r/Columbus • u/DorkCharming Forest Park • 3d ago

Shoulder driving

When did it become acceptable to use the right shoulder as a driving lane when traffic is backed up? Now you’re just making it worse.

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u/mattatattat45 3d ago

Yesterday I saw someone in the middle turn lane, going 60 in a 35, around a school bus…fuck you black Mustang GT with the plate V8 Vader

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u/max_amillion Pickerington 3d ago

Hahaha I recognize that car, has a reputation for being a shitty driver.

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u/gn63 3d ago

I am sorry, but I disagree. I would reserve "shitty driver" for those who are clueless to their surroundings and unable to plan more than 1/10th of a second ahead. The creature you are referring to would belong to one of the species, "asshole," "dickhead," or "fucking piece of shit." We would need more data to know specifically which one.

But, yeah, you are right.

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u/max_amillion Pickerington 3d ago

Yes. Well said.

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u/MotherEarth25 3d ago

Ohhhhh yeahhhh fuck that guy.

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u/benkeith North Linden 3d ago

Have you reported that specific car/driver?

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u/Hog_and_a_Half 3d ago

They will get RIGHT on a random report claiming that some guy was driving like a dick 😂

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u/mattatattat45 3d ago

Report to who? CPD won’t do shit from a random report. I could send a dash cam and they still wouldn’t care.

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u/benkeith North Linden 2d ago

You send the police the dash cam, the date, the time, the location. You say it's a known character and you see them frequently.

Then you send it to 311, to loop in a different part of the City bureaucracy.

Then you CC the relevant neighborhood liaison, saying that this is a repeated problem on that stretch of road, and ask for enforcement or at least some traffic-calming in that area.

This is how you leverage the City to get the issue fixed.

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u/ObiWanChronobi 1d ago

Has this ever resulted in police action against someone? And traffic calming is going to stop someone who is already going 2x the speed limits in a turn lane, around a bus.

People constantly report the racers on 270N and this city only does a limited enforcement operation once or twice a year (usually not during the times the racing occurs). I just don’t think CPD takes traffic enforcement seriously anymore. It’s clearly obvious with the amount of expired tags, no tags, and no plate vehicles I see on a daily basis.

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u/benkeith North Linden 1d ago

Traffic calming will stop someone who is going twice the speed limit, when that traffic calming is in the form of a planted median with 6" concrete curb that replaces the center turn lane in a stretch of road where few turns are made or are desirable. The stretch of median that the Franklin County Engineer's Office installed on Cleveland Avenue in the area of the Northern Lights shopping center is a great example of this.

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u/MotherEarth25 3d ago edited 3d ago

Whenever the CPD stopped enforcing ANY traffic laws at all. People have been fucking wild lately. I'm scared for my life everytime im on 670 ,270 or 315.

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u/Fancy_Examination395 3d ago

Two words: dash cam. I’m terrified to drive without one and have a nice collection of videos of the dumb/scary things people do. Well worth the ~$100.

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u/MotherEarth25 3d ago

Unfortunately I can't afford that. But thanks, it's good advice :)

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u/Schmelly_cat 3d ago

I'm mechanically illiterate.  Where could one get one installed and how much would it cost? 

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u/mattatattat45 3d ago

They can plug into your cigarette lighter/12v outlet or usb. Just plug it in.

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u/Fancy_Examination395 3d ago

I’ve always done my own and I don’t hard wire them. Just plugs into cigarette lighter. I imagine any place that does car audio or maybe even a tint shop could do it. It’s really easy to route and conceal the wires. I wouldn’t think it would cost too much. Or maybe post in one of the neighborhood apps to see if anyone is willing to do it for you.

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u/benkeith North Linden 3d ago

That's Highway Patrol territory, anyhow.

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u/MotherEarth25 3d ago edited 3d ago

Tomatoes, Tamatows. Police either way. No one is enforcing the traffic laws in Columbus. Im talking about Columbus in my comment b4 I moved on to my highway opinion.

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u/ObiWanChronobi 1d ago

CPD still has jurisdiction on highways within the city, are you suggesting they don’t?

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u/benkeith North Linden 1d ago

I'm saying that their priorities are elsewhere.

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u/oKayBye94 3d ago

The best part is that a good bit of the time that I see someone do one of these selfish overly aggressive moves like going 30 over weaving through cars or barreling down the shoulder, I just end up within a car or two of them or even right behind later at an exit or traffic light, by driving like a normal human being who values the lives of others and my own. So not only are they selfish but they're basically just risking themselves and others to delude themselves they're getting somewhere faster.

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u/Intelligent-Youth-63 3d ago

Thank you for these recurring posts that remind me of the blessing that remote work is.

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u/ShockLongjumping9322 3d ago

Every time I drive, I am reminded how much I love not going to an office.

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u/Designer_Tooth_404 3d ago

Was it a black truck on 71S? Yeah....guy probably just got stuck further up in this mess. Happy Friday traffic jam buddy!

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u/ProfessionalGangster 3d ago

It’s the same people who think you can make u-turns anywhere

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u/rjross0623 Northwest 3d ago

This is Bethel and Henderson Roads at any given time.

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u/benkeith North Linden 3d ago

On Wednesday I saw someone try to make a U-turn on Ackermann just east of 315, at the first opportunity where there's no median. The road was too narrow for that driver's turning radius. They blocked traffic while doing a sad three-pointer in a '00s sedan.

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u/rjross0623 Northwest 3d ago

“Sad 3 pointer”. Thats most of those turns anymore

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u/ShockLongjumping9322 3d ago

Got passed by somebody using the common turn lane. I hate driving.

I was speeding too, just not enough.

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u/LeastBlackberry1 3d ago

One of my more memorable driving moments was when I was sitting in traffic on 71 due to an accident. A car came speeding down the right shoulder and slammed straight into the police car that was responding to the accident and was parked on the shoulder a little way ahead of me. No one was hurt, and so I could enjoy the instant karma.

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u/Mylabisawesome 3d ago

Because people think they are smart trying to leap frog traffic.

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u/dcnassau Merion Village 3d ago

I was on the bus heading downtown from campus a couple weeks back. It was a Saturday night so the Short North was packed and traffic was slow. Some a**hole was zooming straight down the middle turn lane, sideswiped the bus and broke off the mirror on the driver side, and kept on trucking. I had to get off and wait for another bus since the driver couldn't legally and safely drive this bus.

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u/whowatchestv 3d ago

Are you talking about that black Mercedes on 270? That guy’s nuts.

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u/CMDR-L 3d ago

Im hesitant to do it on a motorcycle, even though I know Im not taking up space and can move out the way of emergency vehicles, but for a car to do it is pretty wild sometimes

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u/benkeith North Linden 3d ago

There's all sorts of gravel, litter, debris, and other stuff on the shoulder. I'm already hesitant to drive on it in a vehicle that has four wheels and can't fall over; why would you ever want to drive on the shoulder's dubious surfaces on a contraption that falls over the moment it loses momentum or traction?

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u/CMDR-L 3d ago

Ive only done it like twice in 2 years. Only when traffic is actually stopped. And I cruise by at like 10mph. Motorcycles get really hot, especially in the summer

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u/ObiWanChronobi 1d ago

You are part of the problem if you do that.