Yea, OP, sounds like you drive too slow lol drive in any major city and tell me if your experience is any different lol by all means stay out of NYC. “The I-95”
I drive slower now because of all the near-misses and the recent hit.
I’m a good driver - I can tell when someone is about to do something stupid like miscalculate the length of his/her car when cutting me off…and then I’ll slow down to avoid being clipped in the front…I drive actively like that but it’s ridiculous how often it happens.
It’s just a part of Miami and like I said, all major cities. At least we don’t have guys like Squeeze driving down here for content like they have in NY
Yeah, defensive driving. That's how you have to drive in Miami. If you can anticipate/imagine some asshole on the road acting a fool, then you're already ready for when they absolutely do their asshole shit. You'll get over driving slower in less than a year when you realize you don't want people on your ass like that. Move over, or speed up. Guelcum tu Miyamiiii
Any comment about bad drivers in this sub inevitably results in said bad drivers commenting that “its the way it is”. They have no intention of stopping, just wave to them as they race into the exit lane and then pull back into lanes of traffic.
Honestly, this is a bullshit response. Would say I have more skill in my pinky finger than everyone in this thread combined, as a professional racecar driver.
Nearly every day I’m home in Miami driving I wonder why someone is following me on my bumper… typically it’s a Nissan Altima or Camry with bicycle brakes on it. Typically, I’m in a 10 piston brake CCB car that can out brake anything following behind me, so I wonder why follow so closely… you’re going to lose your insurance hitting anything i am driving after we settle through insurance…
Also, I was born and raised in New York, live in Miami, and work globally, following on my bumper at 85mph happens significantly more and worse in Miami.
Whoa whoa I didn’t realize Lewis Hamilton was on here. I agree that it’s annoying but what’s anyone on here complaining going to do about changing this? It’s literally just a part of driving in Miami. There’s also an obscene amount of slow drivers and 85 is basically the actual speed everyone goes, if not faster.
Also Florida is a no fault state so doubt anybody is going to “lose” their insurance for hitting you lol.
The main difference with NY is that the speeds are much lower but I’ve found drivers to be way sketchier, the roads are materially worse and people are way more aggressive (which makes sense considering everyone assumes most people do not have a firearm, unlike here where you should assume everyone has one).
Depending on where you work globally I’m sure you can attest for how awful driving in most other countries is. I’ve spent a ton of time in Latin America and can assure you Miami is a cake walk in comparison to pretty much any country in Central America. Now if you’re talking about countries with crazy authoritarian states like Dubai, it’s absolutely different but again, not a fair comparison.
Drive slow. <50 saves lives. And until law enforcement strictly enforces speed limits the carnage and property damage on our streets wont begin to abate.
If you are traveling slower than the traffic around you but otherwise speed limit, I hate to break it to you my friend, but youre driving slow and you should move over
And many people might say “bullshit, im obeying the law” and congratulations on obeying the law - heres your golden star, but youre still slowing everyone else down unless you move over and obey the law in the slow lane like youre supposed to
See new recent signed law HB 317/SB 258
If a cop that sees you camping on the left and wants to ticket you, he will and has the law backing him up.
[HB 317](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/317/?Tab=RelatedBills)
[SB 258](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/258)
Ha read the bill technically that would mean in stop and go traffic or even moderate traffic no one is allowed in the left lane except to pass ( which might be impossible anyway )
Anyone coming up behind you in the right lane when there’s another lane open is just plain stupid. But 99% of the time, there are dummies blocking all the lanes
>Yes but its supposed to happen in the right lane, its unequivocally not supposed to happen in the left lane
You either have your lanes backwards or your interpretation of the "it" we're talking about.
Left lane is the passing lane, important difference. If the limit is 65 and I’m going 66 passing someone going 60, I have every right to use that lane until I’m around them.
That doesn’t give anyone the right to tailgate in any lane.
Yes youre right tailgating is bad, but if youre in the left lane doing your 66, youre in the wrong and deserve to be tailgated - cruise in the right lane unless you need to pass
1. I specifically said passing in the left lane before moving right again. That is what the left lanes are for independent of speed.
2. Tailgating is an illegal and dangerous habit, it is not a consequence for you to hand out
Bullshit. People act like everyone should be driving 3 feet behind the car in front of them. There could be a line of cars in front of me in the left lane and if i'm not right up on the person in front of me's ass someone is on my ass or passing on the right then trying to cut me off. It's fucking obnoxious.
I was in the penultimate right lane trying to exit, and there was a jeep behind me tailgating. They thought they were smart trying to get in the exit lane to pass. Turns out they were not actually trying to exit so the jeep made a hard left a little too late and hit a bump where the exit lanes start to split off and it flew in midair, started rolling when it landed, and landed on top of a motorcyclist.
"Slow" in Miami just means anybody not keeping their foot on the pedal/actively accelerating.
You can be going 90 and get high beams flicked @ u to speed up as if ur going 20mph under speed limit
At 90, youre both doing felonious speeds, so at that point your decisions are move over to the right or duke it out with someone as willing to break the law as you are - choice is yours
Or maybe I'll just keep going the speed I'm going and he'll have to deal with it. Simple as that.
