The dumb drivers thread
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Obviously I don't mean driving 50MPH holding up a bunch of 18 wheelers, I just mean I like to get into the right lane and cruise/zone when indicated.
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Yeah, I see that quite often on the VA beltway and 66 (don't get out to MD much any more).....cyclists that are going way past the limit and weaving in and out of traffic with their small bikes. Bikes have always scared me even at low speeds 
......much less that kind of nonsense.
Be careful doing 78 in a 60 zone. Most of the time, on interstates, you'll be OK if you are doing 5 or 10 over (most speed-cameras are set for 10-11 over), but 15-20 MPH over could set you up for this.......
......much less that kind of nonsense.Be careful doing 78 in a 60 zone. Most of the time, on interstates, you'll be OK if you are doing 5 or 10 over (most speed-cameras are set for 10-11 over), but 15-20 MPH over could set you up for this.......
Now no idea why those cops didnt stop these bikers, maybe they exited before they got to them or slowed way down.
so I don’t really speed. I’m usually chilling in the right lane. And when you see them fly by and then weave in and out, i see it from a perspective like in slow motion as one tiny little error on the driver of a car and it’s GAME OVER! All it takes is one person to forget to check their blind spot.
Yeah speed limit in the right lane doesn't bother me. Left lane is another story, but thats what the right lane is for.
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Like you can see in the video, I'm going with the flow of traffic, I passed 3 cops in the median and they didn't flinch. Really unless you are driving much faster than the flow of traffic in MD they don't bother you. Same on 270, I do 75 or so all the time and the limit is 55, 65 gets you run over.
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Totally, and you're dead in an incredibly painful and scary way too. Insane. I have two cousins that have bikes and they loved them, but anymore they are just afraid to ride them. I never had any desire to ride a motorcycle.
Last edited by mmarshall; Jun 21, 2023 at 02:19 PM.
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Like I said I saw 4 cops on that 16 mile stretch of road, so its patrolled.
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MD has a police department who's only job is to patrol toll roads, the Maryland Transit Authority Police. That road is patrolled by them, you don't normally see cops that often here.
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Yep, always. I got into an argument on Facebook one time with a guy who insisted he drove the ICC every day and NEVER saw a cop, so cops don't patrol the ICC. I don't think I've ever been on it and not seen a cop!
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