I used to get bandied about by old people in their cars during my youth. Now it’s my turn.
Were you stuck behind an old person
I am an old person.
is it wonderful?
Just watched a delirious old man driving a huge suv down two different one way streets yesterday
I hope to die in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers
I once worked for some old guy. He told me that he only drives when his also very old wife is present, because he can hardly even see out of the windshield anymore. Nice
They are out in force on sundays, driving ten under, causing traffic snakes, blocking both lanes, swerving into the bike and opposing lanes. Merging onto highways so slowly that oncoming traffic has to break unexpectedly. So much fun.
I’ve driven like an old person since forever.
Done the math too many times - you can’t out-maneuver traffic or time.
I’ll drive faster when it’s appropriate. Otherwise it’s all about following distance and swiveling head.
People do not like hearing this though. They feel like they’re getting there much faster.
I do just a little above the speed limit because my car lies to me about how fast I’m going.
However, almost daily, I have people that want to do 20 mph over the limit who pass me illegally in the opposing lane. Invariably, I catch up to them at the next 4-way stop sign or traffic light or when they get stuck behind the next tractor-trailer. We arrive at the same time.
I used to be them.
I did the math.
I slowed down.
I’m much happier during my drives.
No stress.
Are you me? Lol
Even driving cross-country when I can get to cruise it’s hard to make a difference.
I can make a significant dent in time, but it’s over an 8 hour drive with no traffic. Then I can cut perhaps an hour if I’m doing 10 mph over consistently.
But this only works if you’re on a quiet road, say a “blue highway” in the midwest/western US, not an interstate.
The highway I used to live on changed from 75mph to 65, and I was pissed!
Until I did the math and realized it only increased the drive by like 2 minutes.
True, there aren’t many old drivers who are honking the horn and giving everyone the finger — most of those people die young I guess.
I had to move several states in a big 28’ truck. I wasn’t used to the truck and I wasn’t used to where we stopped for a hotel. I was following GPS and it wanted me to take an onramp that crossed traffic and just… turn sharply.
So I did a 3-point turn in the middle of a busy 4 lane divided highway, blocking about 20 cars for most of the duration of the green light. My wife, who was driving separately and following along told me after got to the hotel that I had several cars of people honking and yelling obscenities and flipping birds. I couldn’t hear or see any of it in that truck. I hope they went on to have a better traffic experience. I might not be so charitable, had I heard them.