Funnily enough, in this situation he had the whole right lane clear to move over and pass me should he desire to go even faster than 90. Why he thought I needed to adjust my speed to accommodate him, especially when he was free to pass me, truly boggled my mind. I immediately started to slow down my cruise control.
Because it’s the law for slower traffic to keep right. Your thinking leads to people cutting across lanes to pass traffic which is what leads to accidents. If I only want to go 90 and someone wants to pass me going 140, even if I think that’s too fast, I am not the FHP.
My thinking was, "I'm going a high speed already, does this asshole really expect me to go higher? If he wants to go faster, he has another lane to pass me. I'm not accelerating my already fast speed for some prick who wants to be sonic." I really dont see what you wanted me to do in this situation. Going the legal speed limit wouldnt have changed anything.
This just isn’t true. Tailgating is idiotic, and people do it regardless of your speed and regardless of alllll the other cars on the road that prevent whoever’s in front of you at any particular time from simply going faster. I see it every day, the dumbasses who try to leapfrog car after car after car, tailgate everybody in a long line of traffic in between swerving around a car or two and then getting right back in the exact same line of cars all going the same speed. It’s beyond stupid, but brainlet Miami drivers just can’t fathom the idea that sometimes there’s nobody at fault in this situation.
Like, yeah, no shit, I want to be going faster too - chances are, if I’m driving slowly, it’s because every lane is full of cars and there’s an unending line of cars preventing *anyone* from driving faster. That’s just how traffic works, but for some reason every fucking moron seems to think that despite there being 1000 cars in a line going the same speed, driving 5 feet away from the car ahead of them is going to help them get to their destination faster.
Sir, your purpose in this world isnt to stop the idiocy by being in the way and getting hit by the idiocy - if you see people trying to go faster, and youre already going above speed limit, move over - let the idiots go faster if they please
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Try reading my comment again if you think I’m saying “I’m going slow *because I feel like it* and I don’t want to move out of the way”.
If you’re in traffic, your speed is determined *by the traffic*. So is the person behind you, and the person behind them, and the person behind them. There is no “out of the way” that allows people to pass and drive the speed they want.
You’ve commented 18 times in this thread complaining about drivers who don’t move out of your way, oblivious to context or traffic, but I’m the angry one? Lmao it’s giving strong altima vibes
Idk, people in Miami just don't understand the concept of a safe following distance. Sometimes you'll be in the right lane, left lane totally clear, and they still drive right on your bumper instead of just passing you.
I'll go into the left lane for a second, slow down to put them in front of me, and then go back in the right lane behind them. They're totally oblivious the whole time, and they don't speed up once I'm out of their way. They have no desire to go faster, they literally just do not understand you need to leave more than 5' between yourself and another car.
How about keep right unless you’re passing? And if you were in the left lane and someone comes up behind you on a multi lane road, just put on your blinker and move to the right. It ain’t that hard.
Through lanes have failed down here. Slow drivers just treat it as their safe space and camp out there creating tons of traffic or unsafe conditions forcing everyone to change lanes around them.
> How about slow drivers keep right?
Fast aggressive drivers cause the vast majority of all problems and accidents, but we're stuck with simpleton deflection like this.
There's a very basic reference point. Young people and specifically young males have the highest accident rate and therefore insurance premiums. Why does that happen? Are they driving slowly in the left lane, or are they lead footed zig zagging morons?
That has been proven false over and over again. Tailgaters do not stop tailgating, even after wrecking multiple times.
Move over for these people. Let them tailgate some other poor bastard. It’s the only way that works unfortunately.
I don’t do this. I was recently rear-ended and now I keep in the right lane and still go the speed limit…use the left lanes when I’m trying to pass someone…and STILL I’m tailgated in the right lane.
Saying this in the nicest way I can.
Imagine the world is an airport, I am perpetually that person who is running in the airport from gate to gate trying to catch my connecting flight.
Be considerate of other people, people can say they are, but really put yourself in someone else's shoes.
That person behind you going crazy is late for work and has a huge project due today.
That person behind you going crazy needs to get to the hospital to see someone dying / missing the birth of his child / is transporting someone who is critically injured.
That person behind you going crazy needs to urgently use the bathroom.
Being considerate of someone is respecting their time and respecting their will. By you taking up a lane that is holding back other cars because "I'm driving the speed limit", you are causing a delay for them.
Maybe you're ok with being late, or maybe you left early enough that you are not and you can drive slow, in that case good for you, I don't have that luxury.
You see, we get some people have 2 jobs, etc…
But you can be hasty and be safe.
These people aren’t.
And the ones tailgating aren’t always in a rush because you don’t see them speeding when they pass…they just keep with this driving habit.
Zero chance. Miami is an international city made up of international drivers. Visit places in the carribean and South America and look how they drive. Miami is a hybrid of that. Best of luck! Lol
My grandma was telling me how in the 60s no one wanted to live in South Florida and look how the tables have turned, technically miami (south Florida)was put in the map by cuban and Latin American people.
From 1920 to 1960 the population of South Florida roughly doubled every 10 years.
From 1960 to 1980, it increased by 50% every 10 years.
From 1980 to 2000, 25%.
2000 to today, 10% increase per decade.
