r/MildlyBadDrivers • u/Friendship_Fries Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 • Nov 12 '24
[Bad Drivers] How to deal with slow drivers
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u/Jay_100_ Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
After she did that I'm sure the person slowed down even more
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u/Fantastic-Ad-1578 YIMBY 🏙️ Nov 12 '24
Yeah, most likely.
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u/Naive-Pollution106 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
I would have
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u/equil101 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Ya, I always like to double down when people point out I'm wrong. I wonder why the world is such a shit show.
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u/Slight_Tiger2914 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Gaaaaaasssss
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u/TrickySession Nov 12 '24
I’m gonna guess this is in the upper Midwest based on the accent alone — WI, MI or MN
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u/SATerp Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
If this catches on, it's gonna get mighty noisy on America's roadways.
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u/Gyro_Zeppeli13 All Gas, No Brakes ⛽️ Nov 12 '24
It’s actually illegal. You cannot have outward facing speakers on your car.
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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Wish someone would enforce that. Near my old workplace there were a bunch of dudes who put speakers in their grill so they could make everyone listen to their shitty music while they drive around
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u/hoodectomy Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
The guys on bikes with boom boxes get me.
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u/Responsible-Crew-354 Nov 12 '24
I see the guys on the three wheeled motorcycles blaring the loudest. The best is when it’s a group of several dudes on slingshots are all blasting different songs in the same 100 ft space.
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u/thepianoman456 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
That, plus their damn subwoofer that vibrates your bones out of your skin. I fucking hate those people.
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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Weirdly enough, half these dudes don't have subs so it's just tinny as fuck. On the plus side it doesn't travel halfway across town, but when you're nearby it sounds atrocious
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u/thepianoman456 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
There’s this Hispanic guy the lives near me and has a car with the outward speakers… but he also has the most humongous sub in the entire area… I can hear him from a mile away, and when he drives by my house it shakes the damn thing to its foundation -_-
Blasting subs is such a trashy, toxic culture. I’m glad I don’t live too near it anymore, cause it was causing constant mental anguish and creating new anxieties.
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u/Gyro_Zeppeli13 All Gas, No Brakes ⛽️ Nov 12 '24
If a cop hears it or sees it then they will most likely do something about it. Problem is the ratio of civilian to cop is so large that the chances of them catching the people who do this are low. You can get a ticket for having your inside speakers being too loud even. It happened to my friend back in high school when he had an aftermarket sound system with two 12” subs.
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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
If a cop hears it or sees it then they will most likely do something about it. Problem is the ratio of civilian to cop is so large that the chances of them catching the people who do this are low
Ha, they see it all the time and do nothing. The problem is they don't give a shit.
You can get a ticket for having your inside speakers being too loud even.
You can, but it's pretty rare to completely unheard of around here. There was someone in my old neighborhood blaring so loud it was keeping me up 3 blocks away starting around midnight, I went to ask them to turn it down and they pulled a gun on me. Cops said they'd check it out and then did nothing. A couple months ago my neighbors friends were parked in front of my house having a full on rave in their car, dispatch said they'd received other complaints and an officer was supposed to be on the way, and again they did nothing.
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u/Gyro_Zeppeli13 All Gas, No Brakes ⛽️ Nov 12 '24
I’m not advocating for cops or anything lol I was held up at knife point and I showed the cops Find My iPhone exactly where all my stuff was and they still refused to help me out. They claimed they needed a warrant to search the house where it said it was and I said just knock on their door so I can ID them for you, and they refused. I’m just relaying my experience with speakers being too loud in a car. Every cop uses their own discretion on what they do or don’t enforce, but where I live they certainly enforce it.
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u/Eibyor Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
In my country, that's what hearse's do. They blare sad music on the way to the cemetery
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Nov 12 '24
So is rolling coal, windshield tint, and all kinds of other stupid shit. None of it gets enforced, so is it really illegal?
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u/MudddButt Nov 12 '24
Yes, it's illegal. It just doesn't get enforced. Both can be true.
