What one thing send you over the deep end when out driving amongst the idiot's? When do you cross that line from courteous driver to hell on wheels?

I think the one thing that boils my blood is the guy reading the patent number on my tail lights he is following so close when there are 30 cars in front of me and I like to leave some stopping room in front of me. WERE THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO GO? Get off me DORK! A courtesy flash of the bake lights first and if no response then a simple downshift to a lower gear and letting off of the gas which results in a rapid deceleration without lights really wakes those suckers up!!

Driving UNDER the speed limit.

Portland is full of these a-holes. My wife didn't believe me when I bitched about it incessantly until we drove back east two summers ago and flew to Chicago and drove from there last summer.

People who drive UNDER the speed limit, especially in the passing lanes, need to be flogged.

Two things drive me crazy on the road (pun intended). One is when some speed demon comes up right behind me at 65 miles per hour and is as close as he can be without touching me. Also when I am on the left lane, on the way to church, a truck is on the right lane. A slow driver is right behind the truck and he sneaks right in front of me forcing me to tap my break and my cruise control knob goes off.

What I do when someone talegates me is I turn on my emergency break lights. Usually that works.I notice there isn't near as much of that. I think the police are looking for those jerks. Its a $400 fine I think.

Does anyone else see any irony here?

"What I do when someone talegates me is I turn on my emergency break lights. Usually that works.I notice there isn't near as much of that. I think the police are looking for those jerks. Its a $400 fine I think."

Wayne - exactly WHAT do you drive again ... ?!?

Did not know car's came equipped with emergency "BRAKE" lights. Man....this forum could use a spell fixer! For me included!
Anyway knew car's had emergency flasher's but not "BRAKE" lights!

Wayne - exactly WHAT do you drive again ... ?!?
Some foreign job?

>>>"Wayne - exactly WHAT do you drive again ... ?!? "

Did I read somewhere it was a 1971 DeSoto.

"Did I read somewhere it was a 1971 DeSoto."

That would be extremely rare, as the last DeSoto (car) rolled off the line in 1960!

Oops!

HEY DJ.....how many years can a President serve????

LOL

To error is human and here is proof positive DJ is a real human!!!!

And a good one at that I might add!!! :~)

I was thinking about those old "Swept Wing" Chrysler products. I guess that was around 1960 or so.

"Swept Wing"??
You mean those old suicide door jobs where the back doors hinged open on the back hinge instead of the front?

Actually no, these were the Chrysler products with the big fins. I remember the ads for the "Swept Wing Dodge". It was a hot terminology as jets were getting swept wings about then. It was what inspired the 1959 Cadillac with the huge fins.

Driving behind people who leave their emergency brake lights on usually does it for me.

Good picture of "swept wing" 1957 Chrysler 300-c Here:

http://www.allpar.com/cars/chrysler-300c.html

This is probably the max height that the Chrysler product fins obtained.

Ahhhhh I see...the ol' Finster's!!!!!

Lots of fin's and ton's of chrome was the flavor of those battleship's!!!!!!

Just thought of another annoyance whilst driving.

People who meander down a freeway onramp and never look to merge onto the freeway. They just expect that there will be a place for them when they get around to merging. Grrrrrrr. How dare you not get over for them and because there was a car in your way is no excuse...don't you realize they own the road you are driving on!!!!! They are not even out front of you so you can't slow down for them......CRAP man...get a clue....two cars cannot occupy the same space at the same time!!!!! Then they get all pissy with you after they do get on the freeway.....like you could have done anything different!!!! 9 out of 10 times they are usually chatting away on the cell phone not looking and no signal.....as I said Grrrrrrr.

And then there as those people that are better than others and chose to run well beyond the merge lane just to pass as many insugnifigant cars that are just clearly obstacles in their way and should just really get off of his road!!!! Double Grrr Grrrrrr. Makes me want to get an old land yacht and put a semi-truck steel frame rail all of the way around it and play freeway bumper cars!!!! NOW THAT COULD BE FUN!!!!

vent complete.....