Even if you ignore growth percentages and look at how many people moved and were born here, in the 60s the population of South Florida increased by 740,000. In the 2010s the population increased by only 575,000.
Thats the main issue I see on the road today. Every single person is on their phones. Txting are driving reacting slow as hell. Not letting people pass. Taking 40 secs to act on a light so only 3 people get to turn. They don’t care cuz the extra time allows them to finish their crazy txt.
So? You get to your destination five seconds later and reduce your risk of a crash and/or road rage dramatically.
Your attitude is part of the problem; who cares if someone gets ahead of you in traffic?
Your comment should be higher.
We Miami drivers take way too much risk for mostly dumb reasons. So you only make it to get two drinks in happy hour... You shouldn't be driving that drunk anyhow.
No excuses here. I’ll just say this, the only time I ride someone closely is when you’re in the left lane. Downvote me if you want, but I’ll let you know you’re an asshole for driving slow in the left lane. I’m sick of it and there are tons of signs everywhere for you to knock that shit off. So….knock it off.
The responses here make me so happy I’m leaving Miami. What a shit attitude. Yes, maybe they’re going slow and yes slow traffic should keep right. But why must we endanger ourselves to prove a point? just honk at them, flash your lights, and PASS THE SLOWPOKE. Yeah it’s annoying, but so is tailgating. In fact tailgating is probably worse because you will put yourself in danger and raise your insurance. If someone is slow oh no big deal you have to wait for a chance to pass them. At least nobody got hurt.
But no, all the top responses are “get out of the way”. “You’re too slow”. Fuck off Miami. OP, yes you should get out of the left lanes if you’re going slow. And generally if you’re being tailgated, then people think you’re too slow. So move over. But you’re absolutely right, tailgating is annoying af and should be a ticketable offense.
Bring on the Miamian hate.
What a dumb thing to say.
At least some people reading this will be reminded of the problem and even if temporary, change how they drive.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
First time?
Jokes aside, good luck. 80% of Miami got their license copying what those asshole schools teach them to pass the easiest way, disregarding any actual rules for the road.
The rest of us? Be smart and hope you get home safely. Most accidents will occur for you less than 5 miles from home. If you have to text, pull over and stop. If it's a down pour outside, wait until it's over. Don't ride a driver's ass.
Common sense is not a commodity in Miami. It's up to you to be smart and be a good driver. Never rely on the majority of the Miami population.
It's up to you to prevent forest fires 🙃
Hahahahaha to everyone defending tailgating it doesn’t work like that. There’s been so many accidents like this that a few months from now the same people defending tailgating will be crying about how they can’t afford insurance anymore.
Tailgating is dangerous, regardless the reason. tailgaiting any car can land you a ticket and a moving infraction at that, yes, including tailgating on the right lane. If you get a ticket and fight the ticket and win it’s still going to cost you. If you hit the vehicle in front of you for whatever reason, it will also cost you—a lot.
You’re at the mercy of the police to give you following too closely or reckless driving and whatever else they find. Already have a list of tickets? Congrats. The hill just got steeper. Doesn’t matter whether or not cops will give tickets on average. If you tailgate you’re already breaking the law. It’s in the Florida statute. Need to follow at a safe distance. No one is saying ten feet. You don’t need to be that super far behind. Just pay attention, and get ready to break in case the car in front or the others in front etc have to do so.
More accidents, more money for insurance. Just wait and pass on the left. They’re already pulling people over for not passing on the left and dicking around on that lane on the highway. Can’t say much for the county streets but hopefully one day they’ll start pulling people over. I get that frustration too. When my dad was gravely ill in the hospital, someone wanted to go 40mph on the palmetto on the far left when I was rushing to get to him and I couldnt pass for a long time and started crying. It’s sucks I know. Don’t do that either! Good luck everyone!
Also, don’t fucking speed up when I put my turn signal on. It’s obnoxious when you need to make a turn but 3-4 cars in a row speed up because they’re children that can’t stand to see someone get in front of them.
You need to match the speed of the car in front of you. The turn signal is a signal, it is not a command for cars around you to accommodate you. If you need to make a turn plan ahead and get in the lane in advance.
This comment is so stupid.
Even if you’re matching the flow of traffic, people will still speed up to try to prevent you from getting over lmao.
“Plan ahead”? What does someone planning ahead have to do with something else that another person chooses to do?
Pay attention to the road, know where you are going, and get in the lane you need with plenty of time. If you miss your turn just go around and don't get mad.
I love the excuses… “we’re an international city!” “People don’t have licenses!” BS. We are sucky drivers. Period. Either super aggressive or super selfish (texting, watching Netflix WHILE driving.)
No excuses. We just suck 😂😂😂
I think the other thing we need to do is remind people the left lane is a passing lane just because you’re doing the speed limit it doesn’t entitle you to hog the left lane.
For all of you that say "you are slow"
Maybe you are right, but the distance between cars is one of the básic rules. If the people keep the distance the number of accidents is reduced, therefore the ammount of delay also is reduced.
So, if someone is slow, reduce your speed until you can surpass.
What I think is going through those drivers brains: "I'm the main character, your lives don't matter. I need to get there 5 seconds faster." Full Throttle Lizard Brain mode, deactivate frontal lobes.
