Defend This Man--A Different Sort of Rant

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Why should I_not_assume this guy is a piece of shit with no insurance?

I am driving down a stretch of A1A. Speed limit is 45 mph. There are many roads leading to residential neighborhoods on the eastside and shopping centers on the west. Sidenote: great area to spot eagles and other birds of prey flying low--marsh is not far behind the neighborhoods behind the shopping centers.

I am driving barely 45 in the right lane coming up on a car driving even slower in the left lane. An old, beat-up white car with patches of grey paint approaches speeding in the left lane. I see him in my rearview mirror. I am almost right next to the vehicle in the left lane. The speeding car veers horizontally in front of me from the other lane. Had I not seem him approaching and braked, he would have side-swipped me or worse. I honk my horn. He waves with his right hand then returns it to the ceiling to control the crazy blowing car-ceiling fabric from blocking his view. His left elbow remains hanging outside of his open window with his hand barely on the wheel.

He pulls the same maneuver twice in front of me weaving through traffic.





Was he rushing home from his early-morning-through-afternoon shift hoping to feed kitty before rushing back to make the evening shift in an effort to make extra cash to buy diapers for the baby?

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Why should I_not_assume this guy is a piece of shit with no insurance?

I am driving down a stretch of A1A. Speed limit is 45 mph. There are many roads leading to residential neighborhoods on the eastside and shopping centers on the west. Sidenote: great area to spot eagles and other birds of prey flying low--marsh is not far behind the neighborhoods behind the shopping centers.

I am driving barely 45 in the right lane coming up on a car driving even slower in the left lane. An old, beat-up white car with patches of grey paint approaches speeding in the left lane. I see him in my rearview mirror. I am almost right next to the vehicle in the left lane. The speeding car veers horizontally in front of me from the other lane. Had I not seem him approaching and braked, he would have side-swipped me or worse. I honk my horn. He waves with his right hand then returns it to the ceiling to control the crazy blowing car-ceiling fabric from blocking his view. His left elbow remains hanging outside of his open window with his hand barely on the wheel.

He pulls the same maneuver twice in front of me weaving through traffic.





Was he rushing home from his early-morning-through-afternoon shift hoping to feed kitty before rushing back to make the evening shift in an effort to make extra cash to buy diapers for the baby?

i cant think of a decent argument for purposefully driving like a jackass and endangering others.

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[BillyVance 35]

I used to see assholes of all kinds on the roads when I was driving to work. You never know what the fuck is going on or why they're doing that. I just assume they're being a fucking asshole, and not being a passive guy, used to get back at them whenever I could. You know, just get back in front of them (making sure to let asshole know I'm getting them back) whenever possible and stay in front, using traffic around me to block them and hang them out to dry. Yeah, I'm an asshole that way.

Glad I don't do it anymore. Never caused a wreck or gone out of control. I've seen worse and I wasn't involved. Decided not to tempt fate anymore. Nowadays, if somebody pisses me off, I'm more apt to just flip them the finger or turn on the high beam while behind them. I just don't chase them anymore.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Sounds like just another day on a LA freeway.

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i cant think of a decent argument for purposefully driving like a jackass and endangering others.

Great! You have declared you have a response to the topic.

The second step is actually responding.



I am curious if in your argument you would still think to wave.

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[shropshire 0]

Treat everyone on the road like they are out to kill you.... If they don't ...... Bonus.

Ride/Drive to survive.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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P.S.

Facetious and preposterous responses are also welcomed (if not preferred).

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[SkyBastard 0]

i just laugh at them. the road is not the best place to get stressed out. slide back in the seat, put some choice music on the stereo, and let the idiots ride past you and disappear into the distance.

Dude #320
"Superstitious" is just a polite way of saying "incredibly fucking stupid".
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i just laugh at them. the road is not the best place to get stressed out. slide back in the seat, put some choice music on the stereo, and let the idiots ride past you and disappear into the distance.

That's me as well. I tend to drive fast but don't make insane manuevers to shorten my drive time by a couple minutes. However I do find it extremely annoying for people who drive slow in the fast lane, causing a backup of fast drivers who absolutely have to find away around the aformentioned slow driver.

