Left lane is for passing only

F that! I own all of the lanes. I've paid for them and I'm still paying for them. If you don't like the way I drive, go sit on the porch. I'm already exceeding the posted speed limit by about 10 mph or more, so, unless you are an emergency vehicle, just try to keep up with me.

You do that in Florida and you will get shot at. :scream:

They better make that first shot count.

When I get in serous traffic the BSE sets in (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease). It's best for everyone to make sure that situation doesn't happen. Sort of a manic/depressive sort of thing. One second I'm Walt Disney talking about Cinderella and the next I'm out to make Chuck Norris look like a sissy.

Stupid.? Yes. Gonna happen again? Yes.

that's actually very friendly! I'm impressed.

Andy J, post: 400632, member: 44 wrote: that's actually very friendly! I'm impressed.

Wow, you guy's Police Dept. made world news. Hope the officer is OK.

I used to drive an emergency vehicle, an ambulance. Believe it or not, I was almost rear-ended twice by cars trying to use my flashing lights to help them speed along the highway. I dont care much which part of the pavement you use, but if you are doing less than the posted speed limit, providing me a way to see around you so i can safely pass is a nice gesture. Wiggling in front of me so I cannot see, almost like you feel I should slow down, will piss me off.

Holy Cow, post: 400627, member: 50 wrote: If you don't like the way I drive, go sit on the porch.

Not sure where I heard it, but I chuckled at:
"If you don't like the way I drive, get off the sidewalk."

I've rode with Holy Cow before....

I just sit there....quietly. 😉

Squirltech, post: 400697, member: 11959 wrote: I've rode with Holy Cow before....

I just sit there....quietly. 😉

Edit: *sat

Squirltech, post: 400697, member: 11959 wrote: I've rode with Holy Cow before....

I just sit there....quietly. 😉

Was the quiet from admiration of driving skills, or inability to form words? :rofl:

Pretty hard to talk when you're all puckered up :scream:

Ran into this over the weekend in the Oregon mountains, somebody doing 45-50 and did NOT pull to the right in the fist passing lane section we came to, the second one was no better, BUT I got around on the right and they giving me the evil look and honking, of course I may or may not of used my horn too in hopes they would pull to the right so I could pass. Right if not passing per the signs they drove by, PLUS they were holding back over five cars, also against the law in Oregon. Some people just don't need to be on the road.

SHG

Wait until you get behind a procession of hay bailing equipment or a combine that is three lanes wide, then it gets interesting..................

Make sure you don't cuss that farmer, he might look a whole lot like me.

At the risk of saying this wrong, to Mr. Cow....

MOOOO!

Holy Cow, post: 400756, member: 50 wrote: Make sure you don't cuss that farmer, he might look a whole lot like me.

HC, why are there so many tires on that tractor? What do y'all use those for? 😎

Four reasons.

That 250+ horsepower is primarily dedicated to moving soil, not speed. That translates into tons of steel attempting to insert itself to the proper depth into the soil to rearrange it into a better seedbed and over a width of 40 to 60 feet at as fast a ground speed as is feasible for the specific tillage function.

Second, soil compaction is a bad thing. Those who study soil mechanics learned decades ago how wheel loading impacts the depth to which the soil is compacted, which can be deeper than the standard tillage depth. This causes poorer moisture absorption and poorer migration of nutrients at all depths. The long term result is decreased crop production. The alternative is a slow and costly tillage operation known as deep ripping. The best soil medium for root growth must be maintained.

Third, it improves the odds of turning that bad snake in the road into a good snake.

Fourth, it forces those who get caught behind one of these on a narrow road to think, at least briefly, about where food comes from. It doesn't magically appear from thin air in the back rooms of the grocery stores.

[USER=50]@Holy Cow[/USER]

Thanks for the info. Like what has been said before, "you learn something new every day on this site".
You and everyone else on this wonderful site have a happy Thanksgiving. 😎

(We're having homemade pizza and "Fat Tire" IPA, for our feast:p)

A Harris, post: 400750, member: 81 wrote: Wait until you get behind a procession of hay bailing equipment or a combine that is three lanes wide, then it gets interesting..................

June is the wheat cutting month here in Oklahoma. At least two or three times during that month I get caught behind the gypsy caravan of custom cutters meandering down some rural two lane at 25 mph.

And speed/distance is a linear equation. If you think you're going to turn on a section line road and beat them to the next intersection by detouring 3 times the distance they do in the same time; you need to do the math. It can be done, but it makes your passengers edgy...