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"In Europe it is illegal to pass on the right "

Its illegal in NC IIRC.

1/15/2008 10:23:15 AM

rly?

i don't think i have ever met anyone to get a ticket for passing on the right.

1/15/2008 10:24:02 AM

maybe not, I just did a quick search and couldn't come up with anything.

1/15/2008 10:37:39 AM

^it's not completely illegal - just mostly. I looked it up along time ago, and there are a few situations where it's allowed.
Attn: drivers

USE YOUR GODDAMN TURN SIGNALS

1/15/2008 11:18:50 AM

What gets me is when traffic is moving at a nice clip and some idiot feels the need to weave in and out of traffic without using a signal, going twenty over, looking likely to slam into someone and cause a wreck any second.

I'm looking at you, Girl in a Black Mustang with Texas Plate KO7 HDW.

1/15/2008 4:42:25 PM

It's not illegal to pass on the right in NC. I have posted the NC General Statute many times, but don't feel like looking it up right now.

1/15/2008 4:55:27 PM

Driving in traffic with your brights on is a dick move
Turn on your headlights at dusk, and in the rain, especially if you drive a silver car
Hurry up and make that right fucking turn. No need to make it at 3mph
religious and/or 'my kid is an honor student' stickers don't excuse things like
- not using blinkers
- yakking on the cell in the left lane going below the speed limit
- swerving all over

2/12/2008 10:41:28 PM

Why the fuck do you people keep turning right from Hillsborough onto Horne

You know, going the wrong way down a one-way street

?

2/14/2008 2:51:31 PM

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"kid is an honor student' stickers "

yeah i hate that shit
I do not give a shit if your little brat

-is an honor student at Michael Jackson Elementary
- a cubscout
- a swimmer

or the fucking "Baby On Board" those are the most obnoxious.

2/14/2008 4:49:44 PM

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"What gets me is when traffic is moving at a nice clip and some idiot feels the need to weave in and out of traffic without using a signal, going twenty over, looking likely to slam into someone and cause a wreck any second. "

if people weren't using the left lane for something besides passing slower traffic, this behavior would be far, far, far less prevalent.

2/14/2008 5:09:05 PM

^Truth

2/14/2008 5:10:53 PM

I like the asshole who thinks you are going to get over between passing 2 slow cars that have like no room between

flash your light again, Ill slow down

when I do let you by, do anything other than drive on, I dare you.


I dont go out of my way to be an ass, but being an ass does not get me to do your way.

2/14/2008 5:19:28 PM

is english your first language?

2/14/2008 5:24:40 PM

ENGLISH MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

2/14/2008 7:50:54 PM

Women
Blacks
Asians
Old people
Cell phone talkers

Get them all off of the road.

2/14/2008 10:09:13 PM

Failing to allow merging traffic to enter the highway b/c you don't want to change lanes or touch your goddamn brakes is also illegal. I've never seen it enforced.

Usually the only people guilty of this are guys between 16 and 45.

2/14/2008 10:53:49 PM

I just make the bitches move over. My truck is bigger than your lame ass sports car so move your ass over.

2/14/2008 10:58:59 PM

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"Once upon a time people had that attitude in Texas they were all found dead by the side of the road, though...... "

Are you really so stupid that you think they stopped making guns after all the jackass drivers bought theirs?

2/14/2008 11:02:03 PM

Dumbass you're lucky I braked because I saw your ass flying through to that yield sign and I knew you weren't going to stop. Your damn Nissan SUV would be a pile of trash.

[Edited on February 14, 2008 at 11:06 PM. Reason : RAR]

2/14/2008 11:05:42 PM

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"Failing to allow merging traffic to enter the highway b/c you don't want to change lanes or touch your goddamn brakes is also illegal. I've never seen it enforced."

merging traffic has to yield so this sounds like a load of horse shit

2/14/2008 11:13:13 PM

merging traffic is supposed to yield to the main traffic flow but they can't intentionally block you from merging if they can move over.

2/14/2008 11:41:02 PM

^^ you are right. Pretty dick though, especially on the Inner beltline where the on ramp is like 50 ft, is trying to merge on the highway when the left lane is OPEN and someone does not let you over. Even worse is when they actually fucking speed up to prevent you from getting in.

Quote :

"if people weren't using the left lane for something besides passing slower traffic, this behavior would be far, far, far less prevalent."

in theory yes but in practice it can be tricky. Often traffic volume gets so high that the passing lane can no longer be used exclusively for passing (rush hour).

