Tormenting Other Drivers

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I love the guys in the (ricers usually) that like to speed past me and pull infront of me so they can turn. It usually they are trying to turn right. If it’s they are trying to turn the left, it is for sure that I will turn-block them.

It happened today on a road, I was planning on turning on the next right. I started to slow down to turn. As I looked behind me to see how fast I had to turn, this girl speeds past me, so I hit the gas (she has a v4 and I had a v8).

She ends up trying to run over my front-end so I rev the engine some and pull up so I am covering the whole right side of her car. I had turn on the next right, but I had must satisfaction of seeing ms. blondie(I knew her personally or intimately) from the east (rich) side of the town, probably being late for her appointment that her daddy or mommy is paying for her.

Now I do not do this most of the time, it just makes me mad that people can not be courteous when they have everything in the world they want (like ms. blondie).

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It was a light day in traffic on the way home from work that day. There was some protest where spanish people didn’t show up to work. I guess them not showing up to work lightened. It sure had an impact on me going to McDonalds that day.

We were traveling in the left lane of a highway to take a left hand exit. We were doing 60 MPH, which is about 5 miles over the speed limit. It was about 5:45 in the afternoon.

I glanced into the rear view mirror as I conversed with my wife about nothing in general. I saw a car approaching behind us at a high rate of speed, I looked to my right to see if I could get over and give him the lane.

By the time my vision gets back to my center rear view mirror to see how far back the car is and if he slowed or I need to get over, it was too late.

He was too close to me now and already getting over to the right to go around us. As my vision glances back to my right hand rear view mirror I can see the car is now out of control veering sharply right. I see him pass 1 lane of traffic out of control before he leaves the sight of my right hand rear view mirror.

I know all lanes to the right are open because I just looked that way, my next thought is that he may cut the wheel back the other way and come back towards me.

I floor it and say “oh shit.” Before my wife can ask me WTf, he hits us in the rear right side in a T-bone fashion. I yell to “hold on.” The rear of our car (1995 Mazda Protege) whips to the left and rubs against the barricade. We are now being pushed down the highway sideways by the other car.

I look at the car pushing us and decide to cut the wheel right to complete the 180, and hopefully he will pass us between the left hand barricade we are against, and the passenger side of the car. I cut the wheel and immediately we are facing the oncoming traffic. The other car squeezes between us and the barricade.

I could see the vehicles behind us react and brake as we drifted to a stop. All 5 lanes on the highway were stopped. No one else was involved. The car that hit us went by us when we completed the 180 and were facing traffic.

He was not facing traffic since we were being pushed sideways by him when we did the 180. he went by us and stopped on the right side of the road, us on the left side shoulder facing traffic.

An officer pulled up right after we pulled to a stop. He was too far back to see anything more than smoke and brake lights. The State Police diagnosed the skid marks, and impact patterns and decided based in mine and my wife’s witness report, to give the guy a citation for reckless driving. My wife went to the hospital and lost a week of work due to neck pain. I was fine.

I am glad my son was not in the car at the time. he would have been injured. For this, and other reasons, I have absolutely no patience with rude, inconsiderate asshole drivers endangering my life, or my families life .

I try to avoid them by going around them, or letting them go ahead. But when they get stupid and start behaving in a way that endangers me, my property and or my family, my blood boils and I have a tough time not getting out of my car and trying to get my hands on them to cause bodily harm. I just couldn’t do that with my son in the car.

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Reading this thread just makes me angry!

I hate to sound like your parents, but

[center]Your Car Is NOT A Fucking Toy!![/center]

Your mommas oughta slap you for driving so foolishly!

Slow down, then speed up just to prevent someone from turning? Driving alongside a truck just to clog up both lanes on the highway? Engaging your signal-less parking breaks just to spite a tailgater?

I don’t care if it’s legal, it’s stupid and pointless at best, and lethal at worst.

You guys need to grow the fuck up. Next time you bitch about someone else being a bad driver, look in the fucking mirror.

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I was going about 10mph above the speed limit in the leftmost lane the other night, and this guy has the audacity to come up behind me going about 20mph above the limit…

…so I moved into the lane to my right, let him pass, and we both went about our business at our desired speeds.

Yeah, I know that story was boring. By driving properly I created an uneventful situation in which both parties were able to safely continue our drives as we saw fit. Fortunately I don’t have to create little “dramas” in my life by acting like an ass in my car to compensate for an unfulfilling life.

Have fun guys!

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Tailgaters piss me off to no end. And it seems like 90% of the offenders are guys in these huge pickup trucks.

