ever heard of cruise control?
This is something I want to scream often at people since I do a lot of highway driving, mostly between Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids MI now. But I have driven to and from Texas (and around Texas while I was there) , to Chicago, Kentucky, and from Phoenix to Nogales, Mexico. Granted, I'm no truck driver, but I've also driven far outside of my region. I do a LOT of highway driving, and bad highway drivers irk me to no end.
There's this thing called cruise control... and I understand on some older models its not available, but jeez people, you pick a speed you're comfortable at, press a button, and relax. I just do NOT understand anyone who doesn't use cruise control on long trips, or on a highway that has light traffic. I also HATE people who play highway tag. D*mn aggressive drivers. If I set my cruise control at 70 or 75, there is always one middle aged male in a minivan close to a midlife crisis that just can't let a GIRL pass him, so he speeds up til he passes me, then slows down to the speed he was going before I passed him, so I pass him again, then he speeds up and passes me again, and so on and so on. Not that women don't do this too, but its mostly men that do it to me. Oh and turn signals... are those things that should be flipped ON when you want to change lanes and OFF when you're done. GRRRRR. I'm just thankful I'm not required in Grand Rapids again any time soon. -Whit |
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My main gripe is that people who live in the midwest esp. don't know how to accelerate UP hills!!! They seem to think that maintaining the same pressure on the gas pedel will get them up the hill as quickly as they were going down the previous hill, or on the nice flat land!! |
Now I can understand not using cruise control if it puts you to sleep, by all means don't use it then!!!!!!! And if you have to pull over often due to motion sickness, all the more reason not to use it. But I have driven for HOURS with the same cars around me, playing highway tag, who obviously are just being aggressive drivers, and couldn't find the cruise control button if it was in the center of the steering wheel. Those are the types of people I hate driving around.
And yes, I have been guilty of slowing down on hills before, but usually if I'm going up or down anything, I have enough sense to try and keep the speed steady. -Whit |
Oh man, then DO NOT come anywhere NEAR lansing, MI. Thats where i am living right now, and...grrrr....i dont even wanna talk about how STUPID people drive around here. I grew up in the detroit area, where people drive pretty dang fast and where i learned to drive even. Now coming around the lansing area, everyone drives ten under all the time, waits 10 seconds before accelerating when the light turns green, everyone likes to leave their signals on for miles, make complete stops when taking right turns, taking dang near forever to complete a left turn...i swear the road runs in slow motion over here. and, you cant pass the people goin ten under in front of you, because the person beside you is pacing at ten under. and im not eggagerating one tiny bit. Stay away from lansing, dude. lol ;)
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Haha, oops. I'm one of those people who go really slow driving uphill, but it's not my fault, I swear. I drive a small Mazda Protege, and it just doesn't have enough horse power to speed up hills. :shrug01:
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But it could also be College Campus in a Capitol syndrome, which I also experienced in Austin. Legislators and students just looooove to irk each other on the road. -Whit |
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And y'all wonder why I was so glad to move away from MI.
Florida drivers get a bad rap, but it's mostly undeserved. The traffic problems we have down here are generally caused by snowbirds. |
Just visit Atlanta at 4 pm on a Friday afternoon. The 285 is a big parking lot from 4 untill around 7. Worse traffic I have ever been in was right outside of Dallas. I mean 10 mph on an interstate?? Come on just because some moron flipped his car you don't have to slow down and stare at it because that makes you a moron also.
As for cruise control. I don't use it that much. If I set it at 95 and get a chirp on my K40 then I have to either hit the brakes or switch it off. I would rather just hit the brakes and slow down untill the threat has passed. |
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