Slow drivers
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Slow drivers
Why must people do the slow drag race (ie doing 20 mph in a 40 mph zone). Today as I head over to Garber auto mall to get my AC looked at I had a pick up and a small car doing atleast 20 mph in a 55 mph zone. This drives me more nuts then tailgater. If your wondering the pick up truck won. The small car stopped at a gas station. But it was a close race for about 12 miles.
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I dont let small stuff like that to bother me. You and I are in our vettes. Enjoy the ride. Feel sorry for the poor **** driving that POS.
Giving a finger gesture also relieves stress also when passing the moron.
Nice to see you back here.
Mike
Giving a finger gesture also relieves stress also when passing the moron.
Nice to see you back here.
Mike
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Trust me I did the dodge viper wave at them. I had my top off windows down and radio playing some SoulFly. So my ride was good today. But, there are days I dont need that kind of cow dropping going on infront of me.
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With the top down/off one can also add a verbal gesture along with the finger jester.
Dont have to worry about them catching you. You are in a vette. Besides they drive 20 MPH anyways.
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I hear you on that one. Thats why I ride my harley so much. So I can split traffic.
With the top down/off one can also add a verbal gesture along with the finger jester.
Dont have to worry about them catching you. You are in a vette. Besides they drive 20 MPH anyways.
With the top down/off one can also add a verbal gesture along with the finger jester.
Dont have to worry about them catching you. You are in a vette. Besides they drive 20 MPH anyways.
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Many of our local highways have no passing lanes and you'll see one car with a line of cars behind it going 10 mph under the limit. To make matters worse there is alot of construction that eliminates the few passing areas there are. 
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Why must people do the slow drag race (ie doing 20 mph in a 40 mph zone). Today as I head over to Garber auto mall to get my AC looked at I had a pick up and a small car doing atleast 20 mph in a 55 mph zone. This drives me more nuts then tailgater. If your wondering the pick up truck won. The small car stopped at a gas station. But it was a close race for about 12 miles.
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Round here its handicap plates and jesus fish I refuse to get behind. Guaranteed to be late if I do.
Other wise if the interstate is clear of accidents or its not rush hour, its like a Nascar race.
Other wise if the interstate is clear of accidents or its not rush hour, its like a Nascar race.
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From: levittown pa. usa Even a bad day with my `Vette, is better than a good day at work
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I hear ya on those damn slow drivers...My Corvette club was on our annual weekend drive in the West Texas Hill Country back in April. There is one particular road - by far the best road of the weekend - that carves through a canyon. Obviously, there are no passing spots, but several pullover / lookout spots one can pull off to the side at.
No sooner does the line of 30+ 'Vettes begin this section of road when we run up on a SLOW-moving minivan. I am sure he realized that there was a line of sports cars behind him that wanted to move at a more brisk pace.
This @sshole just poked along for the WHOLE stretch of road, passing several places where he could have pulled over, let us by. Both parties would have been happy, him not having a line of cars on his ***, and us getting to drive at our pace on a road we had come 300+ miles to drive on. But no, he continued on until the end, and finally pulled over at the stop sign at the end of the road and gave us all dirty looks as we all turned right.
I normally don't let things like this bother me, but there is a special circle of hell for people who ruin parts of other people's vacations...Don't be hatin' just because you are stuck driving a minivan!
No sooner does the line of 30+ 'Vettes begin this section of road when we run up on a SLOW-moving minivan. I am sure he realized that there was a line of sports cars behind him that wanted to move at a more brisk pace.
This @sshole just poked along for the WHOLE stretch of road, passing several places where he could have pulled over, let us by. Both parties would have been happy, him not having a line of cars on his ***, and us getting to drive at our pace on a road we had come 300+ miles to drive on. But no, he continued on until the end, and finally pulled over at the stop sign at the end of the road and gave us all dirty looks as we all turned right.
I normally don't let things like this bother me, but there is a special circle of hell for people who ruin parts of other people's vacations...Don't be hatin' just because you are stuck driving a minivan!
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To make matters worse there is alot of construction that eliminates the few passing areas there are.
But, had the top off so just laid back, turned up the toons and enjoyed the Vette...
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And on the other side, there are those high school kids in their ric oops, "sports compacts" that tailgate, weave in and out of traffic to save a car length, cut people off, refuse to let other cars merge by speeding up to close a gap and of course the fart pipes on a stock 4 cylinder and auto trans, and the audio systems that can rattle building to the point of collapse. 
I don't mind the slow drivers; you can get around them when an opportunity presents itself. The other scary ones are the cell phone talkers, texting, eating a cheeseburger, or putting on make up. And the Saturday morning garage sale hunters.. I only have two words for those people: AIR HORN
Then there was the one lady I saw out on the freeway doing 60 while reading a book.
She had some sort of wire holder on the steering wheel and the book was open and I saw her flipping pages. 
I don't mind the slow drivers; you can get around them when an opportunity presents itself. The other scary ones are the cell phone talkers, texting, eating a cheeseburger, or putting on make up. And the Saturday morning garage sale hunters.. I only have two words for those people: AIR HORN
Then there was the one lady I saw out on the freeway doing 60 while reading a book.
She had some sort of wire holder on the steering wheel and the book was open and I saw her flipping pages.
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I drive a mountain canyon everyday to work 35 miles (US 6) and it is an awesome drive, IF doofus mcgee doesnt get in front of you at 25 mph... then it becomes an excruciating experience. The ones that make me crazy are bumbling along without a clue..40 cars backed up and they are dinking around weaving back and forth across the center line. then you get to a passing zone and they want to go 90, so that passing them means you have to go fast enough to get a nice jail visit.... ARRGH.. those are the mornings when you get to work and everyone starts to duck..