The Road Rage Thread!

[voidecho]

I've done the same thing with the same results.

On my drive home there's a spot where the highway is five lanes wide. The three left lanes keep going straight and the two right lanes veer off. 90% of the people want to go straight, so the three left lanes are always backed up (during rush hour) and the two right lanes move at a good pace. Soooo many people get over into the two right lanes and drive all the way up to where the five lanes split, then cut (bully) their way over to the left. Pisses me off to no end. They seriously have two miles to get over in the left lane, but no, they all have to cut over at the last minute. I like to hang out in the lane they cut into and not let people over....cause they're dicks.

 

[northernmastiff]

I would probably piss the lot of you off if you got caught behind me in the snow. I drive slow as f when it is snowing but that is because I hit black ice one year and rolled my car into a ditch. I was about 3 inches from a hydro pole and they said if I had hit it, that would have been it for me. I walked away without even a scratch so angels were watching over me that day. The car, on the other hand, was totaled.

Rest of the time, I go the speed of traffic, drive in the middle lane if I can. Left to pass, right to merge, middle to cruise. I hate when people swerve between lanes going right to left and left to right. This is not a game of Frogger people! I also use turn signals and everything else but in town, especially where I know there are usually speed traps, I drive the speed limit.

I hate those assholes that love to ride your ass and push you to speed. I usually slow down when they do that. If I am already going 20 to 40km (12 to 24miles for those that don't know) over the speed limit, there is no way I am going to get a street racing ticket for your sorry and late ass. In Ontario, you can lose your licence at 40 over. I think it is for 3 days but not sure. I had one guy follow me down one road, flashing his head lights and honking. I thought something was wrong like I had hit an old lady without realizing it and was dragging her down the road. (I actually have a fear of this).

Came to my turn and the guy pulls up besides me. He starts waving at me, then flips me the finger and starts cursing at me because I did the speed limit down the road. Wonderful guy. Hate to see how he treats his wife.

Oh, and I really hate dogs in people's laps when driving. I just want to roll down the window and say a few choice words. But honest, I don't get road rage. LOL.

 

[acain37]

1.Left lane Lazys send me over the edge!

2. Also, if you think the weather is too bad to drive the speed limit...........STAY HOME AND OUT OF MY WAY!

3.If you think you are on ice please, for my safety, yours and everyone else on the road DON'T SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES!

I hate driving around people who have no idea what the rules of the road are. I loved the fact that a trooper gave this woman a ticket Woman given ticket for driving 63 mph in left lane of 65 mph highway | USAHM Conspiracy News
She will probably beat it, but those tickets should be given out more often. Left lane is for actively passing, not cruising. Her excuse for driving slow is #2 of my pet peeves!

 

[mx5055]

Void, you've done it again!! You're a lunatic, and your wife must be an angel/saint This thread is hysterical, and I agree with all the things that people has listed, but the one thing that sends my blood pressure sky high and has curse words coming out of my mouth instantly are: "HONKERS" Every car has a horn, but in my mind the horn is a "EMERGENCY" tool....it's not a freaking set of drums!! That's my pet peeve in the car

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

I learned to drive in Boston MA.....USE YOUR EFFING TURN SIGNALS PEOPLE.....ehem.....

Ruth don't you know not all blinkers are standard. You have to pay extra for those.

Ruth: View attachment 21237

Pretty much

I"m hell on wheels when it comes to driving. I'm defensive and agressive. I drive like I have a place to go, because I do. I'm impatient at the wheel and don't have time to ride behind "driving miss daisy or looky loos".

One thing that pisses me off when you try to move around a slower vehicle ( in the left lane no less) and they speed up so you can't pass them.

Another favorite everyone puts on the brakes when they see a trooper vehicle. Did you do something why are we braking from 75mph down to 50????

Accidents....as mentioned above I hate when there are accidents not just for the people but because rubber necks like to slow down and "investigate"

Cell phone users.....don't get me started.......