People who don't use there turn signals(especially when on ramp merges).Come on how hard is it.Use them I'll let you in everytime,don't use them and you'll find yourself up against the barrier or in the grass.Not maliciously,just within the law.

I hate drivers who cut in front of me when I am in a long line of traffic waiting to get on a freeway.

Dark, that's a biggie for me too.

It's bizzare too, you push it right to the edge, suddenly they look and just go nuts! (Which could have been prevented with a signal and some looking ahead...

Another one is drifters. You never know if they are actually gonna do the lane change, or if they are drunk, stupid, sleeping or what!

Three things:

Tailgating in heavy traffic. There is just no need for this, because when traffic is heavy, there's simply no where to go.

Slow drivers in the fast lane. If you are a do-gooder and are unable to drive faster than the speed limit, the fast lane is not for your enjoyment. Move over!

Drivers who are behind you when getting onto the freeway and then pass you on the left before you can even merge. Wait your turn asshole!

I guess in California it is considered a sign of weakness to use a signal. And from the looks of things anymore in Portland....maybe time to rename the city to "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" The retirement community of choice for californians!

In my book though simply not signaling is a sign of rudeness!!!!

Also....you notice that the more expensive the car the more often the turn signal is non-functional.....or wait.....is it the driver that is non-functional....

Author: Reinstatepete
Friday, December 08, 2006 - 11:46 am

Drivers who are behind you when getting onto the freeway and then pass you on the left before you can even merge. Wait your turn asshole!

OH SO TRUE!!!!!!

Mothers need to learn some manners an if only had some RAMMER to drive may let them know just how I felt about them doing that!!! Have a friend that has a real locomotive horn in his truck and when people do stupid stuff he lays on that loud sucker.....he said he thinks someone crapped their pants once!!!! LOL

Works great for getting people off of their cell phones to!!!!

It bugs me when drivers try to creep through a crowded intersection and are invariably stuck in the middle when the light changes to red, thereby blocking traffic for everyone.

I hate a driver that is at an intersection on his cell phone when the light turns green and won't move but still keeps talking even after I honk my horn. Then when the light turns yellow he starts up again. The yellow signal means to stop according to the drivers manual.

"Also when I am on the left lane, on the way to church, a truck is on the right lane. A slow driver is right behind the truck and he sneaks right in front of me forcing me to tap my break and my cruise control knob goes off."

Wayne, the left lane is just to be used for passing, not cruising in, according to the DNV and Oregon State Police.

Crotch rocket sport bike driver's (organ donor's) really surprise me when you look up and see one in your rear view mirror close enough to climb in your car with you. And in heavy traffic. Plus when you can get over safely and just as you start to move over the impatient SOB make's his move around you and pretty much cut's you off!!!!

Guess there brake's are quicker' and more responsive should I need to stop suddenly.....either that or they are goods at acrobatics in doing cartwheel's over my car when they plow into the ass end of it!!!! If anyone should not tailgate biker's are at the top of the list....is it not already dangerous enough out there already for you biker type's. I always head check's and try to keep track of these guys when I share the road with them but the crazy rider's are hard to do that with and you never know where they will pop up!!!

There is a big fine now for speed drivers like that isn't there?

Author: Radioblogman
Friday, December 08, 2006 - 1:09 pm


"Also when I am on the left lane, on the way to church, a truck is on the right lane. A slow driver is right behind the truck and he sneaks right in front of me forcing me to tap my break and my cruise control knob goes off."

Wayne, the left lane is just to be used for passing, not cruising in, according to the DNV and Oregon State Police.

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Whenever there is no traffic in the right lane I use that lane. The problem is that the right lane is often occupied by drivers who go at least 5 miles under the speed limit and thats a bit too slow for me. Thats's at least the case on the 205 freeway.


Why is it that people insist on going 30 miles per hour in a 35 mph road? I am lucky enough to have an automatic but I have worn out a stick shift from driving 30 miles per hour behind somebody in 3rd gear. I can't drive in 4th gear very well at that speed.