When I am not passing I do try to stay right. There are a few exceptions though in which i will be driving in the left lane and get infuriated when some fuck prick/cunt starts tailgating me. Anyone that rides with me knows i am no grandma behind the whell. these situations include

a. When i am actively passing traffic usually going between +10 to +15. Sorry Mr. BMW i am sure u are 5 mintutes late for your 6pm tee-off but i am not slowing down to merge in with the speed limit drivers to let you go by. The worst place i've seen for this is the wade avenue extension. No one goes 55; usually i'll be cruising 75-80 passing most cars doing 65 and someone will start tailgating me b.c i'm impeding them from going +30 over.

b. When i want to pass or drive fast but some jackass in front of me is cruising in the passing lane. Alright i am already pissed off of suzy soccer mom yabbing on the cellphone in her mommy box Yukon going 65 in the left lane of the highway. If you Mr. Canadian start tailgating me i will be even more pissed off and with either start breaking or when suzy soccer mom finally does wake up and get over i may not be so considerate as to get over myself when i pass Suzy.

2/15/2008 12:41:24 AM

The worst is when someone has a baller ass car and they drive it like a grandma.


[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 12:44 AM. Reason : just get a fucking camry and get out of my way]

2/15/2008 12:43:17 AM

I was on the Wade Avenue extension and some woman in her lexus was camping in the left lane going 65 when she could have been in the right lane going 65 along with the rest of traffic (55mph speed limit). Sure enough as in my rant above, of all cars Captain Cocksucker in his BMW starts tailgating me. Sorry jackass even if I was intimidated by your Bavarian masterpiece of automobiles to get over Queen Lexus feels she owns the road and you will just be tailgating her.

So what does my ebony friend in the BMW do?
Right before the I40 merger i see him swerve over two lanes into the on-ramp for East Bound I-40 then cut back into the road just before the on-ramp splits in order to pass forcing the pick-up in the right lane to hit the brakes.

People like this are the ones responsible for getting me stuck in accident traffic as well as encouraging Highway Patrol to "get tough" on speeding through their recklus behavior.

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM. Reason : aa]

2/15/2008 9:49:20 AM

^ Assholes like that who cause traffic behind them to break are the ones responsible for the often mysterious traffic jams 2 miles behind them. It's like a domino effect of break lights.

2/15/2008 9:57:03 AM

haha i call them Captain Badass

i hate when people need speedy passes

most of the time, i stare at them with a goofy expression on my face and exaggerate "racing hands" on my steering wheel by sliding them back and forth real fast

sometimes i even make NNNNNNEEEROAMMMM noises

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 10:07 AM. Reason : Ø]

2/15/2008 10:01:17 AM

the soccer moms in their suvs just blabbing away on their cell phones is what gets me. Not to mention there is a direct correlation between these drivers and all the offenses mentioned in this thread

2/15/2008 10:23:56 AM

I do not have a problem with speeding or talking on the cell phone as long as you are not being a asshat and/or adhering to the rules of the road.

I sometimes take calls while driving but i do not turn them into 20 min converstations nor do tune out the road as i drive 5 under in the left lane. Plenty of times if i have to make a sudden turn or have to perform a merge i'll put my phone down; or abruptly interrupt the convo to say i'll call back latr dealing w/ traffic.

2/15/2008 12:37:54 PM

Some bitch on a cellphone crossed into my lane today and would have sideswiped me if I hadn't blown my horn. We weren't even on the fucking highway -- it was a 35mph zone.


GET WOMEN WITH CELLPHONES OFF THE ROAD. They can barely control their vehicles as it is.

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 6:53 PM. Reason : kjl]

2/15/2008 6:52:27 PM

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"in her mommy box"

[Edited on February 15, 2008 at 8:03 PM. Reason : jkl;]

2/15/2008 8:00:24 PM

Anyone who has driven to the end of Avent Ferry knows how shitty the Western Light is. If you miss the light you are waiting like 3-4 minutes.

Infuriating is it when i'm driving up the hill and drivers in front of me just take their time, I think today the guy in front of me was going like 35, like they have ALL FUCKING year to make the light. Sure enough thanks to grandpa i missed the light but luckily I was turning right so i got to take the right arrow.

I mean seriously come on people you have to be excited that the light goes green for Western right in front of you. It is like an omen from god not weighting for that light. push that peddle and make it with haste.

2/18/2008 10:59:03 PM

If you have some fancy, expensive sportscar, don't drive it like it's a 15yo minivan tinbox. You probably buy a $2000 digital SLR and use it like a point-and-shoot.

