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I wanna see video of a HOG on a HOG hitting a HOG.....And zero wild hogs.
I wanna see video of a HOG on a HOG hitting a HOG.....And zero wild hogs.
I wanna see video of a HOG on a HOG hitting a HOG.....
Of course, Autobahn-type scenarios can work, they just require a very different rule- and mind- set than what is seen in drivers here.
Fixed.I don't think American drivers could handle it.
Fixed.
Americans are too self-centered to be able to work their minds around proper lane position for the greater benefit of all. They're too focused on getting their butt to their destination or making sure the others don't get their ahead of them.
Why else would lane-sharing be most commonly met with "that's not fair" logic?
In order for autobahn rules to work, the rule of all rules has to be enforced with zero tolerance. Absolutely no passing to the right, you can't even establish an overlap to a car to the left from behind. If a car in the left lane establishes an overlap with your car, you must allow it to finish passing.
This rule effectively gives the left lane the right of way and prevents a slow vehicle that just passed a slower vehicle from being trapped in the left lane by an endless string of right lane passers.
Did you just say what I think you said????It also requires people to pay attention to drivers behind them, and stay to the right whenever possible.
Did you just say what I think you said????
With all the californian/new york transplants here in Austin the traffic has progressively gotten worse over the last 10 years. When I first moved here you could actually go the speed limit any time of the day.
Now, you're lucky if you're doing 10 below at any given time of the day. Nothing irritates me more than doing 50mph in a 65 cause the moron in the left lane is to stupid to get out of the way.
With all the californian/new york transplants here in Austin the traffic has progressively gotten worse over the last 10 years. When I first moved here you could actually go the speed limit any time of the day.
Now, you're lucky if you're doing 10 below at any given time of the day. Nothing irritates me more than doing 50mph in a 65 cause the moron in the left lane is to stupid to get out of the way.
I'll take a road that has a 60 mph speed limit but no red lights or small towns to go through over a 70 mph highway with a town every 25 miles or so anyday.
High cruising speed is over-rated.
Intersections with long red lights and small towns with long 30 mph main streets with intersections are the real time killers.
The reason I got into the habit of leaving five minutes earlier for work is so I don't have to drive fast. My commute is about 35 miles and driving at go-to-jail speeds will not make up for leaving 5 minutes late.
Seriously, getting rid of Lakeway, Bee Caves, and Oak Hill would do more to shorten my commute time than increasing the speed limit of Highway 71, 290, and I-35 to 85 would.
I find that if I simply ignore, not even look at my speedometer, slow traffic doesn't bother me that much.
Let's put this into perspective.
50 mph = 72 second mile
65 mph = 55.4 second mile
One mile behind someone going only 50 instead of 65 adds 16.6 seconds to my travel time. I sure wish the red lights I have to wait for were that short. In fact, if his going only 50 results in you having to wait only 5 seconds at the red light a mile ahead instead of 21.6 seconds, he costed you no additional time.
Consider the possibility that instead of this driver being a "moron", he simply has the gift of being able to see red lights from nearly a half mile away.
I understand your point, however, I can recall numerous times I've exited Mopac @ 2222 and as I get to the light, it turns red. Had I been driving the speed limit I would have made it green.
I'd prefer to go as quickly as possible on the highway in case I do get stuck at lights. At least I have the opportunity to get home/work as quickly as possible since there is the off-chance that I'll hit the light green
A few years ago, I did a comparison between the time it took me to get home from work driving like a complete ******* vs not being in any particular hurry.
Driving in a way that risks arrest only shaved about 4 minutes from the 57 minute trip. This is a high cost/low gain way to drive.
Notice also the stopped time of both trips. I spent nearly 5 extra minutes going zero mph behind red lights when I drove as fast as I thought I could get away with.
But did you Duplicate EVERYTHING so that you could make sure your test was accurate?
IE: same route both trips, of course?
Same time of day?