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Originally Posted by Kodak
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Originally Posted by CigaR007
People get pissed at me when I do that. They don't seem to understand the concept behind it.
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Maybe too big of a buffer, or too slow of a speed. Or maybe the other driver just has tunnel vision. |
FV(< 'em.
(Sorry. The asterisks didn't do it justice.) If they're too stupid to understand that you're not the one holding them up, then they're too stupid to count as human. In my pre-hypermiling days (anything over six weeks ago) that was my position, and today it still is. Unless the gap you're leaving is big enough that cars moving in from the other lane mean that you are effectively moving backwards in traffic, then nobody has any cause to complain.
I've driven automatics, but those are dark, repressed chapters of my life- either in high school or the Army. Using a real transmission I've always understood efficient behavior in traffic jams, regardless of having heard the term "hypermiling." In miles of gridlock, passing one car still leaves you in miles of gridlock. There's no payoff in passing anyone at all unless you can pass everyone on the road at the same time, so it's best to focus on efficient movement. Unless the asshole in question is waving a loaded weapon or is actually intent on a collision, he's simply providing a humorous diversion in an otherwise boring commute.
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Originally Posted by Kodak
I find that other drivers tend to have thresholds. For example, if I'm doing 45 in a 45, a car may come up on me and seem ready to pass - but they won't do it.
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I'm still laughing over that one. My mom used to set the cruise at 65 on the interstates (then universally 55) but would slow to 55 or even 50 to avoid moving to the left lane to pass someone, no matter how little traffic there was.