Its a speed limit, you cant go faster, there are lots of times, there are reasons to drive under it, bad weather, work crews, etc.

You only drive at the limit, when conditions are perfect.

A lot of people do go faster than 35 miles per hour. Its just that what gets me mad is that people who drive slower should at least drive in the right lane in a 4 lane highway except to turn. That would cause a lot less headaches. We should be able to drive the speed limit if we want to but a lot of times thats not possible

"Its a speed limit, you cant go faster, there are lots of times, there are reasons to drive under it, bad weather, work crews, etc.

You only drive at the limit, when conditions are perfect."

I can understand if it was a monsoon, or really foggy, or snow or ice.

Folks, it rains nine months a year here. Learn how to ^@$!@* DRIVE IN IT!

55 mph in a drizzle isn't too much to ask. 35 mph is unacceptable.

I'm telling you it's all these southern California Sunbirds moving into the region. Throws them when the sky starts crying!!! They have to set down their Latte' and the phone and slow down to see if a hydrant broke or something!!!

The funny thing about this topic is it doesn't matter where you live, where you're from, or where you're going...everybody complains about other drivers. I love George Carlin's old line, (paraphrasing...) people driving slower than you are "idiots", and people driving faster than you are "maniacs".

But Northwesterners do have a few quirks.

1. Simply seeing a California plate immediately makes that driver insane.

2. There are actually people who deliberately drive slowly in the fast lane to frustrate others.
(I have had people admit this to me!)

3. Honking is considered to be extremely rude, and many take it as "fightin' words".

4. And finally, the NW is where small town drivers think Portland and Seattle have crazy, aggressive drivers, while at the same time those from bigger cities (LA, Bay Area), think we are meek and timid on the road. I guess it is all about perceptions.

Portland drivers and Seattle drivers are nowhere near alike.

Om the rare moments that Seattle drivers are actually moving AT ALL, it's bumper to bumper 70+ mph. Ahhh yes, a group of people with a sense of urgency. They wanna get somewhere! Now **THAT** is what I am talking about.

Portland drivers are more like Spokane drivers in that they are pedestrian and have no sense of urgency ... Portland is worse though, because they do it in the left lane. For the most part, people in Spokane are smart enough to stay to the right to let people pass.

Another traffic-related thing here that pisses me off to no end are the incessant jaywalkers who jump out in the middle of the street and EXPECT me to stop on a dime so they can walk right in front of me. When I grew up in Spokane, those people more often than not got clipped, and nothing happened to the driver. We learned to walk the extra 20 yards to the crosswalk and cross with the light.

Novel concept, I know.

I'm actually in that camp too. If you are hit and you've broken the law, it's your deal.

Regarding pedestrian right of way; I prefer how Europe handles it, where the pedestrian has no rights whatsover. That way there's never any question who yields to who. Either get out of the way or get run over.

Well, that is a case where the law actually reflects physical realities. I've no major issues with that.

We learned to walk the extra 20 yards to the crosswalk and cross with the light.
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That brings up another pet peeve of mine. What in the world is the deal with the walk signs? Why is it that its only on for a split second and turns on the blinking red and stays there for 20 seconds? I drive on 82nd avenue and see more wrecks involving pedestrians and cars who turn right at fast speeds. Why do they need the blinking red light on at all? I was in one city in which the pedestrians all crossed at the same time and the cars couldn't move until they were through. Some intersections are impossible to cross with the walk light on. What I hate is when some moron walks across the street at the green light and sticks his middle finger at me.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Andy Rooney.

Wayne: Airline food. What's the deal with that?

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Andy Rooney.

Wayne: Airline food. What's the deal with that?"

Dammit CJ, you made me spew my diet shake lunch all over my monitor!

(Laughing huge!!)

Did have the coffee put down though! Thank god!

Author: Chickenjuggler
Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 12:03 pm


Ladies and Gentlemen, Andy Rooney.

