Because I know I speed and I don't like to be fined.
it's roomered that there's a gang initation where people pull you out of your cars and beat you if you flash them when their lights are off here, but i'm pretty sure that's just a roomer.
edit: Also, if i'm on the highway and it looks like someone's nodding off (they start drifting) i'll flash them.
Unless someone's dangerous i don't want to make the cop mad at me by warning a potnetial addition to his quota. [ 02-10-2004: Message edited by: diadem ]
tailgating me only will make me take my foot off the petal until i'm down to 70.
If I don't watch my speed, my car naturally drifts towards cruising at 80Mph, which can be a problem in a speed trap. 
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Nobody really understood why Maradon the Dumbleton wrote:
I warn everyone.Because I know I speed and I don't like to be fined.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Saint Andrews Rd. has a speed limit of 40 down the entire stretch, but it's practically a drag racing strip with only a few lights, all of which you can see coming from miles off.
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Led had this to say about Duck Tales:
I flashed my lights at this one bish, but she apparently got the wrong idea and flipped me off so I ran her car over, stole her money, and spent it all on cookies. I even gave one to the policeguy at the speedtrap because I am so nice ^.^
Cookies! 
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Somthor enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
Yeah but no one seems to rember what that means. I also drive in the far left lane of the interstate the limit is 70mph i do 80mph and refuse to move over unless you blip your brights at me. then Ill move to the right and allow you to continue.tailgating me only will make me take my foot off the petal until i'm down to 70.
Yet more proof you're an idiot.
It's people like you who cause traffic congestion.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
makes me stubborn.
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Bloodsage had this to say about Knight Rider:
Yet more proof you're an idiot.It's people like you who cause traffic congestion.
I think he just phrased it poorly. He says he drives eighty miles an hour. If someone tailgates him, he slows down to seventy. There is no reason to drive faster than eighty if you aren't an emergency veichle in the US. If he wasn't going that fast in the first place, I'd agree with your statement.
edit: Sorry, my bad, I was thinking local speed limits - highway is 50 around here. So 80 its quite a bit above already... I'm similar in that i refuse to do 90 just becuase some jackass tailgates me within inches - that's 40 miles an hour over the speed limit. More importantly, the police start getting real pissed after 80. That's the magic number around here. [ 02-10-2004: Message edited by: diadem ]
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We were all impressed when Somthor wrote:
posted limit is 70 if im doing 70 i should have to move over in the first place. the fact im doing 80 and wont pull over unless they blip thier high beams doenst make me a idiot.makes me stubborn.
No, it makes you a one-person traffic jam. There's absofuckinglutely no reason to drive in the left lane unless in the process of passing someone, and there's certainly no reason not to move over to let someone pass you. A good driver would have enough situational awareness to see someone catching them up, and move over without waiting to be flashed.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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There was much rejoicing when Gikk said this:
You know, if a semi was riding my ass, I'd get the hell over, high beams or not.
Are semis allowed to drive in the left lane? I know that, at least in Maine, it's totally illegal for them to even think about taking the left lane.
now im not changing lanes every other minute or so to let someone who's going 20 miles over the limit pass me.
thats unsafe driving. in a perfect world yeah Id use the left lane for passing only. but we dont live in that world
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Somthor had this to say about dark elf butts:
you dont drive down here, the right lane is full of cars going less than the posted limit gnearly speaking its only a 2 lane highway.now im not changing lanes every other minute or so to let someone who's going 20 miles over the limit pass me.
thats unsafe driving. in a perfect world yeah Id use the left lane for passing only. but we dont live in that world
So what I said stands; you're an unrepentant, one-person traffic jam too arrogant to move out of the way for faster traffic.
Thanks for playing.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Check out the big brain on Somthor!
in a perfect world
Incoming "You wouldn't exist" "You wouldn't be a moron" "You'd have a brain" comments.
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Bloodsage had this to say about Pirotess:
So what I said stands; you're an unrepentant, one-person traffic jam too arrogant to move out of the way for faster traffic.Thanks for playing.
