I love the concept of the "mobile speed bump" - well its something I do anyway, but now I have a word for it. In addition to fastidiously observing the speed limit when some redneck rides my ass, I love to hear the brakes screeching behind me when I make an unforseen full stop at a stop sign. Come on people, just because you don't observe stop signs doesn't mean everyone ignores them. Why do so many people think they're smarter than traffic engineers?
I'm all for this movement, even though I do have a slight tendency to drive a touch over the posted limit. Onward Speed Bumpers, I say, and keep the Aggressives in line (behind you).
One caveat, however, to Neighborhood Traffic Wardens worldwide: please do NOT pursue this practice in the left-hand lanes on the freeway. If the rest of us want to be idiots and drive faster than the posted limit, flaunting the law and takin' it to the Man, getting across this massive hellhole that they call "Texas" at a reasonable pace, then by God it is our right as Free Americans to do so. If you're in the passing lane (which, by definition, should only be used for PASSING), please don't sit there while traffic piles up behind you. This makes people even more aggressive than they would be otherwise, causes them to pass you on the right, and thereby makes the whole process that much more dangerous.
Again, this is for freeways only. Urban streets? Have at 'em...
Posted by: Erich at November 15, 2004 12:45 PMWhen the Carter administration pushed through a nationwide 55-MPH limit in response to the energy crunch, I remember news reports of people who teamed up to do this in tandem across all the lanes of a freeway -- with the predictable reckless and violent response from the people behind them.
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