Whoa whoa whoa there....

Ticket driving slow in the left lane (slow is less than 20 over the speed limit, you stupid ass Toyota driver). Tailgating is the only weapon we have for when a cop isn't around to ticket the slow pokes. Don't ticket that.
JK | 05.24.09 - 3:03 pm | #

It's just that sometimes I'm in the left lane, doing, say, 75 MPH in a 60, when some testosterone junkie in a Dodge Ram zooms up behind me wanting to go 95. I may not be able to move over right away thanks to the pace-car retard next to me, so until I can get around that inevitable Camry or Sienna and let the 'roid rager by, I'd prefer that he not bear down on me like our cars are magnetically attracted. That way, if I let off the gas for just a second to avoid inevitable Dallas construction debris or a coyote, my car doesn't end up as a CarFax pariah while I drive a sticky, smoked-in C30 for a month until it's "fixed."
jill | 05.24.09 - 3:20 pm | #

Or you could speed up.
JK | 05.25.09 - 3:21 pm | #

ew. I got a ticket driving to Dallas this weekend. 54 in a 45. Nine. Over.

WEAK!

I hate the Olney police dept.
whitney | Homepage | 05.25.09 - 3:43 pm | #

My first ticket was in a speed trap during lunch in high school. There were about 5 cops lined up on the access road to the highway pulling people over. Yeah, because going 54 on the access road, which is basically the highway anyway, is soooo dangerous. In a perfect world, tickets would truly punish bad driving. Instead, it's just a revenue generator. So frustrating.
Rachel | 05.26.09 - 8:36 am | #

I had almost forgotten about Dallas driving. It's so different here. People drive the speed limit EXACTLY and nobody ever seems to get mad, cut people off, or act aggressively. The one strange thing, however, is unprotected left turns at traffic lights. It seems to be the unspoken rule: when the light turns green, I'm supposed to allow at least three cars across from me to turn left before I may proceed.
Kam | 05.26.09 - 9:59 pm | #

I think all these anecdotes just prove my point: speeding tickets are bad.

Kam: that left turn on green thing would drive me crazy! I LIVE for the right of way.
jill | 05.28.09 - 9:14 am | #

OOOOH NOW I get Kam's comment. I was like "uhh, do you live in the same Dallas I've been to?"

Now I understand the answer is "No. No, I do not live in Dallas at all."

I know that green light left thing as a "Pittsburgh left." Is that by chance where you are?
JK | 05.28.09 - 1:26 pm | #

They're in Cleveland now. You know, tha M-Fin' Thieveland.
jill | 05.29.09 - 10:50 am | #

Wow, but not far from Pittsburgh at all, JK! That explains why everybody does it!
Kam | 05.31.09 - 12:23 am | #