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Timeout for a pet peeve on drivers.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:50 am on Nov 20, 2020
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Have you ever seen the people who stop at a red light 20 feet behind the line? WTF?!?! It drives me nuts! Why do they do that? Pull all the way up!!!

I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.

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My personal favorite

Author: wrdomerson (2263 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:00 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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The two jackasses on the two lane highway that pace each other, but they feel like it's ok because they are "speeding" at 57 in a 55.

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Amen. Actually saw a trucker do this believe it or not.

Author: BaronVonZemo (59917 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 12:28 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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I have seen this, but most of the time the truckers are better about it than most.

Author: wrdomerson (2263 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:57 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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Many trucks have speed governors on them.

Author: Iggle (12616 Posts - Joined: Sep 14, 2007)

Posted at 12:42 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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So the difference in speed might be like 1 mph and the truck will take forever to pass. And then a slight hill can wreck the process entirely.

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I'm actually very sympathetic of truckers. They are there for their job.

Author: NedoftheHill (44670 Posts - Joined: Jun 29, 2011)

Posted at 6:32 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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We are walking through their work place.

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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
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I agree with you. I grit my teeth and sympathetically mumble

Author: Iggle (12616 Posts - Joined: Sep 14, 2007)

Posted at 9:00 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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"get the f### out of the left lane you f######g b#####d"

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Wow, 55 is a highway limit? what part of the country is this?

Author: holybull101 (10567 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:08 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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Georgia, many of the state highways are 55, some of the less populated stretches up to 65.

Author: wrdomerson (2263 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:56 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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A sure cause of road rage.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:01 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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Here's one...I do a lot of Interstate driving and have a car with "Adaptive Cruise Control" that

Author: TyroneIrish (20440 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 11:46 am on Nov 20, 2020
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keeps me a certain distance behind the car in front of me...I like to set it to ~2 sec. Now I also like to travel in the left lane at a speed that's faster than most, but still doesn't 'trigger' a response from the Highway Patrol...Ok, scene set...I'm cruising along with a solid line of cars ahead, as far as you can see...I'm keeping my 2 sec. distance...but somehow, the car behind me cannot fathom why I'm not on the other guy's bumper, so he jumps at the first opportunity to pass me on the right and save himself another 2 sec.

In past years I'd have been 'miffed', but now my attitude is one in which it comes as no surprise and I actually make sure he can cut in safely (tap the break if necessary) and resume my 2 sec gap. It's still annoying (disappointing) to see.


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That bugs me too. Along with the people who speed to get ahead of you....

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:00 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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only to proceed going the same speed or slower than you are.

I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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Amen!...actually, that one is higher up on my list. My first car was a '67 GTO convertible and

Author: TyroneIrish (20440 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 12:16 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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'back in the day' on business trips to CA, I'd rent Shelby GT 350's from Hertz, so I appreciate a "good pace", but I also want to get where I'm going without incident for me or anyone else.

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I don't understand this either. Or the people who leave four car lengths between them....

Author: Chris94 (36755 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:04 am on Nov 20, 2020
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....and the next person at the light.

Makes no damn sense.


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It's maddening.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:15 am on Nov 20, 2020
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I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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It's worse when people don't move when the light turns

Author: Chris94 (36755 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 11:16 am on Nov 20, 2020
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I am from NJ. That is honk country. You don't move, everyone points out your blunder quickly. Lesson learned, you move.

I now live in no-honk country, when I am supposed to patiently wait for some loser who I know is looking at a phone realizes that the light is green. This does no one any favors.


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I'm in a no honk area, but I honk anyway. My wife gets mad at me.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 11:57 am on Nov 20, 2020
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But I tell her, "It's not rude. That's what the horn is for."

I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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There's actually a good reason for doing this, in some cases.

Author: Rooney (5915 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:03 am on Nov 20, 2020
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Many jurisdictions have installed sensors under the pavement that will know when a car is queued up at a signalized intersection. Where you have a local road intersecting with a major arterial for instance, there will be sensors on the local road. The traffic signals are tied to the sensors and the signals will be set to keep to the green light on for the arterial road on a very long cycle unless the sensor picks up a vehicle waiting on the local road. By setting up your road like this, you don't have instances where the traffic light for the arterial goes from green-amber-red yet there are no cars waiting on the local road. That would be infuriating for the drivers on the arterial. Sometimes the sensors are set back from the intersection so that one vehicle waiting on the local road doesn't trigger a signal change. That's an inefficient road transportation network where numerous vehicles on the arterial are stopped to let in one car.

So your more savvy drivers on the local roads may be aware that to trigger a quicker signal cycle change, they can hang back from the intersection about 20 feet and let the sensors detect the presence of a vehicle that far back from the intersection and trigger the signal. Basically, they are shortening their wait time at the intersection at the expense of the busier arterial road drivers.

You see this a lot at intersection left turns too. In that circumstance, on the arterial road the road network does not want the left hand queue length to get too long because it's bad for traffic flow and it triggers bad driver decisions (basically, the longer a driver has to wait to make a left turn the shorter the space between oncoming traffic in which the driver is prepared to attempt to make a left turn) which leads to more accidents. So in the left hand turn lane you'll see a sensor set back maybe 20 feet or more to detect when the left turn queue is getting too long. When it does sense that, it triggers the traffic signals to introduce a "left turn only" sign to empty the queue. So in this instance, your savvy driver who enters the left turn lane and sees there are no cars waiting ahead of him to turn, will stop their car over the sensor back from the intersection to trigger the "left turn only" signal ahead a full green signal so they can make their left turn in priority ahead of every other traffic movement in the intersection.

I may or may not employ this knowledge on a regular basis.


"I didn't come here to take part. I came here to take over."
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I think we found our culprit. :). But if that knowledge were being employed........

Author: BaronVonZemo (59917 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 12:27 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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.....why wouldn’t the driver be pulling forward by 8 to 10 feet for each car they see coming up behind them.....like Dave?

Good info by the way.


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Good point.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:33 pm on Nov 20, 2020
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I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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That is very informative. In my local area that's generally not the case.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:23 am on Nov 20, 2020
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In fact, I've noticed that more often they won't activate the signal because they are hanging back too far. I've actually sat behind someone for 2 or 3 light changes. Probably because most times I see it at the intersection of two busy roads. IDK.

I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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That is all the time in my area. Now it’s Q-tip season down here

Author: TampaIrish (11648 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 9:07 am on Nov 20, 2020
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And it will only get worse for a while.

I identify as the poster with the most suspensions in UHND history.
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What is Q-tip season?

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 9:54 am on Nov 20, 2020
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I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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Another term for snow birds. You drive behind these seniors and they look like Q-tips

Author: TampaIrish (11648 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 9:57 am on Nov 20, 2020
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looking through their steering wheels.

I identify as the poster with the most suspensions in UHND history.
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Lol. Had never heard that term. Funny.

Author: NDavenue (7489 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:01 am on Nov 20, 2020
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I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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It's the time of year where the license plates turn blue around here.

Author: TampaIrish (11648 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:36 am on Nov 20, 2020
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New York, Penn, Michigan, CT and the biggest pain in the asses - Canadiens. They start heading back in the March time frame but traffic picks up considerably from now until then.

I identify as the poster with the most suspensions in UHND history.
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Re: Timeout for a pet peeve on drivers.

Author: ELP (9578 Posts - Joined: Oct 18, 2020)

Posted at 9:02 am on Nov 20, 2020
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All of a sudden, there have been a rash of wrong way drivers in my area causing really bad endings. Drugs, alcohol, texting.

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