Wayne: Airline food. What's the deal with that?

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I don't know. I have never driven with airline food on my lap.

As Wolfman Jack once said, "Remember to not drink and drive because you might hit a bump and spill it all over yourself."

This reminds me of that recent problem with that Seinfeld guy....

One person here is him and everyone else are the heckler's....sad thing is the heckler's are more amusing than the comedian!!!

Has anyone heard Bill Cosby's bit called "Driving in San Francisco?" It really is funny.

Found this and it speaks volumes:

"Experts state that the major causes of car accidents are driver distractions. Dangerous distractions that can lead to an accident include cell phones and other gadgets that drivers use as they drive. Cell phones, laptops, electric razors, etc. causes drivers to take their eyes off the road for seconds at a time with the potential to cause a serious, if not deadly, accident. In response to this, some states in the US have banned the use of hand-held cell phones while people are driving. The alternative is to use a hands free ear bud that is lightweight and comfortable, and allows a driver to carry on a conversation without diversions."

Went to car toys just the other day and it's no wonder with all of the gadgets you can get for your car. Good Greif....now even the driver can watch a movie with one of those slide out pop up screen in dash DVD players. That will be good! 9 out of 10 people on the freeway driving under the speed limit are usually talking on cell phones....pull over to the side of the road. With all of the tech available to let people go hands free 85 out of 100 drivers still hold the phone to their ear. Hands Free is now be a law in some states. People do not do head checks, use their signal, and other vital driving needs while they hold that phone to their ear. What will be the next innovation to land in the drivers lap to further distract him from what he is supposed to be doing.....driving the car!

OH YAH....
Drinking (alcohol), Eating, and Personal Hygiene are some of the other top causes of accidents. Saw some lady at a stop light the other day putting on mascara and the light changed....the guy behind her waited a little bit then laid on the horn...she is lucky she did not put that thing in her eye the way she jumped....needless to say I think it may have wound up in places she did not want it to! LOL

Have a Good One

I hate old men that drive real slow and put on their emergency brake lights while I'm tailgating them....
I think that's a $125 for impeding traffic and another $88 for emergency lights on a civilian car. I'm sure they could also get him for impersonating an officer which is I'm sure some kind of jail time....

Driving slower than the speed limit becasue you are angry with the person behind you is still a form of road rage. Any action you take on the road as a retalitory action is road rage. I find like with most things it easier just to go around these people and not give them the satisfaction of knowing I let them upset me.....that is what they seek...to be a nusense to ohers and get noticed. I have no problem though when it is some cute girl in a convertible in summer.....heck...i'll go less than the speed limit and stay right next to her!!!LOL

Pretty soon....

Rubber Duck....we got us a Convoy!!!!

Well, that might cause another type of "raging".

But, yes, yes, yes Dark, it's best to not make eye contact, and stare straight ahead and pretend like nothing happened. This is the best prevention of both tickets and accidents. However, it took me years of driving to finally figure this out. It's amazing how many have not.

That pretty much speaks volumes. Just turn up the radio and cruise right by or let them cruise by you like they are not even there. Looking at them will just escalate the issue by inciteing them to fly the bird at you or mouth foul words to you. By not allowing that to happen you win win win! I refuse to let someone behind me push me into breaking the law just because they are late or something....when I can possibly get over or out of there way I do so....It is not worth the frustration to take them on.

Best way to avoid road rage yourself is to get out of it's way!

Sometimes the only way to avoid road rage is not to drive at all.

"Sometimes the only way to avoid road rage is not to drive at all."

IMO, the best way to avoid road rage is to NOT DRIVE LIKE A $%^#&#%@ IDIOT!

One sure way to avoid it would be to not get stuck behind Wayne with his emergency break lights on! Yes I know its spelled "brake" but just wanted to be accurate and list how he spelled it! LOL

Just funning a little with you Wayne!

Have a Good One!

