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[billanole]

comes another treatise on everybody’s favorite blood pressure raising technique.
https://www.citizen-times.com/story...t-lane-drivers-who-wont-move-over/1445414002/

This is in part why North Carolina has a law on the books that states vehicles should drive in the right lane unless they're passing. In part, it reads, "Upon all highways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the highway," with some exceptions. Those include, "When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement."

"The way the law is written, you should use the left lane if you're passing someone, and once you make that pass, you move back over over," said Trooper Rico Stephens with the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

This is a safety issue, as vehicles moving much faster than a slowpoke in the left lane could actually create a collision.

"But there's also the issue of road rage," Stephens said. "When they can’t get around someone, then they start to tail gate. Or a driver may look for that opportunity when they see an opportunity in the right lane, or the slow lane, to dart around the traffic. Then you're back to creating a road hazard."

 

[Random_John]

Just put a mandatory speed on the road. No mins or max. One speed. Go below or above you get a ticket.

 

[kc78]

Just put a mandatory speed on the road. No mins or max. One speed. Go below or above you get a ticket.

That's not feasible. You often have reasons that vehicles can't go certain speeds such as restricted engines on moving vehicles, towing cars, or simply not feeling it safe to go a set speed even if it's the legal speed. I don't mind a set speed on the passing lane, with defined lanes that allow minimums, but then we just add tons of complexity.

The idea that you only go in the left lane when passing seems sufficient.

 

[seminole97]

Self driving cars will make this moot, and future generations will scoff at the idea we lost tens of thousands of lives annually relying on distracted meat bags to pilot multi-ton machines.

 

[cmanole]

The highways should be equiped with laser beams that vaporize the perps...

 

[billanole]

The highways should be equiped with laser beams that vaporize the perps...

I often mash the button, but they don’t disappear.

 

[csklad]

Self driving cars will make this moot, and future generations will scoff at the idea we lost tens of thousands of lives annually relying on distracted meat bags to pilot multi-ton machines.

 

[Nolomite]

The highways should be equiped with laser beams that vaporize the perps...

 

[OrlandNole]

Self driving cars will make this moot, and future generations will scoff at the idea we lost tens of thousands of lives annually relying on distracted meat bags to pilot multi-ton machines.

Autonomous vehicles should improve safety, but you're never going to completely eliminate the human element. Cyclists and pedestrians will still be present - this is a major challenge of autonomous vehicle programming - situational ethics...do you crash the vehicle to avoid hitting a dog? What about a child? What if it's two people in the crosswalk versus three people in the car?

It's also my opinion that we're never going to completely eliminate human-driven vehicles...people will still want the choice to navigate the open road.

 

[dmm5157]

Autonomous vehicles should improve safety, but you're never going to completely eliminate the human element. Cyclists and pedestrians will still be present - this is a major challenge of autonomous vehicle programming - situational ethics...do you crash the vehicle to avoid hitting a dog? What about a child? What if it's two people in the crosswalk versus three people in the car?

It's also my opinion that we're never going to completely eliminate human-driven vehicles...people will still want the choice to navigate the open road.

I hope we do, I'll take the computer making those decisions over humans. I think we'll see sensors and 'smart roads' to supplement cars, and sensing when people or animals, others, are present on roads.

The amount of stupidity and carelessness I see when driving is maddening.

 

[F4Gary]

Autonomous cars are not going to go any faster than the speed limit, so I hope they stay out of the passing lane (except for a quick pass) so I can get by them.

 

[Nolomite]

In autonomous taxis, the driver interface unit (DUI) will bear an uncanny resemblance to a young David Letterman -

 

[goldmom]

I often mash the button, but they don’t disappear.

Well, if you live north of the Mason Dixon line, mashing won't work.

I thought Southerners knew this.

 

[billanole]

Well, if you live north of the Mason Dixon line, mashing won't work.

I thought Southerners knew this.

I mash it very hard sometimes. Maybe my technique....?
I sometimes wanna punch it, but the button is not the problem.

 

[MagNoleA]

Well, if you live north of the Mason Dixon line, mashing won't work.

I thought Southerners knew this.

I often mash to, but to no avail. But if I really mash it with authority, I often get better results. Buttons are often very uncanny.

 

[NoleLizards]

Who was the poster who used to brag about how he'd camp out in the left lane?

 

[LesClaypool]

Who was the poster who used to brag about how he'd camp out in the left lane?

FSU Jeep

One of the all-time worst posters this site has ever seen.

 

[seminole97]

Autonomous cars are not going to go any faster than the speed limit, so I hope they stay out of the passing lane (except for a quick pass) so I can get by them.

I was riding back from West Palm Beach to Tallahassee last week. No amount of speeding would have recovered the time I lost on the turnpike while traffic crawled past a car that had rolled off the road and come to rest on its tail pointing up a palm tree. They had taped off the scene, so I suppose someone died.
It was right before lanes go around that large gas station before it hits I-75. No clue why someone lost it there, probably fighting someone to get in the left lane so they could get to the gas station I guess.

