Road Rage, revisited.

[5030]

You must live near me, I'm in SE Michigan as well. I go up and down 23 all the time and the median speed is 80 except around Dundee where the speed cop sits constantly and everyone knows it except out of town folks that usually get nabbed.

I set my cruise at 67 and run with the big trucks. At 67, I get 40 mpg and I'm all good with that. I just leave a bit earlier to get to where I'm going on time.

I bet when gas hots 10 bucks a gallon (and it will), people will maybe slow down, maybe.

Filled the wife's Burb the other day. Took almost 200 clams to fill it up.

 

[MossRoad]

I keep wondering when the price of fuel will cause people to slow down from a gas guzzling 80 to something reasonable?

Was thinking the same thing as I was driving the Suburban at 80 just to keep up with traffic on Oklahoma highways.

Apparently, that time has not yet come.

 

[blee03]

I set my cruise at 67 and run with the big trucks. At 67, I get 40 mpg and I'm all good with that. I just leave a bit earlier to get to where I'm going on time.

40 mpg?
You driving a honda civic?

 

[ultrarunner]

40 mpg?
You driving a honda civic?

Older Corolla?

 

[jaxs]

No, I really don't think it will. I have been thinking about this myself as I cruise around in my 14mpg 2500HD lately. If I slowed down a bit, I could probably save.... a couple dollars a month? No thanks, I guess I'd rather still save 10 minutes per day of driving and just pay the surcharge.

Besides, on our busy Michigan highways, when you're bumper to bumper at 80 mph, there's not nearly as much aerodynamic penalty, because everyone is essentially drafting the car in front of them.

Ah-haa so THAT was you back there riding my bumper,and what is it you call what you were doing,,,,drafting? Well in case you are interested I called you several names,none of them was drafter.

 

[JasperFrank]

I believe that driver's Ed and the tests required to get a driver's license are just too lame in the USA.

To get a drivers' license in Germany and other places in Europe; it is a difficult test, equal to a Commercial Class License in the US.

A friend's mother, that was German, had to take the test three times to pass, to drive in Germany. Each time it was expensive. When she moved to the US, and had to take the driving tests again, she thought it was a joke, that it was so easy, inexpensive and processed to fast.

I remember her saying something along the lines of ... "You just give these licenses out like candy."

She did end up getting in several accidents, because she expected other drivers to know what they were doing.

 

[kenmbz]

I was driving to work early one morning and saw a car drifting left coming at me.
I hit the horn and could actually see the guy straighten up and panic steer back into his lane.
Fast asleep at the wheel. He would have missed me, and launched off a bridge.

So the horn, when used as designed can be helpful.

I did once though have someone back into me in a parking lot, I was full on the horn.
Person said they thought they heard something before they hit me.
Not the brightest, luckily low speed bumper to bumper.

 

[jaxs]

I believe that driver's Ed and the tests required to get a driver's license are just too lame in the USA.

To get a drivers' license in Germany and other places in Europe, it is a difficult test, equal to a C class license in the US.

A friend's mother, that was German, had to take the test three times to pass to drive in Germany. Each time it was expensive. When she moved to the US, and had to take the driving tests again, she thought it was a joke, that it was so easy, inexpensive and fast.

I remember her saying something along the lines of ... "you just give these licenses out like candy."

Since you brought up foreign countries,guests,refugies,new voters or whatever you prefer calling them can pick up Green Cards,driver licenses,proof of insurance and a laundry list of other documents they might find handy at several outlets conveniently located throughout Texas on their way North from the border. Kind of one stop shopping.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

No, I really don't think it will. I have been thinking about this myself as I cruise around in my 14mpg 2500HD lately. If I slowed down a bit, I could probably save.... a couple dollars a month? No thanks, I guess I'd rather still save 10 minutes per day of driving and just pay the surcharge.

Besides, on our busy Michigan highways, when you're bumper to bumper at 80 mph, there's not nearly as much aerodynamic penalty, because everyone is essentially drafting the car in front of them.

If you are saving 10 minutes a day, you need to think about moving closer to work. If you drive an hour at 70, you go 70 miles. If you drive an hour at 80, you drive 80 miles. Going 80 miles at 70 takes you an extra 8 minutes and 34 seconds. To save 10 minutes, you have to drive 93 miles at 80 instead of 70.

 

[JasperFrank]

Last real road rage was about 2 years ago. I had to brake hard for some cars ahead of me that had for some reason come to a full stop on a 55 MPH Road. The guy in back of me, which I'm assuming was tailgating, didn't see what I saw and why I braked, and for some reason, after the compression of cars, started again, he drove along side of me, gave the finger, and then attempted to ram the side of my car, which I barely avoided. I think he really was attempting to hit my car as in a collision to send me off the road.
I have no idea why this person did this. I have no political stickers on my car. I still can't understand it.