Same to you DT. You need a different name I think. You don't seem like someone with a dark temper to me. Just don't follow too close to me if you get behind me on the freeway. I haven't had too many experiences with speed deamons lately. The police must be cracking down on them. They make me so nervous.

Just don't get in front of me either cause my brakes are shot and I use the cars in front of me to get stopped with. I usually pick on the ones whose turn signals don't work or the drivers talking on the phone. After the first bump they hit the brakes and we both stop that way. They get kind of pissy though after the third time you've nailed em'! LOL

They really need a "MENTALLY CHALLANGED" lane on the freeway's. One with old tires and hay bales lining both sides of it. Let the idiot's and drunks in it and leave the other lanes for the ....mostly OK drivers. Something tells me though that most of the traffic will be in the "SPECAIL" lane....LOL

I drive at the speed, I feel is best for the conditions of the road, and I really dont care what the other drivers think, I havent had a ticket since i was 19.

You want to tail gate me, have at it, but 99% of the cars are going to end up on the short end of the stick, if they hit my car ( a 67 GMC PU).

The very few time I have been stopped, the officer sees my retired badge, and just says have a nice day sir.

Oh, and if someone really tried to direct road rage at me, I am never without a 40 Cal Sig.

Yes Sir!

I see a 67 GMC PU on the road now I gonna follow behind it.....way behind it!!! LOL

What Color (or colors)?

White, I follow the law, I don't speed, thers no reason, difference between 55 and 65, is at most a couple of minutes on most trips.

When it rains, you should decrease your speed, some, and increase the distance to the vehicle in front of you

If everyone would follow simple safety precautions, everyone would get where their going quicker, and we would waste less gas.

Actually, I drive very little, I take Max and C-tran most places. I walk to the store.

You curse that little old man, going way too slow, well theres a good chance he was at Normandy, or Gualdlalcanel, or otherwise served his country faithfully, and deserves a little consideration in his older years.

I don't curse him.....I usually just go around and if I can't and as I am unable to really do anything about it I just hang back patiently as possible and wait till I can...no good trying to push anyone...But in all honesty they should not be in the left lane with unlimited driving conditions under the posted limit. I still see people who will tailgate someone like that on a 3 lane freeway when the other 2 lanes are open.....why.....just go around! Don't make sense sometimes why people do stupid things like that.

I find it very amusing to stay at the limit in the right or middle lane and watch the circus all around me. I of course won't impeed traffic but more often than not there are trucks in the right lane at 60 so I take the middle at 70 (posted speed in that area) and still people...."MUST GO FASTER....FASTER.....AAAAHHH"! It's like an addiction or something. But the middle lane is not the fast lane so get of my backside cause I ain't gonna speed for you pal so go around.

What gets me is that people insist on speeding no matter what the conditions are on the road. I drove home late night from work when it was snowing and there was snow on the road and I couldn't believe the speeders there were on the freeway!

Here in Nebraska we are able to get a good laugh out of seeing the SUV safely parked in a snowbank in the median after they've gone sailing past. Some of these SUV drivers seems to think their SUV tuns an icy hiway into a dry surface. They sure get a shock.

We always sit outside on bad days and watch the change of shifts going to the shipyards at lunch. Our street ends in a 90 degree left turn and it is comical to see them slide around the corner out of control!!!!! Entertaining show to say the least. Most fun to watch when we have Ice storms!!!!! 4WD....SUV....Studded Tires....none help if you are going to fast. One guy bounced all of the way over the curb once..got out..locked it..and walked the rest of the way to work.....just a couple of blocks!!! Spouted a few choice words at the two flats as he stormed off!!!

I like to drive the speed limit sometimes when I don't have anywhere in particular to be and/or I'm going for good fuel economy, but there are other times when it would be nice if people around here would have even the slightest bit of lane discipline.

Self-righteous do-gooders need to remember, impeding traffic, left-lane-banditry, failing to keep-right-except-when-passing is all just as illegal as speeding(although you wouldn't know it from the way the laws are enforced).

left-lane-banditry, I'm going to have to look that up in the criminal code.

