What is the deal with people?

[HeavenSent]

That's why I got a motorcycle.. to pacify my road rage.
Once i was in a convoy on my way to work (3rd shift) of 5 cars going 30 mph in 45 mph.. I was so pissed.. i couldn't see what the hold up was. Then, up a hill, around a bend approaching a signal light, I see what the hold up is... a friggin' shiny black brand new porche 9-w/e... and I got in the left turn lane right behind it. The light turns green and the guy couldn't go any slower making the turn. I had just stopped earlier at a McDonalds and bought a couple burgers on the dollar menu. We were turning left into 2 lanes. I took the inside, the dork took the outside.. I rolled down my window and flung a half eaten burger at the car. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately for me) half the burger caught the top edge of the window and didn't make it all the way to the other car.
There should be an unwritten, unspoken law, that says, if you drive like a moron, other drivers are allowed to whip easy-to-clean shit at your car while you're driving. I wanna rig up some kind of turret under my car in the front and back so I can shoot the asshole going too slow or following too close... Nothing permanent.. just a splat that says "Hey you drive like an asshole"
I also wanna get a Marqee with chasing letters for the back dash of my car with pre-written one-liners showing my disgust (or lust) for the driver behind me. ^-^

[Reaver]

Yeah I've had those same exact problems you stated Face, and it's definitely not just your area. In December I drove interstate 80 from Illinois to Utah, back to Illinois and then from Illinois to Pennsylvania. Within that time I can safely say that it's a common problem that people get in the "passing lane" without any intentions of passing. Middle aged women drive me nuts on the road, I know it's not their fault so I let it slide but it can be pretty annoying when I'm already driving 10mph over the speed limit and they (not all of them, but the majority. And not only middle aged women, a lot of drivers do it) still feel the need to be 10 feet behind my bumper. I'm not trying to single people out but I've also noticed that in general, older people don't use their turn signals for ANYTHING. But I have noticed poor driving habits from all age's and genders. People who wave you onto go even though driving rules state otherwise are more often than not just trying to be polite even though sometimes it's fairly hazardous to go because they waved you to go. I've waved people on to go many times but it's much less dangerous, like there is traffic and we're going at 5mph with a stop every 10 seconds, and they want to pull out.

[404 Not Found]

Today...whilst going to lunch I get behind a driver with no right hand side mirror, drivers side side mirror is bent in (bent in the way you can turn your mirrors into the car so they do not get knocked off) and her rear view mirror was pointed at her...I presume so that she was able to admire herself and apply makeup...one never knows. On top of all of this, she has a 3, 4 or 5 yr old...not sure on that as well, jumping around in the back not even in a car seat....and then on top of that she was smoking in the car with the child!

This is one of those people I wanted to use a car to car cruise missle and shoot off of the road!

[Jonesy]

The scariest by far is women with SUVs... I've almost been run over a number of times as a PEDESTRIAN by women in SUVS who don't check behind them before backing up blindly and with no warning.

Even worse than the women in SUVs are the women who drive those big ass diesel 4-door trucks. For some reason they must think that it is empowering to drive a dominantly male vehicle, but what it really is, is a public safety hazard.


The funny thing is, in most cases, pretty much everyone thinks that they are a good driver. Even the poor shmuck who you're flipping off for driving 25mph on a 45mph one-lane road.

[Spider]

I know that many people seeing you post such a long thread about how annoyed you get while driving will consider you totally batshit insane. That being said, I do actually agree and sympathize with you. I constantly encounter the same type of stuff. I particularly liked your example of people trying to be nice while letting you go even though you have a stop sign and they don't. It speaks to me, man.

In all seriousness driving is one of those activities where we all have our opinions about how it should be done. Anyone who goes faster than you is crazy, anyone who goes slower is a idiot. It's a psychological problem we all have. It's a rule of the universe that the guy that passes you (you think hes reckless) thinks you're being a pussy, and that old granny you passed thinks you are reckless while you think she is a wuss.

My example of most annoying driving phenomena is this. On the way to work I drive down a freeway. It's a three lane (for us that's huge) road and the speed limit is 100 kmph (approx 60 miles). I have to go down an exit off this road and merge onto another one which also has 3 lanes (going in one direction, I mean). Anyway, the city cut off traffic on the lane of the road we merge onto so there is no need to stop and wait for a break in traffic. There are signs everywhere, and looking down the road you can tell that there are no cars on this lane because there are pylons blocking them from entering it. Yet people still stop and wait for the other lanes to clear I think out of habit. It drives me crazy. I totally just want to lean on the horn and yell "YOU CAN GO YOU MORON". Seriously, if you can't read a sign that explicitly says you can go, how safe of a driver can you be? Theoretically you also couldn't read a sign that says you can't go. Right? I don't know why "safe" people think they have to follow the "stop" type signs but the "go" type signs are optional. That isn't safe. People might rear end you. GAH!

The variation of speeds people think are safe is fairly understandable but the example like mine and the ones you pointed out are just crappy stupid drivers. Not everyone is good at everything, yet almost everyone with very few exceptions drives regularly. That means we share the roads with plenty of people that suck at driving. The main problem is either they are young and inexperienced, or they are either old or timid. For example my step-mom, for some reason, just seems to get totally overwhelmed by driving. She can't seem to process all the shit that is happening, even if it is simple.

My gf used to be the same way, but she's been learning. She just lacks experience. The one thing that I remember clearly is my gf used to spend a huge amount of time worrying about what was behind her. She spent more time looking at the rear view mirror than anything else. That's retarded. But she got over it once she learned how driving is done, and that unless you're going backwards shit being behind you isn't really your problem. Hehehe.

Also she got accepted into Law at the University of Toronto yesterday. Pwnage! She's smarter than all of us, except maybe Epinephrine.

[Squeezer]

I don't think I'm a great driver, but I'm smart enough to know the rules of the road.

Say for instance I'm going 60-70 on I5 in the left lane, and some dude comes flying up behind me going 80-90. Of course I'm going to get over, let him get by me, and then get back over when I can.

[MirrorriM]

I thought of another thing :/

People who dont look before they turn or change lanes. Gah! There have been so many times where I'm slowly passing a car and they decide they want to be in my lane right as I'm next to them. Also, for some reason people love to take turns as sharp as they can. A lot of the traffic lights here have two left turn lanes, and when I take the inside lane I'm always looking out for those idiots on the outer turn lane who think they can cut off the corner and the inside lane with you driving in it. Don't they see see those little dot-bump things in the road that marks where their lane is?

[Galleleo]

It's a rule of the universe that the guy that passes you (you think hes reckless) thinks you're being a pussy, and that old granny you passed thinks you are reckless while you think she is a wuss.

I never think that people who drive faster then me are reckless, or that people that drive slower then me are pussies. Hell, when I see an Audi, Mercedes or BMW come in my rear view mirror I can 70% sure they are gonna be driving faster then me.

I think that people who drive recklessly are reckless, like just weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating, doing all sorts of stuff while driving. Driving fast or slow isn't reckless as long as you don't go tailgate people or sit in the left lane while you are being slow. Speed (sure 200km/h or 20km/h on the highway is pretty reckless) doesn't matter as much as how you drive.

[Money]

I don't think I'm a great driver, but I'm smart enough to know the rules of the road.

Say for instance I'm going 60-70 on I5 in the left lane, and some dude comes flying up behind me going 80-90. Of course I'm going to get over, let him get by me, and then get back over when I can.

80+ ftw