Grr! People who drive too SLOW!!!

ping · Jul 28, 2007

Thw only time I speed is on my road. The limit is 55 I go 60 usually. I never ride someones tail or flash lights or honk at someone if they go slower I just go around. My road also has quite a few turns in it but there are enough short straight ways so I can pass. No need to flash lights or honk horns. I also don't think someone should pull over just so one can speed. If 1-2or 3 cars come up behind me and they wanna go over 60 they can pass me. I will not pull to the side of the road.

We don't have snow here. But my car does not like wet roads from recent rain so I do drive slower then. Usually around 50. If people don't like that they can go around. And most do.

menasmom · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by DaniMarie

That's outrageous!!!

Let me clarify why I drive like an old lady.

I'm 25 and have been in three weather-related car crashes...and not just a crash, all three cars were totalled to the point where I had to be cut out twice.

Two times during snow, once during rain, and I am a careful driver....I just have the WORST luck with driving.

So I'm a little traumatized. I'd rather be safe, alert , and take things easy, than end up dying to make everyone else on the road happier.

Oh,believe me, I feel the same way!!! I used to be one of those drivers that would get right behind the person in front of me who was driving too slow and ride their bumper practically UNTIL SOMEONE TAUGHT ME A LESSON THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. Of course, I was rushing home to take care of my dogs at the time and I was right on top of this old man in his car ahead of me. He jammed on his brakes and I nearly hit him. (Thank God for good reflexes). Well, ever since that day I will NEVER rush because I'd rather get to my destination in one piece AND ALIVE. It's not worth it, man.
And rain? Forget about it--I hate driving in the rain and I do drive slower. Tough nuggies on the person behind me---go around me if you don't like it. I'm far more interested in MY safety.

trouts mom · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by gemlady

My accident last year wasn't as bad as yours but I do adjust my speed for the conditions. I stay around the speed limit.

I can sympathize with TickyTat because I have been there. There are several nice paved county roads that you can use to get to the big city, but why does the slow driver have to be on the 2 lane highway with the 55mph speed limit? (Luckily one highway has been widened and the other is being widened now.)

I do adjust my speed to conditions too

We have BRUTAL winters here..and I am very very cautious because I have to be or I would be in the ditch every day in the winter.

I am in no way a reckless driver and I do not have road rage..I just tend to drive faster than the limit on clear sunny days. (And I know I shouldn't). I don't think I am invincible, I have been in accidents (one was my fault where speed was not a factor), and one not my fault, where again speed was not a factor.

Strange thing is, I don't speed on the freeway

The freeway scares me

esrgirl · Jul 28, 2007

It is very important to adjust your speed for weather conditions, but going 15 miles under the speed limit on a perfectly safe day is unacceptable. I don't know about Florida, but in Indiana we do have a minimum speed limit for highways. Overly cautious drivers cause serious accidents.

For the person who was sick, I don't mean this in any offensive way whatsoever- but you should not have been driving. You should have called 911. You endangered not only your own life, but the lives of others on the road by driving impaired. You are legally responsible- regardless of whether you are sick or not. Please, please, please don't risk your own life, or the lives of others because you don't want to use an ambulance.

I also don't go over the speed limit, after getting a ticket for going 75 in a 65 last summer. It just isn't worth it. It also isn't worth risking the lives of others to go seriously under the speed limit when weather conditions are good.

ping · Jul 28, 2007

Around here we don't have minimum speed limits just maximum limits. I was in Jax. Fl at the first of the month. They no longer have minimum speeds listed on the freeway just maximum limits.

carolpetunia · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by DaniMarie

I'd rather be safe, alert , and take things easy, than end up dying to make everyone else on the road happier.

Amen, sister!

luvmy2cats · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by DaniMarie

That's outrageous!!!

Let me clarify why I drive like an old lady.

I'm 25 and have been in three weather-related car crashes...and not just a crash, all three cars were totalled to the point where I had to be cut out twice.

Two times during snow, once during rain, and I am a careful driver....I just have the WORST luck with driving.

So I'm a little traumatized. I'd rather be safe, alert , and take things easy, than end up dying to make everyone else on the road happier.