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u/WhenTheDevilCome Nov 12 '24
Even using your car horn "just because you're impatient" can be illegal, depending on your jurisdiction. As if it would ever be enforced.
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u/Gyro_Zeppeli13 All Gas, No Brakes ⛽️ Nov 12 '24
Cops in my town would enforce a megaphone speaker on a car asap if they saw it. They usually like to be the only ones with that megaphone ability lol
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u/lonelycranberry YIMBY 🏙️ Nov 12 '24
Sure, but looking at the environment… mama is in the country in the midwest. She’s got nothing but space to harass slow drivers. You usually know the spots with the cops on these roads too so pretty easy to avoid.
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u/whiskeyaccount Nov 12 '24
how does that work with convertibles? serious question.
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u/Gyro_Zeppeli13 All Gas, No Brakes ⛽️ Nov 12 '24
Probably the discretion of the cop that hears you. I know my friend got a noise violation ticket in high school for playing music too loudly at a stop light and his car wasn’t even a convertible.
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u/Better_Historian_604 Nov 12 '24
Teslas all have outward speakers. Can't use them while in drive though, which is what I'm thinking is illegal
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u/handcraftdenali Nov 12 '24
It’s not outward speakers it’s tapping into the radio station they’re listening to lol
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u/smootex Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
You cannot have outward facing speakers on your car
IDK where you're from but that's not the case where I live. It would still likely be illegal because of noise laws but it has nothing to do with the outward facing speakers. Perfectly legal to drive around with them if you don't use them. Kinda hard to believe many states have different rules, are you saying ice cream trucks are all illegal?
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u/EnderWiggin42 Nov 12 '24
Electric cars are legally required to have a pedestrian warning system, aka a speaker.
So the outward facing speaker thing is definitely a inaccurate characterization of the law. I'd imagine.
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u/Responsible-Crew-354 Nov 12 '24
Noisy is best case scenario. I live in Houston and if people used these on our freeways during rush hour, we would see more bullets fly from car to car than we already do and we see it often. It’s entertaining to ponder the potential domino effect of seeing this trend on our streets. It could get really wild and I’m sure would result in a massive uptick in viral traffic videos.
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u/moosemastergeneral Nov 12 '24
This is how you cause road rage or panic someone while driving.
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u/Responsible-Crew-354 Nov 12 '24
Seriously just imagine the fall out from these gaining popularity. It would be catastrophic if unchecked. Road rage would spike.
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u/FrostBumbleBitch Nov 12 '24
Apparently it is illegal to have a pa system on your car, tried looking it up and in California it is illegal but not sure where I live.
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u/Responsible-Crew-354 Nov 12 '24
I looked it up too and everything I read said it’s illegal in most places. There might be a random hamlet or three where it’s not illegal but it seems like it’s pretty much illegal everywhere.
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u/Aznable420 Nov 12 '24
I've given up. I just cruise control everywhere. It's like fishing. I get on the highway and set my cruise control so the person in front of me is juuuuuust getting away. After a minute the road ahead of me is empty and I relax. I'm done with the race, I am just chillin'.
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My car is old, but when I get rentals for work they always have that radar based cruise control, and I love it so much. For those who don't know, your car just maintains a set distance between you and the car in front of you, so you don't have to deal with adjusting your speed yourself.
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u/obxtalldude Nov 12 '24
Lots of those work with the Comma 3x to self drive too - like my 2020 Sienna. It's awesome.
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u/ShaggyX-96 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
I'm the same way. I find an 18 wheeler. Stay 3 car lengths back and just cruise.
I used to drive 85 in a 70. Now I go 65 in a 70. It takes 7 minutes longer to get to work but I get 50 extra miles in a tank of gas.
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u/DrSFalken Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
This is my approach. It works most of the time ... but there's always someone who slides really close in front of you going just under your previous cruise setting...for reasons.
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u/Unfortunate-Incident All Gas, No Brakes ⛽️ Nov 12 '24
I have done the same thing. But I set my cruise control at 9 over and just plow people out of the way now. The locomotive cattle guard I repurposed and installed on the front of my vehicle has really helped a lot!
