[MtnGoat]

Another vote for center of the road due to animals...except in corners, and of course when someone is coming! And another vote for...please pull over if someone comes up behind you.

[Malachai Constant]

It also depends on how rutted the road is, I have always heard with big double ruts you should drive with one wheel on the center and one on the edge to maximize ground clearance. Slowing down and letting those bees in a peanut butter jar pass is a good idea too.

[jimmymac]

[Snow_Knot]

Right down the middle like I own it.... He with the most lugnuts.... WINS!

[touron]

I try to stick to the middle on the straightaways. It seems easier to dodge the potholes that way, though it could all be in my mind (kind of like when you play Space Invaders--do you want to be at the edge, or in the middle)? Also, when you pass cars, picnic areas, walkers, or bikers, pass slowly so as not to envelope them in a cloud of...cough...choke....dust.

[Schroder]

If you drive really fast, you skim over the tops of the potholes.

[Snow_Knot]

[treeswarper]

I'm bad. It depends what one is driving whether I let them by. A beamer? They're gonna eat my dust a while. A beater? I'll let them by. A brand new SUV? Dust to them! Yup, I'm prejudiced.

[nuclear_eggset]

the first year I went hiking, all I had was our bimmer to get me to the trails - our old honda was not reliable enough and I was as likely to break down on the forest roads with no cell coverage as I had been breaking down on I-5 in the middle of San Onofre (during live-fire exercises :-o). so, I'm sorry that makes me an awful person, to drive what I have, but oh well. dust isn't the end of the world. honestly, with the clearance on that thing, most of the time, I was looking for a place I could pull over so people could pass *me*.

[Randonnee]

Wow. Lots of responses. You all were quite easy on me. Yes I was preaching, but I did resist name-calling and east of the divide v. west ranting like I own the mountains. At the time, I actually resisted antisocial behavior in that wrong-side driving situation. Thus, I vented here. Good discussion though. I don't know about more posts. My redneckian venting would soon be unpopular : )}.

[Snow_Knot]

[joker]

As long as you can survive some liberal venting and we all stick with your fine example of avoiding name-calling, I don't think you're going to cause any sort of general disturbance in the force by joining in here. Welcome, and thanks for the tips on night driving the back roads. The SUVs and trucks that go way slow and won't let you around are what seem to tick me off most (and no, I'm not in a bimmer or shiny new suv). The irony is tough to take... I heard a scurrilous rumor, though, that you have been seen skiing with someone from Seattle, and that you liked each other enough to consider doing it more than once!

[tigermn]

The problem with a complaint like this, is the violators are not likely members/readers of NWhikers.

[tigermn]

Learned this bicycling. If you look directly at the object, be it a rock, pothole etc, you will invaribly hit it. You need to be aware of it but not be staring/focused on it.

[Backpacker Joe]

I was just in the cruiser up the Middle fork of the Snoqualmie. I was all the way on the right side of the road near the ditch. How do I know this? The truck was leaning to the right. Here comes a Toyota whatever in the middle of the road and honks at me as I drive by?!?!?!?! I just had to laugh. That's ONE of the problems with making places like the Middle Fork a highway. You get to many people who are hyper inexperienced on those roads.