Bad Habits You Have When Driving

[hotrodalex]

I've had this happen once or twice.  Nothing like threshold braking (no ABS for me) to get the old ticker pumping.  And yes, such an event usually puts me on my best behavior for the next few weeks too.

Same here.

[Rupert]

They would have strung you up for that, and then you would have spent the next 30 years bragging about it.

[Secret Chimp]

I'm usually doing the reverse... stopping very quickly and eying my rear view to make sure I'm not going to get beaned in the butt if I don't cut over a lane.

[dazzleman]

I'm usually doing the reverse... stopping very quickly and eying my rear view to make sure I'm not going to get beaned in the butt if I don't cut over a lane.

When I have to stop suddenly, like in a highway traffic jam, I always stop a bit before the car in front of me, to leave me some room to move if a car behind me doesn't stop in time.

[dazzleman]

They would have strung you up for that, and then you would have spent the next 30 years bragging about it.

The first part is true.  But as to the second part, I'd have considered that "crime" a bit too lame to brag about. 

[Rupert]

The first part is true.  But as to the second part, I'd have considered that "crime" a bit too lame to brag about. 

That's... unlikely, Mr. I-talked-in-class-and-had-to-do-detention-sometimes-wasn't-I-a-rebel.

[dazzleman]

That's... unlikely, Mr. I-talked-in-class-and-had-to-do-detention-sometimes-wasn't-I-a-rebel.

Cutting class to go boozing is badass, man...

At this point,.my "bragging" is mainly for your benefit.  Your reaction to it is pretty funny.  And of course, you do a bit of "bragging" yourself....

[L. ed foote]

I don't see anything wrong with passing on the right if somebody insists on blocking the left lane.

Neither do I. Sometimes I'll get a pretty good head of steam going in the right lane. Seems that right is the new left

[L. ed foote]

If my copilot is being annoying, I'll tend to drive in a manner that will upset them; excessive speed or slaloming. If we're on the west side of the Hudson, it's pretty much a given that we'll be going down Bear Mountain and all its twists and turns.

[dazzleman]

Neither do I. Sometimes I'll get a pretty good head of steam going in the right lane. Seems that right is the new left

I prefer to drive on the left side because od entrance ramps,  as long as I'm actually passing.  I'd say I typically go faster than about 80% if the cars on the highway, so left is the natural side for me.  Byt I don't hog the left lane.  If I'm not passing or somebody wants to go faster, I move over.

But if the lanr is blocked, I pass on the right.  I make no apologies for it.

[James Young]

I'd say I typically go faster than about 80% if the cars on the highway, so left is the natural side for me.  

You realize, of course, that that makes you a speed pussy!  By definition, speed limits are set (or supposed to be set) at the 85th percentile  rounded UP to the next 5 mph increment.  Thus, you're cranking along below the limit.  I'm embarrassed for you. 

[rohan]

I used to drive hard all the time no matter where I was going in a patrol car or in my own but since the kids came along I drive much more calmly.  Now my biggest problem is getting angry when the kids are in the car at the morons around me.  I think I've shared the story about my daughter helping me out with yelling at them to you guys usning language best reserved for sailors. 

[saxonyron]

I prefer to drive on the left side because od entrance ramps,  as long as I'm actually passing.  I'd say I typically go faster than about 80% if the cars on the highway, so left is the natural side for me.  Byt I don't hog the left lane.  If I'm not passing or somebody wants to go faster, I move over.

But if the lanr is blocked, I pass on the right.  I make no apologies for it.

Same here, but when I'm driving the Yukon, it's more like I'm driving in the 60th percentile.  The A6, it's  more like the 99th.   And no cracks about my girly Suburban driving that you might have noticed in the past Dave! 

[dazzleman]

Same here, but when I'm driving the Yukon, it's more like I'm driving in the 60th percentile.  The A6, it's  more like the 99th.   And no cracks about my girly Suburban driving that you might have noticed in the past Dave! 

I swear you were wearing a skirt when you drove to the Pats game in the Expedition....

[saxonyron]

I swear you were wearing a skirt when you drove to the Pats game in the Expedition....

Hey, I had just bought the Suburban and hadn't quite tuned myself up to it's dynamic - or un-dynamic - response.  Toss in my 2 sons and Greg's son, and I felt that I should drive like a responsible yet girly man. Don't worry, all that changed a couple weeks later once I learned what to expect from the 3 ton beast and how far I could push it.