N8N
-----
Well, maybe... I guess. Speeding drivers are no concern for me either but I feel they're far more likely to commit the offenses you mentioned in addition to speeding than is the driver operating at or about the limit. My perspective is the law *is* the system. Operational deviations... we could argue about which is the most egregious 'til the cows come home.
But it seems to me that "where" the offenses are commited is as equally important as the offenses themselves. *Excessive* speeding puts drivers "where" their actions cause the most disruption, where traffic planners haven't planned for them to arrive. They prevent other drivers from pulling out as well as turning in front of them. Their frequent lane changes to avoid slower traffic does nothing to contribute (and is not *intended* to contribute) to the "flow" of any vehicle except their own.
A New Category of Sloth 3330gpsman The point you miss is that all the other drivers in the driving situations you cite are the ones who do *not...
The fact that "they're" not delaying any traffic "behind" them is misconstrued as the optimal driving technique. f*** the driver that wants to make a left turn in front of them. He's going in the opposite direction! My actions have no effect on them!!! f*** the driver who may want to pull out IN FRONT OF ME!?!? The goddamn NERVE! f*** HIM! f*** the driver who may want to pull out and turn in the opposite direction, he can wait because I need to get down to the next traffic control device so I can catch and unpleasant woman about the people I couldn't prevent from being in front of me. f*** the driver merging onto the highway. I need to drive the 85th percentile speed in the R lane so I can get around all these LLB's and MFFY's in front of me.
THEN... they fault slower (law abiding) drivers as MFFY's and the problem with traffic. The premise that "I'm in a hurry and the 85th percentile is going X mph and we have our own ad hoc system so you're f***ing up traffic because you're in compliance with the lawful system and get the f*** out of my way you goddamn MFFY sloth"... couldn't be *more* MFFY... or ridiculous.
But I agree that most people commit your cited offenses as a matter of course and it f***s up traffic no matter how fast or slow they're going. -----
A New Category of Sloth 3331And your point is... speeding is fine because "everybody does it"? Can't say I really know, exactly, since "excessive" is subjective. A traffic engineer would have a better...
- gpsman
