This is a form of road rage?? What the heck is going on?

Question

Just read on wikipedia that "driving next to another car at the speed limit" is considered a form of road rage. The reason is that someone who does that is being a vigilante trying to "enforce the speed limit themselves"?? what gives? I thought we are supposed to obey traffic laws. So if you are driving the limit and someone beside you does the same, you are supposed to speed up or go out of your way to let some speeder behind you pass?? Don't understand this one.

Answer 1

Wikipedia is worthless.  I can't tell you the number of times I've found errors in wikipedia entries, but unless someone corrects the error, it remains and others are misinformed.  It's a collection of opinions, rarely supported with citations, of individuals who feel they have something important to say.  Unfortunately, their flatulence is not as important to others.  

I refuse to allow my children to quote wikipedia in their schoolwork.  If they find something relevant, they are required to follow up the citations mentioned, if any, or do further research for supporting opinions in print.

Wikipedia is worthless.

Answer 2

Where did you get that information?

Answer 3

it is against the law to block a bypass lane...if 2 cars are travelling side by side at the same rate, you are blocking the bypass lane...and honestly- a car who is lined up along another IS generally done for intimidation (if it is very a length of distance)

Answer 4

Wikipedia is not the end-all, be-all authority on anything.  It is a collection of random factoids and people's personal opinions on thousands of different subjects.  Obviously, you've just found a reference that is more personal opinion than fact.

It is a fact, though, that many states have laws that require vehicles to remain in the right lane unless they are passing another vehicle.  If the car in the left lane is just cruising down the highway with no intention of passing the car on the right, he may be in violation of state law.

Answer 5

If you are doing this to prevent them from completing a passing manuever on a 2 lane road is could be.

  Here is a scenario.. You are driving a section of interstate where you know the staties always have a speed trap set up. You are driving the speed limit, overtaking a 18-wheeler which is moving 5 mph slower than you (the limit for commercial trucks). A rich jerk in a Porsche come up behind you at 108 mph and starts flashing his headlights like he thinks he's on the autobahn.

dor you

A) Floor it and get the heck out of he way?

B) Stay at the speed limit, and move over a safe distance past the truck?

C) slow down to match speed with the truck, to slow the jerk down and save him a ticket?

B is the correct answer.

if you answered A then you would probably need to have help paying up the fines for speeding, reckless driving, andreckless endangerment.

If you answered C, this may count as highway vigilantism, but is not necessarily road rage.

  I was once in the situation I just described. I maintained my speed while the idiot was riding my bumper, blowing his horn and flashing his headlights. As soon as ther was a small gap betweemn me and the truck (not a safe distance mind you) the idiot driver cut around me nearly hitting the truck, gave me the 1 finger salute and floored it. About 2 miles later, the state police had him pulled over. The person experiencing road rage was the speeder, not me.

  Wikipedia is usually a good source of info, but, since anyone can and does edit it, some people use it as a platform to express their opinions as fact. It should not be your only source of info.

Answer 6

Most people don't line up their cars next to another car, even stopped at a traffic light.

Could be a form of intimidation, who knows.

Answer 7

wikipedia is bull **** anyone can write on there

Answer 8

Let's clarify this with a dictionary definition of rage. From the American Heritage dictionary:

Rage:

Violent, explosive anger.  

Now ask yourself if "driving next to another car at the speed limit" constitutes "violent, explosive anger." It can be better classified as "passive-agressive" if it is indeed being done to block someone from changing lanes, but how often do you find yourself on the highway randomly travelling at the same speed and next to not just one, but possibly multiple vehicles? Road rage has become the new hate crime of the highways. Hate crimes are no different than other crimes, but the liberals want everyone to feel special, so they try to make a crime worse if it is performed against someone in a different social or racial group as the perpetrator. Same with road rage. If the same action was taken by a person at the shopping center who blocks you from walking into a store, either intentionally or accidentally, do you call it mall rage?