And what with the tapping the breaks cause they're tailgating, he becomes a potential accident. [ 02-10-2004: Message edited by: Skaw ]
[ 02-10-2004: Message edited by: Skaw ]
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Bloodsage had this to say about Optimus Prime:
So what I said stands; you're an unrepentant, one-person traffic jam too arrogant to move out of the way for faster traffic.Thanks for playing.
/shrug so be it then.
incidently 80+ is the magic number around here too.
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Skaw got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
And what with the tapping the breaks cause they're tailgating, he becomes a potential accident.
i never said I did that I jsut said I slow down. I take my foot off the accelerator.
Im not looking to get in a accident I just want the guy to pass me and I give him more room to do so when I slow down and a incentive as well.
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Somthor had this to say about John Romero:
i never said I did that I jsut said I slow down. I take my foot off the accelerator.Im not looking to get in a accident I just want the guy to pass me and I give him more room to do so when I slow down and a incentive as well.
No.
Moving over gives him room to pass. Slowing down creates a dangerous situation.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Somthor_loves@bloodsage.com
And you are making a roadblock. Let's say person A is behind you, and doesn't know the magic 'flash his headlights' password. He wants to get around you, so he can move back into the right lane, in front of the 'oh so slow cars'.
And... the person behind him, and the person behind him are all trying to get in front of the cars. So they can drive in the right lane. Like they are supposed to.
Don't you see the problem?
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Gikk impressed everyone with:
... you've got to be kidding.And you are making a roadblock. Let's say person A is behind you, and doesn't know the magic 'flash his headlights' password. He wants to get around you, so he can move back into the right lane, in front of the 'oh so slow cars'.
And... the person behind him, and the person behind him are all trying to get in front of the cars. So they can drive in the right lane. Like they are supposed to.
Don't you see the problem?
if its more than a 2 cars I move over any way. I wont for the single car whos speeding. he can just pass to the right sooner or latter.
Also, you are an accident waiting to happen.
let's say you CAN'T get over because there's cars in the right lane (as you have stated they are full of cars, etcetc), and an emergency vehicle is coming behind you. What are you going to do? A lot of time, there is little to no shoulder on the left.
You can't police speeders - hell, you seem all holier then though on them - after stating you ARE one.
You are no better then they - in fact, you are worse because you won't let people pass you.
The left lane is the PASSING LANE. not the driving lane. Period.
edit: in my defense, around here, double the speed limit or 30mph over is considered wreckless endagerment.. that's NOT something you wanna fuck with... .
s, is this only people who tailgate you close, or anyone who stays reasonably behind you and wants to pass?
if it is, it seems he's only being an asshole to soemone who's an asshole. the fact he has only two lanes sucks, but people should back off. if he slows down slowly, it should be obvious what's going on.
if someone else is going 85 behind him and slows down two car lengths behind him to his speed, then he's being an asshole for not letting the guy pass [ 02-10-2004: Message edited by: diadem ]
And hell, try driving on I-15 through Vegas sometimes. If it's not a parking due to traffic, I can do 80 mph IN TOWN and get my doors blown off by people passing me. Hell, people go 60 mph on some of the bigger streets here if conditions allow.
I've seen at least one 80 sign... though I can't remember where.
and I'm already speeding, if you want to be racer ricky I'll make it more accurate for your driving pleasure by making you go around me* 
*note that I said I'm already speeding, if I'm slow traffic I move over.
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Kermitov had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
I-10 through Arizona is posted 75I've seen at least one 80 sign... though I can't remember where.
and I'm already speeding, if you want to be racer ricky I'll make it more accurate for your driving pleasure by making you go around me*
*note that I said I'm already speeding, if I'm slow traffic I move over.
I-10 gets dialed back to about 65 or 55 in the Pheonix sprawl, along with all the other highways, but yeah.
I'm fairly certain that 75mph is fastest speed limit in the US, but I'm not certain.
