• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      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.

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        3 days ago

        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.

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            3 days ago

            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.

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      3 days ago

      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.