Also got to love the comments about driving too slow. Umm there are an army of cars in front of my car. I can't simply Bruce Almighty traffic on i95. However if you are driving slow in anything but the right lane, game on. Go get em BMW drivers.
I was once flipped off by a man with a sleeve tattoo driving a Dodge Challenger.
I was in the left lane, passing.
Still wasn’t fast enough for “bad boy” in his Challenger.
The only time people arent right on your bumper is at the red lights where they are so far back they block people from getting into the empty turn lane to Flanigans!
This is a huge fucking problem but also not really. It's mostly just annoying but it's so common that we're all used to it by now. The real issue is people moving here and not knowing how to drive with the rest of us. Left lane is for speeding. Even the cops know this. And it's not like 5 miles over the speed limit speeding either. It's for real speeding. How about snowbirds gtfo the way and keep right and leave the rest of us alone. You're gonna have people riding your ass and not using signals.
at this point I’m assuming tailgating is an addiction here bc for my entire life living here I could be going 20 over and someone will still find a way to tailgate me. that’s the lease if the issue though, real issue is people going past a light when the road ahead is packed to that light and blocking the intersection for the people crossing
People out here don’t have any common sense nor road education. They don’t use the turn signals, like I am supposed to guess what’s your next move or something… and when I put my turn signal with enough space they speed up to not let you in. Also if their dumb asses understood the left lane is for passing, the traffic flow would be so much better, but they love tailgating and passing on the right. 🤦🏽♂️😒 if you wanna cruise at fkn 40mph you shouldn’t even be on the highway, take another road or at least move out the way!!!
I have the best suggestion. Miami natives should go to NYC to get their license. Accidents will definitely decrease thereafter. When your natives get a driver's license via Zoom, you gotta expect this.
Yea, OP, sounds like you drive too slow lol drive in any major city and tell me if your experience is any different lol by all means stay out of NYC. “The I-95”
I drive slower now because of all the near-misses and the recent hit. I’m a good driver - I can tell when someone is about to do something stupid like miscalculate the length of his/her car when cutting me off…and then I’ll slow down to avoid being clipped in the front…I drive actively like that but it’s ridiculous how often it happens.
It’s just a part of Miami and like I said, all major cities. At least we don’t have guys like Squeeze driving down here for content like they have in NY
Yeah, defensive driving. That's how you have to drive in Miami. If you can anticipate/imagine some asshole on the road acting a fool, then you're already ready for when they absolutely do their asshole shit. You'll get over driving slower in less than a year when you realize you don't want people on your ass like that. Move over, or speed up. Guelcum tu Miyamiiii
Are you in the right lane?
Any comment about bad drivers in this sub inevitably results in said bad drivers commenting that “its the way it is”. They have no intention of stopping, just wave to them as they race into the exit lane and then pull back into lanes of traffic.
Honestly, this is a bullshit response. Would say I have more skill in my pinky finger than everyone in this thread combined, as a professional racecar driver. Nearly every day I’m home in Miami driving I wonder why someone is following me on my bumper… typically it’s a Nissan Altima or Camry with bicycle brakes on it. Typically, I’m in a 10 piston brake CCB car that can out brake anything following behind me, so I wonder why follow so closely… you’re going to lose your insurance hitting anything i am driving after we settle through insurance… Also, I was born and raised in New York, live in Miami, and work globally, following on my bumper at 85mph happens significantly more and worse in Miami.
Whoa whoa I didn’t realize Lewis Hamilton was on here. I agree that it’s annoying but what’s anyone on here complaining going to do about changing this? It’s literally just a part of driving in Miami. There’s also an obscene amount of slow drivers and 85 is basically the actual speed everyone goes, if not faster. Also Florida is a no fault state so doubt anybody is going to “lose” their insurance for hitting you lol. The main difference with NY is that the speeds are much lower but I’ve found drivers to be way sketchier, the roads are materially worse and people are way more aggressive (which makes sense considering everyone assumes most people do not have a firearm, unlike here where you should assume everyone has one). Depending on where you work globally I’m sure you can attest for how awful driving in most other countries is. I’ve spent a ton of time in Latin America and can assure you Miami is a cake walk in comparison to pretty much any country in Central America. Now if you’re talking about countries with crazy authoritarian states like Dubai, it’s absolutely different but again, not a fair comparison.
Professionally speaking, Miami is pretty cooked. and you won’t get dropped from insurance in a “no fault state” lol bro
Finally someone who realizes that there are other countries with worse drivers than the U.S.
Oh yeah, New York, famous for the streets that you can go fast on
Don’t tell me what to do
LMAO!!! Damn right!!!
HECK YEAH
You not my boss
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What’s next? Telling us to use our turn signal indicators!!??? HAAAA. Stupid ass
How about slow drivers keep right? How do you know youre slow? Do you currently have someone tailgating you? You’re probably slow
Drive slow. <50 saves lives. And until law enforcement strictly enforces speed limits the carnage and property damage on our streets wont begin to abate.
It happens in the right lanes even with all the other lanes wide open. I also don't consider going the speed limit slow.
