Who here DOESN'T mind getting passed?

+100!!!
Man nothing pisses me off more than the azface putzes that decide to play hop scotch with me at 80mph. The next biggest aggravation is the guy who screams up behind and then sets up beside you like a wing man when you pull over to let them by.

 

Man, at 23 I had 5 tickets in a month. Believe me, I'm done paying tickets. You want to pass me, go right ahead. Shoot, I'll even move over if I can - you go right ahead and flush out that speed trap for me.

But for the love of Saturday night activities, PLEASE don't ride my a... tail. We both know you can't stop fast enough to not hit me if it comes to that, and I will come to a complete stop if that's what it takes to get you to go around...

 

ha, i was waiting on someone especially after the saturday night recreational comments.

 

My self esteem is not at all related to how fast I'm going so pass away,doesn't bother me at all.

 

He's obviously in a hurry to get home for his Saturday night activities...

 

I drive a minimum of 50 miles one way to work ever day. Sometimes it's more. I can't label myself as a "road rager" but it does really pi## me off when I see someone doing the speed limit in the left lane when they have a mile of cars behind them, and room to move over. I think most of the time it's ignorance that this happens.Sometimes it an "I don't like being passed attitude" Regardless, The LEFT lane is for passing.Whether you like being passed or not, that's what it's there for. If you want to jump out in front of me and do the speed limit, I will ride your a##(unless your on a bike) until you move back over. If you wanna "Brake check" me that's fine, I have an airbag and great insurance. I understand that may take a mile or two but if you have the room to move over before passing that slow semi a 1/2 ahead, then please do so,and let me by.

I believe I am a VERY courteous driver. I am not one that will jump out in front of you to pass someone, causing you to hit your brake. I do not DRIVE in the left lane when there is room to continue my present speed in the right lane. If you are merging, I will move over for you. If you want in when a lane is shut down for construction I'll also let you in, UNLESS you are one of those a##holes that think you can drive to the front of the line and cut in. YOU WILL BE CUT OFF!!!

I am NOT a brake tapping driver. Taking my foot off the accelerator is usually enough to back off the car or bike in front of me .It's not always necessary to tap the brake. That causes a chain reaction and eventually causes traffic to come to a stop 10 cars behind
If you wanna pass me, be patient. I WILL move over asap but I will also speed up to do it a bit faster.

I have been driving almost 30 year and I have been pulled over twice for speeding but only have one speeding ticket, all before I was 18. I've been in 2 accidents not my fault. (Rear-ended) I'm not a saint. Maybe just lucky but I don't think so. I speed.... But I'm not a speed demon. 10 over is comfortable 15 pushing it. Life passes by fast but it's not worth giving my hard earned money to cities, counties, or the state.

It's all about courtesy I think. We just have to put up with the A##holes that think they are the only ones on the roads.

Just My .02

 

Switch, a little trick I used when I lived in Denver was to load my coat pockets with the balls from a ball bearing that had had its last hoorah. Someone tailgates me, I release the ball bearings. No holes, but several pits in their paint and windshield gets them to back off a bit.

I hate tailgaters as much as the next guy. I know what I had for lunch! I don't need you hanging around waiting for me to fart so you can tell me what it was!!!

When I get someone tailgating me in the cage, my favorite little trick is to drop a couple tires off the side of the road. throws up a lot of debris. Same effect as the ball bearings + it really pi$$es them off!!!

 

Lol. I'll have to try the tires-into-the-shoulder trick, that's awesome.

 

The only time I object to being passed is if I'm in a group ride and someone passes and cuts in front, thus seperating me from the group.

One thing I hate is the guy on the freeway that has to get past me so he can cross three lanes right across my bow to make an exit. Like falling in behind me isn't an option. :roll:
Of course I'm usually in my work truck on the slab. Nobody wants to follow a high cube.

 

Go ahead and pass me.I'll probably be right behind you at the next light or stop sign anyway (without having broken the speed limit).

 

In town I will pass cars to get to the front of the pack. Then when I get to the light, there won't be a pack anymore as I leave them behind. Don't like riding in town in the midst of a bunch of cages.

 

I don't care anymore. I ride on the street at the speed I feel comfortable.

Come on out to the track and if you can pass me there I'll take some pointers

The street isn't really a place for speed... I know I was one of the worst offenders 10 years ago, but I had one of those moments of clarity that involved changing underwear - lost a few friends - and realized the street was designed to get places, not to be the next racer. So I don't mind being passed at all - just do it safely.


** I paid for my track photos, so I sure am going to use them

 

on my bike i do roughly 5-7 over... everywhere. if i road a crotch rocket i would far exceed that but my bike is tired. in my car however(350z) i drive 10-15 over or if i do get passed(not very often) i let them be my feeler. if its another nice car and they are in a playful mood i will get on it.. not so much to beat them as to just see how fast they will go and bobing in and out is fun. i do my best to not tailgate but the jackass doing 60 in a 70 will get ridden or passed on the inside.

i do feel a bit of pride when passing some people and i hate when people drive right next to me for miles on end.

oh i also hate people that speed in hybrids......it kind of goes againt the whole idea

 

I personally love it when someone passes me... it gives me the opportunity to drop in behind them and follow along as they get hit in the speed trap and I continue sailing along.