Yeah, if the weather is bad I drive super slow. If the weather is good I do the speed limit. I guess it's just that since I hate driving all I want to do is get to my destination and then I get angry when I get behind slow people.

carolpetunia · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by esrgirl

For the person who was sick, I don't mean this in any offensive way whatsoever- but you should not have been driving. You should have called 911. You endangered not only your own life, but the lives of others on the road by driving impaired. You are legally responsible- regardless of whether you are sick or not. Please, please, please don't risk your own life, or the lives of others because you don't want to use an ambulance.

No offense taken -- but please bear in mind that if I didn't have $60 for a doctor visit, I certainly didn't have the wherewithal for an ambulance ride!

And I'm sure I was far less of a hazard on the road that day than all these people who are in such a desperate hurry. They're putting all our lives at risk.

liza24 · Jul 28, 2007

i am a lead foot, i admit it. but i have had training. I have driven to 28 states alone, and know exactly what i am doing. I can handle my car and myself behind the wheel.

That being said, i am also a SAFE driver. yes, i can speed, but i had my car equipped with bigger brakes, tighter suspension, and its a sports car, so its used to being handled a certain way. My idea of stress relief is taking the car out on deserted roads and just opening up the throttle and letting loose. Speed is a adreniline(sp) rush.

i am safe when city driving or highway, but lil old ladies.men that drive 20 in a 50 make me want to enact darwin's theroy out on the road,lol.

i REALLY think that at a certain age, older ppl should have to take a drivers test every year because they are a hazard to the road. Its like my ex's mom used to say. She was a HORRIBLE driver BTW.

she used to say " i have never been in a accident!" and i would answer, ya, but you have CAUSED 100 of em!!!! lol

tnkittymom · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by calico2222

That annoys me too sometimes, but I have to admit I'm guilty of going below the speed limit. Especially if it is a winding, twisting road that I'm not familiar with. The road out to my house is a rural route that is like that, full of twists and turns, and now I can drive it 5 miles over the speed limit (which is 55) but when I first started driving it, I was going probably 40 or 45 most of the time.

And truthfully, if someone came up behind me and start honking and flashing their lights I would drive even slower just to p*ss them off! But then again, I'm a spiteful person!

I'm the same way!

Now, I used to be a speeder, but after seeing too many people get killed because of disrespectful people that have road rage...well that just really burns me up. I have a small child and if someone ever hit me when I had her in the car because of their impatience, they better pray that I'm unconscious. I'm not a mean cold-hearted person. As a matter of fact, I'm normally a very calm laid-back friendly person. I'm just an extremely protective mother. Honestly, I would rather get behind someone going slow than deal with the speed demons on the road. If anyone is in that big of a hurry, then he/she should have left earlier and allowed more time for traffic. That's just my honest opinion.

tnkittymom · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by DaniMarie

I'd rather be safe, alert , and take things easy, than end up dying to make everyone else on the road happier.

I agree completely!

carolpetunia · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by KitEKats4Eva!

Before I start, I want to qualify that I'm not talking about anyone here. This is a generic statement!

I never speed. I think it's unforgivably selfish and irresponsible. A car is a dangerous vehicle and the amount of people that die in car accidents is unacceptable. Many of these car accidents involve speeding. Many motorists are not aware of the reaction distance and braking distance required when speeding. For example, when reaction distance is added to braking distance, at 60m/h it requires 110 yards to stop in an emergency. At 75m/h, 143 yards are needed.

Speeding is a contributing factor in a third of all serious injury and fatal crashes and research shows that the risk of involvement in a casualty crash doubles with each 3m/h increase in speed above the posted speed limit. Travelling at just 35m/h, your car will have moved 25 yards during the time it takes for you to react to an emergency. Which is usually about one second. 25 yards in ONE second.

This has been part of a massive advertising campaign where I live. Speeding is a huge problem and the old `but 5km over isn't going to make a difference' chestnut has been shown as the mistake it is. It makes a very big difference in your stopping ability, which makes a very big difference if a child / cat / dog runs out in front of the car and you need to brake suddenly. Going 5km (about 3.1 miles) per hour over the speed limit increases your reaction and braking distance by TEN metres (11 yards). So, 5km makes a difference, after all. It could, quite literally, mean the difference between life and death.