Oh btw ride my butt, were going on cruise for the next 5 miles or if my stop comes up whichever comes first......

Edit Northern I can't stand that either, the other day I saw someone with their puggle in the owner's lap while driving......

 

[ruthcatrin]

Hah, tailgate me and my cruise control gets set to the speed limit EXACTLY.....or, if I don't have anyone else in the car I'll start tapping my brakes.....hard....

 

[LauraR]

This is a pic I posted to facebook several months ago.

Nothing enrages me more than idiots who decide to slow down and rubberneck when there is an accident. People do this ALL THE FREAKING TIME! It doesn't even have to be an accident. Today, I was 5 minutes late to work because about 100 morons decided to slow down and stare at a car that stalled out on the shoulder. The stalled out car wasn't holding up traffic, the idiots staring at him were. Traffic was backed up for at least 4 miles and less than 100 feet from the stalled car it was magically cleared up. Douche holes!
Same applies to people doing this for an accident that is on the opposite side of the highway.
I understand that some accidents require you to slow down to avoid putting yourself or the people involved in danger. It only angers me when people do this for absolutely no reason other than to slow down, hold up traffic and participate in an epic stare down.
Also, I am pretty sure all cars come with blinkers. I don't use mine 100% of the time, but you can bet your ass that if I'm going to be making a sudden merge and there is traffic behind and around me, I'm going to use the blinker. I value my life and I don't want to die. Some people are more brave and then decide to flip you the bird when you honk after coming about 2/3 of an inch from wiping them off the road.
I also don't like people who follow you so closely you can't even see their headlights. The only and I mean ONLY circumstance where this is okay is if you are in bumper to bumper traffic that is moving super duper slow. If you're cruising down the highway going 70mph and some ass panther decides he wants to be inside you, I begin to imagine how lovely his face would look splattered across the back of my bumper.
Also, people who don't have enough brain cells to know how to drive their cars in inclement weather. If I see you fly past me going 70mph on a highway that is white and 1/2 covered in ice, do not count on me stopping as you try to flag me down to help with your 1990's Escort that got stuck in a ditch. If you don't have a car, or tires equipped for the snowy/icy roads along with the experience to drive on said roads, and it isn't a life threatening emergency, stay home and complain about the weather on facebook just like everyone else in the world. In addition to that, if you see a few flurries in the sky that aren't even making it to the ground, this is not a legitimate excuse to drive 10mph down the friggin highway.

Traffic sucked on the drive home today. I am not happy about it. My post reflects this quite effectively lol!

 

[LauraR]

Here's something that I do on purpose and I'm sure it pisses a lot of people off

When there is massive traffic on the freeway and I'm in the right lane and people coming off the offramp to merge with traffic, instead of finding a hole and merging they race up til the lanes merge and bully their way in. What I will do is move my little SUV's butt into the middle of these 2 lanes so it forces them to actually merge instead of bullying their way to the front. I'm sure I piss people off and have been given the finger on many occasions, but I could give a shit, MERGE ASSHOLES!!

We have that issue here all the time. People will even get ballsy and drive on the shoulder. The second I see even one person do it, I plop my giant Mom-Style crossover right in the middle of that line so no one can pass on either side. Pisses people off, but damn it, they need to wait their turn just like everyone else and there is no way in hell I'm letting them skip ahead 30 cars just because they feel like their time is more important than everyone else's.

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Hah, tailgate me and my cruise control gets set to the speed limit EXACTLY.....or, if I don't have anyone else in the car I'll start tapping my brakes.....hard....

I've done that too even made a few people swerve, BUT sometimes it was legit like debris in the road.

 

[ruthcatrin]

I've done that too even made a few people swerve, BUT sometimes it was legit like debris in the road.

Officer I swear I saw a cat run out in front of me!

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Officer I swear I saw a cat run out in front of me!

:lol: Exactly!

