WHS wrote:

Inconsiderate is inconsiderate no matter how you slice it...
Somebody rolling along 15-20 mph under the posted speed limit needs to be aware of traffic around them and be considerate and pull over whenever they can - period.
And, people also need to learn much of what has already been posted. There can be several factors determing speed, as well as factors involved in a safe place to pull over. So, be considerate and understand that as well.

Also remember, that 13 minutes can mean a lot to a person who is trying to get to the hospital, or is heading to a job interview, or on their way to work or home from a long day or any number of things. I would suspect that anybody on this forum, who perhaps just heard a family member was injured in an accident, 40 miles away, and is trying to hurry as safely as possible to get there, then gets stuck behind an RV toodling along at 45 mph would get upset.

HC

WHS

WHS wrote:

Inconsiderate is inconsiderate no matter how you slice it...
Somebody rolling along 15-20 mph under the posted speed limit needs to be aware of traffic around them and be considerate and pull over whenever they can - period.
And, people also need to learn much of what has already been posted. There can be several factors determing speed, as well as factors involved in a safe place to pull over. So, be considerate and understand that as well.

Also remember, that 13 minutes can mean a lot to a person who is trying to get to the hospital, or is heading to a job interview, or on their way to work or home from a long day or any number of things. I would suspect that anybody on this forum, who perhaps just heard a family member was injured in an accident, 40 miles away, and is trying to hurry as safely as possible to get there, then gets stuck behind an RV toodling along at 45 mph would get upset.

HC

WHS

chuckster11 wrote:

Here is the problem with these, yes, inconsiderate drivers that plug up the roadways everywhere--it isn't a western phenomena. They are simply a hazard to all drivers, especially when proceeding at substantially less than the speed limit.
It isn't just the reckless fool behind them that passes in dangerous spots because of the inconsiderate driver, it is the completely innocent individual coming the OTHER direction that has to pay the price--with injuries and death.
Go ahead, be flippant about your right to not have to use "dangerous and inconvenient" turnouts to let those behind you pass, talk about your right to drive as you wish on these narrow two lanes, tell those behind you to just "chill". But, also be prepared to stare at the catastrophe your inconsiderate driving has caused--go ahead, find an excuse and a justification to render the safety of the oncoming driver a moot point when you have been unnecessarily responsible for the mayhem.

surveyorjp wrote:



Yep. You nailed it.

Like I told the OP, there are several of those self important folks here, and they've voiced their "I'm more important than you" opinions quite clearly. They are the main cause of road rage, accidents, high blood pressure, etc. for other folks. I don't get too excited myself
about being behind a slow moving vehicle, but I sure don't hold up traffic when I'm towing. If I'm on the interstate, I use the slow lanes, and if I'm on a two lane and traffic is behind me, I'll get over and let them pass as soon as it is safe to do so. It's called common courtesy, but as is evident it isn't all too common these days.

"I'm going 20 mph below the speed limit, and all you folks behind me can just go that slow as well." That is called being inconsiderate folks, plain and simple.

And mowermech, I'm pretty sure when you have to merge back over from the slow lane, that you do not have the right-of-way to take a lane away from a vehicle already there. At best, you'll get a ticket for causing an accident. At worst, you get jail time for involuntary manslaughter, or injure or kill yourself or a passenger in your vehicle.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong and he does have the right-of-way, and I'll retract that remark. My thinking is however, that merging traffic from either the on ramp or the slow lane must yield to vehicles already in that lane.

lots2seeinmyrv wrote:


I totally agree, I think people should get tickets for driving BELOW the speed limit just as they do for driving over the speed limit. That's what the speed limit is for...if is says 65...then don't be doing 45!