How Slow is Too Slow...

7milesout · Mar 30, 2021

Lot's of ghetto sweeps on I-285 around Atlanta. Generally always in hoopties traveling faster than the flow of traffic, and generally always in heavy traffic. Can be very scary, I've not seen anything bad happen, but I'm sure it has.

jason6541 · Mar 30, 2021

7milesout said: ↑

I can understand jason's thinking. I don't think it's a matter of new/old school mindset, or even his courteousness. I mean this in regarding to 4 wheelers. When I'm 4 wheeling it, and headed down an on ramp, I'm only thinking of 2 things: 1) Get up to a speed that is approximately the same speed as interstate traffic, and 2) scan as early as I can so that I can time a merge that troubles no one. Especially trucks, as they cannot maneuver as easy as I can in my 4 wheeler.

The courteousness needs to come from the 4 wheeler, not the truck driver. It's not courteous to be scanning one's smartphone while heading down the on-ramp. It's not courteous to have you thumb up your arse doing 25 mph while trying to merge.

Drivers, there are some car drivers that have respect for what you're doing. They just don't get noticed like the dim-witts do.

As for trucks merging for trucks ... well yeah, givem room if possible. It's not easy to get 80k lbs up to 65 mph on an uphill ramp. That is courteous. I'm betting jason would give room in that regard where at all possible.
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7milesout said: ↑

I can understand jason's thinking. I don't think it's a matter of new/old school mindset, or even his courteousness. I mean this in regarding to 4 wheelers. When I'm 4 wheeling it, and headed down an on ramp, I'm only thinking of 2 things: 1) Get up to a speed that is approximately the same speed as interstate traffic, and 2) scan as early as I can so that I can time a merge that troubles no one. Especially trucks, as they cannot maneuver as easy as I can in my 4 wheeler.

The courteousness needs to come from the 4 wheeler, not the truck driver. It's not courteous to be scanning one's smartphone while heading down the on-ramp. It's not courteous to have you thumb up your arse doing 25 mph while trying to merge.

Drivers, there are some car drivers that have respect for what you're doing. They just don't get noticed like the dim-witts do.

As for trucks merging for trucks ... well yeah, givem room if possible. It's not easy to get 80k lbs up to 65 mph on an uphill ramp. That is courteous. I'm betting jason would give room in that regard where at all possible.
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you are correct

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