Karma's a ***** you break-checking mother ****er.
08-26-2011, 10:22 AM
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I guess 5-6 car lengths is a little close for 72 MPH but CA legal standard is 1 car length per 10 mPH for safe distance.
I am terrible at tailgating but will usually leave that didtance.
As far as that being how you do it in SO Cal dont you all drive bumper to bumper at like 35MPH down there?
Isnt it usually us Nor Cal drivers who go down there and screw things up by actually trying to leave distance?lololololo
I am terrible at tailgating but will usually leave that didtance.
As far as that being how you do it in SO Cal dont you all drive bumper to bumper at like 35MPH down there?
Isnt it usually us Nor Cal drivers who go down there and screw things up by actually trying to leave distance?lololololo
Although I will tell you in New Jersey they do drive bumper to bumper at 75 on the turnpike. It freaked me out at first, but since everybody is doing it, everybody is being courteous about it and driving as cautiously as you can for 75mph.
08-26-2011, 10:25 AM
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I dont understand why people cant just move over to let faster traffic pass??? I always do, why dont other people have the common courtesy too as well???
08-26-2011, 10:29 AM
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08-26-2011, 10:34 AM
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I had a guy driving an old school really nice restored 60's plymouth somthing driving down 5. he was going like 72 in the fast lane an well I wanted to go 76-78 which IMHO should be the speed limit down there. Anyway he has tons of opportunities to let me pass, and becasue it was an old school I was giving him like 5-6 car lenghths between us.
I finally have had enough after like 20 miles he does not move over so I shoot into the slow lane to pass, he attempts to move over as well so I shoot back into the fast lane, and pass him. He starts flipping out making all kinds of rude jestures yelling at me, etc...
I just happened to be in uniform that day on my way to a seminar in so cal so in a very rare move for me I hold up my badge to the passenger window and smile. So he guns it to like 80-85 which made it impossible for me to pass and gets back in front of me and brake checks me. "mind you he is in a nice restored old school plymouth"
So he continues down the road at 85-90 so Im happy. I am now able to drive the speed I want to in the fast lane and he is putting alot of didtance between us.
He gets to about 350-400 meters in front of me in the middle of nowhere past buttonwillow and I see the smoke pour out of his exhaust. I pass him limping down the road smoke pouring out of the exhaust with the sound of a blown motor....
WINNING!!!!
I finally have had enough after like 20 miles he does not move over so I shoot into the slow lane to pass, he attempts to move over as well so I shoot back into the fast lane, and pass him. He starts flipping out making all kinds of rude jestures yelling at me, etc...
I just happened to be in uniform that day on my way to a seminar in so cal so in a very rare move for me I hold up my badge to the passenger window and smile. So he guns it to like 80-85 which made it impossible for me to pass and gets back in front of me and brake checks me. "mind you he is in a nice restored old school plymouth"
So he continues down the road at 85-90 so Im happy. I am now able to drive the speed I want to in the fast lane and he is putting alot of didtance between us.
He gets to about 350-400 meters in front of me in the middle of nowhere past buttonwillow and I see the smoke pour out of his exhaust. I pass him limping down the road smoke pouring out of the exhaust with the sound of a blown motor....
WINNING!!!!
I also don't get why people cruising at a speed suddenly gun it just because someone else is signalling to go into their lane. That's the **** that causes accidents. If you don't want people coming in, then close the gap so there's no safe room for another car.
08-26-2011, 11:01 AM
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I understand why you were riding his @ss, but I usually just don't care enough and love my car too much to risk getting it in an accident. Therefore, I keep a 12 car distance... this is how we do it in So. Cal i guess we must have nicer cars out there or better drivers haha 
Awesome story though & thanks for sharing!
Awesome story though & thanks for sharing!
08-26-2011, 12:55 PM
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I drive fast when the road is clear. FYI we were discussing driving habits in traffic. When in traffic jams I keep a good distance from the driver in front of me...
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08-26-2011, 01:02 PM
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I guess 5-6 car lengths is a little close for 72 MPH but CA legal standard is 1 car length per 10 mPH for safe distance.
I am terrible at tailgating but will usually leave that didtance.
As far as that being how you do it in SO Cal dont you all drive bumper to bumper at like 75MPH down there?
Isnt it usually us Nor Cal drivers who go down there and screw things up by actually trying to leave distance?lololololo
I am terrible at tailgating but will usually leave that didtance.
As far as that being how you do it in SO Cal dont you all drive bumper to bumper at like 75MPH down there?
Isnt it usually us Nor Cal drivers who go down there and screw things up by actually trying to leave distance?lololololo
One thing is for sure there are too many drivers on the road...
The 101S always gets backed up before you hit the 405 but other than that drivers keep an good distance.... it's because there are more luxury cars down there
08-26-2011, 01:42 PM
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It is supposed to BE a passing lane only. If you go outside of major metro areas in Cali people understand this. In the Bay Area, traffic is obviously sufficient that people need to use it, but people are too self absorbed to care that anyone else exists, so they pull crap like this. I see it every day.
I had an instructor in traffic school a few years back say that he pretty much stayed in the #2 lane (1 over from fast lane) all the time more or less, and hadn't gotten a ticket in 13 years.
I had an instructor in traffic school a few years back say that he pretty much stayed in the #2 lane (1 over from fast lane) all the time more or less, and hadn't gotten a ticket in 13 years.
08-26-2011, 03:21 PM
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Its ok the other day i was in slight traffic going 65 in the fast lane keeping a car maybe 2 car length behind the guy infront of me. i look behind me and some ***** was tailgating me flipping me off all pissed of. She was literally maybe 5 feet or less from my bumper. She pulls up next to me so i was like im not letting her infront of me and i just kept going. She continues to do flay her arm around and flip me off. She literally cut off like 10 people to get maybe 8 car lengths ahead of me. Some people are just douche's lately.
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