Today's rant about idiotic drivers. *^%$!@#%^**^%$#@@!!

[SeattleGirl]

Dear Idiots:

When it's daytime, and the pavement is dry, and there's hardly any traffic, and the speed limit on the surface street we're both driving on is 35 mph, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DRIVE 20 GODDAMNED MILES PER HOUR!! Really. I'm not kidding! Would I lie to you?

When the stop sign is still about 3 blocks away, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PUT YOUR BREAKS ON AND DRIVE THOSE FINAL 3 BLOCKS AT THE LIGHTENING SPEED OF 5 FREAKIN' MILES PER HOUR!!! No, really! You don't need to do that. I promise.

When you approach said stop sign, and there are several cars there waiting for their turn to go, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO STOP 3 CAR LENGTHS BACK!! I can absolutely agree with you that stopping inside the trunk of the car in front of you is poor form. No problem. But THREE CAR LENGTHS????? What? You afraid there is a monster in the trunk of the car ahead of you, which will jump out if you stop any closer?????

Listen to me, idiots. You may think you're being safe, but really, YOU ARE AS MUCH A ROAD HAZARD AS THE DUMB FUCK WHO INSISTS ON TAILGATING, RUNNING STOP SIGNS, AND SPEEDING!!!!

If you're that scared of driving, stay home, take a taxi, get a friend to drive you, or take the bus. Just do the rest of us a favor and STAY AWAY FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT!!!!

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

:End of Rant:

[nytemare]

1. Oh, and don't try to enter an interstate going 35

when traffic on the interstate is going 65-70.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

2. Amen to that!

:hi:

[Digit]

46. Ahem, I received a speeding ticket for that!

I was traveling the onramp going 35, and once I hit the highway, I was speeding up to get to 55.
Damn Dulles Police Officer pulled me over going 50!

The "rule" is you have to go the speed limit of the ramp until you GET to the speed limit sign saying 55 or whatever.

I even went to court over it.

My defense was that I thought the speed limit was for the entire road and since I already knew what it was, I was gaining speed.
The judge asked if the speed limit sign was within sight, and it was. Keep in mind, I was ON the main road already!
Still, had to pay the ticket.

Talk about crazy!

[SeattleGirl]

47. That IS nuts!

Apparently the judge, and the highway signage peeps, don't take physics into account.

[nytemare]

61. Very few ramps here in FL have speed limit signs.

That is crazy. Here, pretty much only the long, curvy ramps have speed limit signs, because it is impossible to merge safely if you are going 25-30 mph below the speed of interstate traffic. That must have been a bored officer.

[charlie and algernon]

3. bravo! bravo!

especially on the whole slowing down WAAAAY too soon before a stop sign.



May I also add going significantly slower than the flow of traffic while stubbornly hanging out in the FAST LANE. That's what leads to accidents cause the insanely fast drivers end up whipping in and out of all lanes causing hell for everyone.

Left lane=FAST

[SeattleGirl]

6. The grandmother of a friend of mine was ticketed for going 35 in

a 50 mph zone! Two lane road out in the rural area. Lots of places where you can't pass slower cars. And here this lady is, putting along 15 mph slower than the speed limit (also on a dry, sunny day).

When the cop stopped her, and asked if she was going slow because of a problem with her car. She said, "No, I just think 50 mph is too fast for this road."

While the cop wrote her a ticket for obstructing traffic, he said, "Ma'am, that may be your opinion, but that's NOT the speed limit!"

When my friend told me this story, we both cracked up!

[charlie and algernon]

8. good for the cop

i hate hate hate it when i'm stuck behind someone going more than 10 MPH under the speed limit on a two lane road. A couple of times I said fuck it and passed the car in a no-passing lane. They may not have anyplace to go, but I do.

[SeattleGirl]

11. I hear ya!

And I think grandma learned her lesson. :)

[charlie and algernon]

14. the problem is that people drive way longer than is safe

and of course that differs with the person, but some old people don't have the same reflexes and mental capacity to harness such a powerful machine. if you can't handle the faster speed limits than you shouldn't be driving.

