Do you get mad at people that drive the speed limit? Or do people get mad at you beca

[capedoc]

Do you get mad at people that drive the speed limit? Or do people get mad at you because you drive the speed limit?

I have always driven the speed limit or 5 MPH above, but never more than that. I don't drive below it, and if there are two lanes, I always stay right. I don't really have any desire to drive fast and if I'm running late, I still won't. I don't have road rage, despite the photo of me on Facebook last weekend yelling into a megaphone while in traffic. And Iv'e never received a moving violation or been involved in any accidents.

Every week i encounter other drivers that go ape shit on me simply because of this. I think to myself "Y U So mad bro…srsly….Y U SO MAD?"

Disquss

 

[Dusty the Whale]

I do the limit too. its called the "limit" not "suggested speed" If i get a traffic ticket I have to report it to Ryder and then may or may not get written up. gotta keep the CDL clean

 

[Pearl]

if you do the speed limit in the fast lane you deserve to lose your hands

 

[soulchild]

I always adhere to the laws of the land

 

[Dusty the Whale]

if you do the speed limit in the fast lane you deserve to lose your hands

thats different. those NY'ers sucks.

 

[Pearl]

I always adhere to the laws of the land

you could be the worst/scariest driver in parking lots that i know of

 

[Carson]

If you do 65 on the Interstate, you should take Mass Transit.

 

[Patrick]

never speed on local roads or something like 27 or 1 or 202 (you get the idea)

turnpike/parkway/thruway/80 - i go with the left lane flow - never darting in-and-out (anymore) if they are doing 80.....

if there is no flow, i'm probably 10mph over posted watching for drivers closing quickly - to get out of their way.

no road rage either - good point there - i don't care if someone is obeying the law, or breaking it - i aint getting made at them
while i'm in the car.

 

[Pearl]

If you do 65 on the Interstate, you should take Mass Transit.

The Fit does 70, max. Not sure if Dustin can go faster

 

[capedoc]

The Fit does 70, max. Not sure if Dustin can go faster

LOL - I used to have a shitbox Subaru Legacy when I was a teenager. The thing had a lawn mower engine in it. I remember one time in the Pocanos, FLOORING IT to get up a long hill. The stupid car would not go over 15 mph. One lane road and people behind me were pissed. I don't blame them but it was the car not me!

 

[clarkenstein]

i drive like an old grandmother who smokes irresponsible amounts of meth.


srsly i drive slow usually. my wife complains about it. but then she'll get in a car with someone else and say they drive like a maniac because she's used to my leisurely cruising speed.

sometimes i'll put the pedal down a little bit (mostly on the highway), but more often than not, i'm just at or around the speed limit give or take, especially on backroads.

it's weird that people drive the speed limit. it's also weird that i think there's a responsible amount of meth that can be smoked. either way, it's a limit not a "UR SPEED MUST BE DIS" sign. if it were a speed suggestion than a limit, i bet speed limit signs would look more like "SPEED LIMIT 25~ISH".



*edit* - this poll needs more options. in fact, i think that should be part of the poll - does this poll need more options?

 

[soulchild]

you could be the worst/scariest driver in parking lots that i know of

I know not of what you speak...

 

[Frank]

My van is a rocket, so I'm always speeding. But I rage at the idiots who think a turn signal is a right of way.

 

[mattybfat]

I drive at least 20 mph over except county/town roads which have super cops. Troopers could give 2 shits unless you making them late for shift change. Road rage left when i turned 40. Been a long distance commuter for way too long, got no time for speed limit obeyers.

 

[kdebello]

I drive a Passat TDI. The sweet spot seems to be about 65mph for the best mileage on the highway. I've hit 800 miles on a tank if I don't go over 70.

The thing that burns me up is when I'm creeping along in the slow lane and someone gets on the highway doing 45-50.

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” ― George Carlin

 

[rick81721]

I tend to have a leadfoot - especially on highways. My biggest driver peeve (other than dopes that drive the speed limit ) are these clowns that when driving down a two-lane country road with a double line down the middle and they encounter a car or truck stopped in their lane, they think they have the right to just whip around into your lane and you better get out of the way.

PS notorious speed trap close to 6MR - on canal road just north of blackwells mills a cop sits just around that blind corner about once a week and nails drivers going over 30+ all morning...

 

[Pearl]

I tend to have a leadfoot - especially on highways. My biggest driver peeve (other than dopes that drive the speed limit ) are these clowns that when driving down a two-lane country road with a double line down the middle and they encounter a car or truck stopped in their lane, they think they have the right to just whip around into your lane and you better get out of the way.

PS notorious speed trap close to 6MR - on canal road just north of blackwells mills a cop sits just around that blind corner about once a week and nails drivers going over 30+ all morning...

You mean Millstone River Road?

 

[rick81721]

You mean Millstone River Road?

Nope canal road. I drive it to work every morning.

 

[Dusty the Whale]

Not sure my car goes over 70.

 

[Not So Fast]

George Carlin said it best, paraphrase here.

It pisses me off when I'm driving behind someone doing the speed limit on the highway. Then when I see somebody speeding pass me I say, wow take a look at that dumbass.