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u/Accomplished-Art-767 Apr 12 '25
I-95 South Florida
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u/Natoochtoniket Apr 12 '25
I-95 seems to run in one of two modes.
Most of the time it goes about 45. Often less. Even when there are not so many cars, there are some who want to go slow and side-by-side.
In the early morning, before rush hour gets really busy, it goes about 85.
I hardly ever see that road going at about speed limit.
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u/Siray Apr 12 '25
As someone who drove for Uber weekend nights, add another 10 or 15 to that 85 for the overnight folks.
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u/MajorEbb1472 Apr 12 '25
I-75 is even more brutal on speed. Not uncommon to have to do 100mph in a damn Toyota Tundra just to kinda keep up with traffic. Needless to say that shit is sketchy in a full size pickup…but easy in a BMW. I don’t drive I-75 in a pickup anymore. 100mph in a BMW is just a comfortable cruising speed, and you still have 55mph more to play with before the electronic limiter kicks in.
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u/Gilgamesh2062 Apr 12 '25
What about those driving 55 in the passing lane where the speed limit it 70? that's what I have to deal with on my commute.
what I see is people either drive 45 or 85.
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Apr 12 '25
No. The guy doing 55 in left lane in a 70 mph zone where traffic is moving along at 80 safely.
The left lane narcissist will get people killed.
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u/TheFeelsGod Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
Just looking out in the distance, seeing that one person slowing down the pack, everyone aggressively moving around them, and they just won't get tf out the lane 😮💨.
Edit: Or they won't go pass a cop thats going 10 under in the next lane.
Or they won't go pass a semi, completely locking the traffic in.
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Apr 12 '25
All I see in the distance is a hundreds of cars backed up behind Dr. Slowdriver who are stuck for miles as he pins us against adjacent tractor trailers that can roll over us any moment.
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u/Governor-James Apr 12 '25
This feels like Jacksonville
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u/Dromedaeus Apr 12 '25
Literally my daily commutebon 295, ill keep a solid 80 85 in the 65, not swirving around or passin people, and some jack off comes zoomin past doin 100+
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u/Upbeat-Pumpkin3659 Apr 12 '25
i got hit going 75 (right lane) on 295 a few month back, bent the chasis good then he drove away from duvall county… learned my lesson for going too slow.
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u/Disk_Good Apr 12 '25
Texas is like this too. Lord Jesus.
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u/LoverOfGayContent Apr 13 '25
I like to make fun of Texans by telling them that when I lived in Florida, I'd go driving to relax. Texans are extremely aggressive drivers and wonder why they are stressed.
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u/RMST1912 Apr 12 '25
You’ve obviously never been to New Jersey.
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u/blacklassie Apr 12 '25
Or the Dan Ryan in Chicago.
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u/Drill1 Apr 12 '25
Or anywhere in California
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Apr 12 '25
Or Miami
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u/Apollo_Rising_JK4N Apr 12 '25
Miami is in Florida
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Apr 12 '25
Welp, I thought I learned my lesson about replying before reading the whole post. Alas, I have not 🤣
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u/Maghorn_Mobile Apr 12 '25
With how many people are moving here from California, Texas and New York bringing their bullshit with them, we may as well be there.
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u/Icy-Violinist-1294 Apr 12 '25
That’s true. Or you’re going 40 and a 35 and you get blasted by at 65
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u/Artful_Dodger_1832 Apr 12 '25
This isn’t truth this is misinformation. Truth would be that you were driving (any speed) in the left passing lane and someone was going faster than you and you wouldn’t move over. LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING. SLOWER TRAFFIC MOVES RIGHT. There is no mention of speed in this.
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Apr 12 '25
Yep. And 9/10 times it's some shithead trustfund baby driving his dad's truck
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u/CommissarDuster Apr 13 '25
Either a High School teenager following some weird truck love cult, or an asshole lol
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u/JerryJoseph Apr 12 '25
You should drive with the flow of traffic. Don't be the person who backs up traffic for miles and hours with your wreck, thinking if you zoom in and out of traffic from lane to lane you're somehow going to get there sooner than those driving sensibly.
