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Originally Posted by Cube Inmate
Okay T'ball: I'm driving @ 85 in an 80 zone, in the right lane. Somebody's following me at the same speed. I see someone going 75 ahead of me, so I plan to make a lane change and go around him... check left mirror--lane's clear...check rearview mirror--guy behind me isn't changing lanes...shoulder check...signal...change lanes. Safe, right? Nope! Asshat going at 110 cruised up behind us in the same lane and blew into the passing lane while I was making my move.
Should I have seen him? Nope. Hidden behind other traffic. Should he have seen me? If he's got eyes in the front of his head, you bet your ass he should have. He should also *expect* that others will be going slower...if he can't handle that, then he shouldn't be going so damn fast.
Rearview mirrors are small; You can't control what people do behind you. You can, on the other hand, control the space in front of you and you should be able to see everything important going on for hundreds of metres. If you can't understand the difference here, then just let me know which roads you frequent and I'll change my route.
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We're working with different variables here, the argument was someone going well under the speed limit v. well over the speed limit, to which we (should) both agree are dangerous.
You are absolutely right... in that scenario... because we were assuming the asshat speeding lacks the foresight/control to avoid impact with you... he may very well have seen you starting to change lanes and slowed to 85... but that was not quite the scenario we were discussing. To make it more in line with what I assumed we were discussing the pitfalls of... if that car in front of you was doing 55 in an 80 zone, you're doing a reasonable 85, and that passing car was doing 115... who was really more dangerous? In a way... all of you.
You were the least dangerous, but still were to a degree for losing patience with the moron doing 55.
The dufus doing 55 was dangerous for creating a situation where it is dangerous for anyone else to do anything and impeding the flow of traffic.
The asshat doing 115 was dangerous for being a human bullet.