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Originally Posted by Sliver
On Saturday I saw a guy with a space-saver tire merging from Canyon Meadows Drive onto Deerfoot where he proceeded to go 70 km/h in the right lane. He was an absolute moron, but by your definition that was totally acceptable. There are probably a dozen places he could have gone to buy a new tire or have his repaired that didn't involve going onto Deerfoot, yet there he was.
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Obviously the safer route for someone in that situation would be to stick to a non-highway situation, but this happens. The safer route for someone who wants to drive 130,140 is on a controlled speed circuit, but to you he's a-ok on the Deerfoot?
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Also, the majority of the time people have highway issues that result in them limping along in the right lane are their own fault (lack of car maintenance, poor planning, driving an unfit car, etc.). It's tough to have sympathy for those people when they make the road dangerous for everybody around them because of their neglignce.
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Really? Do you know this for a fact? Have you seen statistics?
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Originally Posted by Sliver
With RVs, it is so lame of people to buy a giant trailer and pull it with their underpowered tow vehicle and then cruise around the mountains 30 km/h or less under the speed limit. If you can't keep up, get off the road. Why would you even defend some a-hole like that?
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I'm not defending that a-hole because it's not very common. (remember I added the disclaimer where I said I do NOT condone driving 60,70 on the highway) More common is big motorhomes who drive the same speed or a bit less than some big trucks. Those are not a-holes, but common examples of people driving slower than the speed limit in the right lane.