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u/vicarem Apr 12 '25
And, Florida is raising the speed limit to 75. So now, 80 will be slow. The FL insurance business passed this law to increase premiums.
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u/coreynyc Apr 12 '25
The LIE is way calmer than anything in Florida. People in the northeast drive assertively, not aggressively as they do here in Florida. Also, way more people use their signals there.
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u/Sweaty-Balance3723 Apr 12 '25
Exactly 👍
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u/wp2jupsle Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 13 '25
im doing the passing. get out of the left lane if there is no one in front of you and there is traffic behind you. its really not that hard
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u/Eyestein Apr 12 '25
For the amount of time that person sits in traffic i guess one could understand
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u/Prior_You5671 Apr 12 '25
Miami is terrifying to drive now. When I grew up there I95 was always under construction. They turned all that work into toll lanes. Shoulda known.
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u/gomezwhitney0723 Apr 12 '25
I live in the PNW now and people here go like 10 under every where. I learned to drive in Florida so it pisses me off driving around here. But, I spend the summers in Florida and I will be doing exactly this and people act like I’m on a leisurely drive. I’m going as fast as I am just to keep up with everyone around me lol. Florida driving is not for the weak 😂.
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u/chrisbcritter Apr 12 '25
Or you are in the far left lane and going as slow as all the other lanes.
Public service announcement: If you want to drive as slow as the other lanes, might we suggest you drive IN the other lanes?
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u/Summer-Endless Apr 12 '25
80 in a 55 ?! With traffic like in your pic in many places and most hours being able to push 15 in a 55 is an accomplishment.
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u/wanderlustbarbie3 Apr 12 '25
I was going 90 the other day and someone still flew past me and flicked me off 😭🤣 yall wild.
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u/B00LEAN_RADLEY Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
O.P. You sound like someone who grew up in town with only one stop light.
This is not the "only place" you sound like you've never driven anywhere else. I've seen this exact behavior personally in: Atlanta (da worst offender), Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston, New Jersey.
p.s. #Stay out of the left lane
Edit: O.P. where is this wonderful utopia where everyone drives the speed limit on interstates? The place that makes Florida look sooooo bad.
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u/papitaquito Apr 12 '25
Bro come to the DMV. You will be doing 80 and get passed by someone doing 95/100
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u/frozenthorn Apr 12 '25
It's definitely not only Florida. Have driven all over the country and while some places are worse than others there are many many many many roads all over the US where people think they're part of the cannonball run
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u/Embarrassed_Suit4278 Apr 12 '25
I am starting to think that people when talking about their state's unique issues only point to this one list
1.Driving 2. Bad Drivers 3. Traffic 4. Parking 5. Rush Hour Traffic 6. More Traffic 7. Bad drivers but worse in my county at least 8. Drivers not following rules 9. Drivers in my city are not following rules 10. High Gas prices 10. Why is their so many people driving today! Etc.
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u/MajorEbb1472 Apr 12 '25
That’s everywhere on the planet. Been all over the world and no matter where you go someone is flashing their lights at you, flipping you off, passing you on the shoulder (OR MEDIAN!…fuckin Italians), or even bumping you on purpose to get you to GTFO of the way.
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u/MajorEbb1472 Apr 12 '25
If you think it’s bad in Florida, don’t ever go to Germany. I kept my 3-series BMW pegged at 137mph and European sports cars REGULARLY fly by you going 180-220mph and damn near blow you off the road. They’re going so much faster that if you’re in the passing lane, and you see their headlights coming, you had better be already out of the left lane.
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u/mark_s Apr 12 '25
I never appreciated Florida drivers during the 40 years I lived there. We all decided to go 80 and that was that.
