I’m in construction, so I get to see a lot of assholes that don’t know how to follow a traffic pattern. I think drivers ed should teach people how to drive defensively and how to avoid killing OTHERS with their stupidity. My local has lost a more than a few people over the years because people can’t follow a traffic pattern or are distracted by something.
I don’t care if this starts a shitstorm, but in my experience guys tend to drive drunk more often and are more aggressive in general. Most women I know/have witnessed can’t drive to save their lives and if you give them an SUV or a truck, it gets worse. Ah, what the hell, most people in general can’t drive.
[quote]beebuddy wrote:
NDM wrote:
beebuddy wrote:
On a much cooler side note my buddy was being chased by a gang of rabid mexicans driving Chevy Blazer one night. My buddy was driving a VW Rabbit. Anyway, they kept chasing him and he was almost home so he got worried. They pulled up next to him and he saw a telephone pole up ahead so he rammed the side of his car into theirs and pushed them over enough to make them hit the telephone pole!
That’s what you get for fuckin with the little guy! I love that.
Beebuddy, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that. Your friend should find himself a safehouse or a relative close by. Lay low for a while, because he’s probably wanted for murder.
My friend isn’t klippermeat though. They didn’t die, he just totaled their Blazer baby! Yea![/quote]
It is pretty friggen hilarious. I’m sure your friend laughs about it to himself all the time. I know I would. It’s funny when you picture the large SUV hitting the pole and the little VW peacing out. My stomach hurts from laughing about it. Good story.
I’m notorious for easing off the gas and slowing to 15 mph when being tailgated. Amazing thing is some of these fuckers are so stupid they will actually ride my ass for a mile or so before passing or changing lanes.
DC has some of the worlds worst drivers. This being said it is really a playground to have fun with them.
If my brother is in the car behind me, we will take up both lanes and drop to about 10 mph under the speed limit. This upsets a lot of people.
Other times, when there are the young gangster wanna-be’s driving around me I will speed in and cut them off, then cut out into the other lane. I will do this every time they get close to me. As soon as I cut in and they hit the brakes, I’m already out of harms way in the other lane.
With the people who look or are really uptight, 2000 watts of slayer, pantera, prodigy or other good training music definitely begins to bother them a bit.
And don’t even get me started with what I will do to drivers education cars.
There are some people out there that won’t obey just about all traffic laws. I have a perfect driving record and I think it’s because of the fact that I always assume the other person won’t follow traffic laws. That comes in handy especially when you have a green arrow crossing the intersection as the car opposite of you, across the road, will nearly ALWAYS try to turn in to the outside lane, the same lane you’re in.
I’m not the type to have “road rage” but there has been one instance. I was already going 5 over the speed limit when this asshole in a big white pickup truck rides up on my tail about a foot away and as I look into my rear view, he fips me off!
At that point, I was only around a hundred yards from where I had to turn so it’s not like I could switch lanes and let him pass. Apparently he interpreted that as me trying to get him more angry and starts dropping back and then speeding up nearly hitting me three times. At that point I lost it and pointed to where I was turning and turned on my turn signal wanting Mr. toughguy to pull over. He did nothing but drive off.
I contemplated jumping back in traffic and following him to wherever he was going but thought better of it. Some people are just assholes.
Also for the tailgaters, or people who you can tell are in a hurry and want to pass you if you need to make a turn start coasting (or downshift) without braking or signalling and drift towards the opposite side of the road from which direction you’re turning(left side if turning right, right side if turning left) this usually frustrates them pretty good.
What always gets me is when people seem to think that when they’re taking a left-hand turn through an intersection that they can just go ahead and turn onto whatever lane they feel like.
Left-hand turn = left-hand lane, assholes!
If you are behind me in the turning lineup and turn into any lane to the right of the left-handmost lane, I WILL cut you off for spite, cockfags!
The fave with tailgaters is to “Rip that Emergency Brake” if you have a hand brake. It doesn’t activate the brake lights and is bound to please.
Practice at home a few times first.
