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Driving to Hilo today, on H130 at 55 mph, three vehicles in succession passed me (illegally) on the emergency lane on the right. The idea is catching on!
Google Maps says the distance from Seaview Estates to Hilo is 23.5 miles, so how can it take 1.5 hours even if you're stuck behind someone allegedly doing 35mph?
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Yeah, lead footed drivers have scared the crap out of doing that too and that's when I'm doing 50-55 mph. My van is rather blind on the right side.
I don't like it. It's like L.A. came to Puna and brought their aggressive driving habits with them.
Very glad I don't commute regularly.
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It can take a long time if you take the Red Road I guess, but heading for Kalapana and then 130 to Hilo it should not possibly take 1 1/2 hours. I've timed it at about 45 minutes.
Paul, that sucks!
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As POG pointed out, the original post by Stillhope indicated she is impatient and angry when driving to work and she therefore breaks the law.
Not long ago a poster here was bragging about how fast she could drive from Hilo to the Kona airport via Saddleroad, she had to be doing over 100 mph to get there in the time she said. This blatent disregard for our safety on the road upsets me as I have experienced the loss of family members killed by reckless and dangerous driving.
You must have caught on by now StillHope, there is a huge problem with safety on Highway 130 and you are upsetting a lot of us who choose to drive safely ALL the time and wish everyone else did too.
Whether it takes you 40 minutes or 2 hours to get to work is not the issue. Take a chill pill and leave for work early enough to get there without breaking the law.
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jeeze people, I think she got the message by now.
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Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
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The customary way of addressing a slow driver in front of you is to blink your headlights quickly a couple of times. It may not have the desired affect and is unlikely to get them to pull over enough to allow you to pass, but that's how you are supposed to do it. You don't drive on the shoulder. The shoulder is for emergencies. I am so sad that schools no longer provide driver training.
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Originally posted by oink
jeeze people, I think she got the message by now.
LOL.. no doubt. But since this dead horse keeps being drug back up... not to give Hope any fuel either. What are the chances of the slow car just pulling over to the shoulder to let the faster traffic pass[?] I mean if there's enough room for stiihope over there surely there's room for a car to pull over there to permit safe passing.
Anytime I'm pulling a trailer and/or driving slower than the people behind me (obviously) I'm automatically looking for a safe shoulder to pull onto.. I don't like to be tail-gated. Anyway a little consideration for others, even those behind you, can go along way.
Blessings,
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Blessings,
dave
"It doesn't mean that much to me.. to mean that much to you." Neil Young
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Buy a pickup truck. You can drive anywhere and go as fast as you want.
While we did our "test live-in Hawaii" we tried the "commute" to Hilo several times at different times during the day. We burned a tank of gas every two days. I felt for the most part people drove too fast, especially during times of heavy rain. Oh, I got passed on the right (they used the breakdown lane) a LOT.
Doesn't matter anyway, by the time I get live on the B.I., I'll be retired and I'll be happy to drive slooooooooooooooooow.
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for those of you that think "lots of steel" will save your life. I suggest you think twice about that.
this video is only 1min 41seconds and will blow your mind if you think big old metals cars are safe, they are not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joMK1WZjP7g
Thanks 808blogger! This is what I was trying to say to Rob. Newer cars are much safer even though they are not steel, because engineering has come so far. Crumple zones reduce force much more than the resistance of steel. Rob, I don't think your daughter is that safe in the old car, sorry to say.
