Did anyone see it too? They did a show last nite on street racing, tuner shops, movies like Fast&Furious and the Mischief videos, and the recent fatal crash in Florida.

One video showed a silver 996TT passing cars on a really tight right shoulder. Is that someone on this board? That gives us a bad name.

No reckless driving on public streets please.

 

Passing on the shoulder? If the cars in front don´t want to move I usually pass them on the shoulder when it´s safe to do so. But I agree that way too many people drive like they own they´re invincible.

 

"I usually pass (them) on the shoulder when it is safe" by Crash Crazy

That is like saying "I usually jump off bridges when it is SAFE"
When is it safe to pass a car on the shoulder?

 

The real question is "WHEN IS IT LEGAL TO PASS ON THE SHOULDER"?

 

Maybe it is in Slovenia..

 

In Texas, it's legal to pass on the shoulder if the car in front of you is turning left and it's a 2 lane road / bi-directional road.

 

I don't think that passing on the shoulder on a 4-6 lane I-State at 75-120MPH is legal anywhere, not even Slovenia!

In fact, I would bet any Texas Trooper would cite for passing on the shoulder of a 2-lane bidirectional with a left turning venicle if you were exceeding the speed limit?

 

The only time I ever pass on the shoulder, is when the freeway is a parking lot, and I can see the exit I want to take (as in its only a few hundred feet away).

 

that was gumball footage I believe

 

I think so 2, soon2be993tt

 

We have the same traffic laws as anywhere else in the EU. I pass cars on the shoulder when I can see what´s ahead of me and I usually only do it with the fast-lane warriors, who will keep pace with the cars in the slower lane and not move. That´s also illegal here btw. The speed limit here is 80 mph and I never did more than 100, while passing. Besides, most highways here are level with the ground, so in case of an emergency you can just drive onto the grass. And the shoulder is usually wider than the driving lanes. But yeah, I absolutely loved the Gumball footage, too bad I don´t have a deathwish like those guys

 

It was probably Lonman (Rob) in his GT2 during the gumball, its his signature move.

 

Yup, that's exactly who I was thinking, he always pulls the shoulder move in the Gumball. Crazy guy, but makes entertaining footage.

 

Definately Lonman. A CL55 passing a passenger car on the inside lane at 120 mph+ and Lonman passing the CL55 at 1xx mph

 

Now you're totally exaggerating.

There are lots of times when passing on the shoulder is safe. In terms of safety, why is passing on the shoulder any less safe than passing in any other lane? If someone came and turned the solid line on the left hand side of the highway into a dotted line, everyone would be passing on it and no one would call it unsafe. Now you call it a "shoulder" and all of a sudden it's unsafe?

Police use the shoulder all the time to pass cars, does that mean what they're doing is unsafe and a danger to fellow motorists? I think with our cars which can brake, accelerate and handle better than a police car, we are actually safer doing it in our TT's than a police officer would be in his cruiser.

I'm not saying it's legal, but to say it's the same as jumping off a bridge (which equals 100% death rate) is just a gross exaggeration.

- KJ

P.S. For the record, I don't pass on the shoulder.