Season Cost Calculator: 07-08

[bvibert]

Common practice in NorCal, see below.

We're not in NorCal, nor do we have the provisions to provide a safe area to pull over.

Honestly, this is just stupid. Seriously: if I caught you I want to go faster. End of story.

Doesn't mean that you have the right to do so. I have just as much right to travel at the speed that I'm traveling at. Just because you want to go faster doesn't mean you should act like a baby and throw a tantrum...

As I mentioned above; I've been the guy caught behind slow drivers on many occasions, definitely way more than I've been the guy in front. I've also been the raging dick giving the slow driver a hard time, but I've matured somewhat since then and can now see how stupid it is.

9 times out of 10 if I'm the guy in front and a faster driver catches up I'll accelerate and try to loose them (if I'm not with my wife and/or kids that is) or I'll let them pass and then try to keep up with them. Dudes with fancy beemers and such get annoyed when my VW Passat wagon can keep up with them, or even pull away.

It's not NE but actually CA does have a law (CVC # 21656), slower drivers must pull over to permit passing (if 5 or more vehicles build up behind you). Should you visit you'll see a white (regulatory) sign on many 2 lane hwys telling you to pull over. It's quite likely you'll see marked areas to pull over - like another lane for a quarter mile or so you don't have to stop. I'd love to see a similar thing here, but plowing might be an issue.

If you don't use such an opportunity you will see someone like GSS at their worst.
(this is coming from a guy who once passed 14 cars at a less than safe place in reaction to one not following the rules...FYI a 96 honda civic cuts you off of 2nd gear at about 73... I've mellowed out quite a bit since then.)

As I said above, we're not in NorCal and don't have those provisions. I'd support that idea around here though.

I know all about people road raging, believe me. I'd go into specific instances of my familiarity, but my wife doesn't need to know about them. My point in my above post was that the faster driver in the rear might not be the only one with road rage issues and acting like an a-hole isn't necessarily going to get you anywhere, it may get you in more trouble.

 

[Greg]

As I mentioned above; I've been the guy caught behind slow drivers on many occasions, definitely way more than I've been the guy in front. I've also been the raging dick giving the slow driver a hard time, but I've matured somewhat since then and can now see how stupid it is.

I remember you telling me your road rage stories on the way home from skiing once. :lol:

You road ragers all need to chill. You're probably not going to get to your destination any more than a minute or two faster. I love it when someone comes barreling up behind me, I let them pass, and then we both get off the same exit. Whoa. You're one car ahead me...

 

[roark]

9 times out of 10 if I'm the guy in front and a faster driver catches up I'll accelerate and try to loose them (if I'm not with my wife and/or kids that is) or I'll let them pass and then try to keep up with them. Dudes with fancy beemers and such get annoyed when my VW Passat wagon can keep up with them, or even pull away.

These days I try not to let other drivers influence my driving too much. I'm going the speed I want to go. If someone wants to go faster I'll try to make it easy for them by pulling over or slowing down in a passing situation.

Playing games with aggressive drivers can only lead to trouble.

 

[bvibert]

I remember you telling me your road rage stories on the way home from skiing once. :lol:

You road ragers all need to chill. You're probably not going to get to your destination any more than a minute or two faster. I love it when someone comes barreling up behind me, I let them pass, and then we both get off the same exit. Whoa. You're one car ahead me...

Yeah, there's quite a few stories. I gave you the highlights that time. It's no wonder you haven't taken up any of my offers to drive since then...

I've chilled quite a bit since my younger days, but I still have my occasional issues. The best thing I ever did to settle myself down a bit was to drive old clunker pick up trucks that wouldn't go fast if I wanted them too. They smoked and leaked fluids too, so I didn't have too many people tail gate me either. Now that I'm back in a car that actually accelerates I find myself slipping back into some bad habits. I think I need a support group or something. :lol:

 

[severine]

I know all about people road raging, believe me. I'd go into specific instances of my familiarity, but my wife doesn't need to know about them.