 

[Hugo411]

I'm the guy with the big work truck towing the big trailer slowing you all down.:lolbangtable:

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

I'd take a slow down than a stop any day. There was an accident the other day when it snowed. A van was towing a trailer some how bounced off the guard rail and hit a semi. An hour and three tow trucks later, finally got us moving. Did I mention I had to potty REALLY badly???

 

[ruthcatrin]

I'm the guy with the big work truck towing the big trailer slowing you all down.:lolbangtable:

Now see, THAT I can understand. I might still blow past you as soon as I get a chance, but I GET that....

 

[northernmastiff]

I hate rubber necker a as well. Or people who have no idea where they are going so they slow down at every street to check if that is the street they want.

 

[Robtouw]

I also have road rage issues. Right now my big big hateful beef is with stupid mopeds! Here in NC they are allowed to buzz down the road and really cause issues. The damn things do not require registration, insurance, property tax fees, inspection stickers, roadway taxes and don't move fast enough to be on roads that are 45mph +. If I am required to pay that enormous list of fees/taxes so should they. The little damn things cut you off in traffic, hold up traffic and I totally want to just run them over!

Unfortunately my road rage has been documented in the past. Years ago I was driving my IsuzuTrooper with its shiney new brush guard on front and was in a *Single* turning lane waiting to turn left, a stupid little beaten up car decided to insert a turning lane where there isn't one and pushed me into oncoming traffic lanes. I was lucky the lane was open. About an hour later I am in the same lane turning left again and the same stupid smartass did the same thing! I was so ticked off that I did not move over instead I let him in front of me, floored it and pushed his ass up over the curb into the Kroger parking lot and into a light pole. Here is the best part, a state trooper was parked in the lot eating his lunch and witnessed the entire thing. When this huge black officer walked to the scene to check on the driver of the ugly totalled car, the idiot in the car made some ugly racial remarks that the officer was not happy with. I got so lucky! The dumbass was driving a stolen car, had a suspended license and an outstanding warrant! The trooper just laughed and said it was my lucky day! He was actually pretty nice about the whole thing but had to write up an accident report and I had to take a road rage class. My husband removed my pretty brush guard so that I would not repeat that action!

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

I also have road rage issues. Right now my big big hateful beef is with stupid mopeds! Here in NC they are allowed to buzz down the road and really cause issues. The damn things do not require registration, insurance, property tax fees, inspection stickers, roadway taxes and don't move fast enough to be on roads that are 45mph +. If I am required to pay that enormous list of fees/taxes so should they. The little damn things cut you off in traffic, hold up traffic and I totally want to just run them over!

Unfortunately my road rage has been documented in the past. Years ago I was driving my IsuzuTrooper with its shiney new brush guard on front and was in a *Single* turning lane waiting to turn left, a stupid little beaten up car decided to insert a turning lane where there isn't one and pushed me into oncoming traffic lanes. I was lucky the lane was open. About an hour later I am in the same lane turning left again and the same stupid smartass did the same thing! I was so ticked off that I did not move over instead I let him in front of me, floored it and pushed his ass up over the curb into the Kroger parking lot and into a light pole. Here is the best part, a state trooper was parked in the lot eating his lunch and witnessed the entire thing. When this huge black officer walked to the scene to check on the driver of the ugly totalled car, the idiot in the car made some ugly racial remarks that the officer was not happy with. I got so lucky! The dumbass was driving a stolen car, had a suspended license and an outstanding warrant! The trooper just laughed and said it was my lucky day! He was actually pretty nice about the whole thing but had to write up an accident report and I had to take a road rage class. My husband removed my pretty brush guard so that I would not repeat that action!

Hahaha!!!!!! That's awesome there have been SO many times I wanted to do that which is why when I drive I try to avoid "busy" areas as much as possible. At least the trooper was cool with .

 

[AKBull]

This is pretty much me all the time, for most of reasons that have been mentioned here.

 

[Jadotha]

The best advice I ever received from my first driving instructor: Drive as if everyone else on the road is blind drunk, on drugs or crazy.

 

[NeSaxena]

Have any of you ever been to India?

Road Rage, eh?