[SeattleGirl]

17. I agree completely.

My mom stopped driving about 16 months before she passed away. At the time she stopped driving, she was still in pretty good shape, but she said that she could tell her reflexes were slower than they used to be, and she didn't want to put herself or others in danger. Fortunately, all my siblings lived nearby, and she also had a lot of friends, so she had plenty of people to get rides from.

[flvegan]

4. But the hypermilers are getting 5 more mpg.

Love it when they sit in the left lane and cause "cop on the interstate" congestion.

Fucking idiots.

[charlie and algernon]

5. yup, exactly

i almost think some people think they ARE the cops and think they can stop the speeders.

[SeattleGirl]

7. Grrr, those folks piss me off too!

Especially around here, where in many places there is an HOV lane and FOUR REGULAR LANES!

[charlie and algernon]

9. yup, same here

any place there's more than 2 lanes going one way, the slow cars fan out and congest all lanes.

[flvegan]

10. "But if I veeeery slowly accelerate to merge into a 65 mph interstate

at 35, I'm maximizing my mpg. Fuck the idiots coming to a screeching halt already on the interstate because they're going, well 65."

Oh, and I've found that if I slow down an 1/8 mile early, I can get another 6 mpg regardless of the 8 morons behind me that couldn't make the light behind me because of my slow ass and are now sitting idling for that light.

Damn I'm fucking cool.

[SeattleGirl]

12. God save me from THAT kind of cool!

I couldn't agree with you more. I mean, YOU, dear idiot (and no, I don't mean YOU, flvegan) may have saved a couple of drops of gas, but the people stuck at the light who COULD HAVE gotten through on the green except for YOU, are now partly responsible for the fact that they are using more gas than they would have used had you just sped your freakin' ass up!

[flvegan]

13. It's douchebag bragging rights.

I got 65 mpg in my Prius today (but I pissed of half my community, made folks late, caused an accident, elevated congestion). Yay me.

It's as selfish as anything else.

I'm going to catch hell for this at some point.

[SeattleGirl]

15. You and me both.

But we're tough enough to take it!

[flvegan]

16. I REALLY like

this team I seem to be on.

So how YOU doin'?

[SeattleGirl]

18. Pretty good.

Hasn't been the best of years for me, but hey, things have to turn around eventually, eh?

[flvegan]

20. Sorry to hear that.

Speaking of "turning around eventually" I have this very cool pic of you...or rather your, uh...jeans.

Hee hee heeeeeee...I made this one of *those* threads!

[SeattleGirl]

22. ........

:spank:


:rofl:

[Fenris]

23. That makes all the difference in the world!

Seriously, why not get a tandem bike and just leave the fuel to people who actually enjoy driving more than 35 MPH?

[flvegan]

28. It's sad

because although THEIR mpg may increase, it fucks everyone else. But hey, look at me, I'm getting some more mpg and I'm awesome.

Hey, why not just motor about at idle speed? 3 mph would be so fab.

[Fenris]

30. I would like to be able to walk alongside my car.

That way I could haul stuff around AND get fresh air!

[Fenris]

19. This is Seattle. EVERYONE drives like a fucking moron.

My sister was up here two weeks ago and I thought she was going to jump out of the car at one point and start beating other drivers.

[SeattleGirl]

24. Your sis does have a point.

I was in L.A. a few years ago, and while traffic on the freeways was almost always bumper to bumper, people weren't trying to weave in and out of traffic like the idiots here do.

[Fenris]

26. That's Seattle: You can make a left turn from ANYWHERE.

:crazy:

[SeattleGirl]

27. ......

:rofl:

[Angleae]

62. Not to mention they still haven't learned to drive in the rain.

It starts sprinkling here and instantly slam on the brakes, on the freeway slowing from 60 to about 35.