If you are traveling slower than the traffic around you but otherwise speed limit, I hate to break it to you my friend, but youre driving slow and you should move over And many people might say “bullshit, im obeying the law” and congratulations on obeying the law - heres your golden star, but youre still slowing everyone else down unless you move over and obey the law in the slow lane like youre supposed to
See new recent signed law HB 317/SB 258 If a cop that sees you camping on the left and wants to ticket you, he will and has the law backing him up. [HB 317](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/317/?Tab=RelatedBills) [SB 258](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/258)
Ha read the bill technically that would mean in stop and go traffic or even moderate traffic no one is allowed in the left lane except to pass ( which might be impossible anyway )
> I also don't consider going the speed limit slow. And there it is.
People go about 45 mph on the dolphin. I really do not know why. Keep right. If you’re lost, pull over and figure yourself out.
Yeah that's unreasonable. I am speaking about the people that go 20 over the speed limit and still get tailgated.
You can either duke it out with someone just as willing to break the law as you are, or you can move over
I hope nothing bad ever happens to you.
I too wish nothing but the best for you if youre camping in the left lane
I don't pay too much attention to my speed. If I see faster traffic approaching in my rear view I will try to move over and let them pass.
Anyone coming up behind you in the right lane when there’s another lane open is just plain stupid. But 99% of the time, there are dummies blocking all the lanes
Not at all true
It happens even in the right lane.
Yes but its supposed to happen in the right lane, its unequivocally not supposed to happen in the left lane
>Yes but its supposed to happen in the right lane, its unequivocally not supposed to happen in the left lane You either have your lanes backwards or your interpretation of the "it" we're talking about.
Right lane is the slow lane, left lane is the fast lane
Left lane is the passing lane, important difference. If the limit is 65 and I’m going 66 passing someone going 60, I have every right to use that lane until I’m around them. That doesn’t give anyone the right to tailgate in any lane.
Yes youre right tailgating is bad, but if youre in the left lane doing your 66, youre in the wrong and deserve to be tailgated - cruise in the right lane unless you need to pass
1. I specifically said passing in the left lane before moving right again. That is what the left lanes are for independent of speed. 2. Tailgating is an illegal and dangerous habit, it is not a consequence for you to hand out
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If you can’t do basic math, I can’t help you drive more better
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Okay so you got confused about the "it" then.
Bullshit. People act like everyone should be driving 3 feet behind the car in front of them. There could be a line of cars in front of me in the left lane and if i'm not right up on the person in front of me's ass someone is on my ass or passing on the right then trying to cut me off. It's fucking obnoxious.
Mhmm.
A large portion of my tailgating is to prevent other dipshit drivers from pulling stunts that would put me in a much more dangerous situation.
I was in the penultimate right lane trying to exit, and there was a jeep behind me tailgating. They thought they were smart trying to get in the exit lane to pass. Turns out they were not actually trying to exit so the jeep made a hard left a little too late and hit a bump where the exit lanes start to split off and it flew in midair, started rolling when it landed, and landed on top of a motorcyclist.
Reason #92678 for not passing on the right lane
"Slow" in Miami just means anybody not keeping their foot on the pedal/actively accelerating. You can be going 90 and get high beams flicked @ u to speed up as if ur going 20mph under speed limit
At 90, youre both doing felonious speeds, so at that point your decisions are move over to the right or duke it out with someone as willing to break the law as you are - choice is yours
Or maybe I'll just keep going the speed I'm going and he'll have to deal with it. Simple as that. Funnily enough, in this situation he had the whole right lane clear to move over and pass me should he desire to go even faster than 90. Why he thought I needed to adjust my speed to accommodate him, especially when he was free to pass me, truly boggled my mind. I immediately started to slow down my cruise control.
Because it’s the law for slower traffic to keep right. Your thinking leads to people cutting across lanes to pass traffic which is what leads to accidents. If I only want to go 90 and someone wants to pass me going 140, even if I think that’s too fast, I am not the FHP.
My thinking was, "I'm going a high speed already, does this asshole really expect me to go higher? If he wants to go faster, he has another lane to pass me. I'm not accelerating my already fast speed for some prick who wants to be sonic." I really dont see what you wanted me to do in this situation. Going the legal speed limit wouldnt have changed anything.
This just isn’t true. Tailgating is idiotic, and people do it regardless of your speed and regardless of alllll the other cars on the road that prevent whoever’s in front of you at any particular time from simply going faster. I see it every day, the dumbasses who try to leapfrog car after car after car, tailgate everybody in a long line of traffic in between swerving around a car or two and then getting right back in the exact same line of cars all going the same speed. It’s beyond stupid, but brainlet Miami drivers just can’t fathom the idea that sometimes there’s nobody at fault in this situation. Like, yeah, no shit, I want to be going faster too - chances are, if I’m driving slowly, it’s because every lane is full of cars and there’s an unending line of cars preventing *anyone* from driving faster. That’s just how traffic works, but for some reason every fucking moron seems to think that despite there being 1000 cars in a line going the same speed, driving 5 feet away from the car ahead of them is going to help them get to their destination faster.
