07-01-2018, 12:26 PM
PowerDubs, you're not a bad guy, are you? In urban and high-traffic environments, where people are trying to go about their business, the principles you outline are reasonable and sensible. I agree with you. My point is that they don't always translate easily to rural or less travelled environments. Ferret's right: speed limits are maximums and no-one has to travel at them. People dragging trailers and caravans or chugging along country roads in their Winnebago, may well struggle to travel as quickly as a car or motorcycle. They're not behaving rudely or badly and when they do the right thing and pull over to let others past, they're being courteous and considerate. Good for them.
All this is, of course, is a terrible drift from chync's original question which was whether people who stop to let you past in circumstances where it would be dangerous to do so are not so bright or trying to kill hapless motorcyclists. I'd characterise them as overly courteous and too eager to please to the point they don't quite think through what they're doing.
All this is, of course, is a terrible drift from chync's original question which was whether people who stop to let you past in circumstances where it would be dangerous to do so are not so bright or trying to kill hapless motorcyclists. I'd characterise them as overly courteous and too eager to please to the point they don't quite think through what they're doing.