This is why I try my hardest not to speed (I’m not going to say I don’t occasionally creep over the limit) – I asked myself ‘could I live with myself if I had an accident and someone died because I was going over the speed limit?’ and the answer was no. Accidents happen, but I can be responsible for not making them worse.

It’s really amazing to me the lack of attention being paid by drivers. One thing that irks me is sitting at a traffic light for 10 seconds because the igit at the front of the lane doesn’t pay attention to the light and hasn’t noticed that it turned green. I mean CMON how do you roll up to a traffic light and not pay attention to it!? /soapboxoff

I agree with truckers who are aware. One night I was driving up from the southside of ATL to visit my sister in Gainesville, GA and saw a semi swerving around in a couple lanes. Of course I stayed back, but I watched in amazement at 3 other semis slowly enclosing Mr. Not-Gotten-11-Hours. It seemed that the 3 others were communicating to make sure that idiot didn’t kill anyone.

I mean, just today, some douchenozzle in a Porche Panamera changed over into the fast lane, in front of me, then started doing the weave, and honking.

Because apparently, I and the solid column of cars in front of me doing 75 MPH isn’t going fast enough.

I hopped out of THAT lane in a jiffy. <.<;

People have a tendency to think that acting in self interest means ‘damn the other guy’ but logically acting in one’s self interest would include not putting yourself in positions where you have a high probability of causing harm to others through gross negligence…considering that damages, lawsuits, etc are all quite expensive. Not really what I would consider looking out for #1.

Magically the traffic cleared straight away.
Good old rubbernecks need to have a look…..

On my motorcycle, south bound on the Baltimore-Washington parkway, in the left lane at 70mph, topped the crest of the hill just past an off-ramp and what do I see, but a car (small 4 door, happened too fast to see what it was) in reverse in the left lane not 100 feet in front of me (I can only assume he missed his exit). Went for the shoulder, as I drive like you BBB and always have a way out of a bad situation. On the horn, cussing and yelling at the MF’er. Unbelievable. he’s lucky I wasn’t driving my full-size Chevy pick-up. I’d have not been able to avoid him, and at that speed, I’m pretty sure the kids in the back seat wouldn’t have survived the impact, and doubt that I would have (before air bags were in trucks).

Stay safe and keep the greasy side down.

I was driving to Charlotte on 85 south with some family. I had rented a mini-van to bus them down there. South of Salisbury, I came upon an old lady, driving her older model Lincoln Town Car, in the fast lane, in REVERSE. Apparently she had just missed her exit from the interstate and decided that the best course of action for her was to come to a complete stop in the fast lane, put the car in reverse, and try to back up the entrance ramp onto the interstate, and then proceed from there. I nearly lost control swerving to avoid hitting her car, as did practically every driver in that area at the time. Fortunately, one of those drivers happened to be a member of the NC State Highway Patrol and promptly put an end to the madness. I didn’t find out why she was driving in reverse on the interstate until later when I read an article in a local newspaper about the incident. Unbelievably, no one was injured from this.

Amazing, isn’t it? I often wonder about a person’s thought process when they make a decision like that. I’ve yet to figure it out.

-BB

Well, one guy decided he was going to pass this semi on the shoulder – yes, to the right. At that point, the semi decided he was going to take that particular exit to get off the highway. The initial guy was very lucky to not be hit. Thankfully, because there was nowhere for me to go, UHaul and all. It was just far too packed.

But the truck with hay bales story wins all.

That said, I think South Carolina still has the rear-end fault law. I know that it did a few years ago when I lived there, and my parents are still there (and they call about every single tiny thing), so I think it would’ve come up if they changed it.