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Registered: October 2005
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Re: Overtaking Habits
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Thu, 20 October 2005 07:01
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Aggressive overtaking in traffic is futile.
I learned this one day when I was 19, late to work and I must have passed the same volvo towing a trailer 3 times.
I floored it past, then my lane slowed down. So I changed and floored it past. Rinse, repeat - it was like some deity was fucking with me.
After the 3rd time I admitted defeat and cracked up laughing at myself.
Since then, I've learned to flow into gaps rather than boot it.
I end up overtaking more people without breaking the limit, without stressing, and without causing anyone else to stress.
Aside from that, when it's not peak hour, the only real time someone REALLY REALLY shits me is when I sit, at a respectable distance -but close enough that it should be evident that I wish to be past- on a road that has overtaking lanes and they dont use them!
Nothing makes me more irrational. I've done some very dodgy overtake because of that.
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Roundy | Fri, 14 October 2005 05:36 |
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Dirty_Sanchez | Fri, 14 October 2005 05:42 |
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ke382TG | Fri, 14 October 2005 05:46 |
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Shraka | Fri, 14 October 2005 07:03 |
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oldcorollas | Fri, 14 October 2005 05:49 |
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Roundy | Fri, 14 October 2005 05:51 |
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cannonball | Fri, 14 October 2005 05:52 |
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Ribfeast | Fri, 14 October 2005 06:06 |
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ke382TG | Fri, 14 October 2005 06:09 |
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oldcorollas | Fri, 14 October 2005 06:50 |
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ke382TG | Fri, 14 October 2005 06:58 |
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secagirl | Fri, 14 October 2005 08:40 |
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oldcorollas | Fri, 14 October 2005 08:50 |
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secagirl | Fri, 14 October 2005 08:56 |
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oldcorollas | Fri, 14 October 2005 09:13 |
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secagirl | Fri, 14 October 2005 09:16 |
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Corona RT142 | Sun, 16 October 2005 23:58 |
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justcallmefrank | Mon, 17 October 2005 00:11 |
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Corona RT142 | Mon, 17 October 2005 00:20 |
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st184 sillycar | Mon, 17 October 2005 01:31 |
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Shraka | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:19 |
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st184 sillycar | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:35 |
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Shraka | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:57 |
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rthy | Mon, 17 October 2005 03:02 |
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Dale_ta22 | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:51 |
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EldarO | Tue, 18 October 2005 13:38 |
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Ribfeast | Mon, 17 October 2005 06:22 |
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Corona RT142 | Mon, 17 October 2005 01:41 |
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rthy | Mon, 17 October 2005 01:56 |
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Corona RT142 | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:04 |
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rthy | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:52 |
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Hi-Ace | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:06 |
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draven | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:26 |
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Hi-Ace | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:38 |
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st184 sillycar | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:48 |
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oldcorollas | Mon, 17 October 2005 03:03 |
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Corona RT142 | Mon, 17 October 2005 03:05 |
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st184 sillycar | Mon, 17 October 2005 03:11 |
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Corona RT142 | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:24 |
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Corona RT142 | Mon, 17 October 2005 02:36 |
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Mookie | Mon, 17 October 2005 03:23 |
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oldcorollas | Mon, 17 October 2005 03:40 |
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ke20_rolla | Mon, 17 October 2005 15:58 |
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Mookie | Tue, 18 October 2005 11:10 |
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old_mr2 | Tue, 18 October 2005 14:50 |
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myne | Thu, 20 October 2005 07:01 |