Holding up traffic

[pitmonkey]

Hubby and I were going for a drive out on Whitby Island today,just out enjoying the nice afternoon after church. The road is curvy and windy without many places to pass. There are passing lanes going up steep grades for trucks and RVs as well as slow moving cars. We got stuck be hind a small truck that not only did not move over to the right but sped up at the passing lanes and then slowed down when they got past those spots. Hubby tried twice to get around them.
Also when he was taking some heavy equipment out the this last week he pulled over into the daytime shoulder pull out for slow trucks, people would not pass him but stayed behind him(he was going 30 in a 50 zone). The law here is if you are holding up more than 5 cars you need to pull over. And they wonder why people get mad at stupid drivers.

[bhskittykatt]

Hah, I remember the worst case I saw.

I was waiting to turn left onto a busy highway, and saw traffic coming up. I decided to wait for it to pass...and I waited...and I waited...

By the time I realized the lead car was moving so slowly and I could have gone, it was too late. This douche wasn't pulling over, going about 25 on a 50, and I waited for over five minutes for the line of cars to pass. I'm not kidding. It was about five minutes from when I started timing it. I should have started counting cars.

Saw a couple brave souls try to pass 5 or 6 cars at a time, only to be forced back into the lane by oncoming traffic. In the middle, you literally couldn't see either end of the line.

And there were PLENTY of places the lead car could have pulled over!

[IT Grunt]

I've ran into people like this. The road I take to get to work has a speed limit of 45, but I run into people all the time driving at 25 or less. Do they ever pull over and let the line of cars building up behind them pass? Nope. In their mind, it seems, as long as they're not doing anything illegal, then your being late isn't their problem. The kicker? There is one straight stretch on this road where passing is possible, assuming no one is coming the other way. When they reach it, they slam the gas and speed up to 45 so you can't pass them, then as soon as they're out of the passing zone, they slow down again.

[protege]

I'm constantly getting stuck behind people like that. Pisses me off. Seriously, if you, or your shitbox car can't handle traveling at speeds higher than 25mph...you and it need to get off the roads! There's no reason to travel at 15mph on a perfectly straight, dry road like some Hyundai-driving idiot did last night. It usually takes about 10 minutes to get to the gym--last night, because of that idiot, it took nearly a half-hour

[Magpie]

I've ran into people like this. The road I take to get to work has a speed limit of 45, but I run into people all the time driving at 25 or less. Do they ever pull over and let the line of cars building up behind them pass? Nope. In their mind, it seems, as long as they're not doing anything illegal, then your being late isn't their problem.

In many jurisdictions what they're doing IS illegal. Heck, you can get ticketed for going the limit if you do it with intent to hold up traffic. 20 mph under? I don't think they care about intent at that point...

[Andara Bledin]

I've called the Highway patrol on people going too much under the speed limit and not pulling over when possible to let others pass. In some cases, it's obvious that they're not safe to be driving at all, and others it's obvious that they're just beoing douchebags. Either way, I'll do my best to get them busted for it.

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[arminius58]

I know in Kentucky if they're doing 15 mph below the posted speed limit, they are to be fined. Its considered just as much as risk as someone going over the speed limit.