I get so frustrated when I'm driving, cause there are so many people doing stupid, dangerous, inconsiderate things on the road. This is a big beef of mine. So, by the odd chance that any of you are offenders, let me explain a few things, if I may. 1. DON'T FUCKING TAILGATE ME! There is only one time that it is OK to tailgate, and that's when the person in front of you is driving ridiculously slower than the speed limit AND you may only tailgate briefly and safely to get the point across. It is not acceptable to tailgate if you're late, because, low and behold, it won't get you anywhere faster just by driving a few feet closer to someone. If someone tailgates me, I slow right the fuck down just to piss that stupid asshole off. And as he passes me, giving me the finger, I give a friendly smile and wave which pisses him off even more. I suggest everyone do this, don't let tailgaters get away with it, cause it's stupid and dangerous. 2. DON'T PULL SUDDENLY IN FRONT OF ME IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA SLOW ME DOWN. Seriously, I'm driving along, and someone thoughtlessly pulls out in front of, forcing me to slam on my brakes to avoid a collision, and then they drive twice as slow as I was already going. Why don't you just wait until I've passed? You obviously aren't in a rush. 3. THE TURNING LANES ARE FOR TURNING. On a regular road with traffic traveling both ways, there are lanes in the centre for turning OFF the road, NOT ON IT! People turning left on the road often drive into this lane when one way is clear, and try to merge later. This is only acceptable if it is an impossibly busy road. But people do it when they could just wait another 5 seconds, and I see this all the time. This is dangerous. You could be cutting someone off who is trying to use the lanes correctly. I never yield to these people. They fucking piss me off. 4. BE CONSERVATIVE WITH YOUR HORN. The only thing blasting your horn does is signify you as an asshole. It accomplishes absolutely nothing, except when you're about to get in an accident, but I know people use it more than that. Really there's no need, you aren't teaching anyone any lessons that way, you're just further aggitating drivers and making unnescessary noise. More installments to come..................
I totally agree... I'd like to think that I'm pretty nice on the road... and people are cutting me off in every direction, not letting me in when I need to change lanes... some people are just mean...
oh, that reminds me of something I did not very long ago I went to a show in Minniapolis, well, I dont know if you have ever driven in that city, but the roads are really fucked up anyway, I was driving along and a red light came up, so I thought, hey, I should stop amd so I did I waited until all the cars coming across came across then started looking around and hey, whats this? why is that car so far back there? well, I stopped right in the middle of the intersection without even realizing it
Hahahahahah.... Yes, of course 99.8% of people on the road are stupid fucking asshole shithead dumbass motherfuckers, and do not deserve the privelege of a driver's license or a vehicle. So... All you can do is not drive like them. They will never change. And you being upset will not make them do so. It took me too long to realize this. And yet I still get the most awful road rage when people do stupid things on the road. It's simply a matter of keeping it in check...