2/18/2008 11:01:50 PM

1. ^ haha
2. this is probably already in here somewhere, but i noticed it the other day. when driving from gboro to raleigh when you hit the 85/40 split and 40 is two lanes...ughhh SO ANNOYING. people that had been driving in the right 2 lanes don't get that the road is no longer 4 lanes. therefore, what was once the right lane is now the left lane and they need to gtfo

2/20/2008 1:47:49 AM

If whatever condition for which you have the handicap placard makes you drive the way you do, then you shouldn't be driving.


Maybe I'm just noticing it more, but fuck, the ones with temp placards are driving worse than epileptic grannies on a cell phone.

3/26/2008 6:24:21 PM

The driver with his hazard lights on going 50mph on the expressway part of Wade Ave. in the passing lane deserves to die!

4/14/2008 6:25:16 PM

Dumbass in the Porsche with 30-Day tags:

Just because you're going through your little mid-life crisis does not mean that you can switch lanes in said car without at least checking to see that no one is beside you. OH, and that little gay wave you gave me when I laid on the horn? Go fuck yourself.

4/14/2008 7:19:58 PM

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"btw nerd chick needs to speed the fuck up or get the fuck over. Their is no excuse to camp out going 40 in the left lane if you are going the entire length of centineal ridge from lake wheeler to avent ferry. I might give it to you if you are just going from oval dr to avent ferry."

I don't need to do shit. Centennial isn't a highway, so I'm not required by law or common sense to move over. Highways are made for doing 20 over and blowing by people. city roads have lights and turn lanes and shit. Until I met ambrosia I never in my life knew that some people believe "left lane passing only" should include city roads.

4/14/2008 7:25:28 PM

I have to set my cruise control anytime I'm on Centennial Parkway, otherwise I end up trying to go like 60. And if it's a 4 lane road, I'm always in the right lane unless I'm passing someone or turning left.

[Edited on April 14, 2008 at 7:30 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2008 7:29:42 PM

civic hatchbacks make their own rules !

4/14/2008 7:31:01 PM

^ exactly!

4/14/2008 7:32:57 PM

4/14/2008 7:33:23 PM

Quote :

"I don't need to do shit. Centennial isn't a highway, so I'm not required by law or common sense to move over. Highways are made for doing 20 over and blowing by people. city roads have lights and turn lanes and shit. Until I met ambrosia I never in my life knew that some people believe "left lane passing only" should include city roads."

unless its Avent ferry with the fucking busses stopping every 0.2 miles (yes i fucking checked my tripometer and they have stops at some point every 0.2 miles; i'd hate for LaSwanda or Kumar to have to walk a little) then there is no excuse to be cruising in the left lane unless you are turning soon.

4/14/2008 9:31:00 PM

So on the Wade Ave extension once again on my way to work I was probably going btw 65-70 (55mph speed limit) in the left lane and was actively passing cars to my right. Sure enough this "ethnic" woman in a toyota starts straight up riding my ass. I couldn't go faster even if i wanted to b.c there was a car in front of me not to mention i'd be going +20 over the speed limit.

I got much amusement when i made quick punch to my brakes and watched this woman freak out and nearly pull of the road into the grassy median. Needless to say she stopped tailgating me. She SHOWED me though because when the lane for the I40 East on-ramp started, she swerved two lanes passed a few cars then swerved back to the passing lane two cars ahead of me.


Once on I40 though the opposite happened. There was 4 fucking lanes of traffic and some fat middle-aged bitch was cruising in the FAR left lane going 65mph. After riding her ass for a 1/2 mile i gave up and was forced to pass on the right which is not very safe.

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:28 AM. Reason : a]

5/2/2008 11:28:09 AM

the paradox of driving is that it's an intensely selfish activity, yet we are angered when people do not behave selflessly

5/2/2008 11:40:47 AM

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:42 AM. Reason : If it's not a law in NC, it should be. ]

5/2/2008 11:42:10 AM

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"the paradox of driving is that it's an intensely selfish activity, yet we are angered when people do not behave selflessly"

you are god damn right

its the american way

5/2/2008 11:55:44 AM

Quote :

"the paradox of driving is that it's an intensely selfish activity, yet we are angered when people do not behave selflessly"

well the problem is when people do not follow the "unwritten" rules of the road or etiquette.

For example Senior Jackass who speeds up to prevent me from getting on to the I440 beltline at the Melbourne 1D exit when i only have like 200 ft to merge.

5/2/2008 12:52:15 PM

^^^That sign does exist on some NC roads/

5/2/2008 2:02:14 PM

its not state law

it is just a friendly reminder for

"slower traffic keep right"

5/2/2008 2:03:57 PM

When it's closer to 'dark' than it is to 'twilight', TURN ON YOUR FUCKING LIGHTS!!!

5/2/2008 8:46:45 PM