Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:09     Subject: Re:Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Anonymous wrote:The time I spent north of Boston and in NH taught me speed limits and lane markers were merely suggestions.


THIS. Right or wrong, it's very regional and cultural.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:06     Subject: Re:Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
The time I spent north of Boston and in NH taught me speed limits and lane markers were merely suggestions.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:05     Subject: Re:Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Does she own a calibrated radar gun? Has her own speedometer been calibrated for speed?

So she admits to have been chasing you around the neighborhood causing a bigger safety issue?

What laws did you and she if she was going the same speed break
Sounds like she is the one who should have been booted.

I would sit outside her home and film EVERYTHING from the street. I would park my car in front of her house with her name and a story of what she did on a sign in my car.

Time to leave those groups because of everyone piling on who would never ever dare say it to your face.

She is really guilty of stalking to be honest.

I would report her to the police.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:03     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Anonymous wrote:omg she must be in Virginia or from outside DMV. If someone drives 5-10 under speed limit I lose my mind. I don't drive to recreate and look at nature. I need to get somewhere, like now.



I routinely speed and birdwatch on the beltway.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:01     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Anonymous wrote:Oh. I thought this was about someone being mad that you werenโ€™t even going the speed limit. ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†


Haha me too....I got the high beams on a dark curvy road- because I was doing the exact speed limit. So theres that end. You really can't win everyone is mad about something at all times
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:01     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
What type of road has a 30mph speed limit? 2 lane roads with yellow lines are typically 25. The posted speed limit is the fastest one should go in ideal conditions. Rain, fog, etc necessitate slowing down. Personally, I drive around 6 mph over the posted limit, to avoid setting off speed cameras which are triggered at 7+mph over...I think. I haven't got a ticket, yet.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:01     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Anonymous wrote:omg she must be in Virginia or from outside DMV. If someone drives 5-10 under speed limit I lose my mind. I don't drive to recreate and look at nature. I need to get somewhere, like now.


Same. For whatever it's worth, this wasn't the DMV - where I learned to drive.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 12:00     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Wow she sounds INSANE
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 11:59     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
omg she must be in Virginia or from outside DMV. If someone drives 5-10 under speed limit I lose my mind. I don't drive to recreate and look at nature. I need to get somewhere, like now.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 11:58     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Oh. I thought this was about someone being mad that you werenโ€™t even going the speed limit. ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 11:57     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Anonymous wrote:Does the neighbor have a radar gun?


No. They said they'd followed me around the neighborhood before because they "were certain I was driving too fast."
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 11:56     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Does the neighbor have a radar gun?
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 11:52     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Someone posted pictures of my car (both on the road and in my driveway) in our HOA group because...I was driving 1 under the speed limit on a empty street (i.e., no kids, bus had already picked up, no one walking dogs, etc). This neighbor believes it's a bona fide limit (which is correct), and people should be driving at least 5 under, possibly 10, just in case. "Yes, no one else was out and about when I caught her doing this, but you just never know" is her argument. The neighbors all agreed I was going too fast, and now I'm persona non grata to neighborhood events and was muted in the group for 30 days to "learn my lesson".

This mindset baffles me. Does going 29 in a 30 really make me such a terrible person? I argued that if the city wanted a speed limit of 20, they'd have posted a speed limit of 20, but I was attacked.


In a world where I see people routinely zip by at 10, 15, 20 mph OVER the speed limit, a 1 under driver sounds like a dream to me.


Right. I could see if I was speeding. I'd be embarrassed, but I would own up to it eventually. But this? I feel like I can't win. I learned to drive in New England, and let's just say that driving 1 under was a huge adjustment for me.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 11:45     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Anonymous wrote:Someone posted pictures of my car (both on the road and in my driveway) in our HOA group because...I was driving 1 under the speed limit on a empty street (i.e., no kids, bus had already picked up, no one walking dogs, etc). This neighbor believes it's a bona fide limit (which is correct), and people should be driving at least 5 under, possibly 10, just in case. "Yes, no one else was out and about when I caught her doing this, but you just never know" is her argument. The neighbors all agreed I was going too fast, and now I'm persona non grata to neighborhood events and was muted in the group for 30 days to "learn my lesson".

This mindset baffles me. Does going 29 in a 30 really make me such a terrible person? I argued that if the city wanted a speed limit of 20, they'd have posted a speed limit of 20, but I was attacked.


In a world where I see people routinely zip by at 10, 15, 20 mph OVER the speed limit, a 1 under driver sounds like a dream to me.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2023 11:42     Subject: Is driving the speed limit really so bad?
Someone posted pictures of my car (both on the road and in my driveway) in our HOA group because...I was driving 1 under the speed limit on a empty street (i.e., no kids, bus had already picked up, no one walking dogs, etc). This neighbor believes it's a bona fide limit (which is correct), and people should be driving at least 5 under, possibly 10, just in case. "Yes, no one else was out and about when I caught her doing this, but you just never know" is her argument. The neighbors all agreed I was going too fast, and now I'm persona non grata to neighborhood events and was muted in the group for 30 days to "learn my lesson".

This mindset baffles me. Does going 29 in a 30 really make me such a terrible person? I argued that if the city wanted a speed limit of 20, they'd have posted a speed limit of 20, but I was attacked.