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=Stephens= · 12-20-2011, 01:18 PM

Why does everyone drive sooooooooo slow? I'm not a speed demon, but driving 5 or 10 mph below the speed limit? Just had to vent...

Bluestreak 2010 · 12-20-2011, 01:25 PM

I agree. Somehow I always wind up behind these people on the way home from work, while I have the people who want to go 20 over behind me any other time. Go figure.

Camaro21 · 12-20-2011, 01:28 PM

I agree and it seems that everytime I get behind a slow line a Prius is at the front of that line !!

Dave Coyle · 12-20-2011, 01:29 PM

I CAN'T DRIVE, 65----sound about right!?

2010 SSRS · 12-20-2011, 01:29 PM

everybody drives fast around here

stray bullitt · 12-20-2011, 01:30 PM

It's the same in England. The only reason I can think of is, that we have so many automatic speed cameras. Folks just go at the minimum speed limit, saving them from getting a ticket, rather than looking at the road signs advising higher limits, and adjusting their speed accordingly.

pyr0b0y · 12-20-2011, 01:30 PM

just be glad you dont have to worry about a gang of prius drivers in the fast lane.....

Beemer · 12-20-2011, 01:33 PM

There's actually a perfectly logical explanation for this phenomenon:

You think everyone on the road is going too slow in front of you or too fast behind you but the truth is that it just seems that way because everyone that is going a "sensible" speed (ie: same speed as you) is either STAYING in front of you or STAYING behind you so you never MEET them. All you meet are the pokies and the crazies.

Driving would be much safer if EVERYONE went the SAME SPEED! Plus - you'd feel like you were the only person on the road....

stevea · 12-20-2011, 02:01 PM

Happens around here all the time. The slow cars in the fast lane, the zero to 55 in 10 minutes or more crowd, rubber neckers looking at everything BUT the road, and of course my fav. The ones that see you coming, inch forward and stop, inch forward some more then wait 'till you get real close before pulling out in front of you to go 100 yards and come to just about a complete stop in the lane to make a turn.

Ohten · 12-20-2011, 02:29 PM

We have a long sweeping on ramp here and I have been dying to see how fast I can take it.BUUUUUUUUUUUT every time I get on this ramp there is some slow poke in front of me.

zeke38 · 12-20-2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaro21

I agree and it seems that everytime I get behind a slow line a Prius is at the front of that line !!

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Blownhotrodder · 12-20-2011, 03:21 PM

Lower rpm's = higher mpg's.

SS 376 · 12-20-2011, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by =Stephens=

Why does everyone drive sooooooooo slow? I'm not a speed demon, but driving 5 or 10 mph below the speed limit? Just had to vent...

There are some people on the road who reallllly don't want to be pulled over.

Camaro21 · 12-20-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Blownhotrodder

Lower rpm's = higher mpg's.

That would be fine except they run in the fast lane instead of right lane...

12-20-2011, 01:18 PM	#1
=Stephens= Drives: 2011 LS Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Kearney, Nebraska Posts: 3,541 View My Garage	iS it just me? Why does everyone drive sooooooooo slow? I'm not a speed demon, but driving 5 or 10 mph below the speed limit? Just had to vent...

12-20-2011, 01:29 PM	#4
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12-20-2011, 01:29 PM	#5
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12-20-2011, 01:30 PM	#7
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12-20-2011, 01:33 PM	#8
Beemer "Red Rocket" Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Morgan Mill, Texas Posts: 351	There's actually a perfectly logical explanation for this phenomenon: You think everyone on the road is going too slow in front of you or too fast behind you but the truth is that it just seems that way because everyone that is going a "sensible" speed (ie: same speed as you) is either STAYING in front of you or STAYING behind you so you never MEET them. All you meet are the pokies and the crazies. Driving would be much safer if EVERYONE went the SAME SPEED! Plus - you'd feel like you were the only person on the road.... __________________

12-20-2011, 01:25 PM	#2
Bluestreak 2010 Drives: IBM 2010 Camaro LS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,686 View My Garage	I agree. Somehow I always wind up behind these people on the way home from work, while I have the people who want to go 20 over behind me any other time. Go figure.

12-20-2011, 01:28 PM	#3
Camaro21 Drives: SOLD - 2013 M6 ZL1 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 5,041 View My Garage	I agree and it seems that everytime I get behind a slow line a Prius is at the front of that line !!

12-20-2011, 01:30 PM	#6
stray bullitt Drives: Bentley Continental GT. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Boston, Lincolnshire, England Posts: 1,022	It's the same in England. The only reason I can think of is, that we have so many automatic speed cameras. Folks just go at the minimum speed limit, saving them from getting a ticket, rather than looking at the road signs advising higher limits, and adjusting their speed accordingly.

12-20-2011, 02:01 PM	#9
stevea Drives: just a car Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: USA Posts: 285	Happens around here all the time. The slow cars in the fast lane, the zero to 55 in 10 minutes or more crowd, rubber neckers looking at everything BUT the road, and of course my fav. The ones that see you coming, inch forward and stop, inch forward some more then wait 'till you get real close before pulling out in front of you to go 100 yards and come to just about a complete stop in the lane to make a turn.

12-20-2011, 02:29 PM	#10
Ohten Drives: Granite Crystal Challenger SRT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: West Palm Beach,FL by way of Akron,OH Posts: 1,406 View My Garage	We have a long sweeping on ramp here and I have been dying to see how fast I can take it.BUUUUUUUUUUUT every time I get on this ramp there is some slow poke in front of me. __________________

12-20-2011, 03:21 PM	#12
Blownhotrodder Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Clarkesville , GEORGIA Posts: 1,859	Lower rpm's = higher mpg's.