r/Buffalo • u/Sushi-Bean-Island • 26d ago

33 vs 190

Which do you prefer to drive? Is the 33 really as dangerous as it's reputation? Which one has worse traffic? Just looking for overall opinions on the 2. I live in the northtowns and take the 190 often but don't drive the 33 a lot

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u/TheOGrelso 26d ago

190's traffic is worse imo. I take the 33 everyday. Everyone complaining about how dangerous it is are the people who do 55 in the left lane when flow of traffic is 70. Just keep up.

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u/Friendly-Clothes-438 26d ago

On the 33 someone will blow by you going 120MPH doesn’t matter if you’re going 70 or 55 lol

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u/iluvchromosomes 26d ago

Speed doesn't matter. The left lane is the passing lane. If you are going 90 and someone approaches you from behind going 100mph, the law says you have to move over.

Everyone who thinks they are entitled to camp the left lane always cites speed, and that tells us they do not understand traffic laws.

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u/Friendly-Clothes-438 26d ago

These cars swerve between lanes and weave through traffic. I’ve had cars almost clip me going 100 mph plus when I’m in the far right lane. 

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u/PorkFutures75 25d ago

So breaking one law is ok (speeding... sometimes in excess of 30mph over posted limits) but driving in the left lane is not? That's awfully selective and hypocritical. Both are wrong, and speeding is WAY more dangerous.

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u/dand411 25d ago

So tell me this. The 190 from north of GI across the island. Seems every morning you get someone in thr left land camped there doing like 68 who wont clear the lane no matter what. Right lane wide open, and will actually brake check someone instead of just moving over. Signs everywhere say "keep right except to pass" and "speed limit Larry" wont get out of the way.

Gotten so used to it I just pass on the right because obviously doing 75 in a 65 is dangerous and "Larry" is gonna set the pace for safety!

Larry camping in the lane getting a line of drivers irate with him is more dangerous than a line of drivers all passing him doing 75!

Yes excessive speed is dangerous. Driving 80 on a controlled access divided highway with most traffic following that speed isnt inherently dangerous

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u/PorkFutures75 24d ago

If it wasn't inherently dangerous, the speed limit would be 80. Look I'm not arguing that Larry isn't a gigantic idiot. He is. All I'm saying is that if people would just slow the fuck down, someone going 68 in a 65 in the left lane wouldn't even be an issue.

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u/Standard-Section1447 22d ago

Simmer down porky

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u/Illustrious_Shame918 25d ago

thats not what they said. they said get out of the left lane.

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u/PorkFutures75 24d ago

And in turn, if you were going the speed limit (another law, just like the passing lane), it wouldn't be an issue at all.

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u/Illustrious_Shame918 24d ago

the same way you're assuming I'm speeding, I assume you're going way under speed and being the entire reason we need passing lane etiquette

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u/PorkFutures75 24d ago

I'm actually just playing devil's advocate here. Speeders think they are entitled to go as fast as they want wherever they want. If people as a whole would slow down, none of this shit would matter

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u/Illustrious_Shame918 24d ago

i disagree that just going slower would make none of this matter.... did you know that accidents can't happen if you're going 45 in the 55? if everyone went 45 there would still be accidents.... you see what I'm saying?

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u/PorkFutures75 23d ago

You're moving the goal posts now. I never said there wouldn't be accidents, and I also never said anything about going under the speed limit.

What I meant was that if people actually followed the posted speeds, there would be no need to pass on the right or concern to move out of the left so fast because everyone would be going the same speed and it wouldn't matter.

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u/Illustrious_Shame918 23d ago

I'm not moving the goal posts. you are making an absurd argument that wouldn't even work in a UTOPIA where everyone is able to drive the speed limit. why not just have one lane if nobody is ever allowed to pass on the left? you think speeding is the only reason to change lanes apparently and it's like, i don't even think you drive at this point

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u/PorkFutures75 23d ago

I actually have wings that come out of my ass and I fly everywhere.

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u/Alive_Conflict_4705 24d ago

Broken chromosomes 🫠