A case for automatic overboost

[WasserGKuehlt]

Glad you made it unscathed @whitex. I'll echo the other comments, though, that passing on the right is risky. Big rig drivers are among (if not the) safest on the roads, but they do need time to scan to make their mental map of who's around. (I tend to slow down around them if I can't give them one lane worth of space.)

As for the left lane: once upon a time, the world's worst drivers held a convention. Over 2 days, they shared their tales of being persecuted by other drivers and insurance companies alike, being called names, and not finding sympathetic psychology therapists. On day 3, they resolved to find a place of their own, where they could be themselves and escape the tyranny of merciless mockers. And thus was founded the State of Washington.

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[redshift-performance]

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[whitex]

I'll echo the other comments, though, that passing on the right is risky.

Looking at all the comments, we have opinions that passing a truck on the left or right is risky, so that would mean all passing is risky, which is true as all driving is risky. Is it more risky to drive next to a truck matching speeds vs. passing the truck? I don't know. In this case I am not sure if passing was the issue, I could have been driving at the same speed as the truck, as it looked like he panicked slightly when he saw the exit lane sign (his brake lights went on around the time the sign became visible to the driver). Credit for unclear signage goes to WSDOT - why have a sign about "exit only" marking for a lane, but not showing that two right lanes can actually exit, with second from the right having an option to exit or not? This is the sign from my video:

I'm no traffic engineer, but it seems quite obvious to me that the sign is misleading (as evidenced by the truck driving changing lanes into my lane, which by the way ended few hundred feet later, meaning he had to merge back to the lane he started in, even before joining I5). IMHO much more clear sign would be something like this I mocked up (knowing what that interchange actually is):

Or am I projecting my engineering brain onto society, and the actual sign in the first picture as designed by WSDOT is more clear to an average American? I can't tell if I'm dreading it, or I can't wait until AI takes over WSDOT road signage design jobs.

Side note: I generally avoid driving next to big rigs, or any cars if I can help it - I prefer to not be boxed in, should I need to swerve, plus avoid being a victim of someone deciding to change lanes into me. I typically try to get between "waves" or "herds" of cars on highways, leaving lots of room in front of me, and when passing trucks, do it as quickly as I can without risking a speeding ticket - that saves close calls like this, as well as getting hit by crap falling off or kicked up by by trucks.

As for the left lane: once upon a time, the world's worst drivers held a convention. Over 2 days, they shared their tales of being persecuted by other drivers and insurance companies alike, being called names, and not finding sympathetic psychology therapists. On day 3, they resolved to find a place of their own, where they could be themselves and escape the tyranny of merciless mockers. And thus was founded the State of Washington.

This would be funny, except so close to the truth (in my version all the bad drivers just moved to Washington - I have lived in few countries and few states, WA drivers are IMO the worst in terms of attitude and skill combination - so many of them drive like they'd ride a cow, get on, point it in the general direction, get on their phones, hope to get to the destination). I remember when I was driving across country after picking up my Taycan, there saw a car which entered the highway, cut across all lanes cutting off other cars without signaling, then settled in the left lane doing 10mph under the speed limit. My first thought was "wait, am I in Washing already? Why does the road feel so smooth?". It turned out I was still a few hundred miles away from our home state. However when I caught up to that car, I saw the familiar Washington plates.

Back to regular programming, Porsche should have a way to engage overboost automatically when the accelerator hits the floor (or gets near), for safety. For track racing, allow the driver to turn this off. As pointed out by @Murph7355, not many people will race Taycans (I know you chose your 911 over a Taycan for the track), so the overboost always available should be a default setting, unless explicitly disabled. IMHO.

 

[Dee]

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