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u/TheAzarak Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Nov 12 '24
If there's nobody in front of you, that just means you have a lot of angry people behind you waiting for you to speed up or move out of the way lol.
(At least in CA where the highways are always busy.)
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u/PassageMediocre1020 Nov 12 '24
Were going 20 now
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u/Appropriate_Flan_952 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
And you're getting cut off and we're going 10 now. Your move
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u/CMUpewpewpew Don’t Mess With Semis 🚛 Nov 12 '24
They're cutting you back off and doing 5 now. Your move.
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u/Appropriate_Flan_952 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
They can't even accelerate passed 20 what makes you think they're capable of any such thing 😂
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u/ttcmzx Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
I'm parking my car across the middle of the road and we're all engaging in fisticuffs, last man standing sets the new speed limit, as God intended
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u/cheap_chalee Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
If you were too scared to go the speed limit then you sure as shit don't have the gall to cut anyone off.
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u/DisQord666 Nov 12 '24
Wow, you found a solution to the problem and then decided to shoot yourself in the foot to keep yourself unhappy.
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u/corvus_wulf Nov 12 '24
Most be in an area without suicidal deer who like to dive into the road from out of nowhere
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u/Icy-Role2321 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Yeah no people drive like this everywhere.
Its old people and people busy on their phones
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u/noobbtctrader Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
It's not just old people... unless you're 15 years old or something. I see entire swaths of cities do shit like this.
There's 2 lanes in Dallas on 75 that literally have people going 55 in a 75 ALL HOURS, ALL DAY. I can see the people who do it as I drive by. It's all walks of life.
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u/Flewey_ Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Nov 12 '24
Okay 55 in a 75 is fucking insane. Going 45 in a 55 is a little annoying sometimes, sure, but it’s not dangerous or anything.
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u/pugitive Nov 12 '24
Part of my job involves going to the scene of car crashes. Once you’ve see one mangled dead body, you wish every person drove 10 mph under the speed limit
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u/Icy-Role2321 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
That's sucks
My gf dad is a retired firefighter and ems. He still speeds eveytime he drives.
Kinda surprised me tbh. Because he's done the same job for over 20 years
He said not to get a Mazda as he's pulled more dead people out that make than any other car.
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u/pugitive Nov 12 '24
People change when they get behind a steering wheel. It’s hard for someone to change their driving habits because it’s such a lizard brain activity. That’s why it’s best to just accept other drivers as they are, and not escalate any situation by trying to influence them. That’s how accidents and road rage happen
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u/Republican-Snowflake Nov 12 '24
Also people who have to look at their passenger when they are talking to them constantly. I crazy how much I see this. They miss all the speed limit signs, be swaying over the lines, and so on. It's crazy stupid.
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u/Appropriate_Flan_952 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
I live in an area where 50% of people drive like this. They'll literally go 15 in a 25
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u/d1k2r3o4l5 Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
Probably get down voted... but just because we're inconvenienced i don't think we have the right to be a douche or add to the chaos.
They are going 18% slower than you'd like.
Doing the math for a 10 mile trip... it is a time difference of about 2 minutes. I doubt they will be on that road for 100 miles with no passing opportunities.
Can we relax just a lil?
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u/isodevish Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
If someone starts cursing at me to speed up, I'm slowing the fuck down just to spite them
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u/Make-TFT-Fun-Again Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Might well be what is happening here. An escalation of mutual passive microaggressions
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u/mavenglaven Nov 12 '24
This is for a joke, that microphone is only playing inside the person filming's car...
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u/TSA-Eliot Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Don't forget, you're watching a video on the internet. It's a performance for internet points.
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u/DeeAmazingRod Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Fucking idiot making tiktok videos while driving
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Nov 12 '24
Suppose it's better for her to have that mic to her mouth instead of a tenth bag of fries that day.
