Did you forget the part about being a dick?
I'm slow, but coachable.
Yet another reason you don't want to be second.
That's a good point.
Did you forget the part about being a dick?
Yet another reason you don't want to be second.
This reminds me of a trip up to my sister in law's outside of Chicago a few years ago. I try not to drive like a dick but ended up being forced to pull a super duper dick move. I was driving my mother in law's minivan and we were cruising with traffic in the left lane probably running 75/80. As we crested a hill there was a 1970's land yacht on the left shoulder, merging into traffic and was making no efforts whatsoever to get up to speed first. The three or four cars in front of me all had room to move to the right, I did not. At the rate this idiot was encroaching into my lane I pretty quickly came to the conclusion that I was toast if I slammed on the brakes and my only option was to go around him. I had not looked into the rear view and wasn't sure if there were people on my tail but the odds were good. With my MIL and wife screaming like death was imminent I swerved to the left and squeezed that minivan between the land yacht and the concrete barrier wall and there couldn't have been 8" to spare on either side. I didn't so much as tap the brakes.
I can honestly say that I have no idea what happened behind me. I didn't look in the mirrors, I didn't want to know. It was a dickish thing to do but under the circumstances I didn't have time to come up with a better plan. I hate driving in the region or Chicago.
I drove semi thru CTown back in the late 80's. To keep my sanity, I only went thru in the wee hrs. of the morning. Hardly any traffic, which was the way I wanted it. One time, with a situation as you described, was enough.So . . . I had the misfortune (actually legendary bad decision making) of driving through Chicago on I-90 in the early afternoon on Friday. I was expecting heavy traffic, but I didn't expect a complete disregard for turn signals of such frequency of cutting people off with inches to spare, apparently out of spite given the finger displays.
I've driven a lot in the San Francisco Bay Area, the South Bay, Los Angeles and Orange County, Atlanta, and a few other metro areas. I have never seen so many total a**holes in one afternoon in any of those places.
Also, why do packs of cars in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin move along at a steady 80 mph, then suddenly all jam on their brakes for no apparent reason . . . over . . . and over . . . and over . . . and over . . . and over. Why???
So . . . I had the misfortune (actually legendary bad decision making) of driving through Chicago on I-90 in the early afternoon on Friday. I was expecting heavy traffic, but I didn't expect a complete disregard for turn signals of such frequency of cutting people off with inches to spare, apparently out of spite given the finger displays.
I've driven a lot in the San Francisco Bay Area, the South Bay, Los Angeles and Orange County, Atlanta, and a few other metro areas. I have never seen so many total a**holes in one afternoon in any of those places.
Also, why do packs of cars in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin move along at a steady 80 mph, then suddenly all jam on their brakes for no apparent reason . . . over . . . and over . . . and over . . . and over . . . and over. Why???
So true. Some times it seems like that and one place a guy told me not to drive like an old white guy. Drive it like you stole it.Efficiency. If everyone drives the same speed and everyone follows close as possible, then more traffic can flow through a given point in a given period. According to my BIL, if you leave a car length between you and the car in front of you, you're effectively giving cars in other lanes permission to take that space.
In all honesty I've driven in every major metropolitan area of the country with the exception of San Diego. Chicago and Newark are my two most hated cities to drive in. And Atlanta in the rain. Them people be ****ing crazy
Efficiency. If everyone drives the same speed and everyone follows close as possible, then more traffic can flow through a given point in a given period. According to my BIL, if you leave a car length between you and the car in front of you, you're effectively giving cars in other lanes permission to take that space.
Lol I commute to Chicago every day. I was actually quite annoyed about all the left hand bandits on a recent trip South on 65 and then East on 70. On that trip the truckers would just move into the left hand lane as you were about to pass them with little signal or courtesy, most of the time there were no cars behind me and they could have waited for me to pass instead of me hitting the brakes and slowing down for a mile until they moved over to the right or until I passed them on the right. I didn't find the traffic on 465 much different than Chicago
My brother-in-law grew up in Chicago and instructed me in the proper Chicago driving etiquette. It's complicated. I think I don't understand it all that well. But as much as I can tell, everyone expects everyone to be a dick. So, drive like you're a dick, and expect everyone else to be a dick, and that's how it works. At least I assume it works. We made it to our destination in one piece and no dents, so...
Magic, hell, I'd prefer a hood mounted belt fed, or top mount TOW?If I only had magical powers.....
Magic, hell, I'd prefer a hood mounted belt fed, or top mount TOW?