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[quote]BFBullpup wrote:
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.[/quote]

Why didn’t you move to the right lane? It wouldn’t have slowed you down at all. You ever heard of volunteer firefighters?

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[quote]BFBullpup wrote:
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.[/quote]

this is not “legally”. this is agressive driving and is ticketable. the left lane is the passing lane. if you’re in it you should be passing. if you’re slow you should let others play through.

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One of my other pet peeves is guys who’ll speed around you, while you drive in the right lane, then slam on the brakes to turn right. You, of course, have to stop. You then look behind you and there was no one there. They could have easily just ducked behind you and turned. This sort of shit has happened at least 3 or 4 times to me in the past few years.

These are the sorts of assholes that deserve a pipe wrench across the face.

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pissing other drives that drive like world class a-holes is all cool and nice, but here’s why I don’t do that(try at the very least)…

…a bus driver was driving along busy NW London road(any of you that have been to London, know that roads here are very narrow and traffic is murder). He stops at every bus stop along the way to pick up and let the passengers off. He drives very well given a rush hour traffic conditions. After stopping at one bus stop, he tries to pull away (in UK, buses have a priority to pull into the road from the bus stop) as some driver nearly T-bones the bus. He calmly tries to drive further but car driver honks and revs for a while, then when he get’s a chance he speeds past the bus, over takes it and stops right in front of it, causing sudden braking and many people to fall on the floor.
He then procedes to get out of the car and get’s to bus door. Bus driver open a door and get’s a huge amount of abuse thrown his way. About a minute later, the car driver pulls out the knife and kills the buss driver in cold blood(or road rage).
After this event I have promised to myself and my wife to let assholes pass, drive slower, not to speed up before turns to get even with other driver and in general - look after myself and my loved ones.
Doing crazy shit just perpetuates the cycle and does nothing for road safety.
There are a lot of bad drivers out there(i was shocked to see people crossing 4 lanes at 70mph with 100yds left before exit. It is rather daily experience in US. In UK you don’t see that) and being one even for 2 minutes does nothing to change the ratio.
I start with myself, then it’s up to you.

Stay safe

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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
…That’s when you floor it, to trap them outside. Rarely, and this is even more fun, the 3rd guy in line will gun it and REALLY trap the line-skipper. That’s when you get the screaming, flipping off, horns honking —absolutely hilarious!

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You are a hazard and should be removed from the road if you pull this shit.

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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Dedicated wrote:
You are a school teacher?

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Yep. We’re all control freaks too!

Notice how I said I piss 'em off by following the rules — speed limits, turn signals, and so forth. When they become assholes and try to cut around me or expect me to just sit and let them do what they want, then I fuck 'em over as MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

Hmmm…sounds like a math class…

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So you wait until they commit to a move on the highway and then you chose that particular moment to break the rules?

That maks you a thousandfold worse than they are.

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[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]

There is no such thing as cutting the line. The best way to deal with merging is to use both lanes.

There are many drivers that do not understand this. It is no wonder the roads are so bad.

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[quote]BFBullpup wrote:
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.[/quote]

Doing what you did is illegal in many states and most countries.

The left lane is for passing (or overtaking). The right lane is for travel.

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I have driven in America, Canada and Europe.

People make mistakes in city driving in all of these places, but only in America have I seen blatantly stupid highway driving as described by people in this thread.

It is illegal to try to impede other drivers. Just because they may be assholes and may be breaking a traffic law does not give you the right to break laws to get back at them.

The fact that so many here don’t know they are breaking the law does not surprise me. The US needs to do a far better job of educating drivers and weeding out the bad ones.

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[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
Reading this thread just makes me angry!

I hate to sound like your parents, but

[center]Your Car Is NOT A Fucking Toy!![/center]

Your mommas oughta slap you for driving so foolishly!

Slow down, then speed up just to prevent someone from turning? Driving alongside a truck just to clog up both lanes on the highway? Engaging your signal-less parking breaks just to spite a tailgater?

I don’t care if it’s legal, it’s stupid and pointless at best, and lethal at worst.

You guys need to grow the fuck up. Next time you bitch about someone else being a bad driver, look in the fucking mirror. [/quote]

Once I get past your raging little sermon, I admit you have a point.

It is dangerous and probably not worth it for a number of reasons. The possibility of it escalating into something far more serious is definitely a danger.

But, I’ll reserve the right to hit my brakes when some cocksucker is riding my ass. It’s basic behavior modification. Most of the time they back the fug off.

And by the way, my “momma” don’t like tailgaters either.

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:

There is no such thing as cutting the line. The best way to deal with merging is to use both lanes.

