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What is your "fast lane" policy?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by codell, Jun 3, 2005.

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My "fast lane" policy is .......

  1. I don't drive

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    0.6%

  2. I use public transportation

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  3. I never use the fast lane and prefer the middle or right hand lanes

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  4. I use the fast lane only when traffic is slower to avoid bottlenecks (i.e. rush hour)

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  5. I use the fast lane for passing only

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  6. I use the fast lane but yield to faster traffic, no matter how fast I am going

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    64.3%

  7. I use the fast lane but yield to faster traffic only if I am going under the speed limit

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  8. I use the fast lane and don't feel the need to yield or speed up as long as I am going at least the

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  9. I use the fast lane and just go faster if someone starts tailgating me, but will never yield

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    8.3%

  10. Other (please explain)

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  1. Cohen

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    It's not just an issue of social norms. It IS Texas law.

    If you're not passing you have no business in the left lane and can get tciketed, just like a speeder.

    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/wall/2725570
     
    #41 Cohen, Jun 3, 2005
  2. MR. MEOWGI

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    Just like the speed limit. Try bitcing about the dip****, asshead speeders. Trying to get nowhere as fast as possible...
     
    #42 MR. MEOWGI, Jun 3, 2005
  3. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    Nope, I'd rather b**** about those who can't seem to go with the flow of traffic and are one of the leading causes of accidents. GET THE **** OVER, or better yet, get off the road.
     
    #43 Rocketman95, Jun 3, 2005
  4. MR. MEOWGI

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    Good for the accidents. Maybe more speeders will die.
     
    #44 MR. MEOWGI, Jun 3, 2005
  5. Rocketman95

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    Yeah, and hopefully the car will be full of punk school kids.
     
    #45 Rocketman95, Jun 3, 2005
  6. coma

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    Meowgi-

    What's the source for all of your anger re: speeders?
     
    #46 coma, Jun 3, 2005
  7. cson

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    I wonder if all us "I use the fast lane but yield to faster traffic, no matter how fast I am going" people learned to drive in Houston : )
     
    #47 cson, Jun 3, 2005
  8. MR. MEOWGI

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    I'm not angry, just having fun.

    But It would nice to be able to relax and drive the speed limit without constantly moving over for those going too slow, and those going too fast.

    But getting over for people going 100 does annoy me. There is really no need for it. WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST MELLOW OUT?

    [​IMG]
     
    #48 MR. MEOWGI, Jun 3, 2005
  9. JuanValdez

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    As I've already conceded, it is the official fast lane. But, there's something self-defeating about a fast lane where the speed limit is the same as the rest of the freeway. You can't use the lane without breaking the law, essentially.
     
    #49 JuanValdez, Jun 3, 2005
  10. rockHEAD

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    no to secondary roads
     
    #50 rockHEAD, Jun 3, 2005
  11. ArtV

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    But most likely not letting a person who wants to drive 100 is not making the road safer because he/she will not mellow out. They will become even more agressive and pull some manuver that puts everyone's life in jeopardy including those riding in the middle and slow lanes.

    I've seen some insaine moves that drivers pulled and they pulled them because someone would not get over.
     
    #51 ArtV, Jun 3, 2005
  12. bnb

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    Exactly!

    RELAX....YOU IDIOT....RELAX!!!!
     
    #52 bnb, Jun 3, 2005
  13. MR. MEOWGI

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    Then they are to blame for their own actions. I'm not going to accommodate their insanity on top of their illegality.
     
    #53 MR. MEOWGI, Jun 3, 2005
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    I think it has something to do with life in the fast lane. Surely make you lose your mind.
     
    #54 ima_drummer2k, Jun 3, 2005
  15. Rocketman95

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    As long as you know you're accommodating your own illegality (and sounds like insanity) by not accommodating their's.
     
    #55 Rocketman95, Jun 3, 2005
  16. MR. MEOWGI

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    And I'm just headed for the cheatin' side of town.
     
    #56 MR. MEOWGI, Jun 3, 2005
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    Good.
     
    #57 MR. MEOWGI, Jun 3, 2005
  18. bnb

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    So....the 70% of you who drive in the fast lane and move over when a faster car comes by....Are you driving in that lane when the right lane is open???

    Why?

    Move over!
     
    #58 bnb, Jun 3, 2005
  19. MR. MEOWGI

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    There is always a faster car, there is always a slower car. If we all went the speed limit, we would get to where we want to go much more productively. But obviously people think they have the right to go as fast as they want, and to hell with the rest. MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
     
    #59 MR. MEOWGI, Jun 3, 2005
  20. Rocketman95

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    You realize you're doing the same thing by also not following the rules of the road, correct? MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEOWGI
     
    #60 Rocketman95, Jun 3, 2005
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