MattJM321 All American 4003 Posts user info edit post |
Assholes. Some black lady was bragging about how she and some other pace car driver had taken up both lanes and had traffic behind them for miles.
Quote : | "Durham Pace Car Slows Speeders By Tim Nelson (04/29/07 -- DURHAM) - A new program in Durham encourages citizens to follow every single rule of the road -- right down to not exceeding the speed limit.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also on abc11tv.com: Send Us Your Tips | Real-time Traffic | AccuWeather Forecast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's no secret across the Triangle that people speed. "The average mindset is as long as I stay 10 miles an hour above the speed limit, police department's are not gonna stop me, give me a ticket," said Eric Hester, Durham Police Department. Pace car driver Barry Ragin said, "I got people driving through my neighborhood you know, 50, 55, 60 miles an hour sometimes."
With so many people picking up the pace, one city is trying to slow them down.
Durham's pace car program is new this year. Drivers sign a pledge to follow the rules of the road then show their support with a sticker.
"By sticking a sign on the back of my car that says I'm gonna drive the speed limit, and I respect you to drive the speed limit when you're in my vicinity," said Ragin. "It starts changing people's attitudes I think."
Another pace car driver, Cora Cole, said, "It makes you clearly a law-abiding citizen."
But Eyewitness News found it can also make you the object of others' irritation, so we wanted to see what being a pace car is like.
Eyewitness News signed up, put a sticker on and hit the road.
Aside from some irritated drivers being forced to drive the speed limit, police and drivers say the program is running smoothly.
"Changing the culture in which people think it's OK to drive at whatever speed they feel like, especially through residential areas," Ragin said.
The program has nearly 500 drivers signed up, and the efforts to slow down are quickly picking up speed. " |
4/29/2007 11:20:47 PM |
JBaz All American 16764 Posts user info edit post |
yeah... I bitch at people who speed past me, but honestly, there's a reason whey there's a slow lane... MOVE THE FUCK OVER BITCH! I go the speed limit in my cage all the time, but I stay to the far right as possible. I don't care if ppl pass me, as long as I get to where I'm going safely and on my own time.
What we need to control as reckless drivers, ppl who lane change between cars like 1 foot away with no signals and cut across 4 lanes of traffic. 4/29/2007 11:30:43 PM |
Golovko All American 27023 Posts user info edit post |
man i can't wait to get behind one of those. cause i'm gonna get infront of them and drive 10 under. 4/29/2007 11:33:22 PM |
MattJM321 All American 4003 Posts user info edit post |
Self rightous assholes trying to be cops. If I ever see one, I'm passing them and am also going ten over. If they get anywhere close enough they can eat trailer hitch. 4/29/2007 11:38:52 PM |
Rockster All American 1597 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Drivers sign a pledge to follow the rules of the road " |
You mean, like, SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT 4/29/2007 11:40:31 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, this is a BRILLIANT way to curb road rage. idiots.
if i'm understanding this correctly, this is actually an encouraged thing by durham?
gg to them, but they better stay the hell out of my left lane.
Quote : | "It makes you clearly a law-abiding citizen." |
it clearly doesn't mean you know how to speak english though.4/29/2007 11:46:33 PM |
1in10^9 All American 7451 Posts user info edit post |
ill make sure i pass them on the shoulder, cut them off and then ride my brakes in front of them. in fact, i hope they pull that shit on some coked up, blood-shot eyed, rough looking negro who has nothing to lose.
it is one thing to drive like a jerk, but to annoy ordinary folks who go 10-20 over in light traffic is fucking ridiculous. 4/29/2007 11:50:06 PM |
optmusprimer All American 30318 Posts user info edit post |
awesome, i cant wait till i see one of these so i can pass them on the shoulder. mexico driving rules ftw. 4/30/2007 1:26:40 AM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
yes. grass and fields is also legal under mexican driving rules.
[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 1:29 AM. Reason : at a high rate of speed] 4/30/2007 1:29:34 AM |
superchevy All American 20874 Posts user info edit post |
these bitches are going to get shot at, especially in durham. way to negate the recent downward trend in murders, city of durham! 4/30/2007 1:33:38 AM |
optmusprimer All American 30318 Posts user info edit post |
nah, noone will get shot cause of this. 4/30/2007 1:51:18 AM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
yeah should get in front and straddle the line between the lanes and go about 10 mph 4/30/2007 9:46:43 AM |
xvang All American 3468 Posts user info edit post |
Maybe someone can go out there in an old junky car... pass the "law abiding citizen"... Slow down... then slam on the brakes. They'll run into you. And it will be their fault. Haha. So much for their law abiding-ness. 4/30/2007 9:56:44 AM |
Nighthawk All American 19623 Posts user info edit post |
This shit will end when somebody goes postal on one of these self-righteous fucking pricks and one of them ends up with a damaged car or worse. 4/30/2007 10:39:26 AM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
just start slicing tires of all the people with the stickers 4/30/2007 10:58:00 AM |
humandrive All American 18286 Posts user info edit post |
anyone remember this
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5366552067462745475&q=%22meditation+on+the+speed+limit%22 4/30/2007 11:01:31 AM |
MattJM321 All American 4003 Posts user info edit post |
I remember those wannabe intelectual sport jacket wearing cocksuckers and that fat girl. 4/30/2007 11:26:02 AM |
sparky Garage Mod 12301 Posts user info edit post |
sign me up. i'm gonna get one of those stickers and drive fast as fuck! 4/30/2007 11:42:12 AM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
if i could drive and they got infront of me... i'd go on their azz 4/30/2007 11:47:24 AM |
Wolf2Ranger All American 2615 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "just start slicing tires of all the people with the stickers" |
I was just thinking that the sticker will make thier car a target. Even people who wouldnt normaly do something stupid will now think about "accidentaly" opening thier door too far if they park beside them.
The sticker is a terrible idea.4/30/2007 12:20:53 PM |
1 All American 2599 Posts user info edit post |
4/30/2007 12:29:56 PM |
Mindstorm All American 15858 Posts user info edit post |
Man, there's some rage in this thread. 4/30/2007 12:56:17 PM |
TKE-Teg All American 43410 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""By sticking a sign on the back of my car that says I'm gonna drive the speed limit, and I respect you to drive the speed limit when you're in my vicinity," said Ragin. "It starts changing people's attitudes I think."" |
What a delusional, naive idiot. WOW.
This is one of the worst things I've ever heard of. I've got a better idea for this though. In Driver's Ed, actually TEACH THOSE SLOW FUCKERS TO STAY IN THE RIGHT LANE.4/30/2007 1:07:35 PM |
gk2004 All American 6237 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "and I respect you to drive the speed limit when you're in my vicinity," |
Fucking brilliant 4/30/2007 4:10:59 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
might as well say "please don't pass me i'm skured of speed" 4/30/2007 4:18:56 PM |