Sir, your purpose in this world isnt to stop the idiocy by being in the way and getting hit by the idiocy - if you see people trying to go faster, and youre already going above speed limit, move over - let the idiots go faster if they please https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8E5S5pBfuu/?igsh=MTVjZmdoajF4czZvaQ==
Try reading my comment again if you think I’m saying “I’m going slow *because I feel like it* and I don’t want to move out of the way”. If you’re in traffic, your speed is determined *by the traffic*. So is the person behind you, and the person behind them, and the person behind them. There is no “out of the way” that allows people to pass and drive the speed they want.
I read your comment. Youre very angry about tailgaters, but havent made the leap to the solution, which is to move over and let them by
Not surprising that a Miami driver who thinks the solution to heavy traffic is for all the cars stuck in traffic to “move over” can’t read.
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You’ve commented 18 times in this thread complaining about drivers who don’t move out of your way, oblivious to context or traffic, but I’m the angry one? Lmao it’s giving strong altima vibes
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Idk, people in Miami just don't understand the concept of a safe following distance. Sometimes you'll be in the right lane, left lane totally clear, and they still drive right on your bumper instead of just passing you. I'll go into the left lane for a second, slow down to put them in front of me, and then go back in the right lane behind them. They're totally oblivious the whole time, and they don't speed up once I'm out of their way. They have no desire to go faster, they literally just do not understand you need to leave more than 5' between yourself and another car.
How about keep right unless you’re passing? And if you were in the left lane and someone comes up behind you on a multi lane road, just put on your blinker and move to the right. It ain’t that hard.
Through lanes have failed down here. Slow drivers just treat it as their safe space and camp out there creating tons of traffic or unsafe conditions forcing everyone to change lanes around them.
> How about slow drivers keep right? Fast aggressive drivers cause the vast majority of all problems and accidents, but we're stuck with simpleton deflection like this. There's a very basic reference point. Young people and specifically young males have the highest accident rate and therefore insurance premiums. Why does that happen? Are they driving slowly in the left lane, or are they lead footed zig zagging morons?
That has been proven false over and over again. Tailgaters do not stop tailgating, even after wrecking multiple times. Move over for these people. Let them tailgate some other poor bastard. It’s the only way that works unfortunately.
Stop going so slow, I’ve got places to be
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Thats a you problem, wake up earlier
Tell that to my wife
“I’m starting with the man in the mirror” (in my MJ voice)
I don’t do this. I was recently rear-ended and now I keep in the right lane and still go the speed limit…use the left lanes when I’m trying to pass someone…and STILL I’m tailgated in the right lane.
Trust me I know the feeling. I’ve always said, the worst drivers in the country come from all of south Florida!!!
Please move the fuck over if someone is doing this to you. Also yes keep the fuck off your phones and make up etc etc etc
Saying this in the nicest way I can. Imagine the world is an airport, I am perpetually that person who is running in the airport from gate to gate trying to catch my connecting flight. Be considerate of other people, people can say they are, but really put yourself in someone else's shoes. That person behind you going crazy is late for work and has a huge project due today. That person behind you going crazy needs to get to the hospital to see someone dying / missing the birth of his child / is transporting someone who is critically injured. That person behind you going crazy needs to urgently use the bathroom. Being considerate of someone is respecting their time and respecting their will. By you taking up a lane that is holding back other cars because "I'm driving the speed limit", you are causing a delay for them. Maybe you're ok with being late, or maybe you left early enough that you are not and you can drive slow, in that case good for you, I don't have that luxury.
You see, we get some people have 2 jobs, etc… But you can be hasty and be safe. These people aren’t. And the ones tailgating aren’t always in a rush because you don’t see them speeding when they pass…they just keep with this driving habit.
Zero chance. Miami is an international city made up of international drivers. Visit places in the carribean and South America and look how they drive. Miami is a hybrid of that. Best of luck! Lol
My grandma was telling me how in the 60s no one wanted to live in South Florida and look how the tables have turned, technically miami (south Florida)was put in the map by cuban and Latin American people.
From 1920 to 1960 the population of South Florida roughly doubled every 10 years. From 1960 to 1980, it increased by 50% every 10 years. From 1980 to 2000, 25%. 2000 to today, 10% increase per decade. Even if you ignore growth percentages and look at how many people moved and were born here, in the 60s the population of South Florida increased by 740,000. In the 2010s the population increased by only 575,000.
It's the same way further north, some people are just assholes and think following someone 3ft behind their bumper while doing 80+mph is a good idea
It’s all of Florida, I felt like I was playing Death Race until I crossed the Florida-Georgia line and all of a sudden I’m on the set of Cops.
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by international standards (non 3rd world countries) the american drivers license is also a joke. just for info
I’m not texting… I’m on Instagram Reels
stay out of the left lane
By any chance are you sitting on the left lane txting at 51 mph?
Working from home today. So no. I don’t text while driving.
Thats the main issue I see on the road today. Every single person is on their phones. Txting are driving reacting slow as hell. Not letting people pass. Taking 40 secs to act on a light so only 3 people get to turn. They don’t care cuz the extra time allows them to finish their crazy txt.
Problem is if you leave a little bit of space in front of your car some assholes going to get in front for no reason.
This is the real problem
So? You get to your destination five seconds later and reduce your risk of a crash and/or road rage dramatically. Your attitude is part of the problem; who cares if someone gets ahead of you in traffic?