5. THE LEFT LANE IS FOR FAST DRIVERS. OK, we all know and learned this in driving school. But why are people so oblivious to the fact that they are holding everyone up? If you aren't passing anyone, move to the right. And, adding to that, if you notice that the left lane is going slow cause of some dumbfuck, open up the right lane if you can to let the frustrated driver's pass there, cause it's just as bad when BOTH lanes are moving the same speed. Use your common sense. 6. DON'T RUN YELLOW LIGHTS WHEN SOMEONE IS TURNING LEFT. When someone is obviously wailting for the a clear moment to move out of the intersection when turning left, and you run the yellow or red light, it is both extrememly dangerous, and holds up the person turning and the people who just got the green. 7. SIGNAL. It's about effective communication, and saves everyone from having to guess what your dumb ass is doing. 8. DON'T SIGNAL IF YOU AREN'T TURNING. Yeah, I just think it's annoying when someone's signal is flashing constantly, but doesn't turn. If you're not alert enough to realize that your blinker is on, you shouldn't be on the road. 9. DON'T STOP TO TURN. Turning only involves a brief slow down period, followed by a smooth quick efficient turn. There is no need to slow down to a turtle pace first, or even come to a complete stop like some morons do. 10. KNOW IF YOU'RE TOO OLD. If the concept of drving scares your withered mind, don't drive. If you're out for a nice sunday drive, do it where there's little traffic. I'm sorry, but the elderly hold up everything, and I swear it's because they aren't confident anymore, and frankly, that scares me. If you aren't confident in your abilities, you shouldn't be operating this deadly machine. 11. DON'T STOP IN NO STOPPING ZONES. They're there for a reason. And yet, for some other reason, people think that they are exceptions to these rules. Usually those lanes are meant for driving in. It just causes more slow downs. 12. DON'T WRECKLESSLY PASS PEOPLE. It's funny that whenever someone comes speeding up from behind, passes me by driving on the shoulder, or in the oncoming traffic lane, and continues to do so, I always see that person two miles down the road stopped at a light. Speeding around and being an idiot gets them nowhere, cause they just end up a couple of cars in front of me anyway, in basically the same position. And in the meantime, they've jepardized many innocent lives. For nothing. And remember people, happy driver;s are safe driver's, so be considerate. I had a friend who was killed a couple months ago because he was speeding down the road on his motorcycle. He was doing twice the speed limit, passing people left and right (literally), and suddenly this limo starts backing out from his paralell parking spot. The limo didn't signal his intention, and by time my friend realized what was happening, he had his head crushed in by a parking meter. Really, I don't bitch for the sake of bitching, more people die from car accidents than from almost anything. It's amazing to think that these tragedies can be avoided by just using your common sense.
amen to that. there are alot of assholes out there.... and not only when you are driving, but crossing at the pedestrian crosswalk.... you have to pay attention to what people are doing. I was crossing a busy street a week ago or so, and I crossed at the time that was allotted to me, but cars on the opposite side of the street, who had a green light were turning right, which was going through the crosswalk I was passing through, and then some brainiac asshole driver turns right, right in front of me, and he was saying some things directed towards me. I thought, who the hell do you think you are??? Im crossing when the white man appears on the freekin crosswalk, not when it says not to! cars turning right should yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk. just because their light is green, does not mean they can just do a right turn and take anyone out in their path. people piss me off.
I don't normally tailgate people. But there happens to be a lot of total assholes who, when you are on a narrow curvy country road with lots and lots of turnouts, just won't fucking turn out unless you fucking tailgate them! And they go about 5 miles and hour and never ever let you by and it annoys me so much! This happens to me a lot and it's usually drivers from Washington. Apparently they think whatever insanely slow speed they are going even if it's 20 mph below the speed limit, that is the speed everyone should drive.
One More: YOU DON"T HAVE TO STOP AT YIELD SIGNS. I don't know if you have these in yankeeland, but here they seem to love the Traffic Circle. A circle in the intersection around which all traffic moves the same direction. There are yield signs before you enter, which means that you only have to stop or even slow down if there is someone coming. If not you just drive through. So I can't understand why so many people feel obliged to stop before entering. I personally blame the elderly and the stupid. I mean you learn this in traffic school. Christ.
I agree with all of the above. And how 'bout this for a bumpersticker... "Could you drive any better if I shoved that cell phone up yer ass?"
this story is about some idiot driver who almost ran me over a few months ago. i was on my way to rehab for my knee that i just had surgery on. i was still on crutches and i had to go into downtown boston for rehab, which entails major streets. i got the green light to cross and while crossing in the crosswalk, this idiot decides to run the red light and slams his breaks right next to me and comes within 5 feet of hitting me. so i take one of my crutches and put a nice dent in his hood. the guy didn't get out of his car, fucking yuppie. all this happening during morning rush to work. the guy not only didn't get to work faster, but got a nice sized dent in his hood too!
