Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone
Originally posted by: funboy42
How about a video of my ride?
I raced a Porsche Boxer convertible last weekend on the way with the kids to get a mom day present, we were doing about 55-60 when we both punched it, got up to about 120 and he was about 6-7 car lengths behind me till I said it was fast enough (had the kids in the car with me)
The guy never even bothered to look at as when he passed by, and I wonder why
The one wheel wonder $800 Fastro smoked his several 10's of thousands Porsche. Needless to say my oldest and I had a great chuckle about it.
Great . . . street racing at triple-digit speeds with your kids in a minivan. Hopefully Mom has some common sense.
Street racing is usually what fools do within a city area. Being he is at 55-60 MPH, I'd say it was interstate...not that it's illegal, but I somehow think the poster wasn't doing the idiotic weaving in and out of lanes.
I personally feel the traffic laws are a bit tight considering the potential of our modern vehicles.
I think rather than focusing on those driving too fast the law should focus on those that don't yield nor get to the rightmost lane when possible.
Everyday on my commute I have/see a few things happen all of which really slow down everyone...the speeders for the most part aren't really causing many issues save those going 50+mph over the limit or crotchrockets weaving...both causing motorist panic:
1) some asshat fly up in the merge lane and pass a person already going an adequate speed to merge.
2) someone straddle two lanes to force a person behind him to slow down
3) someone enter the merge lane and stay 10-20mph below the posted speed, bonus points when they stop at the end of the merge with their blinker on.
4) the left lane nazi, that insists on not only merging slowly, but immediately crossing 4+ lanes to get to the left lane and often the HOV lane while they are solo. They also insist on sticking to a mph or two below the limit.
5) the 'I want to lead the pack' guy...this idiot insists on repeatedly passing and then slowing way down. Once traffic gets fed up and passes him, he repeats it.
6) lately you have these assholes with train horns and big trucks that try to intimidate drivers. It'd be one thing if they were on a steady click, but they revel in passing fast and then slowing down and then getting behind things like miatas and S2000s. My brother drives a 996 and 3 times now he has been a victim of this crap.
Due to my wife I try to ignore these types. In the past I have sent them off road when it was only me and them around.
IMHO if all drivers yielded right we wouldn't need many of our highway expansions.