Actually, there are only a few places that require slower traffic to keep to the right lane.

And there is no law prohibiting "impeding" traffic, as long as you are withen the speed limits, (some highways have a minimum speedlimit). you must be from california, where that law does exist.

Better watch out who you blow by in Vancouver......those you think to be do gooders may actually be unmarked police cars. They are driving a wide variety of vehicles in Washington now and are sometime difficult to pick out of a crowd.....like someone said here earlier...NWokie I believe... How much time is it really gonna save you on your trip...is that extra 3 or 4 miles an hour really worth the frustration? The root of this problem is that people try to cut things to close and have to rush to get places on time. Leave early, drive safe, get there a little early and in a calm state of mind!

Great video of a slower vehicle causing a bad accident. Probably no Signal....talking on the phone....and stirring his mochoa......and he did not even stop!!!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7375529614689548442&q=speeding+car+crash &hl=en

I once saw a guy driving on a freeway in Pittsburgh eating cereal out of a bowl.

Got one Better.......

Was driving on the freeway one day....kids in back seat.....side by side with a green Ford explorer. All of a sudden I hear my kids gagging and saying Ewwww Gross and Yuck....and all kinds of things. I got worried and asked what was wrong and they said you won't believe it but that guy ....well lets just say he did something really disgusting with his nose....ah what the heck...he picked his nose and ate it....!!!! The dude looked to be 40ish and turned a couple of shades of red when he turned and saw the disgusted look on my son's face!!!!!

Gross

"Keep Right Except to Pass" I believe is law in Washington State. Doubt it is enforced very often by the number who still do it. Of course, around Seattle it is "not applicable"!

Why isn't that the law here? If it is it certainly isn't being enforced.

Only a handful of states have this law, Oregon and California don't.

http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html

I have to chime in on the idiots in the left lane taking their time. Also I have noticed both WA and OR plates tailgating. Apparently is a passtime for people when the police announce they are going to be watching for tailgating and not about speeding. (Not that they don't look for that because they do)

And for what its' worth a former Oregon State Trooper told me recently that he believed that Oregon had terrible drivers and Washington state drivers were infamous for tailgating.

I guess the other thing that pisses me off, there are three or four lanes and your on one lane and no one is on the others and a driver decides to start tailgating you and your not even in the left lane....

When I departed Oregon in '05, they were still trying to figure out if the speed limit was going to move from 65 to 70 on rural interstates. I heard it was approved, but none that I am aware of have been raised. Anybody know where all that stands now?

Also, it has been my experience that most drivers average 5-7 MPH over the posted limit on freeways.
In places like Nevada and Idaho that means about 82. In Washington it's about 77. However, with Oregon being one of the only western states with a 65 limit, I remember the average still seemed to be closer to Washington's 77 or so.

Despite all these numbers, I really believe that speed isn't the most important element of good driving. What does matter is that the driver is paying attention, respects other drivers, and follows the basic rules of the road (other than speed). In this case, many countries in Europe are way ahead of us.

I occasionally see someone driving while, yes, smoking a bowl.

One time my wife and I are in the parking lot of the Home Depot at Mall 205, I had just bought our first house and we were loading up. ($4000 and my VW Bus filled to the top, we loaded up!) We're loading all this stuff in my Bus and I look out and see this lady who has to be in her 50s .. driving around the lot, holding the steering wheel with her knees, lighting up a bowl of pot. Needless to say, I was incredulous. I said, "HEY HONEY, THE OLD LADY'S SMOKING A BOWL!!" Sure nuff, she comes around again, knees in the same position, lighter in one hand and pipe in the other up to her mouth ... my wife about fell over.

Just because you have your medicinal marijuana card doesn't mean you spark up while DRIVING, grandma.

About two weeks later I passed a van on the 205 bridge driving home from work and sure enough, the driver was lighting up a bowl while driving. As you can imagine, he was doing about 40 in a 60 mph zone, he glared at me enough for me to realize that dude was seriously baked.

