Wreckless drivers, not getting enough attention or something? sheesh

[beam]

You wanna drive yourself crazy? Go the speed limit.

No, I'm serious. For like the last two years, I have decided not to speed...not even 5 over. I set my cruise when the speed limit is 45 or over. And I set it right at the limit.

It was really hard for me to do at first. I always had someone tailgating me. Then, I got to thinking about it. The other drivers were mad at ME, when I was the one obeying the law! And I was feeling guilty for holding people up eventhough I am was obeying the law.

But now, I love it. Go ahead, tailgate me. I don't care. Because over the past two years, I have come to realize something. Obeying the speed limit doesn't make me a better person or a better driver than anyone else, but it does FREE me from any concern with getting pulled over. I used to instinctively hit my brakes every time I saw a cop, now I just wave. It's not an issue, no question, no worry.

And another thing I noticed....I have experienced this more times than I can count...it's the turtle and the rabbit theory. I have had so many people fly by me only to get stopped at a light or something and I get to my destination at the same time or just a few moments after them! Crazy.

[PyRo]

It takes my father about 5 hours to get to my colege, and I do it in about 4 :)

[Will Wood]

Originally posted by beam
You wanna drive yourself crazy? Go the speed limit.

No, I'm serious. For like the last two years, I have decided not to speed...not even 5 over. I set my cruise when the speed limit is 45 or over. And I set it right at the limit.

It was really hard for me to do at first. I always had someone tailgating me. Then, I got to thinking about it. The other drivers were mad at ME, when I was the one obeying the law! And I was feeling guilty for holding people up eventhough I am was obeying the law.

But now, I love it. Go ahead, tailgate me. I don't care. Because over the past two years, I have come to realize something. Obeying the speed limit doesn't make me a better person or a better driver than anyone else, but it does FREE me from any concern with getting pulled over. I used to instinctively hit my brakes every time I saw a cop, now I just wave. It's not an issue, no question, no worry.

And another thing I noticed....I have experienced this more times than I can count...it's the turtle and the rabbit theory. I have had so many people fly by me only to get stopped at a light or something and I get to my destination at the same time or just a few moments after them! Crazy.

I agree with you, I tried going the speed limit a few times. It was.. well.. really hard to do. It seemed so tedious. I got passed probably 3 times on my 45 minute trip.. and tailgated to heck.

But somehow I can't bring myself to do this all the time. I just want to get to my destination as fast as possible... even if I don't really want to go there heh.

I will never pass someone going the speed limit however. It just seems way to ignorant to me. If they are going like 5 under.. that's a whole 'nother story :)

As for the breaking for cops thing... Only a short burst of breaks, then let up. You can't let them see your break lights They'll know something is up and will turn around :)

Suprisngly, I didn't get a ticket when I was pulled over for speeding Haloween night. I didn't have my insurance with me either. Oh yea.. my tail lite doesn't work.

[HoppysMag]

well see i lost my license for over 3 months, and payed well over 1000$ to get it back adn spent 8 hours in criminal drivers ed. on my saterday. so when some one tailgates me i slow down. iv gotten down to 10 mph on a 40 mph road. when some one beats having payed 1000$ and 3 1/2 months of not driving,and still want to speed, then they can tailgate me.

[PyRo]

As far as slowing down when someone tailgates you goes...
Someone was tailgating my stepmother so she slowed down to 10 in a 35. About a minute later she discoveres she was being tailgated by a cop when the lights came one. Anyway she got a ticket for driving too slow.

[HoppysMag]

well... i mean.

[SlipknotX556]

You guys should see me doing donuts in my moms mini van with power door and OMG the power door makes it that much better.

[PyRo]

How does one do donuts in a FWD car?

[Gotenks]

pyro you have to do them in reverse

[Quiet]

Do them in reverse. (tanks beat me)

Hoppy, not sure about the exchange rate but I've got to be close to being allowed to tailgate you. Not sure if that's really something to brag about though.

Q

[Gotenks]

Originally posted by HoppysMag
i can garentee they wernt drift driving. most teens dont even know how to do it properly, they just skid... take this from a teen driver who got 130 days or imediate threat.

EXACTLY! They were NOT drifting, not even close, but they were obviously trying, and taking the wrong approach.

Thats why I call them "Drift-Ricers" its a new era of lameness

[PyRo]

Your mustang has nothing. 400hp is no match for an acura. That thing has like 200hp, then the fartcan ads another 18%, so now its got so now its 236hp, then his K&N filter ads another 15% so now its 266hp, plus another 10 hp because you have both so he has 277hp, and front wheel drive makes your car faster, plus his car was lighter than yours. So your mustang has nothing on an integra.

This is the reasoning of someone in my high school last year. I wanted to smack him so many times.

[i like tictacs]

Whenever I'm going to the field, I get some wiggers come up next to me in their rice, against my ranger...i still burn them, no matter how many stickers or coffee cans they have on it. It's quite funny, the look in their eyes when i blow by them.

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by Quiet
Do them in reverse. (tanks beat me)

Hoppy, not sure about the exchange rate but I've got to be close to being allowed to tailgate you. Not sure if that's really something to brag about though.

Q

actualy i dont mind braging about it...

[PyRo]

I challange you to a donut contest :)