Sense of Speed

Bucketlist2012

You need to come to the Bay area...

People are angry fools..

If you do not have rules of speed, and stop signs, you will have Chaos, no matter what your reports say..

It is the attitude and mind set of the driver that is the problem...Not the slower speed.

It is all about EMOTION, that causes wrecks.. People are not paying attention. or are too selfish and angry, that cause the accidents...

Not the slower drivers...And the argument that driver's that drive slow due so because they need to because they cannot handle the speed ?hahaha.

I drive slow to protect my License...Get to the track with me and good luck keeping up...And if you do, you will be driving your car at the limit, and well done..

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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

kenchan

"bay area people are angry fools." noted!

Bucketlist2012

Well not all of them...I am the observer...Man, back in my younger days ?

I was both... Now I am pretty happy and pretty smart.

With the state of the economy, it is like people are driving like it is near Christmas. you know how people drive near the holidays ...

They are not concentrating on other things and they are angry, and mean..

Since i retired at 50, I have a different attitude, but before that , i drove 200 miles a day on average at work, so i have some experience with year round driving.

As I said in my BIG fortune cookie earlier...I think a big part is the emotion and mind set of a person.

If you are levelheaded when you drive, you are the better driver at all speeds.

Just my opinion...Not anything more.

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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

kenchan

very nice explanation indeed. that is the same way here in the mornings when there are fools driving 2-3mph under the speed limit. everyone wants to get to work faster. not sure why. i dont want to go to work faster....

great to hear your retirement at 50. i think you are the envy of many many people.

Bucketlist2012

Thanks. I tried to give my best explanation.

And Thanks about the retirement. A few things, Don't be too envious. I have some serious medical conditions that MADE me retire early..Brain, and Heart stuff..Do not be envious...You don't want this stuff..

True I planned to retire at 57 due to long term planning, but the health issues made it happen sooner. moral is start early and have a plan B. Also I "yinged" when 2006 to 2008 "yanged", and I was one of the Lucky/smart few that were on the winning end..I lost in the bubble of the 1980's, and I saw this one coming..

And to Shado Quad..Around this area, yield signs would not work, people are just plain selfish and crazy..But we can agree to disagree..

The resort/Home I am bidding on ,is in an area of no traffic , and a much more laid back area..Here people commute long distances to major cities are they are in a constant "road Rage"..

So as I said before, I just stay out of the way since I have nowhere to be in a hurry, unless on the Track..

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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

shadoquad

You left out the distracted drivers who cause accidents, and they tend to drive more slowly than normal. Yes, slower drivers cause accidents. This has been my main objection to speed cameras for a long time. When people know there is a speed camera, they will speed all the way up to it and then drastically reduce their speed to avoid a ticket. If the motorist behind them doesn't know about the camera, they may rear-end the other driver or be forced to swerve. I've seen that more times than I can count. A state trooper is a better deterrent to speeding, in my opinion, than a speed camera.

Also, the idea that a yield is better than a stop is also quite logical. Replacing red lights with traffic circles has reduced fatalities in a few key locations in Maryland, including the main traffic circle in Towson that links Dulaney Valley Rd to a couple other main arteries. The number of fender benders increased, but the number of severe accidents involving bodily harm went to practically nil.

wstar

I've driven in the Bay Area (a lot over the past 5 years actually, I end up spending a week there for meetings once a quarter and driving a rent car). I get clogged up in packs across all 4-5 lanes or whatever of the 101, and it's all Priuses and other eco-cars going 10 under the limit and trying to hypermile or whatever. Bunch of stoners who don't care how long the drive takes, so long as they get 0.2% better mileage and don't have to think or react to anything, just follow the bumper in front of you as slow as you can.

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7AT Track Car!
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Bucketlist2012

They try to make everyone save fuel..

They hate me...I own Oil stocks, I have an F150 that gets 16MPG, and a Z/28 that gets 4 to 9 MPG, and the 370Z....

I am hated by the Prius crowd.....Just the way I like it...True granola bars with a license...They "occupy" the road, hahaha

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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

shadoquad

MD has a high prii population.

Any time I see one, or a Smart Fortwo, I downshift and stomp as I roll by. Partly as a nod to environmentalists, but partly as a way of saying, "Look what I can do. Don't you wish you could do this?"