And if they do turn their lights on, you know it's gonna be the brightest fuckin blue LEDs you've ever seen. Instant daylight.

I was once going 50 in a 45 zone and a SCHOOL BUS of all people was on my ass. What’s even worse is I could see him quickly gaining speed from behind when I was at 50, meaning he was going much faster. So much for being a “professional driver.” What’s even worse is this was a residential route with many side roads, joggers, cyclists, people walking dogs, etc. My friend, who used to drive a school bus, said I should reported it with the time and location because there’s no tolerance for that and that school buses are limited to 40mph (unless on the highway), even if the speed limit is above 40mph. He said, based on what I told him, this type of reckless driving would be an automatic termination.

I decided to slow down to 40. Since the bus was going to be riding my ass anyway, I figured we may as well be going slower to be on the safe side.

Had an unpleasant incident last weekend when I was getting on I-95 in East Lyme. Guy in front of me was chugging along in an old beater car, trying to merge at maybe 30 mph. I checked my spot and moved over to pass, at which point the beater driver apparently remembered he had an accelerator and shot up to 70. So I pulled back into the right lane, only to have the person who had flown up behind me in the left lane pass me, pull into my lane, jam their brakes, and flip me off. Since apparently that’s the Real Big Man thing to do if someone briefly impedes your progress before letting you by.

I have a sticker on my rear window that says, ‘The Closer You Get The Slower I Drive‘. Usually works, except for the real jerks.

I think you mean CCDL

A CDL is a commercial drivers license. It's what qualifies a person to drive a commercial vehicle, like it says. According to the Internet it can also stand for "Call of Duty League" but most people I know with CDL decals on their cars are advertising that they're truck drivers. You might be getting it mixed up with a CCW decal. I've never seen one but apparently they exist, and it looks like they're done in the same black & white format.

I must have the acronym wrong. … I see those stickers around conceal carry permits or something like that…

Ok, but why don't you just move over to the next lane and let them pass?

Congrats? I could care less what you do on the road as long as it's not endangering others. I've repeatedly said you should do whatever you feel is necessary. Not entirely sure what you're getting at in this exchange.

Yeahhh, no. That's not feasible if I'm already in the far right lane and there is no space in the left lane for either me or the tailgater to safely get over.

It's not even that. You can be going 20+ over the speed limit and people will still tailgate you.

Why would I be driving 20+ miles over the speed limit? To try and create some space between me and the person who has been tailgating me. 😔

Then as soon as they spot the smallest possible gap they'll get over into the other lane and tailgate that person until they spot another gap and get back over into your lane and tailgate the person who was in front of you, and on and on and on. They never use turn signals, and they never turn their lights on if it's dark and/or weathering out.

Or me, for that matter.

Thats when i slow down, you wanna be a prick? Okay. You are on my time now.

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I might just get a back cam for this shit when inevitably some idiot slams into me. I will actively be going like 5-10 above the speed limit and motherfuckers will go right up my ass. Aight cool let me sped up, I’m not in the high lane so I have no obligation to move. Only to have these fucking idiots get right up my ass again. A some point after this happens more often than not, I start checking out and I lose a lot of my compassion for people, I fucking hope for a motherfucker to do that shit so they can get the front of their car fucking crumpled like a can when I slam the brakes on my nearly 2 ton vehicle and their dumbass was 5 inches from my bumper, that’ll fucking teach someone.

Hero

Give ‘em the old windshield wiper spray

I’m with you on the subject of tailgating. I’ll be going between the posted speed limit and 5 over on a 2 lane road like you said and even on a residential road and there is always someone right up my ass. Most of the time I can barely see them in my side mirrors. Heck I’ll even be going up to 5-10 over and the same exact thing. Most of the time this ends up with them passing by with a solid line in the road. What’s more insane is when they will ride in your ass in the right lane on the highway the whole time when the left lane is totally open. I know people may not like my New York Giants bumper sticker but yeesh back up 🤣🤣

Ah yes, because the only people who drive on the Merritt in Hamden are residents of Hamden.

I got rear-ended last year in this exact situation on 84. Four cars were involved because traffic came to a stop for construction and the people behind me weren't paying attention. Slammed into me at 65, then i slammed into the car infront of me. The cars on the sides got hit as well. They never even slowed down. Thank goodness I was in a truck, they just ruined the bed of it. My insurance totaled it out.

That's completely made up. Go back to Drivers Ed. There is no such thing as a "travel lane." People like you are the ones clogging our highways and forcing people to pass on the right because you're in your made up travel lane.

CT drivers need to calm tf down. You don't need to try and get everywhere as fast as possible.

No that’s the slow lane. On any highway with more than 2 lanes the middle ones are all travel lanes, where you should be if you’re not passing or taking an exit.

I leave for work around 5:30 and every day some dickhead is on my bumper while I myself am going 70ish. I take my sweet time passing tractor trailers so they can’t go anywhere.