Bad driver tried to crash me

[itr1275]

what do you guys think about automobiles going the speed limit in a carpool lane?

It's not an issue. When traffic gets heavy the car pool lane naturally slows down to about 30 mph. There are occasions when it's higher or lower, but the speed differential stays at about 20-30 mph max.

The lane is well used. Purely eyeball numbers - at least 1/2 the cars using that lane are electric and a good portion of the rest are cheaters. Probably 1 in 6 are legit 2+ persons.

 

[Rose02218]

Horrible. It’s a pity that such drivers meet on the road

 

[V6runners]

It's not an issue. When traffic gets heavy the car pool lane naturally slows down to about 30 mph. There are occasions when it's higher or lower, but the speed differential stays at about 20-30 mph max.

The lane is well used. Purely eyeball numbers - at least 1/2 the cars using that lane are electric and a good portion of the rest are cheaters. Probably 1 in 6 are legit 2+ persons.

I get tailgate even when I do the speed limit or going 5+ over the speed limit, I don't mind I just cruise and they usually just cut me off and speed away lol. :shrug: its the carpool lane it should be use for safety for everyone else in the car.

 

[itr1275]

I get tailgate even when I do the speed limit or going 5+ over the speed limit, I don't mind I just cruise and they usually just cut me off and speed away lol. :shrug: its the carpool lane it should be use for safety for everyone else in the car.

Yeah, some people are dicks.

My general rule is I don't be in someone else's way. They shouldn't have to use the brakes because of me.

However, there is general traffic which none of us can control. And if I'm in the commute lane and keeping a reasonable and safe speed, then I don't feel bad.

It's about the speed differential. So driving 80 MPH in the commute lane while the rest of the traffic stopped is not a good idea. If they are doing 65, I don't think 75-80 is unreasonable, where legal of course.

You have to do what is safe for you, your passengers.

 

[750ml]

It's getting bad everywhere. I often feel that I'm on a go cart track with a bunch of 14 year olds.

 

[MrSeth]

This is why I enjoy having very bright lights and a nice big steel bumper. SURE go ahead and brake check me, I haven't jumped the truck off of a car yet. eep:

 

[KLH4R3]

Where are those 'simpler times' with street justice??

 

[itr1275]

Gone with the law suits.

 

[truckinn]

People who are bad/dangerous drivers are scum. I have no sympathy for anyone who causes a dangerous situation and endangers the lives of others. I pretty much lump careless drivers (sober ones) in with drunk drivers.

I was a passenger once in a head on collision where the oncoming car veered into our lane. The woman said she looked down at the radio and then all of sudden hit us. She, apparently, was a nurse, and her nurse friend was in the passenger seat with two little kids in the back.

At the time, and still now, I feel like I honestly didnt give a shit about those kids or people in the other car. If they were injured, I wouldn't have tried to help them at all. That probably makes me a terrible person. Oh well. The woman driving the car that crashed into us didnt care about her passengers, let alone us in the other car. So why should I give a damn about them?

My friend who was driving had a broken leg, and my other friend in the back seat had a fractured vertebrate. I got away with some whiplash.

 

[Oliverwilson1987]

I hate people like that. The road rules were not invented for nothing.
Because of such fools, accidents occur on the roads

 

[morganatic]

I think the only positive out of this situation is that you and your wife are safe and you had self-control to not let your emotions take over. That's hard to do once in the moment.

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[itr1275]

I think the only positive out of this situation is that you and your wife are safe and you had self-control to not let your emotions take over. That's hard to do once in the moment.

Oh there was some emotion involved, but it ended without further incident. That could have gone so much worse.

The other positive is we got it on the dash cam for the rest of the world to enjoy.