 

[billanole]

FSU Jeep

One of the all-time worst posters this site has ever seen.

He got mad, took his ball, and went home. Started an alternative reality website. Some others, mostly raucous caucus hard cores if I remember correctly, migrated into the left lane with him. I hated to lose a very knowledgeable football poster to that site... J... something. His sig was a Bill Peterson quote along the lines of, “Line up in a circle and form a straight line.”
Anybody know if it still clicks?

 

[LesClaypool]

He got mad, took his ball, and went home. Started an alternative reality website. Some others, mostly raucous caucus hard cores if I remember correctly, migrated into the left lane with him. I hated to lose a very knowledgeable football poster to that site... J... something. His sig was a Bill Peterson quote along the lines of, “Line up in a circle and form a straight line.”
Anybody know if it still clicks?

That quote was PJD’s not Jeep’s

 

[billanole]

That quote was PJD’s not Jeep’s

Yep. I miss PJD’s historical and dry perspective. Jeep, not so much.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

You should be able to shoot left lane cruisers.

 

[billanole]

You should be able to shoot left lane cruisers.

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Without any type of closed season for breeding...

 

[billanole]

You should be able to shoot left lane cruisers.

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Double dawg, triple dang, over the top loved that video.
Make it happen everywhere.

 

[squiffynole]

I've been guilty of it driving up and down US 19/27 in wet conditions where the right hand lane is grooved with tire ruts.

The slow moving left lane people on I-75 are a major hazard but I keep in mind they may be terrified by the trucks.

 

[Random_John]

That's not feasible. You often have reasons that vehicles can't go certain speeds such as restricted engines on moving vehicles, towing cars, or simply not feeling it safe to go a set speed even if it's the legal speed. I don't mind a set speed on the passing lane, with defined lanes that allow minimums, but then we just add tons of complexity.

The idea that you only go in the left lane when passing seems sufficient.

I was being sarcastic. Until the roads are magnetic track and everyone is riding in autos going the same speed what we have is what we got.

 

[squiffynole]

comes another treatise on everybody’s favorite blood pressure raising technique.
https://www.citizen-times.com/story...t-lane-drivers-who-wont-move-over/1445414002/

This is in part why North Carolina has a law on the books that states vehicles should drive in the right lane unless they're passing. In part, it reads, "Upon all highways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the highway," with some exceptions. Those include, "When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement."

"The way the law is written, you should use the left lane if you're passing someone, and once you make that pass, you move back over over," said Trooper Rico Stephens with the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

This is a safety issue, as vehicles moving much faster than a slowpoke in the left lane could actually create a collision.

"But there's also the issue of road rage," Stephens said. "When they can’t get around someone, then they start to tail gate. Or a driver may look for that opportunity when they see an opportunity in the right lane, or the slow lane, to dart around the traffic. Then you're back to creating a road hazard."

Gosh this area is awash with shootings - 3 nights in a row now - and on Friday this terrible left lane tragedy. The days of quiet little Tallahassee are gone.

Two elderly people killed in crash on I-10 EB in Quincy
Published Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:15 PM EDT
QUINCY, Fla. (WTXL) - Two elderly people are dead following a two-car accident in Gadsden County.

Blanchie Britt and Ada Randolph, both 82 and from Quincy, died from their injuries sustained in the accident.

According to Florida Highway Patrol, the accident happened at about 4:30 p.m. Friday on I-10 EB at mile marker 184.

FHP said Britt and Randolph were traveling at a slow rate of speed going down a hill. As they were going down hill, another car came over the hill at interstate speed, hitting the back of Britt and Rudolph's car.

The driver of the other car suffered minor injuries and two children passengers were also injured. A 6-year-old is in critical condition and a 12-year-old sustained minor injuries.

 

[LesClaypool]

Gosh this area is awash with shootings - 3 nights in a row now - and on Friday this terrible left lane tragedy. The days of quiet little Tallahassee are gone.

Two elderly people killed in crash on I-10 EB in Quincy
Published Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:15 PM EDT
QUINCY, Fla. (WTXL) - Two elderly people are dead following a two-car accident in Gadsden County.

Blanchie Britt and Ada Randolph, both 82 and from Quincy, died from their injuries sustained in the accident.

According to Florida Highway Patrol, the accident happened at about 4:30 p.m. Friday on I-10 EB at mile marker 184.

FHP said Britt and Randolph were traveling at a slow rate of speed going down a hill. As they were going down hill, another car came over the hill at interstate speed, hitting the back of Britt and Rudolph's car.

The driver of the other car suffered minor injuries and two children passengers were also injured. A 6-year-old is in critical condition and a 12-year-old sustained minor injuries.

Jeez how slow must they have been going? It had to be a crawl.

 

[divinnole]

Jeez how slow must they have been going? It had to be a crawl.

Another question would be how fast was the car going that they did not see them as they were going up the hill. There are not any hills in the stretch of interstate where the car would not had been visible either going up the hill or on the plateau before heading down which would have not allowed to car to see them before without sufficient time to stop.