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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Np. I moved from NYC to DC to Portland. When I got to Portland it blew my mind how civil drivers are there. People generally drive the speed limit and pay real attention to stop signs. If they think the speed limit isn’t fast enough on a street with a 20 mph or 25 mph limit, they don’t honk they just try to pass you but even that is pretty rare. I think everyone is safer because of it.

You’re doing the right thing OP. Keep on ignoring the raging drivers. If you slow down slightly after they throw temper tantrums because you are following the law, I don’t see the problem with you making your own quiet point.[/quote]

Wait. Who exactly is throwing a temper tantrum?

OP: “When you lean on your horn, I drive EVEN SLOWER. ”

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I will be explicit if it helps. If someone is driving the speed limit and the person behind them starts honking or driving super closely to get them to drive unsafely, I think the overly-aggressive driver is the problem. If OP slows down a mph or two, I am happy to have him or her prove her point that being obnoxious on a road with stop signs and a 20-25 mph is not going to help the raging driver’s cause.

I feel like some of you are thinking about highway driving. I can’t believe that on a parent message board so many people are advocating for the speed demons on residential streets.[/quote]

Yup, driving 23MPH in a 25MPH is quite legal, and in some cases (light conditions impacting visibility, rain,etc) is preferred.  Its a maximum speed, not a minimum.[/quote]

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