Two-Lane Roads Where Passing Is Common

[michiganguy123]

Someone was going like 35 in a 55, I try to pass them and they speed up to like 70 so I ended up passing them going 80 

[mgk920]

WisDOT also installed some of those 'MDOT-style' passing lanes on WI 26 between I-41 in Oshkosh, WI and US 151 near Waupun, WI about 20 or so years ago.  They were VERY welcomed.

Mike

[webny99]

So the other day I was following an orange Ford Raptor. In a 40 mph zone, he was going 45 mph or so. ... I pinned it and made it past no problem and moved back over before the end of the passing zone. I glanced down at my speedometer at that point and I was going 77 but he was right on my tail so I crept up to 80 mph for good measure, but that wasn't good enough: he roared right past on a double solid line and pulled back in front just in time for both of us to slow down at the next intersection.

He just wanted to show you his dick was bigger than yours.

Some proof that was!    Having the urge to show that in the first place was one failure, and thinking that passing me would prove anything was an even bigger failure.

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Yeah, there are some people that take it as a personal affront that they've been passed, like they're losing at driving somehow. Don't understand that mentality at all.

If being passed means he's losing at driving, then maybe he should have been driving faster to begin with?

[Scott5114]

The ease of passing on most of US 95 is a reason why an extension of Interstate 11 north of Mercury isn't in the cards.

I wouldn't exactly call it easy. The Sunday that I took it, it was in that annoying spot where traffic was light enough that you could get up to speed pretty easy, but then would run across a slow vehicle right when there was a bunch of traffic coming the other way so you couldn't pass for a frustrating amount of time.

Full interstate upgrade might be overkill at this point, but something like alternating passing lanes, and maybe even four-lane divided on the US-6 overlap, would help a lot.

[epzik8]

FL 29 in the Everglades. Very straight route through palm trees.

[Max Rockatansky]

The ease of passing on most of US 95 is a reason why an extension of Interstate 11 north of Mercury isn't in the cards.

I wouldn't exactly call it easy. The Sunday that I took it, it was in that annoying spot where traffic was light enough that you could get up to speed pretty easy, but then would run across a slow vehicle right when there was a bunch of traffic coming the other way so you couldn't pass for a frustrating amount of time.

Full interstate upgrade might be overkill at this point, but something like alternating passing lanes, and maybe even four-lane divided on the US-6 overlap, would help a lot.

The worst spot is the ION Highway north of Winnemucca (which isn't even on the proposed I-11 corridor).  Problem is that bleeds into Oregon where they dragged their feet on posting a 55 MPH speed limit for years.  The road width is more narrow than the Nevada side and I doubt Oregon will ever invest in passing lanes.

[Jim]

Hit 90 out on NY 22 this past weekend passing someone.

Noticed this looking back at the thread - I got a speeding ticket about 20 years ago on NY 22 between 346 and 7. I decided to pass someone who I think was doing about 45 or 50.  I figured it's best to go up to 70 or 75 on the pass to complete as quickly as possible and get back over, but the officer did not agree.  I think the ticket was for something like 72 in a 55. I only wanted to be doing 60 or 62 on that stretch.  I maintain that aside from just staying behind the slow car (which I always tried to avoid there in case they were also turning left on 7 and would be poking along up through the curves where there is no passing for a while), it was safest to make my pass quickly.

[xonhulu]

The ease of passing on most of US 95 is a reason why an extension of Interstate 11 north of Mercury isn't in the cards.

I wouldn't exactly call it easy. The Sunday that I took it, it was in that annoying spot where traffic was light enough that you could get up to speed pretty easy, but then would run across a slow vehicle right when there was a bunch of traffic coming the other way so you couldn't pass for a frustrating amount of time.

Full interstate upgrade might be overkill at this point, but something like alternating passing lanes, and maybe even four-lane divided on the US-6 overlap, would help a lot.

The worst spot is the ION Highway north of Winnemucca (which isn't even on the proposed I-11 corridor).  Problem is that bleeds into Oregon where they dragged their feet on posting a 55 MPH speed limit for years.  The road width is more narrow than the Nevada side and I doubt Oregon will ever invest in passing lanes.

Yup.  It took until 2015 and the Oregon legislature overriding Oregon's DOT to get the speed limit on our stretch of US 95 raised to 70 mph.

And I agree on the unlikelihood of seeing any increased passing lane construction.

[JREwing78]

He just wanted to show you his dick was SMALLER than yours.

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