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May 24th, 2007 04:28 PM #41
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May 24th, 2007 05:42 PM #42
i let faster cars overtake me. its safer and i can marvel how slow my 4g13 is.
pero sa star tollway, walang speed limit *ata*. i just frown at cars driving at less than 60kph at the passing lane and there's another car is blocking the right side. minsan, nakita ko nag-uusap pa, bumusina and flashed my lights ako dahil cars are starting to form a line behind them. aba nagalit pa sa akin.
sabi nga ng tatay ko, yan yung mga di nag-aral sa driving school.
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May 24th, 2007 06:04 PM #43
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May 24th, 2007 06:08 PM #44
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May 24th, 2007 06:14 PM #45
We also need to consider that not all spedometers are calibrated properly.
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May 24th, 2007 07:51 PM #46
Redorange: first off, i am not parading or anything. I'm just ranting. First, because of the slow car who wouldn't get off from the passing lane then would suddenly chase you if you get ahead and the cars who overtake on the shoulder.
If you think i am the goon then i'll leave it at that.
Slow car wasn't doing 80, probably 70 or less because if he's doing 80, then i wouldn't have bugged him because i know that it's the limit, i would've ran 80 also because doing 70 will make me trail behind. If am running at 120 and someone wants to go 150kmh, i'll get off the passing lane to let him pass. I have no problem with other people wanting to go faster so long as they do it correctly.
I know that sounds like an oxymoron but for me, speeding is not bad as it is. Careless speeding is.
Also, this is not some sort of ego problem, superiority complex or whatever. Like i said, im not the type who'll suddenly chase you like a maniac if you overtake me. I just like to cruise in the open part of the road at my optimal speed 5th Gear *2000rpm, that's all. If I am some speedster, i'd drive an exotic Italian supercar at 400kmh+.
If i choose to cruise at 120 (which is very slow btw), that's because i know i can handle such speed and the road + traffic conditions permits so. I've driven 200kmh+ without any other vehicle in sight and it's not much different.
You must be imagining American style of 12-car+ pile-ups or something so I understand as it is very common there.
IIRC, you're some sort of traffic enforcer or something there in US so i understand your peeve about sticking to the speed limit.
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May 24th, 2007 07:58 PM #47
redorange's point is that the guy doing for say 80kph (while you are doing 100kph) to pass other vehicles doing 70kph has a valid right to use the passing lane because he is overtaking.
I encounter this a lot nowadays since some portion of the NLEX is close for drainage improvement. I just flash them twice to indicate that I want to pass them but I still permit them to pass other slower vehicles. Many of them go back to the slower lane once they passed.
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In the NLEX, most provincial buses travel at 120kph if the passing lane is empty of pesky lane huggers. I am quite content most of the time to hang behind them and take advantage of the less wind drag.
What's surprising is that the outer lanes (since there are four of them) are not utilized properly by slower moving vehicles. In some cases, the outermost lane is empty save for one or two vehicles doing the minimum speed.
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May 24th, 2007 07:59 PM #48
Kind of. You're not forbidden to travel in the passing lane as long as you yield to overtaking traffic. It's also good etiquette (more so than legality) to use the passing lane only for passing.
Yes.
Think about it. If you have to break the limit to pass someone, you don't need to pass them (assuming you are trying to go as fast as the law will allow and no faster).
This is exactly what I was trying to say. It's one thing to call someone a lunatic or whatever. Sinking to their level by essentially racing them makes you no better than the other guy
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May 24th, 2007 08:26 PM #49
///MPower: let me get this straight, I did NOT race the slow car. I just sped off to get away because i don't know what his intentions are for chasing me. I don't race compact cars because i think it is lame to race cars of lower displacement. Im a 2.2L diesel and that's a 1.6L petrol. Obviously, he will lose.
if someone suddenly chases you, wouldn't it be stupid to do nothing not knowing what the other party is planning to do?
I don't know what's hard to comprehend in this thread that certains points are repeated over and over again.
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May 24th, 2007 09:55 PM #50
Uh. No. I'd race them because I'm young and reckless. But then I don't turn around and call them a-holes. I recognize the fact that I'm pretty irresponsible.
I just don't buy that you were innocently overtaking him. How can someone chase after you unless you were passing them at significant speed. Otherwise, he would have matched your speed (another thing I like to do because of my lack of self-control) until he could no longer keep with you.
I'm not saying you shouldn't have sped (I do all the time), I'm saying that calling him an a-hole for doing the same as you (at a lesser speed, according to you) is more than a little hypocritical.
Buhay na buhay ang BGC this evening. Bukas halos lahat ng restaurants. Sabi pa nung isang cashier...
Traffic!