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Thread #140071 Message #3217873
Posted By: JohnInKansas
04-Sep-11 - 02:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: What's With Buick Drivers Anyway???
Subject: RE: BS: What's With Buick Drivers Anyway???
Actually I drive a Chevvy, but it's a fairly large one.
I keep up with the traffic and drive very close to the posted speed limits around town, but out on the highways (where in many cases here the limit is 70 - 75 mph) I usually drive a little slower than the limit because it does save me some gas and I like to see the scenery.
On the few 2-lane roads I use, I frequently deliberately drop back to 10 mph below the posted limit because I don't care to drive at the limit, and if I'm closer than about 10 mph below the limit it's more difficult for those in a hurry to get around me. (And I might run into the debris if they don't do it safely.)
If there's no place for someone to pass me within a reasonable distance, I'll usually kick it up until there's a safe place for them to go around, even though it does cost me more in fuel consumption than those who haven't learned about it might think.
I take no offense at drivers with lesser skills, since I know I'm enough better driver than they are to be able to accomodate nearly all the stupid things they might do, especially the dumbass things they do when in a hurry. I'm perfectly happy to get out of their way at the first opportunity.
But then maybe I'm not quite old enough to own another Buick - even one of those itty bitty ones like I bought when I was 23 (the one that got me the ticket for 28 mph over the 70 mph limit), or the two I bought the same day when I was 28.