Now, I don't drive like a grandma, either, and the situation the OP describes would probably have me screeching and trying to rip the steering wheel out in frustration. And driving like that is JUST as dangerous, IMO. I drive the limit. Because I don't have anywhere, anytime to go, that is more important than the consideration of other people's lives - EVER. I'm only trying to get from A to B, for goodness' sake. I'm not finding a cure for cancer. It's just not that important, it really isn't. And going 10km over the speed limit might get you somewhere four minutes faster, but the risk it poses to others is not worth the time saved.

But people forget the bigger picture the minute they get behind the wheel of a car. It's such a surreal phenomenon, but once driving, the car becomes the territory, and it seems it must be guarded and defended at all costs - even if it means becoming an attacker. Road rage is featuring more and more in indictments for manslaughter, and in some cases, murder. Certainly assault commonly results from episodes of road rage.

I think if people would slow down more and just realise that travelling in their car is a means to an end, not a race that needs to be won, the roads would be much safer places to be.

Right, I'm off my

now.

I just wanted to quote this here to give people another chance to read it. It's absolutely right on target.

Also... let me relate something that happened near here just a few days ago: A mother and her little boy (about two, I think), were sitting on the curb in front of their house. Some kids were walking by, and someone in a car swerved to try to splash those kids with water from a puddle in the street. The driver swerved a little too hard, though, and struck and killed the little boy.

That child is dead because of somebody's stupid attempt at a joke. And countless people are dead because of somebody's impatience, or somebody's ego, or somebody's attempt to teach another driver a lesson, or somebody's desire for an adrenaline rush. None of that has any place behind the wheel of a two-ton weapon!

cococat · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by TickyTat

My number one pet peeve is when people drive WAY too slow. They don't notice you in their rearview mirors, they don't pull over and let you pass, and they don't EVER speed up! Plus, it seems it's ALWAYS on roads that have a lot of curves or traffic so you can't pass.

I came up behind a lady who was going 30-35 in a 50 zone and would NOT speed up. She actually kept stepping on her brakes! I had finally had ENOUGH and began honking, flashing my lights, ANYTHING to get her attention. Too much traffic and curves = no passing. She finally turned off about 10 miles later. (I also hate people who take forever to turn, but that's another story!).

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, it's even WORSE when they pull out in front of you and THEN go 30!

I agree, & when you are turning it doesn't mean make a complete stop then turn (if there is no stop sign or light) it means get off the road and make a smooth even turn, not act all strange about it, spacing out, talking on your cell, reading, just drive please!

esrgirl · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

No offense taken -- but please bear in mind that if I didn't have $60 for a doctor visit, I certainly didn't have the wherewithal for an ambulance ride!

And I'm sure I was far less of a hazard on the road that day than all these people who are in such a desperate hurry. They're putting all our lives at risk.

I hear ya, I don't have health insurance either!

tnkittymom · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

I just wanted to quote this here to give people another chance to read it. It's absolutely right on target.

Also... let me relate something that happened near here just a few days ago: A mother and her little boy (about two, I think), were sitting on the curb in front of their house. Some kids were walking by, and someone in a car swerved to try to splash those kids with water from a puddle in the street. The driver swerved a little too hard, though, and struck and killed the little boy.

That child is dead because of somebody's stupid attempt at a joke. And countless people are dead because of somebody's impatience, or somebody's ego, or somebody's attempt to teach another driver a lesson, or somebody's desire for an adrenaline rush. None of that has any place behind the wheel of a two-ton weapon!

The quote you replied on by KitEKats4Eva was definitely worth bringing forward again. It lays everything out perfectly!

That incident about the child and the attempt at a joke is horrible! When are people going to learn that you don't joke around when you're behind the wheel of a car.

jen · Jul 28, 2007

I agree with everyone, I cannot stand super slow drivers. My friend who is also 25 drove somewhere and I was riding with her and she is embarassingly slow. Semis were passing us and honking! I drive now, but it is funny when I am the driver, she freaks out so easily and complains at my "so fast I can hardly keep up" driving at rarely more then 5 over the speed limit. Her house is about 7-10 minutes from me. One time she left my house to head back to hers and I was to follow. She drove off but I ran back in to go to the bathroom and change my shirt. Then I left, a good 5 minutes later. I caught up to her in town and I was about to honk at the super slow driver in front of me when I realized who it was! Ridiculous!!