I remember you telling me your road rage stories on the way home from skiing once. :lol:

Acting like a dick while going fast only gets you one place faster - to the graveyard.

I used to get REALLY irritated in traffic and swear worse than a sailor. But I've mellowed a bit over the last few years. Sort of like Greg's example, how much time do you really save by being a dick? Not a whole lot. It's not worth it. Put it into perspective.

Sorry for the t/j.

 

[roark]

Back on topic: Steve you've inspired me to track my days this season. Not sure if I'll share the totals with the wife however

 

[bvibert]

These days I try not to let other drivers influence my driving too much. I'm going the speed I want to go. If someone wants to go faster I'll try to make it easy for them by pulling over or slowing down in a passing situation.

Playing games with aggressive drivers can only lead to trouble.

Yeah, but it can be fun too.

I probably shouldn't have said 9 times out of 10, that was true several years ago, but now I'm probably just as likely to just do my own thing.

 

[bvibert]

I used to get REALLY irritated in traffic and swear worse than a sailor. But I've mellowed a bit over the last few years. Sort of like Greg's example, how much time do you really save by being a dick? Not a whole lot. It's not worth it. Put it into perspective.

According to our daughter you still swear like a sailor in the car...


Seriously, sorry for the hijack Steve. Someone struck a nerve on subject that I'm passionate about.

I admire the work you put into tracking your ski days and costs associated with them. It's just too much work for me.

 

[severine]

I said mellowed a bit. :razz: And I'm MUCH better than I used to be.

Steve - that's some really cool work you did keeping track of all of that. I'm impressed. I think I'd be afraid to see actual numbers. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. Cool stuff though.

 

[frozencorn]

You can't imagine how happy we were to find a gas station in Burlington on Sunday at $3.95/gallon.

 

[deadheadskier]

Back on topic: Steve you've inspired me to track my days this season. Not sure if I'll share the totals with the wife however

I started last year, but gave up about six days in :lol:

I probably should this year, though the gas price thing might get kind of depressing

 

[bvibert]

I really don't think I want to know how much skiing costs me...

 

[KingM]

Cruise control is my friend. I used to get tickets because I found myself gradually going faster and faster and then there were the cops, not where it was unsafe to speed, but where they were most likely to catch you.

Now I just take my foot off the brake and let the computer do it for me. It saves gas, it saves tickets, and it saves my blood pressure. I no longer find myself getting in a competition with another car in that pass/pass/pass thing.

 

[bvibert]

Cruise control is my friend. I used to get tickets because I found myself gradually going faster and faster and then there were the cops, not where it was unsafe to speed, but where they were most likely to catch you.

Now I just take my foot off the brake and let the computer do it for me. It saves gas, it saves tickets, and it saves my blood pressure. I no longer find myself getting in a competition with another car in that pass/pass/pass thing.

Yup, cruise control is wonderful. As long as the roads are clear...

 

[riverc0il]

Back on topic: Steve you've inspired me to track my days this season. Not sure if I'll share the totals with the wife however

Huh? What was the topic we were getting back to again? I seem to have forgotten after having read the last two dozen posts. :???:

:uzi:

:-D

 

[Ski Hick]

If you figure how much it cost you'll never go

 

[deadheadskier]

If you figure how much it cost you'll never go

....good point, but nothing wrong with trying to be as fiscally responsible as possible in enjoying your passion.



P.S. I live the next town over from you. If you ever want to carpool to the mountain, give me a shout

 

[riverc0il]

If you figure how much it cost you'll never go

You are right. I would have had way more than 52 days and would have spent way more than $1700 if I had not been keeping track.:wink:

 

[bvibert]

Huh? What was the topic we were getting back to again? I seem to have forgotten after having read the last two dozen posts. :???:

:uzi:

:-D

Something about using a calculator to determine the effect of speeding on fuel mileage, I think.