No one's mentioned brake-checking? That's standard procedure in NJ.

 

Perhaps you need to drive faster on the straights. Are you doing at least the speed limit?

 

Brake-checking will get you ground under in the south. And you'll be blamed with contributory negligence.
If you can't keep up, get out of the way.

 

haha story time...

ok so i'm driving to advance auto parts to pick up some oil with my friend

i slow down for train tracks, and then even more so for this huge bump that goes all the way across the road, and the car that was tailgating me decides he's had enough of my cautious driving so he flies past me (in town on a one lane road no less) and goes like 40 over the bump then the semi behind him decides to follow suit even though he had to get over into the turn lane anyway, and we were only a couple hundred feet from the intersection

and i had to get into the other lane (there's a different turn lane at same intersection) well this hardass is in my lane so i had to floor it to make my turn in time, then he proceeds to take a turn, that i take at about 25 in my car, at roughly 40 mph

then when driving back on a different road (also really bumpy plus this is extremely narrow) i'm going slow just below the speed limit to save my suspension and an audi (base model not even a good one) decides to fly past me and double the speed limit, cool d-bag....

end venting session

 

If you're driving at a reasonable rate (i.e. the speed limit or faster), and keeping a constant speed, it's simply not your problem. If someone is ludicrously close to you, just tap your brakes (without actually slowing down) to let them know. If that doesn't work, pull over & and let them get past you so they can get in an accident with someone else.

If you're NOT driving a reasonable or constant speed (e.g. screwing up entire traffic patterns because of selfish hypermiling techniques), then it IS partly your problem . . . please drive more respectfully & safely.


You're what's wrong with the world.

 

So to sum up . . . you were going slow enough so that both a car AND a tractor trailer truck were fed up enough to pass you on a single lane road?

They might have been wrong to do so, but it sounds to me like you need to drive faster. :shrug:

 

In a lowered car you need to drive slow over railroad tracks and big bumps. I would let a marching band pass me before I take a chance to ruin my bumper, frame and/or suspension.

 

yeah i'm not going to risk my front end and suspension for a couple of seconds saved

 

hey i kinda want a big truck just to go offroading...i have a big wiener anyway muahaha. in the silvia i let the asshole get close then i stop giving gas, let them try to pass then smash the gas pedal and overtake them and let them keep trying til they understand. u also have one special finger to show ppl on the road whos boss

 

Okay, so I'll revise my statement:

If you're so low that you can't make it over some railroad tracks without pissing off people so badly that they pass you illegally . . . then you need to fix your suspension.

 

Umm says who? There's plenty of stock cars that can't make it over a railroad track over 20 mph. The truck drivers can be patient and slow down a bit while we slowly pass over the railroad track.

 

cant agree more. trucks tailgate me in the straights, and when i dont brake/decelerate in turns, they are left in the dust haha

 

im pretty damn low and i pay no attention to railroad tracks

 

I can only make assumptions based on what's been posted in this thread.

Slow down for tracks, sure . . . but according to the story, it took so long to get over them that both a car and a tractor trailer truck got so frustrated that they went around in an illegal (and probably dangerous) manner.

If a car can't make it over road imperfections at a speed that won't cause other drivers to go around . . . . then that car belongs on a carpet somewhere, not on the road. :shrug:



fwiw, until I got my Fit a few months ago, I'd been daily driving a lowered car for the last 9 years. But it has to be done correctly - an intelligent amount of drop, and spring & shock rates that are designed to handle the reduced ride height & suspension travel. No matter how good I thought it looked, I could never bring myself to drive a car so impractical that it encouraged reckless driving in others.

 

i slow down for railroad tracks because #1 i care about my car too much to do any extra harm to it and #2 i was taught in driver's ed to slow for tracks to watch for trains...

 

i didn't slow that much unless you call 20 in a 25 slowing recklessly

 

Oh i know why its due to the fit being so sexy. Even with my new CR i still get all excited when i see a fit i should have kept mine

 

Okay, well then something you're saying doesn't add up. A tractor trailer passing you illegally for going 20 over tracks . . . ? sorry, I don't believe it.

Especially considering big trucks always come to a complete stop before crossing railroad tracks.

 

i call bs on the story

 

I've had to deal with railroads in my time. Railroads, speedbumps, dips... Just another reason why I'm not lowering my car. I've learned and moved on.