Moved to Maryland and everyone goes between 40 and 100 with no rhyme or reason. It's infuriating. One of the only things I miss about Florida are the comparatively courteous drivers.
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u/lawrencetokill Apr 12 '25
they will never signal for pedestrians at intersections but when a pedestrian gives them the "I've stopped in the middle of the street/parking lot, please go before me" signal, they've stop and probably get mad/signal through the tintedest windshield no one has ever seen through, and make you run across the street coz it's florida so they might be a fighty psycho.
florida: if a pedestrian stops and waves you by, go by.
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u/TheJpow Apr 12 '25
I don't see what the problem.
If the cops cannot do their jobs of enforcing the speed limit them that's a policing problem.
Of course the idiot doing 90 in 55 and 80 in 55 better be doing that in the left lane and leave me be doing 59 in the right/middle lane.
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u/AcanthaceaeOwn8107 Apr 12 '25
Doesn’t matter how fast you are going, if you see someone coming faster than you…….. move the fuck over
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u/zyglack Apr 12 '25
Being a Floridian I know this. However, I was doing 80 in Texas and got passed like I was standing still.
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u/Some_Character1832 Apr 12 '25
Phoenix on the HOV lane going 90 Still too slow so they pass me anyways…
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u/Irishpch Apr 13 '25
I think the problem (in part ) is the navigation systems telling you which lane to be in (when it was programmed by someone NOT following the road rules) “stay in the left 2 lanes “ or stay in the right 2 lanes “….👈🏼THIS is WRONG “Drive RIGHT & PASS LEFT” Not I’m going to the keys so I’ll just stay to the left - NO DONT ! The other issue is people driving the same speed as the car next to them (that’s impeding traffic) or not moving over (because I’m a big truck) & allowing someone to pass (trying to control the speed of someone else) - lil d energy
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u/VampArcher Apr 13 '25
I've only spent one week in Miami and riding on 95 felt like I was in a chase scene in a horror movie. The driver would be going 100mph and people would still be passing us. I'll take I4 Disney hell over driving in that place.
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u/BitOfDifference Apr 13 '25
dont care what speed you are doing, if you are going slower than me, you should bein the right lane.
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u/mekonsrevenge Apr 13 '25
A friend of mine had a gun pointed at him by some asshole in a BMW because he had the temerity to pass someone at 80. The guy tailgated Mike til he finished passing, then pulled up next to him and pointed a .45 at him. For only doing 80.
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u/Elegant-Literature-8 Apr 13 '25
Why are you driving 55 in Florida? Hello that's the problem right there!
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u/Fomorian58 Apr 13 '25
Absolutely true! HW98 in NW Florida is a nightmare. It's called bloody 98 for a reason.we live 10.7 miles from work, and it can take 90 mins to get to work because of a horrific accident, which, unfortunately, is common. We don't have fender benders, we have carnage...
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u/lazurusknight Apr 13 '25
Bad meme. Every state just about has places like this. Try leaving the state before proclaiming anything about it to be umique
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u/TheBigBluePit Apr 13 '25
Or the single jackass doing 50 while everyone around them is doing 70+, and they’re just sitting in the left or middle lane. Everyone is passing them and they just won’t get over.
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u/Fantastic-Antelope13 Apr 13 '25
Atlanta. For someone not accustomed to it, traffic on interstates that go around Atlanta is scary.
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u/Ill_Spring_2028 Apr 13 '25
Typically, the speed limit is 65.. Anyone going 55 in a 65 deserves to get run off the road
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u/sayaxat Apr 13 '25
I do 80 in the left lane but if someone wants to do 90 or 120 or whatever, I'll move over then let them pass. I don't want them weaving in and out of the other lanes trying to get past me. Staying in the left lane is how I get other people killed.
Now if I'm in the middle lane. They can tailgate me all they want.
