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Old 02-05-2023, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post


I guess one has to make a value judgement. What is more valuable? The money I might have to pay on the slim chance I get ticketed, or the time I'll waste over the course of my remaining days on earth waiting for slow traffic?

I'll take my chances passing the bicyclist going 5mph up the incline.
I would just ask, what about the life of the person that you are passing or the person that through NO fault of their own gets hit in a head-on collision? I prefer to take a mental margarita and be HAPPY that I am retired and left that HURRY, hurry stuff in my rearview mirror. But, unfortunately, humans are a creature of habit.
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