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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
I think driving at high rates of speed is pretty much everywhere now. And yes, in the city the police don’t monitor as much as they should. Probably because it’s dangerous along congested city highways to pull people over and the police have higher priorities.
I see bad and dangerous driving everyday in my area. Tailgating doing 85 MPH, cutting off 18 wheelers at high rates of speed, suddenly slamming on brakes unnecessarily....you name it.
I feel like there needs to be a National campaign to get people to slow down.
We really don’t do a good job of emphasizing highway safety anymore.
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Whenever I go back to KC, I really have to concentrate on only driving 8-10mph over on the highways... around here, ~15 over is closer to the norm and you'll still get passed by some people.
What you're describing is more about impatience and aggressive driving, probably compounded by idiots driving slow in the fast lanes and what not... I've never been crazy impatient to the point of weaving in and out of lanes just to get one car ahead after changing lanes 10 times, but I'm also more patient these days.
Plenty of idiot speeders out there can't or won't think further ahead than wanting to pass one more car, making it more dangerous for everyone, far beyond simply speeding.
If speeders were a bit more patient and non-speeders would simply GTFO of the way, speeding wouldn't be seen as being nearly as dangerous in itself.