@Bill: Do you think maybe people just might enjoy the anonymity that this forum provides? Duh.

I wa willing!

Get a life people. Just another lame article without substance by the writer.
Remember when Knox invited all you "overbloggers" to meet in person and no one wanted to do that ? I can't see how you can comment on driving when apparently many of you never leave your dwelling (house, trailer, lean to, carriage barn...etc.).

lol- cannot bloCK not blog.

SoSigma how do you go 45 behind 3 rows of people going 30?????
Guess you go with the flow then huh !)
I don't know what it is about Milton Ave people goign 30 when it is 40. Open your eyes and read the MPH signs- geesh!

Cannot blog the intersection!!!! I can READ the sign unlike many others. It is in the frontage area! I do know how to drive!

Frogger... then you just start to go after the other person goes allowing yourself room behind them. You probably hesitated, by then the other person is going... you snooze you lose, Its a "right now" world, and if you are not in it... you're behind it. Lucky for you, you dont live in Chicago or New York.
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I dont drive offensively. I do about 45 down milton ave, it is 40mph and im blowing by the idiots doing 30 like they are standing still. It is irritating behind a 3 wide set of cars going down Milton ave, all take off from the light and takes a whole city block to hit 30mph and then dont go any faster and not let anyone by, OBSERVE THE CHANGING SPEED LIMITS! I think people dont pay attention.
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Also people dont realize the roads are tools people use to transport themselves. Just because you are not on a mission, have a deadline, are punctual...etc.. when you are in traffic (amongst other vehicles) dont take your sweet time. It might be a recreational leisure drive you are on, but many others are in the middle of important business and cant afford to wait for your 3 sips of coffee or a text before going after the light turns green.
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Im not saying speed... im saying DONT GO SLOW! Go with the flow and you wont have a problem. If you are having problems... guess what? Its likely you are not going with the flow.... and YOU are the problem.

I have issues with people driving as well.
Get you head out of your butt.
Take your turn when it is your turn and don't take others turns either.
At 4 way last night in front of Ground Round.
If 4 way and all there same time then guy on right goes.
IF those people go and then somebody is left because they cannot go because there isn't any room and an NEW person comes up on the right AND acrosss from me it is NOT your turn because you are still on the right. It is my turn because I was there WAY before BOTH of you. If you paid attention when you got there you would see I was already waiting to turn but there isn't room. Oh that is right you getting to your place first (no matter if it is your turn or not and the person across form me TOO) is alway more important than the person who has been waiting to turn. Rules don't apply to you because you are WAY more important than ANYBODY else. She you are th next 4 way- jerks-
go back to drivers ed would you.
I swear I see more idiots in town than on the highway.
Yes me first cause my kid needs to get to school on time. Oh by the way I have to drive like and idiot cause I am late!

sounds like sigma is driving offensively and is the one in need of respect for others on the road.

I'll agree with your 12:34pm post Sigma40, if by "slow" you mean significantly below the speed limit. It all goes back to the first thing I said: Traffic is all about group cooperation.

cool, now every time speed racer is behind me, I'll think it's sigma and ease off the foot feed.

If you drive "defensively" that means you are constantly aware of what everyone around you is doing, in front, side and behind you. You need to watch all directions just as much as you do where you are going. Im sick of dealing with all these drivers who think the road is all about them and have no respect. Learn the rules and manners of the road people.

I find going slow to be disrespectful. Trying to hyperextend the MPG you get and making everyone else suffer. Also accelerating at a slow rate not caring who is behind you. Have some decency. Also people that slow down for green lights in case they turn red, people who wait a few seconds before going on green or day dream at 4 - way stops... all rude and inconsiderate people. Other people use the roads too and have to go places. People should go with the flow of traffic or get off the road.

You're absolutely right Becky. We should slow down. I was stopped in "rush hour" traffic last year & someone not paying attention slammed into me. Over a year later, 2 rounds of physical therapy & 1 surgery I'm still suffering the ill effects of that person's actions & probably will for the rest of my life. It could have all been prevented had he just slowed down, exercised care & paid attention. We live in a "rush" culture which isn't always a good thing because you never know how your actions can change someone's life.

I find tailgating to be highly disrepsectful! I have pulled over on occasion, but it is certainly not out of respect for the tailgater! It is out of concern for myself, my passengers, and my car. I assume the tailgater is a total moron, and I want him or her out of my life as fast as possible. I'll let their accident happen somewhere other than here and now.

Down south if people come up on another person, that person pulls off to teh right and lets them pass... That is called RESPECT.

Well each road has its way.. no one expects people to go fast on winding roads. But highways and wide open straight roads it is acceptable to go 5 over.. cops even do it.

Let me be clear - the road was very "winding", as in twists and turns, up and down. (Not "windy", as in the wind was blowing). That particular road runs between several lakes.

It was a two-lane road with a double yellow centerline. Very windy, and I had three passengers whose lives I was responsible for. No, I'm not a left-lane hog!

Superdave, were you in the left lane? You were likely not "cooperating" because the majority does go a little faster.

Traffic is all about group cooperation. It's not a race! Everyone is trying to safely arrive at a destination. Just tonight, I was on a winding road returning home from a restaurant. Predictably, someone was tailgating me mercilessly. Even though I was doing the speed limit, someone thought better and tried to "encourage" me to go faster. I didn't. In fact, when you tailgate me I am forced by my own working brain to slow down slightly because I now have to factor in your vehicle in case I need to hit the brakes. Anyway, home safely now and hope that the impatient driver behind me also made it.

Sounds like incompetent driver... not a speed issue. People need to PAY ATTENTION! I wish people drove faster and respected the "slow traffic keep right" rule on ALL roads. I'd pay twice the price of gas if they'd increase all the speed limits by 10mph and have no prob with that. People that drive slow, right at the speed limit or under it are actually creating more of a hazard than people going 5-7mph over. 95% of people drive 5mph over. If you do under you "obstruct the flow of traffic" and there is a citation for that. You create the obstacle that everyone else WILL try to get around and possibly put others in danger. You cant prevent people from driving normal (5 over)... what you can do is not be a speed bump and cause problems for the majority of the people on the road. Dont go slow, you just make people mad. Angry people cause accidents... you cause them to be angry it is your fault.