I also HATE when I am on a road where the speed limit is around 50-55 or so, in otherwords, decently fast. And someone waiting to pull out pulls right in front of me, thinking I am far enough away that they can do that and get up to speed. YOU DON'T PULL OUT IN FRONT OF A CAR GOING 55 MPH!! You just don't do that! I have to either slam on the brakes or I intentionally catch up to them super fast and honk and brake or go around them. just to freak them out. That is so rude!

tickytat · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by Jen

I also HATE when I am on a road where the speed limit is around 50-55 or so, in otherwords, decently fast. And someone waiting to pull out pulls right in front of me, thinking I am far enough away that they can do that and get up to speed. YOU DON'T PULL OUT IN FRONT OF A CAR GOING 55 MPH!! You just don't do that! I have to either slam on the brakes or I intentionally catch up to them super fast and honk and brake or go around them. just to freak them out. That is so rude!

"Just to freak them out" Hahahahaha!
This happens to me so many times I have lost count. And, it's even worse on my motorcycle. People are ALWAYS pulling out in front of motorcycles.

(At least with my motorcycle, slow drivers aren't a problem because I can zip around them faster than you can blink an eye. Something I can't do with my car.

)

And I also agree with what was said earlier. The elderly, after a certain age, should be required to take a yearly driving test. Their metabolisms can slow down so much that they have little to no reaction time, and this sometimes causes them to drive a lot slower than they think they are.

I consider myself a pretty safe driver. I don't speed (well maybe 5 over the limit) and in the Winter, I'm a snail too. I'm not going off the road for them! But I just wish, people would NOTICE their holding us up, not so we can speed, but going 30 is unacceptable... unless you're transporting a wedding cake or something! That's excusable!

luvmy2cats · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by TickyTat

"Just to freak them out" Hahahahaha!
This happens to me so many times I have lost count. And, it's even worse on my motorcycle. People are ALWAYS pulling out in front of motorcycles.

(At least with my motorcycle, slow drivers aren't a problem because I can zip around them faster than you can blink an eye. Something I can't do with my car.

)

And I also agree with what was said earlier. The elderly, after a certain age, should be required to take a yearly driving test. Their metabolisms can slow down so much that they have little to no reaction time, and this sometimes causes them to drive a lot slower than they think they are.

I consider myself a pretty safe driver. I don't speed (well maybe 5 over the limit) and in the Winter, I'm a snail too. I'm not going off the road for them! But I just wish, people would NOTICE their holding us up, not so we can speed, but going 30 is unacceptable... unless you're transporting a wedding cake or something! That's excusable!

I also agree the elderly shoud be tested on driving skills. I've almost been in accidents caused by an elderly person. Of course I've almost been in accidents caused by the not elderly but I think the risk is greater if someone is old.

littleraven7726 · Jul 28, 2007

We have a stretch of road around here that makes us want to scream. We've been living here since 2004 and it happens EVERY time we go on this stretch of road. To the point that we expect it. On the direction home, it goes 2 lanes, then down to one, then up to 2 lanes again. During the 2 lanes down to one, it is 45 mph posted. NO ONE EVER goes that speed. It's insane! The max anyone seems to hit is maybe 35 mph if we're lucky. Then when it widens back to 2 lanes, the speed goes down to 35 mph. Guess what everyone does there? Yup. Up to 50 mph when you go past the 35 mph sign. I do not get it at all.

For those who do the flashing lights, honking thing, aren't you afraid of some psycho getting out of their car or following you, etc? My sister does that, and it scares the

out of me when riding somewhere with her. I'd be terrified it was car full of armed gang members or something. I sure wouldn't want to tick them off.

tickytat · Jul 28, 2007

Originally Posted by luvmycat1

I also agree the elderly shoud be tested on driving skills. I've almost been in accidents caused by an elderly person. Of course I've almost been in accidents caused by the not elderly but I think the risk is greater if someone is old.

I have a co-worker who told me that her mother doesn't look when backing out of her driveway because it "hurts her neck" to turn.

That's an accident waiting to happen!

Grr! People who drive too SLOW!!!

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