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Originally Posted by zulutango
So how much over the posted legal limit are you asking to be permitted to go, and for how long? 20, 40, 60, 80, 120?...you know some of these guys speed up when you try to pass them?
So are you permitted to drive at the illegal passing speed for 1/2 a km, 2 kms, until you can no longer see him in your mirror? What happens if he speeds up behind you...how many kms can you go until you have to slow down.
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Some things don't need a written procedure, you just drive according to the conditions.
When passing I've had people speed up to prevent me from passing. In that case I back off and abort the pass. I've also had people slow down and move right while I pass to make sure I can pass safely.
As a driver drives down the road, he is constantly collecting "data" on the traffic, road, weather and other conditions and factors. He must use the information gathered through his ovservations to make decisions on his speed, path and lane of travel, following distances, etc... often with less than seconds to react. Essentially all that "see, think, do" stuff that makes a driver a defensive one.
We, drivers, are constantly
trusted to observe, compute and respond to constantly and rapidly changing surroundings. Yet as soon as drivers exceed the speed limit, ICBC and the enforcement community want to beat, whip and impound us into submission while telling us that we're somehow no longer capable of making the necessary observations and react accordingly.
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Originally Posted by zulutango
Yes it is frustrating to get stuck behind one of these mental morons who speed up when you come to the passing lane but when you volunteer to drive in an unsafe and illegal manner to satisfy your temper/righteous indignation etc, how does this suspend the laws of physics and the laws of the land. Are you a safer driver when you are angry and exceeding the limit in order to move a vehicle length ahead or are you safer when you chill and let them continue while you are at least concentrating on everything around you and not just a car length in front? Life is short and difficult enough without letting someone else manipulate you to do dangerous things.
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I also know that many speed limits in BC are under-posted, meaning that while the laws of physics remain in play, you have to drive significantly over the posted limit before you reach the danger-zone and fly off the road.
And remember that not all drivers who are "speeding" to pass are angry and annoyed. "Speeding" is not always the result of aggression, so don't paint all speeders with the same brush. I'm very calm and relaxed when I drive.
Sometimes I just don't want to look at the back of an 18 wheeler that is kicking up rocks and dust onto my car while driving 15kph under the posted limit.