I remember when I think it was Houston started using timed lights, the idiots said that a light timed for 30 MPH was also timed for 60 and 90 MPH. It’s hard to comprehend such stupidity and bad math.
This was on the interstate, they were driving on the shoulder. I was going with traffic at about 95 mph and they (like ten cars in a row) passed me on the shoulder going easily 15-20 mph faster than me. Extra crazy because the shoulders in Houston are loaded with all kinds of shit and debris.
I want to believe that Houston allows shoulder driving during certain hours. I believe you. But I don’t actually want to believe that many people did that.
On a part of 405 in Seattle we have a “shoulder” that opens for traffic during rush hour simply for the fact that people would use it anyway to get to the exit ahead. So they just made it allowed.
I want believe that’s what happened. But probably not.
That’s what it sounded like. A similar situation to what happens on the 405 here.
But absolutely insane people do it when traffic is actually moving. I understand the “my exit is 300 ft away and we’re all stuck”. Understand it, but would still not be that guy.
Absolutely mind boggling people do this when traffic is moving.
That happened to me in SF/Mountain View. I was down there for an interview. I’d never visited the region before. It’s like Mad Max on the freeways.
At a red light a woman decided she wasn’t going to wait four cars back. Instead she just pulled over the curb, drove over lawns and headed down the road. No honking, just plowing across property to skip a light. We caught up to her at the next red light.
“I can beat them all to the next red light.”
Oh man.
I remember when I think it was Houston started using timed lights, the idiots said that a light timed for 30 MPH was also timed for 60 and 90 MPH. It’s hard to comprehend such stupidity and bad math.
Houston is the only place where I’ve ever been passed on the right … while I was in the right lane.
Were they just driving on peoples lawns or something?
This was on the interstate, they were driving on the shoulder. I was going with traffic at about 95 mph and they (like ten cars in a row) passed me on the shoulder going easily 15-20 mph faster than me. Extra crazy because the shoulders in Houston are loaded with all kinds of shit and debris.
I want to believe that Houston allows shoulder driving during certain hours. I believe you. But I don’t actually want to believe that many people did that.
On a part of 405 in Seattle we have a “shoulder” that opens for traffic during rush hour simply for the fact that people would use it anyway to get to the exit ahead. So they just made it allowed.
I want believe that’s what happened. But probably not.
I think in my case it was people jumping onto the shoulder to get to the exit up ahead. But “up ahead” was like two miles here.
That’s what it sounded like. A similar situation to what happens on the 405 here.
But absolutely insane people do it when traffic is actually moving. I understand the “my exit is 300 ft away and we’re all stuck”. Understand it, but would still not be that guy.
Absolutely mind boggling people do this when traffic is moving.
That happened to me in SF/Mountain View. I was down there for an interview. I’d never visited the region before. It’s like Mad Max on the freeways.
At a red light a woman decided she wasn’t going to wait four cars back. Instead she just pulled over the curb, drove over lawns and headed down the road. No honking, just plowing across property to skip a light. We caught up to her at the next red light.