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[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

I drive semi truck and I see this stupid crap on a regular basis.

Is it worth risking an accident to save 10 seconds?
Is it worth all the effort to gain 3 or 4 spaces in heavy traffic?
Is it worth the effort and extra gas used to pass someone, just to have them catch up at the next light?

I guess it must be because so many people do it.

My opinion is that these idiots have no concept that anyone or anything exists outside of a 5 or 10 foot radius from them. That it just isn't real. So it doesn't matter.

My personal favorite from the last summer is the driver who exited from one freeway to another, crossing a long bridge where there was slow/stopped traffic (it turned out to be less than 5 minutes of delay).
She (happened to be a woman, both sexes are equally idiotic IMO) couldn't wait, so she hopped the median, drove about 100 yards the wrong way on the other side, hooked a U-turn to go down the ramp back the way she came.
The go-around to get to the other side of the bridge would add about 15 minutes minimum to the trip (back the way she came to the last exit, flip and go past to the next exit and then cut through town).

But if you are moving, you are going to get there faster than sitting still right??

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

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i just laugh at them. the road is not the best place to get stressed out. slide back in the seat, put some choice music on the stereo, and let the idiots ride past you and disappear into the distance.

I don't know you, but I am really starting to like you.

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[DavidB 0]

I had one (in a lifted crewcab longbed 4WD) crawl right up my tailpipe (i was only doing 45 in a 40 zone) Sunday morning, then pass me so he could turn into a business 1/4 mile up the road. He did about 60 in a 40 MPG zone so he could make up 4 seconds. Funny thing was, the car following him also turned into the same place (they were going to work).

I know the owner of said business, & his general manager is a friend of mine also. I'm thinking about making things a little uncomfortable for Speedy. Suggestions?

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I tend to drive fast but don't make insane manuevers to shorten my drive time by a couple minutes.

I used to drive fast before I bought "Big Lola". She's a showgirl--a big one. It might sound ridiculous, but driving a big, luxury vehicle has made me a safer driver. I could never help myself in a small, sports car. I ALWAYS put the pedal to the metal (though I never wove, unless I could see headlights in my main rear-view mirror and looked over the shoulder just-in-case).

Big Lola helps me relax, put a smile on my face and let the crazies pass on by.

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Is it worth risking an accident to save 10 seconds?

What is funny is that when this guy turned into his prospective exit, so did I--right behind him. I didn't even have to speed or weave!

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I'm thinking about making things a little uncomfortable for Speedy. Suggestions?

Yes! Make uncomfortable. I love that!

I, too, have connections.

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I tend to drive fast but don't make insane manuevers to shorten my drive time by a couple minutes.

I used to drive fast before I bought "Big Lola". She's a showgirl--a big one. It might sound ridiculous, but driving a big, luxury vehicle has made me a safer driver. I could never help myself in a small, sports car. I ALWAYS put the pedal to the metal (thought I never wove, unless I could see headlights in my main rear-view mirror and looked over the shoulder just-in-case).

Big Lola helps me relax, put a smile on my face and let the crazies pass on by.

My car is old so even though she's a sports car, I try not to get on her too much anymore. My bike on the other hand is a completely different story.

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[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

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I know the owner of said business, & his general manager is a friend of mine also. I'm thinking about making things a little uncomfortable for Speedy. Suggestions?

That's real easy.

A simple, polite call inquiring if that fella performs his job in a similar manner - too fast, sloppily and with little or no regard for those around him.

Note: I have done that once or twice when vehicles with phone number on the side do stupid stuff. If you are polite and speak in a reasonable voice, and ask the person answering the phone if that is how they want their business represented, they tend to listen.
I don't know if it changes anything, but it sure feels nice

And yes, my big truck has the "How's My Driving" sticker on the back.

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

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Note: I have done that once or twice when vehicles with phone number on the side do stupid stuff. If you are polite and speak in a reasonable voice, and ask the person answering the phone if that is how they want their business represented, they tend to listen.
I don't know if it changes anything, but it sure feels nice

Count my panties in a wad--me too!



"How is my driving?"

It's fucking shitty. Thanks for providing a phone #.

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Is it worth all the effort to gain 3 or 4 spaces in heavy traffic?