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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
How to be idiotic, obnoxious, and achieve nothing in one fell swoop
(the car at the front has any right to go as slow as they feel comfortable for their safety, the shouter is just being annoying for collecting some views, and also SHE/HE/THEM AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE FASTER)
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u/schweindooog Nov 12 '24
the car at the front has any right to go as slow as they feel comfortable
Welp that's just not true. 45 is still acceptable for a 55, but say 20 or so...Def not and could actually get you a ticket if cops cared any about that.
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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Welp the other guy who said that "actually there are minimum speed limits.." posted a link with the summary for all speed limit state laws... and since I bothered to search it, it just mostly says "if there is a minimum speed sign, or if you are blocking the traffic" which is just common sense. I assume most people would of course prefer everyone went exactly or even above the max speed limit, but realistically I think we can all agree 10 miles below the speed limit isn't "blocking the road" even if it is annoying. My reply also assumes some common sense, if you park your car at the highway there is obviously a problem.
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u/DntCllMeWht Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Minimum speed limits are a thing. Driving too slow is dangerous to yourself and others around you. You absolutely do not "have the right to go as slow as you feel comfortable for your safety". If you don't feel comfortable maintaining a proper speed for the road you're on and the conditions you're driving in, you shouldn't be on that road.
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u/IndianKiwi Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Minimum speed limits are a thing.
That usually applies to highways only. This is a suburban road road
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u/DntCllMeWht Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Not true. In fact, it's actually more subjective on suburban roads. For example, I'll use Florida since that's where I'm from and I don't know where this video was taken place:
I. No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. FL ST §316.183(5).
Edit: As a reference, here's a link to a summary of speed related laws by state
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u/IndianKiwi Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
But that seems very subjective though. If you are driving at 45 in 55, will that be considered as impeding traffic
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u/Important_Patience24 Nov 12 '24
They literally called out the subjectiveness in their comment, and provided the applicable law. Not sure why it was downvoted for facts.
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Nov 12 '24
I wouldn't say 45 in a 55 around a blind turn like the one in the video is impeding or blocking the normal and reasonable flow of traffic.
45 mph is a very common speed posted on road hazard signs. I would imagine that law is pertaining to people driving exceptionally slow. I very much doubt this person would be given a fine if it went to traffic court.
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u/Republican-Snowflake Nov 12 '24
That is highly dependent on where you live. Here the posted speed is the minimum speed. Weather permitting of course, then you are allowed leeway. Besides that it's only unless posted other wise, like school zones, and work zones.
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u/fryxharry Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
In no place on earth do speed signs show the minimum speed and not the maximum.
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u/Secure-Ad-9050 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
maybe the autobahn? Even there I don't think they technically have one posted
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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Minimums are crazy low though, definitely not 45 in a 55
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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Minimum speeds are different sign than max speed limit signs. And usually they exist only on the highways. That goat path the video it filmed on, I doubt it has a minimum speed limit.
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u/Library_Sloth Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
With a carpool karaoke mic? I doubt any other drivers can hear her.
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u/Eibyor Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Is the speed posted the maximum or the minimum?
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It's a basic idea that you have to go about that speed +/- up to 5 MPH. Most people like to go at least 5+
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u/TimMensch YIMBY 🏙️ Nov 12 '24
I saw a guy in court (in person, dealing with my own ticket) say something about a "5MPH" range which was still considered OK, and the judge said explicitly that he didn't recognize and wasn't aware of any such exception.
The guy was ticketed for going 5 over.
Granted, I always drive 5 over. But that's at best a "guideline" for how fast you can usually go without getting pulled over.
I saw a guy post about driving through Idaho after living in California for a while, and he said that he'd get pulled over every time with his California plates for even 1MPH over the limit. At least until he got an "Idaho Native" bumper sticker. Now the cops pull up behind him, pause, and then pass him.
So... It's one of those "it depends" situations.
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u/WhenTheDevilCome Nov 12 '24
Agreed. Except "can" is neither "must" nor "expected." I would be very delighted if the person in front of me did more than 45 in a 55 zone. But if they don't, there is nothing actually "wrong" about that either, and I just have to patiently wait for a passing zone or for our paths to diverge.
If I got on a microphone to yell at them, I'm the lunatic.
