Driving habits of rural folk

[MossRoad]

no insurance equals no plates. You must show valid and in force proof of insurance to get a validation sticker.

yes and no...only means they had insurance at one point in time, if they don't pay their installments on insurance policy and coverage lapses, they still have an active plate
on their car/truck. Of course if they get in an accident, they are in deep doo doo.
I watch a lot of Youtube videos that relate to this and remarkable how many people are stopped without any insurance.
This is where U/M, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is really helpful. But always a hassle trying to collect from your own carrier, and I say this is a retired independent insurance agent. Anyone who wants to dip into their pocket, at fault or not, is not deemed their friend...

I have no reason to believe you were scum of the earth before you retired. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

Did you get gas, and was it from the pumps :laughing: Always love those signs.

Stopped there a couple times for gasoline over the decades. And maybe a pop or candy bar. But it's too close to South Bend or Indy, which are the two places I'm traveling between when I pass it, so never bought any food there.

 

[Diggin It]

You might not have a choice. Only a matter of time before it's (lane centering) mandated (if it hasn't been already). I don't like it either.

I'll keep buying and driving 80s and 90s (maybe early 00s) vehicles for as long as I can find them. Hopefully by the time I can't, I won't be driving any more .... or breathing.

 

[Diggin It]

Not the grandpa in me, I stop on a yellow unless I am already in the intersection.

NOT safe. Can't believe you haven't been rear ended yet?

...is a totally different statement than...



I have seen several near-crashes because of people coming to an unexpected stop at a yellow light that they and the next 6 cars could have made through before it turned red. You initially seemed to be self identifying as one of these people.

Yellow means STOP if you have room to do so safely. Passing through a yellow when you had safe room to stop can and will get you cited.

 

[Diggin It]

Around here, we often use the center turn lane that services both directions as a merge lane. That can be pretty much be your only option certain times of the day unless you want to back up a bunch of folk that think you are an idiot. On legality... no clue.

I do it all the time and it's perfectly safe ... unless .... somebody else is doing it in the other direction.

 

[turnkey4099]

People who think they maintain a steady speed with CC are badly mstaken. Withing 3 or 4 mph maybe but only by constantly checking he spedo. I have probably somwherearoun 500,000 miles undeer my built coasst to coast with CC and I can't keep it with a 3-4 mile range up/down hill mile after mile. Noting beats teh frustration of getting behind someone not using it on on the open road.

What is it about CC that you don't like?

CORRECTION. 'coast to coast WITHOUT cc...'

 

[Diggin It]

I think the autopilot on many of these posts can't distinguish between break and brake, so how can we trust it on the road to not brake when it should and break things?

 

[turnkey4099]

If you'd just depress the gas pedal at the bottom of the hill and force a downshift before the cruise control does, right when you notice the engine starting to bog, it'll downshift and stay there all the way up the hill until it senses it doesn't have as much load and resume back into drive and OD.

The "cc downshifts on hills" argument is a non-starter. Your vehicle will also downshift the same way if you are not using cc, difference being it will probably downshift later as you won't notice the speed dropping off as fast as the cc does.

 

[turnkey4099]

As I've mentioned before, in most places, roundabouts reduce accident rates. Here, they went up, and more than one witness has said "It looked just like the Dukes of Hazard".

That is usually the case when a roundabout is put in where people aren't used to them. accidents drop off as time goes on and people learn how to navigate them. The fore sure speed up traffic.

 

[turnkey4099]

[QUOTE
Quote Originally Posted by Steppenwolfe View Post
I started out using my adaptive cruise, but the down side is it keeps an appropriate safe following distance from the vehicle in front;.


=Diggin It;5834374]I will never have a vehicle like that either.

Apparently there's a few folks that would rather tailgate the driver in front of them. I personally appreciate this safety feature. I wish other drivers following me used this feature.[/QUOTE]

Most drivers follow way to close. 65 mph traffic by my house (major N/S state hiehway) Up to 10 cars in a space where there shouild be at most 2 (lead and follower). I don't get into those "trains" Drop back about 20-30 yards and watch the tail lights blinking every fre minutes in the entire train.