Yep-because I'm probably on the front end of a 400 plus mile drive and I'm positioning which can save me an hour or so if I can get clear.

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[justinb138 0]

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i just laugh at them. the road is not the best place to get stressed out. slide back in the seat, put some choice music on the stereo, and let the idiots ride past you and disappear into the distance.

I always just look at it as them volunteering to find out if there are any cops up ahead. I'm happy to let them take one for the team.

[BillyVance 35]

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i just laugh at them. the road is not the best place to get stressed out. slide back in the seat, put some choice music on the stereo, and let the idiots ride past you and disappear into the distance.

I always just look at it as them volunteering to find out if there are any cops up ahead. I'm happy to let them take one for the team.

I do that a lot when I have a suspicion ahead. Usually, I'm proven correct. I call them, "cop bait". I have seen speeders zoom past me and then a few miles later I pass them stopped with a state trooper on their ass. What made my day a few times was when I got mixed up with an asshole who refused to let me pass him, so I pushed him until a certain curve or interchange ahead where I think a state trooper has a speed trap, and back off.... BAM! They got busted! I count 5 victims in my lifetime.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[JohnMitchell 16]

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I do find it extremely annoying for people who drive slow in the fast lane, causing a backup of fast drivers who absolutely have to find away around the aformentioned slow driver.

We live 6 miles out off a 2 lane highway, speed limit 50. Anytime there is any traffic, some A-hole is driving 35-40 mph in the 50 zone, past more than one speed limit sign. Hey, just 'cause it's scenic out where I live doesn't mean you can't push on the g-damned gas pedal. There are few good places to pass and I just want to get home, for cryin' out loud.

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the absolute stupidist move I've ever seen. I'm sitting in the center turn lane of a busy 4 lane road. blinker on waiting to make a left turn into wal-mart parking lot. all of a sudden this stupid bitch come from the far right lane cuts in front of me 90 fricking deg. to all the traffic. forces her way across the 1st oncoming lane makes that traffic stop. slams on her brakes or a truck in the far oncoming lane WOULD have hit her. forces her way on after the pickup clears. bringing both oncoming lanes to a tire squealing stop. 15 seconds later the traffic clears. and i pull in park a couple of spots over as her stupid ass and her 350 lb front seat passenger exit. I'm walking toward her with full intent of calling her every nasty cuss word in my extensive vocabulary. and from out of the rear passenger door ( the side she just exposed to the full impact of oncoming traffic) exits a little girl. 9 or 10 years old. I I held my tounge and calmed down. I have never put my hands on a woman but if a bitch ever needed an ass kicking she damn sure did. the saying where is a cop when you need one applyed in that case

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

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However I do find it extremely annoying for people who drive slow in the fast lane, causing a backup of fast drivers who absolutely have to find away around the aformentioned slow driver.

You mean the people that are driving the posted speed limit, right?

Mike
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I do find it extremely annoying for people who drive slow in the fast lane, causing a backup of fast drivers who absolutely have to find away around the aformentioned slow driver.

We live 6 miles out off a 2 lane highway, speed limit 50. Anytime there is any traffic, some A-hole is driving 35-40 mph in the 50 zone, past more than one speed limit sign. Hey, just 'cause it's scenic out where I live doesn't mean you can't push on the g-damned gas pedal. There are few good places to pass and I just want to get home, for cryin' out loud.

Too many Washington state drivers around the Puget Sound can't pedal fast enough unless they're on icy roads and overdo it.

When I lived in Colorado, I could make it the hundred miles between Boulder and Brush in an hour fifteen minutes either direction (there wasn't too much traffic and people didn't stay in the passing lane).

When I lived in Washington, 60 miles Seattle to Mt. Vernon usually didn't happen in 1:15. At first I worried that there'd been an accident and some one might be hurt, but then I realized people just slowed down for no reason and tried to relax.

A couple 80 mile drives returning from Skydive Kapowsin (Shelton) reached 3 hours. I did not visit often.

At first I wondered why Washington even had a highway patrol, because it was usually physically impossible to speed. Then I saw what people did with a little snow, and learned that the slow drivers causing congestion meant highway patrol officers had to deliver babies when their mothers couldn't get through traffic to the hospital.