A LOT of people who pass me refuse to get all the way into the left lane, keeping about a foot of the vehicle over the line. Or if they do get over, then they come back over the line while they're beside me, then back to the left as they get forward of me, before they get back into the right lane. Like they want to scare me off the road. Most of the time it is on the freeway where there is all the room in the world to pass so there's really no reason for it. Once I thought it was because my taillights were closer than normal but it still happens in broad daylight. Besides some cars do have closer together taillights anyway. Also usually about every time or two I go downstate I have to quick jerk off the road because somebody comes up behind me at least 90 mph with no plans of even going around me, and even when I hit the shoulder they don't attempt to move over.
On a 2 lane road, every day I see people get run off the road by people passing into oncoming traffic, whether it's passing me or going the other way. And they're usually not even very quick to move back over, they just don't seem to care that they've run others off the road. A couple weeks ago it was actually my friend who just about killed me on his way home from work as he passed 4-5 cars in a row.
The very first time downstate with the tail (last summer) probably about every other car had someone who turned around and looked like "what the **** was that? Every time since then almost nobody has looked, makes me think it's the same tourists running back and forth every weekend.
Oh and about moving over when slowing down to turn, I ALWAYS do whenever I can. I actually feel bad when I can't because the shoulder is gone (and a lot of times get the horn blown at me). A couple winters ago I got rearended while slowing to turn and I couldn't move over first. I think most expect you to move over. Like on the freeway you're supposed to stay at a steady speed in the same lane when others are entering, but they expect you to move over and if you don't they often won't adjust their speed to merge and you risk getting sideswiped.
Just the other day like I always move over as I turn into work and a cop behind me didn't seem to care. I'm making it safer by lessening the obstruction to traffic WHILE slower traffic (me) is staying to the right and my turn is near anyway. Now passing on the right, they're more than happy to nail you for that.
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Last edited by wagonman76; 09-09-2010 at 01:04 AM..
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