[geomon666]

21. Be glad you don't live in Florida.

Just yesterday I was on the highway and some lady driving a red SUV was driving ahead of me. She suddenly swerved onto the breakdown lane, waited for me to pass, and then got back on....

And the day before that, I had the wonderful experience of driving down US1 when suddenly a car turned onto the street in the wrong direction, heading right towards me. Thankfully I had no cars beside me so I easily switched lanes and got out of the way cause the dude wasn't stopping.

Such is the driving experience in Floriduh.

[SeattleGirl]

25. Yikes!

Good thing you were able to get out of the idiot's way! (Even if he WAS going the wrong way!)

[Alexander]

29. Arizona drivers are the worst, as anyone who's driven in AZ can tell you.

A combination of every odd driving habit acquired from every part of the country mixed with a large retiree population and no worthwhile public transit to speak of = bad news for other drivers, pedestrians and bikers.

[SeattleGirl]

31. Oh jeez!

Sounds like a Class A nightmare!

[Kali]

43. and watch out when it rains (both times in a year)

because EVERYBODY forgot how to drive in wet conditions and they act like it is a hurricane or something.

to be fair all of us have sun-rotted windshield wipers so there is that little visibility problem

[east texas lib]

32. My personal favorite is the driver that stops on a freeway entrance ramp...

Because they don't have the sense to judge the speed of oncoming traffic and take the approprate
actions to merge.

[SeattleGirl]

33. Indeed!

I've had the misfortune of getting stuck behind bozo's like that. I want to get out of my car and go gob-smack them!

[littlebit]

34. My favorite is when I am driving

my 80,000lbs vehicle down the road and some idiot cuts me off. Yes I do have 18 wheels and 5 sets of brakes but those things don't stop very fast. I am surprised I haven't hit someone yet.

[SeattleGirl]

35. Oh man, that's BAD when someone does that to a trucker!

I know there are people who pull insurance scams by deliberately getting in front of a truck, and getting hit (not too hard, they hope), but I think the majority of people who do that are people who were in the bathroom when brains were handed out.

[littlebit]

36. Yeah most of the time it is just plain stupidity.

I have been driving a truck so long now I can pretty much tell when someone is going to do it. The most frustrating part about slamming on my brakes is it takes a few miles before I am back up to speed again.

[SeattleGirl]

37. I never pull in front of a big truck unless I know I have a fair amount

of room to do so. I don't want that thing running up the back of my car, and I'm sure the truck driver doesn't want that to happen either.

[littlebit]

44. No I don't really want

that to happen either. I don't think I could live with hurting someone.

[flvegan]

39. Drivers that disrespect commercial truck drivers...

should be killed.

These folks are on the job, and these idiots are just getting about, barely.

[SeattleGirl]

40. No kidding.

People don't need to make things worse for them.

[flvegan]

45. Seriously

because half these cocks do it because they KNOW the truckers have a bunch of insurance. "Yeah, hit me dingus." type of stuff. Meanwhile you've got hard working folks trying to make a living while working 18 wheels around us. And those folks, they've got talent. Driving isn't just a thing one does. Sometimes, you've got to have a bunch of talent.

Frankly and honestly, we're lucky they don't make an example of us.*






*not me, folks. I give you guys all the room and respect in the world.

[littlebit]

41. Amen Brother!!

[pokerfan]

38. Have you ever noticed

that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? (George Carlin)

[SeattleGirl]

42. Hehe.

I remember that routine!

But seriously (or is that seriesly?) going way under the speed limit when it isn't necessary is just as bad as driving like a speed demon.

[bluesbassman]

48. Ya, they're idiots alright, but to achieve true imbecile status...

they have to drive a minimum of 5 city blocks with their left turn signal on!:grr:

[SeattleGirl]

49. Oh, aren't they lovely!

Just as lovely as their counterparts who wait until the middle of their fucking turn to turn on the signal! :grr:

[Awsi Dooger]

50. Meanwhile in the real world

Aggressive drivers are pure morons who should be removed from the highways. I drive cross country and back virtually every year and fast impatient driving accounts for every accident and near-accident I see. I literally can't think of a single exception.