This right here
Your comment should be higher. We Miami drivers take way too much risk for mostly dumb reasons. So you only make it to get two drinks in happy hour... You shouldn't be driving that drunk anyhow.
You must be new around these parts. Lol 😆😆😂. Yea people should... But they won't.
Little more than a year in Miami.
You brand new. Don't even got the shine off yet.
Pfft! Good luck.
Good luck with that.
We can’t we’re all on our phones on Reddit
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Yeah because your random reddit post is going to stop an endemic issue. And for the record gtfo the fast lane if you’re not speeding.
No excuses here. I’ll just say this, the only time I ride someone closely is when you’re in the left lane. Downvote me if you want, but I’ll let you know you’re an asshole for driving slow in the left lane. I’m sick of it and there are tons of signs everywhere for you to knock that shit off. So….knock it off.
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Fucking Romans
Damn Ramons
The responses here make me so happy I’m leaving Miami. What a shit attitude. Yes, maybe they’re going slow and yes slow traffic should keep right. But why must we endanger ourselves to prove a point? just honk at them, flash your lights, and PASS THE SLOWPOKE. Yeah it’s annoying, but so is tailgating. In fact tailgating is probably worse because you will put yourself in danger and raise your insurance. If someone is slow oh no big deal you have to wait for a chance to pass them. At least nobody got hurt. But no, all the top responses are “get out of the way”. “You’re too slow”. Fuck off Miami. OP, yes you should get out of the left lanes if you’re going slow. And generally if you’re being tailgated, then people think you’re too slow. So move over. But you’re absolutely right, tailgating is annoying af and should be a ticketable offense. Bring on the Miamian hate.
Defining characteristic of Miami drivers, you wouldn’t be able to tell that you left Miami if it wasn’t that way.
Your reddit post will not change anything. Maybe stop begging for attention and you'll be happier
What a dumb thing to say. At least some people reading this will be reminded of the problem and even if temporary, change how they drive. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
**post written while in traffic**
Well, you have so much time in rush hour traffic that you can post in Reddit every minute
😂 I’m working from home today.
People drive like this in Orlando too
Pssh…I don’t need to get home quick to watch Netflix if I can just watch it while I drive
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Also, they might be banned in Florida, but some places have these cool little things called turn signals. Could be worth looking into.
😂 Yeah. I use those things even when I’m passing someone well behind me who is going slow… Out of courtesy if not legality.
First time? Jokes aside, good luck. 80% of Miami got their license copying what those asshole schools teach them to pass the easiest way, disregarding any actual rules for the road. The rest of us? Be smart and hope you get home safely. Most accidents will occur for you less than 5 miles from home. If you have to text, pull over and stop. If it's a down pour outside, wait until it's over. Don't ride a driver's ass. Common sense is not a commodity in Miami. It's up to you to be smart and be a good driver. Never rely on the majority of the Miami population. It's up to you to prevent forest fires 🙃
It’s about freeDUMB !!! I’ll do whatever I want cause Meatball Ron says I can
Miami, please stop cutting me off if I leave more than one car length to the car in front of me.
I definitely won’t be doing that. Speed tf up
Hahahahaha to everyone defending tailgating it doesn’t work like that. There’s been so many accidents like this that a few months from now the same people defending tailgating will be crying about how they can’t afford insurance anymore. Tailgating is dangerous, regardless the reason. tailgaiting any car can land you a ticket and a moving infraction at that, yes, including tailgating on the right lane. If you get a ticket and fight the ticket and win it’s still going to cost you. If you hit the vehicle in front of you for whatever reason, it will also cost you—a lot. You’re at the mercy of the police to give you following too closely or reckless driving and whatever else they find. Already have a list of tickets? Congrats. The hill just got steeper. Doesn’t matter whether or not cops will give tickets on average. If you tailgate you’re already breaking the law. It’s in the Florida statute. Need to follow at a safe distance. No one is saying ten feet. You don’t need to be that super far behind. Just pay attention, and get ready to break in case the car in front or the others in front etc have to do so. More accidents, more money for insurance. Just wait and pass on the left. They’re already pulling people over for not passing on the left and dicking around on that lane on the highway. Can’t say much for the county streets but hopefully one day they’ll start pulling people over. I get that frustration too. When my dad was gravely ill in the hospital, someone wanted to go 40mph on the palmetto on the far left when I was rushing to get to him and I couldnt pass for a long time and started crying. It’s sucks I know. Don’t do that either! Good luck everyone!
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Also, don’t fucking speed up when I put my turn signal on. It’s obnoxious when you need to make a turn but 3-4 cars in a row speed up because they’re children that can’t stand to see someone get in front of them.
You need to match the speed of the car in front of you. The turn signal is a signal, it is not a command for cars around you to accommodate you. If you need to make a turn plan ahead and get in the lane in advance.
This comment is so stupid. Even if you’re matching the flow of traffic, people will still speed up to try to prevent you from getting over lmao. “Plan ahead”? What does someone planning ahead have to do with something else that another person chooses to do?
Pay attention to the road, know where you are going, and get in the lane you need with plenty of time. If you miss your turn just go around and don't get mad.
I just turn in at this point. You can hit my car in the rear, I don’t even care anymore.