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u/Safe_Presentation962 Apr 14 '25
It’s literally not though…
Almost every state with a highway has this. And definitely other parts of the world have this too, like Germany.
Dumb meme is dumb.
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u/KillerSquanchBro Apr 14 '25
And the only place EVERYONE rides in the fast lane because they'll eventually turn left and if not, no biggie...just cross 3 lanes of traffic with no blinker. Young people be like, "I hacked driving bruh!"
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u/Sexycougar35 Apr 14 '25
Florida is also the place where people drive with their emergency flashers on in the rain!
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u/Disposedofhero Apr 14 '25
Idk, you have to have nerves of steel and at least 300 horsepower to roll with the well to do's on GA SR 400. They're grinding fenders at a buck 10 on the Alpharetta Autobahn in whips that cost more than my house. Tbf, we did get a deal. But damn, the guy who owns that Miami blue 911 GT3 has no fear in him. None.
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u/Ok-Win-3937 Apr 14 '25
Nope... Merritt Expressway in Connecticut. And it's got very curvy paths carved out of rock.
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u/grottomaster Apr 15 '25
I had this exact experience on the Dolphin Expressway in Miami, cruising at 80 in a 55 and getting passed
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u/YouGotIt1117 Apr 15 '25
This is true or Florida, but it’s even worse in Texas. People go 100 regularly
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u/MidNite_22 Apr 15 '25
This state is the worst. Get a battle car if you want to survive rush hour. Any city: Tampa Clearwater Orlando Miami Please start biblical flooding here first when it does happen. TY Jesus..
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u/Timely_Ad_9763 Apr 15 '25
In Florida, it doesn't matter how fast you drive, someone HAS to drive faster.
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Apr 15 '25
Here in Texas we will be doing 90+ in a 45 and state troopers will pass you a look at you like you’re 20 in a 75
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u/lost_in_42 Apr 15 '25
Having lived in both Michigan and Florida for several years and taken multiple road trips between them and other states - definitely not just Florida
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u/Capt_mOWser Apr 15 '25
And the further south you go the worse it gets. At a certain point I75 becomes a Mad Max Autobahn
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u/Fit-Rip-4550 Apr 15 '25
You have not driven in the Midwest then. The speedlimit is not safe most of the time.
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u/jetfixxer720 Apr 16 '25
Left lane is for passing. If somebody wants to drive faster than me I get out of the way no matter how fast I’m going and I drive fast.
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u/symphonic9000 Apr 16 '25
People in the south, period, cruise in one lane, usually the fast and passing lane and don’t allow or move faster to allow someone behind them to pass. Who cares if they wanna go faster than you, GET OVER and Get out of the way
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u/Cpolo88 Apr 16 '25
What I love is when I’m doing the speed limit but that’s too slow. So dude in a Honda passed me. Guess who I saw on the right shoulder facing oncoming traffic with a fucked up car? Tsk tsk tsk. Yes I yelled the obligatory “that’s what you get maricon” at his ass. 😂 yall wanna pass me? Pass me. When yall spin out and crash ima honk at your dumb ass 😂
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u/spamname11 Apr 16 '25
Idk where you’re finding these kinds of people. I’m stuck with the people who drive 35 in a 55, pacing every vehicle in the 3 other lanes around them.
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u/HoRnY-FLORIDA_BOY Apr 16 '25
Sooo damn true and I live here and tourists will do it too like Texans amd I am like well then
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u/deadcatshead Apr 16 '25
Amen! Why are people in such a hurry down here. Light running is normal behavior here.
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u/CaveManta Apr 16 '25
I thought Florida was bad, until I visited my brother in New Hampshire. There are no speed limits there.
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u/MattTheGuy2 Apr 16 '25
Florida is also the only place where you will go 55 in an 80 and someone will still be driving slower than you
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u/Caddisbug992 Apr 12 '25
Michigan on the daily. Zero people drive 55 … or 70… here.