Re: Why do so many people drive on the shoulder on I-495 during rush hours? Is it now allowed like on I-66?
Posted by:
Owen59
()
Date: April 20, 2008 10:13PM
I don't have "documentation" but I believe there are posted signs that
tell people it's okay to drive on I-66's right shoulder lanes. If
memory serves me correctly, it's between the I-495 ramp to the Rt.123
exit...
I don't recall ever seeing signs like that on I-495.
People driving on the should(legally or illegally) scare me. This is
precisely why I do not stop on the shoulder, even when I have a flat
tire... I just keep on going until I get off at the nearst exit,
or rest stop. Sure, I may end up damaging the wheel so badly that I
need to buy a new wheel... but that's only a couple hundred bucks.
Not worth stopping on the shoulder, changing the tire, and then getting
run over buy people driving on shoulders.... (but anybody feel free to
enlighten me if my logic is flawed)
Thanks! :)
What? Wrote:
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> Do you have some documentation to show that
> driving on the shoulder is allowed on 66? I sure
> didn't get that memo but I'm open to being proven
> wrong. The short answer to your original
> question, though, is that people do that because
> 90% of drivers in Norther Virginia are giant
> pricks. People here figure that they are more
> important than everyone else and whatever they
> need to do to get ahead of everyone else is just
> fine.