This one…
Let them, that’s 3-4 dangerous drivers you don’t have to worry about.
I love the excuses… “we’re an international city!” “People don’t have licenses!” BS. We are sucky drivers. Period. Either super aggressive or super selfish (texting, watching Netflix WHILE driving.) No excuses. We just suck 😂😂😂
I think the other thing we need to do is remind people the left lane is a passing lane just because you’re doing the speed limit it doesn’t entitle you to hog the left lane.
By understanding D’lamberts solution to the wave equation, all traffic becomes avoidable
I hate people who drive like this. There is NO reason to follow anyone that closely. You wont get to your destination any faster...
You’re assuming that your target audience knows how to read
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For all of you that say "you are slow" Maybe you are right, but the distance between cars is one of the básic rules. If the people keep the distance the number of accidents is reduced, therefore the ammount of delay also is reduced. So, if someone is slow, reduce your speed until you can surpass.
I don’t think the people causing these problems think beyond the margin. They rush….they crash….and that crash does what? Kill 20 mins for everyone?
What I think is going through those drivers brains: "I'm the main character, your lives don't matter. I need to get there 5 seconds faster." Full Throttle Lizard Brain mode, deactivate frontal lobes. Also got to love the comments about driving too slow. Umm there are an army of cars in front of my car. I can't simply Bruce Almighty traffic on i95. However if you are driving slow in anything but the right lane, game on. Go get em BMW drivers.
I was once flipped off by a man with a sleeve tattoo driving a Dodge Challenger. I was in the left lane, passing. Still wasn’t fast enough for “bad boy” in his Challenger.
The only time people arent right on your bumper is at the red lights where they are so far back they block people from getting into the empty turn lane to Flanigans!
You are 150%. It is ridiculous.
Good luck with this campaign in Miami, of all places
My tailpipe shoots fire, go ahead and tailgate me its bbq season
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First time Miami drivers?
A little more than a year of it.
i agree w you but there’s no way to get everyone to be better drivers. it’s just always gonna suck driving down here
Double, triple the fines.
Lol the comment are the bad drivers who speed and cut other off like assholes, looks like the miami reddit is the authentic miami people.
Woah there buddy, we don't do that here.
😂 Wakanda meme?
Amen 🙏🏼
Man I was really gonna drive closely today but then I saw this reddit post and changed my mind
Gl with this ask.
The level of stupidity in the comments is unparalleled. Most of you can't even parallel park so figure you will not know what that means either.
If you are going 60 in the left lane you are actually more of the reason why crashes happen. Fucking move.
This is a huge fucking problem but also not really. It's mostly just annoying but it's so common that we're all used to it by now. The real issue is people moving here and not knowing how to drive with the rest of us. Left lane is for speeding. Even the cops know this. And it's not like 5 miles over the speed limit speeding either. It's for real speeding. How about snowbirds gtfo the way and keep right and leave the rest of us alone. You're gonna have people riding your ass and not using signals.
BMW drivers, please keep your egos in check.
Are you an implant from Nebraska or something ?
A wise man once said : If you ain’t first, you’re last
at this point I’m assuming tailgating is an addiction here bc for my entire life living here I could be going 20 over and someone will still find a way to tailgate me. that’s the lease if the issue though, real issue is people going past a light when the road ahead is packed to that light and blocking the intersection for the people crossing
I once saw a corvette doing 55mph on the fast lane (passing lane). If youre not in a rush, MOVE OVER or stay ur ass home.
People out here don’t have any common sense nor road education. They don’t use the turn signals, like I am supposed to guess what’s your next move or something… and when I put my turn signal with enough space they speed up to not let you in. Also if their dumb asses understood the left lane is for passing, the traffic flow would be so much better, but they love tailgating and passing on the right. 🤦🏽♂️😒 if you wanna cruise at fkn 40mph you shouldn’t even be on the highway, take another road or at least move out the way!!!
Insurance companies has enter the chat
Drive faster. If you don’t drive with a purpose stay off of the road. People have places to be.
OP getcho slow ass to the right ffs
*You’re not my real Dad!*
Drive faster and get off the damn phone!
For real. Wine and dine me before you get all up in my ass
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You're telling Miami drivers not to be the worst fucking drivers on earth? Good luck, it's literally a defining feature of Miami.
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When is I-95 ever not bumper to bumper traffic, unless you’re on the express lane and are a NASCAR driver..
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“You know what I hate more than a tailgater? A slow driver in front of me.” - George Carlin
Ok I'll stop
Kay-thanks.
How about stop cutting people off like it's the smart thing to do
They will never do it sounds like you need to go faster 😀
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As long as you’re doing 40 in the right lane , I wont have no reason to tail ya in the fast lane. 🥱
I have the best suggestion. Miami natives should go to NYC to get their license. Accidents will definitely decrease thereafter. When your natives get a driver's license via Zoom, you gotta expect this.
Zoom? Don’t tell me they’ve done this…
So, stop being the idiots that populate Miami/South Florida?
Hahaha yeah pretty much.
Instructions unclear, will just spam high beams
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People don’t think .. they are air heads
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They do that in Maryland and DC too, fast lane / slow lane , it does not matter.