We get these rants once in a while, here and on other boards, simpleton belief that the careful drivers are actually as much of a problem. :rofl:

Now that's math at it's finest. Yeah, much greater likelihood of chain reaction and bodily harm at slow speed than the explosive scattergun collisions caused by the speed dolts.

Once again, please let me wager on this...

[SeattleGirl]

51. I do not disagree with you at all that fast, impatient drivers are a

big problem.

But you cannot tell me that show drivers aren't a problem too.

My rant was about what I encountered on my drive to pick up dinner tonight.

Both categories of drivers are CRAP drivers.

[Skittles]

52. it is especially not necessary to do these things

when it is 106 degrees and my AC is malfunctioning :(

[SeattleGirl]

53. Kick their ass, Skittles!

They deserve it!

:yourock:

[Skittles]

54. it depends

elderly drivers - I give them a pass......I think anyone who has survived on this earth for that long deserves respect - all others need a RIGHTEOUS BUTT-KICKING - there is a huge difference between careful drivers and drivers who are so g.d. slow they interfere with normal driving patterns

[SeattleGirl]

55. Absolutely agree with you!

The dork I was behind today (the inspiration for my rant) was a fairly young person. Please commence with the ass kicking!

[Lil Missy]

56. Oh God, I hate that too. Especially, ...

someone who comes to a complete stop to turn a corner, and then turns the steering wheel an inch at a time to navigate the corner.

Get a horse!

[SeattleGirl]

57. No kidding!

Or a little foot-powered scooter!

[fudge stripe cookays]

66. THANK YOU!!!

That is my pet peeve about Wisconsin.

Everyone takes turns at 5 miles an hour (after stopping first), and doesn't pull to the right a little bit to let cars get past them.

Grrrrrrr.....

[Mad_Dem_X]

58. AMEN!

If you're scared of the road, don't fucking drive!!!

[hedgehog]

59. How about this one: divided highway, limited access, crossed by two lane.

Both roads have very moderate traffic by standards anywhere else. The arrangement is a stop sign as you approach the highway, followed by a second stop sign in the median. In other words, you cross the two lanes going in one direction, then stop and wait for the traffic to clear in the other direction. It never takes more than a minute or two to cross the highway.


Now, who are the idiots who can't see my car sitting ahead of them in the median waiting to cross the second two lanes! I'm sitting there looking to my right getting ready to cross and the car that was behind me pulls up to my right. Now I'm left wondering if this bozo is going to pull ahead of me or wait!
Understand, we're both aiming for the same lane.

Friday I was sitting waiting to go west, there was a car sitting next to me waiting to go east, and a car pulled up to my right headed west, and a fourth car pulled up to the right of the east bound car!

[SeattleGirl]

60. Supreme impatience, I'd say.

With a large portion of "I'm the only one who matters here" thrown in.

[Angleae]

63. Also, when you're trying to learn how to drive a stick shift.

The streets around the mall on sunday afternoon are not the place to do it!!! This happened to me today. Hey, idiots, it's gas first then clutch not clutch first otherwise you stall out (she did this 3 or 4 times at one intersection then decided on 20mph in a 40mph zone).

[SeattleGirl]

65. Bad form, indeed.

When I learned to drive a stick, I did it in a large parking lot of a closed business. Nobody around to annoy (except my then-BF :rofl: ).

[graywarrior]

64. Come to North Conway NH and drive on Route 16!

They're like lunatics released from the institution

[DarkTirade]

67. Yeah, I always seem to get stuck behind people like that

when I'm trying to get my grandpa to dialysis and we're running late.

No, I'm not in any hurry, just getting my grandpa to a medical appointment that he needs to SURVIVE.