Sure you can school and tell people and make new laws. But they won't listen. They wont care. They wont take it serious. So how do we deal with those left lane drivers who cause traffic jam's and cause road rage in other drivers. Well here they don't care they just clog traffic.
I have seen tons of people do this. One time i watched an F150 going over 150 race right behind the guy. Scared the *EDIT* out of him.
This is how people in Poland and Germany drive. They know either move out of the way, or your life will be at risk. People on the autobahn no this. They also know if you pull into the left lane you better not inconvenience other drivers. They also no its only a few seconds you better pay attention or youll have people up behind you at double your speed that could crash into the back of your car.
This will get people to follow a law.
Also drivers know at higher speeds that they must pay attention. When im on the highway usually the ones driving fast arent talking to their wife, checking their emails on the their blackberry, or on the cell phone. Infact usually the fast drivers are there with 2 hands on the wheel with their eyes wide open flashing their high beams in your rear view mirror.
Driving school fails to, people don't listen. It gives a false sense of security, just like speed limits, seat belts, police, and air bags. They wont save you they can only help. I read something a while back that showed those who went to driving school had a higher chance of being in an accident within their first year of driving.
Infact i used to be bad at some of the things i criticzed. I also inconvenience other drivers. I remember my second time on the highway. I sat in the far left lane going 10 over the speed limit. I though to myself. Im doing the speed limit why move.
About 10 minutes later everyone was cutting me off racing around me. In fact i almost died when i had an SUV going way faster barely even see me as i ignorantly passed in front of him.
I didnt remember rules of the road or what i was taught. But i knew that if i continued this kind of behavior i would endanger myself or others. So i taught myself to move right to allow others to pass. If only others could come to this realization we would have so much less tailgating, multi car pile ups, passing on the right, swerving lanes, and cutting others off.
Infact this is another reason why people never follow the speed limit. People drive on the 3 lane concrete highways. They know the officer cant park in the middle. There is no room. They also know that everyone else is speeding. They know 100 is to slow. So they don't care they drive faster, so is everyone else. They also know most cops look for those over 120. They know its to low, so do most officers. The fact that so many are charged with 50 over also shows this. These are only the ones that are unlucky enough to get caught. People drive well over 100 on our highways everyday. The police might not ticket them, and they might not even see them. But they live to tell the tale.
I wonder if those who make our laws ever thought about any of these things just a few. Maybee they should take a drive from Barrie to Toronto on the 400 South and open their eyes.
The fact that almost no one drives the speed limit should say something. Any time in or near Toronto when the traffic is light almost everyone is going 120-130. Then they are those in the left lane going 130 and up. The officers know this to. They look for the ones who go more than 150. They also know that 150 and over is a mandatory court date which they attend. They know if they catch those going 130 they will miss the ones going 160.
Infact another OPP officer must have noticed this last week when he pulled over a fellow officer for going 165. People are never going to drive 100. They know they're cars dont consume that much more gas, they also know they wont die, and they are pretty sure they wont get a ticket. They also know their cars have gotten alot safer and if they more than 100 they probally won't die.
Here is my question. How come 120-130 seems to be fine. Infact officers have pulled people over and said to stay at 120. But if 120-130 is fine how come 140 isnt.
Also if 120 is fine and seems to be the limit officers enforce at how come if you go 150 the ticket is for 50 over and not 30 over? This is a huge problem with this law. 150 km/h is not street racing.
Your average driver in a stock 4 cylinder Honda Civic with a 1.8 or 2 Litre engine and cheap all season tires also know thats 150 is not street racing. Infact he can comfortably travel near this speed. Maybee the 50 over law would mean something if they speed limit was say 130-120. That means you would get a ticket for going 170-180. This is more likely to be street racing. To travel at speeds like this you require something more than 4 cylinders and R rated tires and alot more fuel.
Even if you call 170 or 180 street racing the officer has no right to be the Judge, jury and executioner at the side of the road and on top of this to charge someone with the right to a fair trial....... Long post but i am tired of this old argument. In fact every time i drive on a 400 series highway on off peak times i wonder why the limit was ever 100 km/h?
I may add to this the only time i see anyone do 100 km/h seems to be in 4 situations. Traffic, Accelerating, Decelerating or with their 4 ways on. Usually anything on 2,4,6 14, 16, or 18 wheels is going more than 100.
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