Secondly I love the ones who ride in the right lane for two miles when you are in the left lane, no one behind you, and they wait till the last second to try and pass you to exit. It’s so much fun to watch them miss their exit!
[quote]TrainerinDC wrote:
DrVonNostrand wrote:
If you’re constantly surrounded by bad drivers, surely it’s not you that is the problem.
Where do you live? Have you ever been to one of the major metropolitan areas in the US? If you had, you definitely would not make that statement. [/quote]
I can personally attest to how bad DC drivers are. When it’s raining, snowing or clear they suck. They suck all the time. I think it has something to do with all of the diplomats from overseas.
[quote]ElbowStrike wrote:
What always gets me is when people seem to think that when they’re taking a left-hand turn through an intersection that they can just go ahead and turn onto whatever lane they feel like.
Left-hand turn = left-hand lane, assholes!
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Actually, in my state, the law reads that one can make a left turn in to “the nearest available lane”. Meaning, if some 80-year-old granny is doing the 5 mph crawl turning in to the 3-lane roadway in front of you, you can go around and not hold up traffic.
Why you care if people go around you is beyond me.
[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:
ElbowStrike wrote:
What always gets me is when people seem to think that when they’re taking a left-hand turn through an intersection that they can just go ahead and turn onto whatever lane they feel like.
Left-hand turn = left-hand lane, assholes!
Actually, in my state, the law reads that one can make a left turn in to “the nearest available lane”. Meaning, if some 80-year-old granny is doing the 5 mph crawl turning in to the 3-lane roadway in front of you, you can go around and not hold up traffic.
Why you care if people go around you is beyond me.[/quote]
Because if they jump in front, you have to wait behind them, possibly missing the light?
Why is someone who’s in a hurry entitled to cut me off? I’m in just as much a hurry as them. Are they somehow special?
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Digital Chainsaw wrote:
ElbowStrike wrote:
What always gets me is when people seem to think that when they’re taking a left-hand turn through an intersection that they can just go ahead and turn onto whatever lane they feel like.
Left-hand turn = left-hand lane, assholes!
Actually, in my state, the law reads that one can make a left turn in to “the nearest available lane”. Meaning, if some 80-year-old granny is doing the 5 mph crawl turning in to the 3-lane roadway in front of you, you can go around and not hold up traffic.
Why you care if people go around you is beyond me.
Because if they jump in front, you have to wait behind them, possibly missing the light?
Why is someone who’s in a hurry entitled to cut me off? I’m in just as much a hurry as them. Are they somehow special?
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Jump in front? Miss the light? Am I missing something here?
Let’s start from the begining:
Single-lane left turn lane wih a line of cars waiting to turn onto a 3-lane road.
80-year-old granny is 1st in line.
Arrow turns green, old lady creeps out into the intersection at ridiculously slow rate of speed, heading toward the left-most lane.
Second person in turn lane goes wide around her to the next available (middle) lane.
A third person could even go out and enter the next available (right) lane.
This allows freer traffic flow and insures that more people get through the light, which is probably why it is legal.
How you are figuring anyone gets “cut off” or misses the light, I don’t understand.
[quote]JKThreeEleven17 wrote:
I moved my car so that is was half in each lane so she couldn’t go by. She kept honking her horn at me and shining her headlights, I just laughed at her.
I do this EVERY time somebody tries to cut the line. Wait your damn turn.[/quote]
i don’t get this at all. if the lane is still open just use it. are you one of those guys who doesn’t finish the last ounce and 1/2 of beer in the bottle ?
I like screwing with asshole drivers legally. One thing I once did is drive on the left lane of a two-lane state highway. I was on the left going above the speed limit and a truck was to my right going the same speed.
Somebody driving behind me decided that I wasn’t going fast enough (even though I’ve been ticketed in the past for going 5 MPH faster in THAT highway) and blinked his lights at me. I slowed down so I was at the same speed as the truck to my right and stayed that way for the next 5 miles.
The driver behind me went so nuts that he actually tried to use a white strobe light to make me think that he was a police officer.