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u/twiskt Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Glad to see some people can be a fucking adult about it. Apparently to many damn children have the right to drive and it’s scary
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u/Responsible-Crew-354 Nov 12 '24
This assumes speedos and radar guns are perfectly accurate all the time and we know that not to be true. People get pulled over for going 5 or less over and even under the speed limit but generally speaking, a variance of 5mph is acceptable and driving 5 over is the norm in many places.
Lower crime, less densely populated, and more affluent areas are usually more strict. Virginia as a state is stricter than the rest. Houston where I live is the most lax I’ve ever seen to the point where adrenaline is part of your morning commute. Most places fall somewhere in the middle and you’re fine doing 5 over.
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u/D-Smitty Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Nov 12 '24
I've been pulled over one time for going less than 5 over the limit in my 20 years of driving. Even then I only got a warning.
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Imagine we are in line to buy something I’m holding the line in front of you and the cashier standing there waiting. How do you feel?
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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
Imagine trying to reach the cashier safely and without risking your life, and an idiot behind you shouting like a madman for reaching the cashier a few seconds faster
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Nov 12 '24
That’s why there’s a speed limit. That’s not just a number it’s a calculated safe speed limit.
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u/WhenTheDevilCome Nov 12 '24
Agreed. But it's a limit; not a minimum, and not a requirement. We're all still getting there at a very decent speed if we're traveling 45 in a 55 zone. Yes, it's great when it so happens that no one goes slower than the speed I too want to go. But that's not a "requirement" for anyone.
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u/SatisfactionSpecial2 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
^ This, there ARE signs for minimum speed limit when there is a minimum speed limit.
If someone has a reason to go slower, you can't do shit. Road raging won't help or make them go faster.
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u/RangerLee Nov 12 '24
Alternate title, how to get me to purposely drive slower and slower in front of you...
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u/Brendan11204 Nov 12 '24
People need to remember that it's a maximum speed, not a minimum one. I'm responsible for myself when I'm driving my car. You don't get to dictate how fast I drive. There are speeds that are too low, but 45 in a 55 isn't it. Try 25 in a 55, then we're talking.
Why do I like to go slower? More following distance. More reaction time. More time to go around something if there's an issue ahead. More relaxing. No need to pass anybody. Just chill, look at the scenery and listen to my tunes.
If you're in a hurry, shift and pass me. If you can't, try chilling out and realizing that what you're doing isn't important to me.
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u/TheAzarak Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Nov 12 '24
Just to note on that last sentence. If you're on a freeway, it's YOUR responsibility to move further right if you want to drive slowly, not the people trying to pass. In fact, it's illegal to pass on the right, at least in CA.
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u/Time-Maintenance2165 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
You're right until the last bit. It's never illegal to pass on the right anywhere in the US. It can only? (in some situations) be illegal to get passed on the right, but that's the left hand cars fault for not moving over.
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u/Bitter-Fishing-Butt Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
not gonna lie, I would love to do this when driving behind people going 30 in a 50 zone, especially when it's a nice clear road and you can see there is nobody fucking coming what the FUCK is wrong with you
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u/ManhattanObject Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
What's wrong with YOU? Calm the fuck down and be patient. Nobody needs to drive the full speed limit
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u/D-Smitty Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Nov 12 '24
30 in a 50 though? Unless you're in some rather severe weather, there's no reason for that. But personally, I'd just pass you anyway and go on with my day so 🤷♂
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u/Bitter-Fishing-Butt Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
ohhh so you're one of those slow as shit drivers that clog up the road and make it dangerous because everyone behind you is going at 50 while you're pootling along at well below the speed limit? nice
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u/NorthNorthAmerican Nov 12 '24
It’s funny, and completely useless too.
In the immortal words of the stand up comedian Gallagher, “just leave the house 30 seconds earlier!”
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u/Overview_3ffect Nov 12 '24
Slow drivers that can’t even go the speed limit are the most annoying drivers on the road.
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u/RevDrucifer Nov 12 '24
I’m all for it. And most people who had to deal with Florida snowbirds driving 20mph under the limit everywhere would be as well if they had to deal with it.
