Mine too. Back the fornicate off. Tailgating me will not make the traffic in front of me speed up. No I will not speed up to fill that 8 secondgap between me and the slow traffic in front of me, that's a normal sane following distance PLUS what I need to slow down more slowly so you don't rear end me because you're two feet off my bumper and paying more attention to your cellphone than driving.

Honestly I just put on the blinker and slow down and wave them past. It ain't worth the headache. If I'm feeling particularly irritable, I might lay on the horn and give them a thumbs down out the window.

In some places, using your signal before a lane change is just giving the enemy advanced notice. When I drove a big truck in Portland, I turned on the blinker, waiting three blinks, then went over. Everyone scattered - if you waited for them to make a gap you were screwed.

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

loud stereos at stop lights the ones that vibrate the crap out of my dash and interior

people who turn right from the left lane and vice versa

tailgaters for sure

trailers in the early morning that dont have lights (ive almost had several outboards in my windshield) i live by a boat ramp and it is awful and dangerous! they stop to turn with there 30+foot boat and wham!

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95 E320 24k
07 E550 4matic 20k Soon to go
1977 240d 481k
2013 SL 600


Non MBs

02 Ford F250 Lariat 4 Quad Cab 7.3 Diesel 95k
01 Chevy Suburban 249K LT 5.3 V8
88 Saab SPG Convertible 32k
06 Lincoln Mark LT 59k
62 VW Bug
52 Bentley Mark IV
53 GMC half Ton Pickup
08 VW Beetle convertible 2k
07 bmw x5 4.8i 17k
03 bmw x5 4.4i 40k
08 Range Rover S 9K

I do that all the time. I'd pass on the left if it were possible, but we have enough left lane campers in my area that any lane might be the fastest or slowest moving at a given time. I just exploit whatever openings are available.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

When you're behind someone going extremely slow, 15 to 20 miles per hour below the speed limit, they will seem like they catch on and will go fast but never do, so when you realize this and change lanes, you look in the rear view mirror and they've just turned... You put up with their slowness for miles and right when you decide to move to the next lane, magically their exit has come... UGH

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2007 BMW 328XI

This weekend, I had an idiot in front of me in a Hyundai Sonata waiting for the light to turn green. When it does, by the time he wakes up, it's turning yellow as I'm going through. Then the next light turns yellow, then red just as we reach it and the bonehead runs it!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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DrDKW

That's my SOP. The blinker tells you I'm coming over, I'm not asking for permission. If they speed up they get to slam on their brakes that much harder.

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

When I get a distracted person at a new green light, I wait for the time it takes me to push or pull clutch (depending on which vehicle I'm using), apply first gear, and then a count of two or three. If the vehicle in front of me isn't moving by then, I give them a little reminder with the horn. Works every time.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

In the realm of motorcycle riding, when someone is tailgating because they of course need to be a car length or less behind me at all times even though there is clearly traffic in front of me that they can definitely see , I find that a simple non-offensive hand gesture waving them to back off does indeed work very well. I also follow it up with a nice open palm thank you gesture.

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85' 300D No inspection, No registration fees, Cheap insurance
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

here in Tennessee,every Redneck has to try and pass you,then they make a right turn.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

HEHE

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1987 Mercedes 300SDL; SOLD
1985 Mercedes 300D; SOLD
2006 Honda Pilot - wife's ride; 122K;
1995 Toyota Land Cruiser - 3X locked; 182K

On the highway: drivers who get in front of you from the right lane, only to be the same speed or slower than those to your right. When you pass them, and look to see what's going on, you realize they're oblivious to what they just did (cell phone, make up, not paying attention).

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Because of this ranting and the help received, I have had less issues. I am more observant of people behind, and if there is, not slowing down so fast, especially for off ramps. I am especially more relaxed about left turns.

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Current fleet:

1985 Mercedes-Benz 280TE - Waiting for heart surgery.

1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TDT - Rear ended 23 September 2016 and now looking for a new home.

1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD - Parted out.

1964 Volkswgen Beetle - Vater's since September 1968 and undergoing a restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - in need of full restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Squareback automatic with F.I. - Vacationing with her caretaker until he is in better health.

Apparently all these new high-tech pickup trucks are now sold brand new without turn signals

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

....Don't need no F****N' turn signals!

Happy Motorin' Mark

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DrDKW

Im going to open up a new question with what I observed this past weekend ,two bicyclist while on a ride take up one lane of traffic while going over a long bridge ,available to them is a shoulder on the oncoming lane ,also available to them is a jogging/bike path . Question to riders and non riders alike,Knowing Its illegal to pass on a bridge wouldnt it be in everyones best interest if cyclist used the bike path on bridges for everyones safety ,mostly theirs.