Modified STYX song: Light Up

Light up everybody
Join us in this celebration
Light up and be happy
Sweet, sweet smoke will fill the air

Every days a holiday when my lips are on you
The musics keepin time
You are here, and so am i
The weathers quite divine
So pass me round your vine

All I need is just one hit to get me by
cause baby when your near Im halfway high

Light up, everybody
Join us in this celebration
Light up and be happy
Sweet, sweet smoke will fill the air

PaulWalker, your cited site (hah!) actually disproves your claim that Oregon doesn't have a "keep right" law.

"Most states follow the Uniform Vehicle Code and require drivers to keep right if they are going slower than the normal speed of traffic (regardless of the speed limit)", and Oregon is one.

And Nwokie- You seem to be proof that cops don't really know the law as well as they think they do.

811.130 Impeding traffic; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of impeding traffic if the person drives a motor vehicle or a combination of motor vehicles in a manner that impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

811.295 Failure to drive on right; exceptions; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of failure to drive on the right if the person is operating a vehicle on a roadway of sufficient width and the person does not drive on the right half of the roadway.

(2) A person is not required to drive on the right side of the roadway by this section under any of the following circumstances:

(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing this movement in ORS 811.410 to 811.425 or 811.808.

(b) When preparing to turn left in an intersection, alley or private road or driveway.

(c) When an obstruction or condition exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the roadway, provided that a driver doing so shall yield the right of way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the roadway within a distance as to constitute an immediate hazard.

(d) Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable on the roadway under ORS 811.380.

(e) Upon a roadway restricted to one-way traffic.

(3) The offense described in this section, failure to drive on the right, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §615; 1991 c.

811.315 Failure of slow driver to drive on right; exceptions; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of failure of a slow driver to drive on the right if the person is operating a vehicle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing and the person fails to drive:

(a) In the right-hand lane available for traffic; or

(b) As close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(2) This section does not apply under any of the following circumstances:

(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing passing in ORS 811.410 to 811.425.

(b) When preparing to turn left at an intersection, alley or private road or driveway.

(3) The offense described in this section, failure of slow driver to drive on the right, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §619; 1995 c.383 §57]


Does your comment about your badge getting you off the hook for traffic violations imply that cops are above the law, at least in case of driving infractions? Do you agree this should be so?

Tadc, what I said is Oregon doesn't have a "keep right except to pass" law. This law is legally different from what you cite.

I'm gonna order one of these new accessories for my car.....IT IS GREAT....take a look...everyone needs one!!! LOL

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1882664901133929840&q=trunk+monkey&hl=en

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

I thought christmas was a giving time of year. Good grief.....people would sooner run you over than slow down for you or give you an inch to merge with!

Merry %#%#!@%@#%$%^ Christmas $%#@$%#@$% !

Insert whatever colorful explatives you want and they will be sufficient!!!!

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/docs/vcb/VCB811.pdf

Read the more detailed explanations, if there are 3 or more lanes, you dont have to drive in the right lane, and your not impeding traffic, if your driving slower for safety reasons,

Here's a way for the Law Enforcement community to increase revenues;

There needs to be a little box on traffic tickets called "Being Stupid In Public". If the person is doing something stupid, the officer can check this box and it should triple the fine!!

I've seen people enter the highway and head straight to the left lane even though there are no other vehicles in the other lanes.

I was always taught that on a 3 lane highway, the right lane is for entering and exiting the highway, the center lane is for thru traffic and the left lane is for passing.

My related peeve:

People who are merging onto the freeway, who think they have the right-of-way and don't even look or check the traffic already on the freeway.

And/or going 27 mph to enter a major highway.

Daily example: I-84, from I-205 into town...grrrr

Washington-plated Mini vans deserve a general, no-special-reason triple-fine ticket. They are the WORST!