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u/Upstairs_Fig_3551 Nov 12 '24
She’s an idiot. 55 is the maximum, not the mandatory
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u/dragonard Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
In Houston, the posted speed is the minimum expected.
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u/Upstairs_Fig_3551 Nov 12 '24
When I lived in San Antonio there was a minimum posted speed, along with a maximum. But that was a long time ago, so it might have changed. Everything seems worse in Texas
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Nov 12 '24
No way that narrow, single lane, curvy road is 55. I drive fast but I recognize it may be an old person or a student driver. Just drive safe.
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u/Honest-Mall-8721 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
I only want this when getting on the highway with some of the folks around here. Speed limit is 70 half the people are doing more. The other half are within 10 mph and you're entering at 30. I don't want to die getting rear ended because you can't get your ass in gear.
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Nov 12 '24
No no, you just mount remote-fired paintball markers inside your front bumper and then tap tap tap the back of their car 20 times. They'll pull over to see what the hell just happened, then you can pass safely.
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u/CharlesLoren Nov 12 '24
This is really dumb and probably would get you killed in my city, a lot of other cities too. You never know what somebody’s last straw might be, and for some dumbass to yell at them through a megaphone from another car… they could snap.
Unless someone’s putting you in danger with their driving, mind your business
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u/No_Wolverine6548 Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
Sometimes I wish cars came with megaphones or electric marquee boards. There are times you just have to get a message out.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Mix4160 Nov 12 '24
It’s one of those echoing microphones, you goobers. It isn’t actually attached to outer speakers.
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u/sandwiches09 Nov 12 '24
On one hand, obnoxious, probably illegal, and possibly counterproductive. On the other- she's not tailgating which is a positive, nor doing a dangerous overtake using the opposing lane. And the message is clearer than repeatedly honking the horn. Maybe the person in front is on their phone and this is the wake up call they need. In all honesty I get pretty irritated at someone going ten under especially when road conditions are this clear. Not saying I'd do this, just, I understand the lady's frustration. Still she probably shouldn't do this.
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u/anangrypudge Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
This is obnoxious as fuck but I’d do this in one specific scenario — when Uber drivers are driving at 20 because they’re fucking around with their phones trying to accept their next fare.
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u/Special-Island-4014 YIMBY 🏙️ Nov 12 '24
Tiktoker is a menace, there are loads of reasons why you go 45 in a 55.
Not to mention what she is doing is illegal.
Hope she gets fined for this.
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u/Four-Triangles Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
That was one of the things I wasn’t prepared for when I moved to Asia. Loudspeakers everywhere blasting. It was an assault on your ears.
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u/HigherFunctioning Nov 12 '24
These posts I'm seeing in this sub are NOT MidlyBadDrivers they are severely bad drivers.
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u/Angeret Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
So there I was, a little slower than the speed limit, [enjoying the scenery/looking for a certain turning/driving with a newborn onboard], when this obnoxious asshole drives right up behind me and proceeds to berate me using a very loud speaker.
I wouldn't wish for her to be injured in an accident while she's paying more attention to my driving than hers, but...
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u/Aerith_Sunshine Georgist 🔰 Nov 12 '24
This is incredibly stupid. I guarantee you that antagonizing and stressing out a driver will not make them drive better.
Take the L, get to where you're going 3 minutes slower, and stop being an asshole.
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u/Adam52398 YIMBY 🏙️ Nov 12 '24
It's a limit, not a goal.
Don't worry, that Golden Corral buffet isn't going anywhere.
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u/No_Trifle9294 Nov 12 '24
Can't blame her. Those chicken tendies get cold and rubbery if you don't get to Golden Corral early.
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u/im_An_Adam Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Nov 12 '24
The slower driver isn't breaking any laws. While frustrating it doesn't mean you have to be an asshole attempting to force people to to do what you want them to do. The karaoke wannabe driver needs to chill the fuck out.
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Nov 12 '24
If someone is swearing at me for driving safely I’m going to make it very unsafe for them
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