That being said, I keep my speed within reason most of the time. The few times that I have gone excessively over the limit its been in the middle of nowhere where I'm sure enough that if I f*ck up, I'm only going to kill myself

 

If you are serious about what you are saying, I say you have serious mental issues and need counseling.

People like you are dangerous. You want to kill yourself, have a ball. But stay the heck away from the public and go live somewhere like Montana where the only thing you'll kill is the errant steer.

Too many people like you have been scraped up off the pavement, leaving behind traumatized families - yours and the others you inflicted tragedy upon. Additionally, you give other riders a real bad reputation because everyone equates riders to the way you are.

Obviously, You aren't a big fan of westerns ... the cowboys always have this holder on the side of the horse where they stow their rifle for ready access ... Just do the same thing with your wrench.

'course, what you are speaking of doing is as dangerous as heck and will result in criminal prosecution if you are caught.

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It may be fun to you, but it scares the rest of us who have a tad more experience in life and want to hang around for a bit longer. In addition to driving in the US, I spent a few years driving the autobahns of Germany and other European highways. Having a 100 car pile-up because of some S*O*B* who wanted to bob in and out of lanes ... I see major slowdowns and backups on the freeway so frequently ... inevitably it is because some rude Jackass was totally discourteous to others and was bobbing in an out of lanes, forcing the people they cut off to have to hit their brakes ... chain reaction that leaves traffic screwed up for the next 10 minutes, making everyone else's commute all that more frustrating and long.

i do my best to not tailgate but the jackass doing 60 in a 70 will get ridden or passed on the inside.

There are those who say the same thing about people eating a Big Mac combo and getting a diet coke. You may say it goes against the whole idea, but it is *still* saving several hundred calories by getting a diet.

 

i dont cut people off..... if i cant make it between each car with at least 2 car length then i dont do it. im not out there trying to drive 80 in traffic...i work graveyards and drive off hours. i know it still isnt the smartest thing to do but im poor and the nearest track is a hundred miles away. i have excuses all day long! haha

if i were watching my weight i wouldnt be eatin at mcdonalds. if i were saving the planet i would buy a car that fits my driving style. just around town yeah sure prius or motorscooter.. if i know i have to travel and will be speeding you get better gas milage in a turbo 4 banger thats mapped right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTOyiKLARk

 

Hammer, your post was so memorable to me that I commented on it on another post. Here is what I think.

One guy posted on here about not wanting to be passed. If you are cruising at 55 and someone goes to pass you at 65 and you speed up to prevent it, well, I may assume that you inadvertantly let your speed slip and my presence brought it to your attention. That is fine. If I pull back in behind you and then you slow back down, you are a jerk and a menace to everyone else on the road. I am new here. I do not want to make enemies, but your behaviour as described in your post puts your emotional age at approximately 8. I hope that you do not really act that way...especially on a bike. Remember, there are many less than mentally stable people on the roads. You are on a bike. Maybe the driver of the hummer has just snapped after witnessing your actions. Maybe he waits until things settle, goes to pass. He is abreast of you and you start to speed up. Maybe he simply pulls right into you on purpose. This type of thing is why I always had trouble accepting the sequence in Mad Max where the kid in the old 50s chebbie is being terrorized by the bike gang. I can assure you, had I been driving that car, there would have been many dead bikers. So dude, respect your own life at least!!!


What I do like to do is find someone that is going faster than me and use them as radar shield. This has worked very well for me.

 

I don't mind people passing me but don't pass me then stop to turn left at the next road and slow me down!!!!

 

A side note:

Regarding using people for a radar shield: I used to be one of those "shields" that drove way over the speed limit. I once had a guy ride my bumper for about 20 miles. I couldn't shake him. I sped up, so did he. I slowed down to way below the posted speed and he stayed there. I got fed up and decided just to pull over on the shoulder and stop. Can you believe that moron did the same thing! I sat there for fifteen minutes before he decided to pull off around me.

I got so disgusted with these gutless idiots that were using me that I developed a neat trick for getting even. If my tail was far enough behind me and my radar detector went off, I would use the emergency brake to slow down without him noticing. I then went by the nice police officer at an acceptible speed and he came flying by at my former speed. That's the only time I liked seeing those pretty blue lights flashing.

 

gitbox,

I can use a faster vehicle as a sheild without being a jerk. One does not need to tailgate one's sheild. I try to get into a group that is going about 3 - 5 mph faster than me. I lose them eventually. Then, if the area seems ripe for radar, I wait for the next couple of cars to come by. Then I speed up to within 3 - 5mph of them after they have passed. There is nothing wrong with this and nothing 'gutless.' I am not forcing anyone to drive the speed that they are. That is a choice they make. I don't ride their bumpers. Resultingly, things are exactly as they would be if I were not there. I have seen the type of person to which you are referring. If I am familiar with the area, I will bait that kind of person by speeding up faster than I usually go and then engine braking right as I approach the usual cop areas. It is fun to see the tailgater swing right by and into the radar beam. Just because I use others as sheilds does not mean I have to be a tailgater. The way I do it, I would still be vulnerable to a cop if he pulled in right at an exact moment an hit me. - because I do not keep the shields for more than 4 - 5 miles at a time before they are out of sight.

As for your situation where a guy pulled in behind you, I would have been calling the cops. That is just creepy.