One day on I-5, I was following a mini-van going 75 that was swerving all over the lane, so I figured I needed to get past the idiot before they killed me. As I passed, I looked at the driver, and she was reading a paperback book. Probably a trashy romance novel.

And why does half of Vancouver have kids jumping around in the car that are not in car seats? Because it's Vantucky?

Merkin

As it is Christmas Eve and I am a Washatonian I will just have to say to you in response:

"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year"


BTW:
New Years resolution:
Not to get angry at Oregonian idiot driver's that cannot read speed limit signs and drive 55 in the fast lane on a 60 mph posted freeway in Washington! Also not to get angry a Ford SUV owner's who drive like they own the roadway's....they are worse than mini-van driver's!!!!

HA!

That would be MISTER Merkin in the pimped-out black Ford SUV, and remember, he has a gun in the glove box.

I stay in the right lane when I'm driving the Pacer, I pretty much have no choice. On my other SUV, just look for the "Merkins against Bush" sticker as I pass you going 75.

It's basically "kill or be killed" out there!

Oh, Happy Solstice and Merry Christmas, DT!

I applaud your anatomical correctness with your "Merkins against Bush" sticker.

I'm confused. If you have a bush, why do you need a merkin?

Hahahahaha!!!

More volume, shine and highlights, of course!

Jeez! We all know a comb-over just doesn't work.



Mrs. Fluff(er)

Okay, I get it! Merry Christmas, Mrs. Fluffier!

Stupid Punk Ass kids in their damn junk cars with primered plastic not fully mounted and in 6 different colors. Darting in and out of traffic with no signals and tailgaiting like crazy. I just want to reach out and CHOKE EM!!!! Oh yah and the wail tail spoiler on the rear that is 3 feet tall and the fart can strapped to the exhaust....is that supposed to be cool these days or what.....???? Hat's turned backwords.....tinted windows you cant hardly see in....sunk way down in the seat or leaning way over to the side....man they are just to cool...!!! LOL
What a joke...If you can't finish the project right....some advice...don't start it .... because it looks stupid...but worst of all it makes you drive stupid as well!!!!

Vent....Vent....JD....JD...
JD.....JD................

JD.........

ohmmmmmmmmmmmm

Better....Thanks Jack

Nothing new here...

Kids have always rebelled and their cars are one of the most convenient ways to do it. A couple of tickets, or even worse, an accident, usually calms them down and grows 'em up. The cycle continues...

Maybe I am annoyed by them more now because they "rice" out their imports and make them sound like a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine on steroids, add all of this ridiculous plastic bodykit stuff to them (compromising the integrity of the car itself when they DO wrap it around a telephone pole) ... it's just annoying.

At least when we were growing up with souped-up muscle cars, they had a throaty menacing sound and would actually be something you can walk away from when you wrecked it. The exhaust was something more than a Folger's can attached to your tailpipe.

Even building the **** out of Volkswagens, what I did in high school, is out. Making a Bug fast was COOL, man!

Back in the day we had "Open Header Day" in high school.....man that was great! I think today's challenge is to see who can have a car sound like a Cesna airplane! Can you tell me that hanging plastic body crap, mounting a whale tail spoiler, and putting a spittune on the exhaust will make a Ford Probe(or a Dodge Neon) go any faster?????? The car was a piece of crap to begin with now it just looks and sounds like the piece of crap it is!!! Everytime I see one of those exhaust cans hanging on a car I just picture myself shoving potatoes in them!!!! Glad I don't live in a neighborhood were there are tons of kids with those things running around. If I did these things would mysteriously dissapper or wind up filled with quick fill insulation in a can!!!!! LOL
It cracks me up to here them going down the freeway in 3rd gear instead of 5th just to make more noise!!!

Darktemper, I know what you're talking about. My John Deere chain saw sounds better than most of those cars. Although I saw/heard a Subaru WRX/STI that actually sounded kinda throaty. Not real sure how you can do that with only 4 cylinders unless it has to do with the turbo.

Your chain saw probably looks better than most of those hack jobs as well!!!!