Slow Down, Move Over Video-It's the LAW!

[coobie]

And here is the aftermath when you don,t.My fellow co-worker was KILLED 5 years ago..

 

[FredH]

For years , Most Semi's have done this automatically . What is Sad though , Is the ignorants , who then pull up behind / catch the Semi , changed over to the right lane and pass on the right . See it all the time , weekly , down in California . Do I blame that person for doing that , Nope . Blame Law enforcement and Politicaians for not enforcing their laws to begin with . The crap that is " Allowed " there is insane . Funny thing is living in Southern Oregon , We get a lot of Californians up here to shop , thus no sales tax . The looks on their faces when You pass them as they are sitting there getting wrote up for what ever their offense is , is pretty priceless .

Fred H.

 

[Whatswrong]

People seem to pull over out of courtesy quite a lot; SLOW TO 60Km. is enforced in construction zones ,for service vehicles (tow trucks ,ambulance ,road maintenance ,police etc.) .
Our province only has a little over a million people yet we have had several tragic accidents in construction zones where people seem to think their day and life is so important that they can't pay attention and slow down .
A very sad case was a young lad on a rescue mission hit changing a tire for a stranded motorist on a divided highway ,that highway is not so busy that you can't move over ,this would be nothing more than the idea that "I'm important and I don't have to move over ".
On the topic of bright lights ,our snow plows got new lights last year and they are so bright that they are both blinding and distracting.

 

[mrmikey]

I have always moved over when safe no matter what is on the side of the road, car, truck, parked car etc. I started doing it when I first started riding a bike 10 years ago as people will pull out in front of you either because thy don't give a crap or don't see you. Now I do it out of courtesy if there is someone working on the side of the road or even if there's no one visible because someone may throw the door open on you.
It's law in NS to slow to 60KPH and move over if safe for police vehicles on the side of the road. I willingly move over, slow down to 60 and put my four ways on but you get the a$$holes that will rip by you on to get ahead. I just hope these cops are better RCMP offocers than they are rappers LOL Cop Light Bling : Chanson rap sur le corridor de securite - YouTube ..........Mike

 

[Barnbuilder]

We had 3 fire trucks get hit last night. It amazes me how stupid people are. Its below 32 and misting. Um maybe the bridges are freezing.
We almost got hit this morning she stopped a foot and a half from the truck.

 

[turbo36]

And here is the aftermath when you don,t.My fellow co-worker was KILLED 5 years ago..

Sorry for your loss, you CMS guys are hard workers.

 

[2ndhalf]

^^^^ Ditto.. very sorry to hear that!

One of the problems I see is that people don't look ahead enough. I travel I71 every day 90 miles total a day. I have for over 20 years. I have learned to look at least 1/8th mile ahead for lights or anything unusual; when visibility allows. Even before there was the law I would get over when I saw a disabled anything.

If visibility is poor or lower I slow down. Driving home from TN on Saturday I was amazed at how many people would not back off the gas. I was passed by many people doing over 90 on wet roads. I think a couple had to be approaching 100 mph. I kept telling my wife, I just want to get off this interstate before these crazies cause an accident. The North bound freeways were fine all the way to Ohio. The South bound lanes were not so lucky. We saw multiple accidents and miles and miles of stopped traffic on the South bound lanes. I have no doubt due to people not slowing down or paying attention.

I'm telling you TN drivers are the most unsafe drivers I think I have ever experienced. They were lane changing unneccessarily and just driving very aggressively and unsafely. It got a little better in KY and the further North I went it seemed the driving got better. Sorry if that sounds like I'm bashing the south but I spend a lot of time on the road and observing people's driving behavior and that is just what I experienced.

I think what makes it bad is that you have some southern drivers that drive really slow and other drivers driving really radical. The two do not mix well. In the north we all drive the same; maybe a little fast for some but not as radical and aggressive; just fast. Michigan is even faster : )

Any Truck Drivers on here have any insight?

 

[BigCountry1689]

^^^^ Ditto.. very sorry to hear that!

One of the problems I see is that people don't look ahead enough. I travel I71 every day 90 miles total a day. I have for over 20 years. I have learned to look at least 1/8th mile ahead for lights or anything unusual; when visibility allows. Even before there was the law I would get over when I saw a disabled anything.

If visibility is poor or lower I slow down. Driving home from TN on Saturday I was amazed at how many people would not back off the gas. I was passed by many people doing over 90 on wet roads. I think a couple had to be approaching 100 mph. I kept telling my wife, I just want to get off this interstate before these crazies cause an accident. The North bound freeways were fine all the way to Ohio. The South bound lanes were not so lucky. We saw multiple accidents and miles and miles of stopped traffic on the South bound lanes. I have no doubt due to people not slowing down or paying attention.

I'm telling you TN drivers are the most unsafe drivers I think I have ever experienced. They were lane changing unneccessarily and just driving very aggressively and unsafely. It got a little better in KY and the further North I went it seemed the driving got better. Sorry if that sounds like I'm bashing the south but I spend a lot of time on the road and observing people's driving behavior and that is just what I experienced.

I think what makes it bad is that you have some southern drivers that drive really slow and other drivers driving really radical. The two do not mix well. In the north we all drive the same; maybe a little fast for some but not as radical and aggressive; just fast. Michigan is even faster : )

Any Truck Drivers on here have any insight?

You would hate South Florida, people might as well start buying bumper cars. When they see I-95 they think it is a speed limit not the road. In Sept. it took 5 of us (3 Deputies/ 2 Troopers) to pull an 82 Y.O. over driving in the south bound emergency lane going north. Just left breakfast and was drunk (10AM), she thought she was going the right way. Needless to say she no longer had a D.L until she could re-test. And we see this type of crazy every day.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

I would like to add: if it is save to do so

I see people do the craziest moves to move over (endangering themselves and others), or to get out of the way of emergency vehicles, or just stop on the road.

I like the European way. Make way, give room, but keep moving. Stopped traffic blocking the road is not of help for emergency responders.

Yep. This is like pedestrians having the right of way. It's so obviously the right and sensible thing to do, it's so obviously much safer, that nobody thinks it through, and it's defended like a religion.


We've only had it here in Virginia for a year or two and I've already seen it cause accidents and create completely unnecessary traffic jams.

It's a "feel good but make things worse" bad law.

 

[coobie]

Sorry for your loss, you CMS guys are hard workers.

Thank you.One of the main reasons I retired before I was 60 years old.The gentlemen who got killed was my journeyman line worker we were a crew for 10 years.Worked day & night Safely in about every weather condition and some then some idiot rear ended the truck while he was behind it.His safety vest was on and beacons flashing in daylight conditions.It was my off day & could have been me just as easy.To this day it still bothers me on a daily basis..