There are many drivers that do not understand this. It is no wonder the roads are so bad.[/quote]

Zap,

This is nothing personal but…

Probably disagree that this is always the case. Commons sense says other wise in many cases.

Say you are in a interstate situation. Medium traffic. You get 3 miles worth of warning that the right lane is closed ahead.

Most responsible drivers start to get over, filling in the gaps in traffic. Traffic keeps flowing nicely. Probably 55-65 mph. However a bunch of selfish bastards decide they want to drive 75 mph right up until the point that the merge occurs. Ignoring the 10 different signs telling them to get over.

They come to a stop, force their way in front of all of the people they just passed and the whole things comes to one big cluster fugging stop.

Everybody sits in traffic for 45 minutes for not damn reason.

Why do you think the Highway department puts signs out for miles before the merge asking people to get in one lane?

It only makes sense for everyone to merge going at a decent rate of speed than to merge going 5 mph at the last second.

Anyway, Peace

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I let the idiots pass me better them ahead then behind and rear end me

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[quote]new2training wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:

There is no such thing as cutting the line. The best way to deal with merging is to use both lanes.

There are many drivers that do not understand this. It is no wonder the roads are so bad.

Zap,

This is nothing personal but…

Probably disagree that this is always the case. Commons sense says other wise in many cases.

Say you are in a interstate situation. Medium traffic. You get 3 miles worth of warning that the right lane is closed ahead.

Most responsible drivers start to get over, filling in the gaps in traffic. Traffic keeps flowing nicely. Probably 55-65 mph. However a bunch of selfish bastards decide they want to drive 75 mph right up until the point that the merge occurs. Ignoring the 10 different signs telling them to get over.

They come to a stop, force their way in front of all of the people they just passed and the whole things comes to one big cluster fugging stop.

Everybody sits in traffic for 45 minutes for not damn reason.

Why do you think the Highway department puts signs out for miles before the merge asking people to get in one lane?

It only makes sense for everyone to merge going at a decent rate of speed than to merge going 5 mph at the last second.

Anyway, Peace

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Sorry for the million in a row posts on this thread!

I have actually spent too much time in pre-construction meetings where these exact issues were discussed with the highway department.

When the signs warning of a lane closure are put 3 miles out that means they expact that at some point during the day they expect traffic to back up almost that far, not to get people to merge immediately.

It is becoming more common to put out a sign that says USE BOTH LANES UNTIL MERGE.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/04/08/31merge.html

also

LATE MERGE

The Late Merge is opposite of the Early Merge in that it is designed to encourage drivers to use either the open or closed lane until they reach the merge point at the lane closure taper rather than merging as soon as possible into the open lane.  One example of the Late Merge is the system developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).  This system was implemented as a means to reduce the road rage engendered between drivers who merge into the open lane early and those who remain in the closed lane and merge into the open lane near the front of the queue at the last minute.  Approximately 1.5 miles in advance of the lane closure, USE BOTH LANES TO MERGE POINT signs are placed on both sides of the roadway.  These signs are followed by conventional ROAD WORK AHEAD and advance lane closed signs. Finally, MERGE HERE TAKE YOUR TURN signs are placed on both sides of the roadway near the beginning of the taper.

The primary intent of the Late Merge developed by the PennDOT is to reduce the road rage between early and late mergers by informing drivers that it is permissible for traffic to travel in both lanes to the merge point.  Although it is not standard practice, the Late Merge is used regularly at work zones on freeways by one PennDOT district office.  No problems have been reported with its use, and it seems to be well received by drivers.  A study of its operational effects found that it increased the capacity of the merging operations by as much as 15 percent (footnote 5).

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/workshops/originals/McCoy%20paper.doc

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I hate it when I am stuck in traffic not because the volume of cars but because everyone has to look at the accident! I get backed up a few miles back so everyone in front can look at the crash, just to floor it once they get past it

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Interesting studies Zap. Thanks.

Seems counterintuitive but if that’s what the experts say, who am I to argue.

However, it seems like the research shows that during low-capacity volume the early merge works well and may be safer.

?We appreciate motorists wanting to merge early so they can avoid unsafe merging maneuvers, and they should merge early under normal traffic speeds,? said Mittelstadt.

?But when the roadway is congested, drivers should use both lanes all the way to the designated merge point and then take turns merging

During high volume the late merge utilizing both lanes may work better, as long as everyone is aware that is the system being used. The system that PennDott is using may work well.

What doesn’t work is when 80% of the drivers use the early merge technique and 20% drive to the front of the line.

Well, I guess it works for the 20%.

Peace