah, and thats bullshit. I get some ricer who decides to cut me off and I get clobbered from behind by the poor guy in the 2 ton truck. The ricer gets off scot free for being a impaient fawk and the rest of us get bent stuff and higher insurance rates. I want to see a cop take the time to find the "non-contact participant". Sorry PoPo, you might be willing to do the job right but many others are not. :beer:
 
bigassedredjeep said:
a dumbass ran us into the median and hit a drainage mound which sent the whole shi-bang skyward for about three feet.

since then, this has been my philosophy when pulling the jeep..


if i think it'll fit it will.
brandon
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Damn, that sucks... I feel for ya. I'm always worried in the back of my mind when I pull the Cruiser.. Between the Cummins, the FJ, and the trailer, it's every one of my cool toys.. that could all go away in the blink of an eye.

I was trained while driving in the Army, and again on the FD, about consequences, and I don't mean in the usual way... What I mean is.. "OK, this ass is gonna side-swipe me. If I swerve, I could roll the tow rig, or hit something in the median and trash the whole combo, or wind up in oncoming traffic. If I hold my ground because it's unsafe to swerve, then I will probably trash one side of the truck & trailer, but that's probably it" It's something you have to decide in a split-second.

I will do what I can to avoid an accident, but not if it's going to put me at risk of damaging my stuff worse by doing so. Unless is says Kenworth or Freightliner on the grille, I stand a better chance by NOT swerving... Kinda like when a deer jumps out in front of you, ya know?

That said, I will not slam on my brakes for a ricer who swerves in front of me... But they don't really seem to do that anyway.. Wonder why? :D
 
Ratman said:
I get some ricer who decides to cut me off and I get clobbered from behind by the poor guy in the 2 ton truck.
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The guy in the 2 ton should have been following further back. Now, in your story, if the guy cutting you off causes you to lose lane control and you cross the center line, crashing with oncoming traffic....that is a bonafide non contact vehicle and would be treated as a hit and run. One caveat, however, all involved parties must agree that there was "this other car". You can't just say the ghost car made me do it and you are released from fault.
 
"One caveat, however, all involved parties must agree that there was "this other car". You can't just say the ghost car made me do it and you are released from fault."

so does this mean that even the oncoming traffic, who probably didn't even see you get cut off by the dumbass, has to agree that there was "this other car" to release you from fault??? what if you seriously injure the driver in the oncoming traffic, where they can't say that they saw the dumbass, does this put you at fault now??? if so that's f*cked up. :confused:
 
PoPo said:
The guy in the 2 ton should have been following further back. Now, in your story, if the guy cutting you off causes you to lose lane control and you cross the center line, crashing with oncoming traffic....that is a bonafide non contact vehicle and would be treated as a hit and run. One caveat, however, all involved parties must agree that there was "this other car". You can't just say the ghost car made me do it and you are released from fault.
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Hypothetical.

Now, I see what your saying but my point is simple. The 1 time I was in a situation like this the guy behind me got charged, even though we both told the HP that I was cut off by this fool in a pickup. " you should leave enough distance to come to a complete stop at any speed" were his exact words. You ever tried to leave 8~10 car lenghts between you and the car in front of you in 5pm traffic on 540? You'll spend your entire ride braking.

I dont bother swerving, conditioned not to. I figure a full on hit is probaly safer than a glancing shot followed by a roll. In my case they'll be a mark on both vehicles. Of course, everything I own is 4x4 so its a bit higher than that Crown Vic you roll around in. :D

I do have one question for tho'. Whats safer, the left lane troll running 55 in a 65 or that same troll in the right lane?
 
Ratman said:
You ever tried to leave 8~10 car lenghts between you and the car in front of you in 5pm traffic on 540? You'll spend your entire ride braking.
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You're assuming your car just decelerated from 60-0 in 0 feet. If I'm following a Porsche, you better believe I'm gonna leave more room than if I'm following a van. But either way, both cars still travel some distance while stopping. ;)
 
Rich gots the idea

Not asking for 8-10 car lengths, just a bare minimum of 2 seconds reaction time. Distance increases with speed.

So you got cut off, hazzard on the road. The guy behind you has an obligation to allow a safe following distance for just such an occurance. In bumper to bumper traffic I routinely will see 3-4 cars in the lane beside me filling the distance I allow between me and the car directly in front of me. Side benefit to that is I get to slow down at a slower rate so that idiot riding my butt doesn't have to crank on the binders to avoid hitting me.

Lots of following distance saves both ends of your car.
 
PoPo said:
Lots of following distance saves both ends of your car.
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I do that for sure. Especially when towing. Hauling the ctd down quick while toting 8K takes a bit more room.

I guess my biggest beef is the windowlickers who get away with doing stupid crap with no accountability. My DD was taken out by one this past december in a chain reaction setup caused by a fool in one of those lifted powerstrokes running a redlight ontp 540 full on sideways taking both entrance lanes up. Guote from the trooper to 3 of us who were involved. "Being there was no contact as far as I'm concerned he didn't exsist." That is not hypothetical, its pretty much exactly how it went down. Because of the yield sign more or less behind us, I fixed hers and the fella behind me fixed mine and his. (he had no insurance so mines still down, no biggie, I'll get around to it and have the parts on hand)
 
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