What is it with some drivers?!

[Boar-Ral]

I have been fortunate that I have not had any bad experiences with other drives -- until two weeks ago. Since then, things have been crazy.

I was leaving a parking lot at a hospital two weeks ago, turning right. I stopped for less than two seconds to make sure there was no traffic from the left, and some pinhead in an Infinity lays on the horn. Stupid thing is that he wasn't even turning right; he was turning left, and there were two lanes, one for each direction. Later that day, I was crossing the parking lot from Wal-Mart to Tim Horton's, and there was a lot of traffic. I was driving straight through, and had a stop sign. A Dodge Ram was facing me, also with a stop sign. I was driving forward, he was turning to cross in front of me. When the traffic cleared, I went forward, and so did he, even though I had the right of way. Then he has the nerve to flip me off. What a moron.

The idiot thing I have noticed drivers doing the past week is trying to pull around me on the right shoulder when I stop because someone in front of me is turning across traffic. If it was bumper-to-bumper, and we would be stopped for five minutes, I could understand that. I would probably go around the person, too. But in all three instances in the past week, I only made a rolling stop. By the time the person has turned, and I start to proceed, I notice someone coming up on the right. In all three instances, I stepped on it. There was no way I was going to let them get anything out of their idiotic behavour. Fortunately, in two of the instances, since they were now pulled over, other traffic pulled in front of them, and they got knocked even further back.

Maybe karma is making up for lost time in my situation. Who knows?

[ipeefreely]

Boar, we need the power of the duramax. That way if any one of those idiots try to pass us up, we'll just dust them little suckers with our 5 ton monster.

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by ipeefreely

Boar, we need the power of the duramax. That way if any one of those idiots try to pass us up, we'll just dust them little suckers with our 5 ton monster.

The problem is that my daily driver is a 10-year old Chevrolet Lumina. I don't think I can fit a Duramax in there.

[DennisAJC]

Anyone who honks at me to hurry up always gets an extra 10 seconds of my time.

On 4 occassions I got out and walked back to the honking offender's car. They're not so tough then (Except for one. That turned into a tussle.). They usually act all confused and innocent.

I've learned to play it smart most of the time. There's no law when you lick their window or hump their side mirror. .


The days of feet flattening and bear spray are behind me. I hope.

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by DennisAJC

Anyone who honks at me to hurry up always gets an extra 10 seconds of my time.

On 4 occassions I got out and walked back to the honking offender's car. They're not so tough then (Except for one. That turned into a tussle.). They usually act all confused and innocent.

I've learned to play it smart most of the time. There's no law when you lick their window or hump their side mirror. .


The days of feet flattening and bear spray are behind me. I hope.

I kept wishing I had stopped and gotten out. I have done that only once. The offending vehicle was a taxi, and he was parked at one of the entrances to West Edmonton Mall. As we drove past him, he decided to pin it and try to pull past us on the right. I stepped on it, cut him off sideways, and stopped. I happened to have three friends with me, all over 6' tall, one over 6'6", and all four doors opened and we got out. As we walked towards the taxi, he gave it in reverse, then tore off around us on the other side and left.

[tazhog54]

That would of been a kodak moment post

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by tazhog54

That would of been a kodak moment post

It kept us chuckling for most of the day.

[DRTYFN]

I think at one time or another, Dennis, Hummbebe and Rocks have all been on the phone with me when I've been forced to insult someone while driving.

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by DRTYFN

I think at one time or another, Dennis, Hummbebe and Rocks have all been on the phone with me when I've been forced to insult someone while driving.

That makes me think of the scene in Weather Man, with the Slurpee.

[blindzebra]

Gump! You're a God Damm Genius. You're a model of God given ability!

[DennisAJC]

Originally Posted by DRTYFN

I think at one time or another, Dennis, Hummbebe and Rocks have all been on the phone with me when I've been forced to insult someone while driving.

And I can hear them trying to snap back but you end up saying something that makes their head explode.

It's quite a treat to hear.

[ShaggyX]

Originally Posted by Boar-Ral

Later that day, I was crossing the parking lot from Wal-Mart to Tim Horton's, and there was a lot of traffic. I was driving straight through, and had a stop sign. A Dodge Ram was facing me, also with a stop sign. I was driving forward, he was turning to cross in front of me. When the traffic cleared, I went forward, and so did he, even though I had the right of way. Then he has the nerve to flip me off. What a moron.

Who stopped first? Doesn't matter who was going what way...whoever stops first has right of way and goes first. If he didn't signal, or if you stopped first (or same time) that's fine. But if he stopped first...he had he right of way eventhough he was turning left.

People who think just because they are going straight and I am going left means they have the right of way at a stop sign piss me off.

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by ShaggyX

Who stopped first? Doesn't matter who was going what way...whoever stops first has right of way and goes first. If he didn't signal, or if you stopped first (or same time) that's fine. But if he stopped first...he had he right of way eventhough he was turning left.

People who think just because they are going straight and I am going left means they have the right of way at a stop sign piss me off.

He didn't have his signal light on. He did after he flipped me off, though. Too many people are using signal lights as a recommendation, not a requirement.

[johndjmix1]

I definatly see where you are coming from and its always good to be nice to other drivers, but when it comes down to it....

Somewhere in a drivers manual i read a while back (NY or NJ?) it states that when on a divided highway in the right lane you should NEVER alter your speed when traffic is merging. It simply confuses the merging driver, they dont really know what you are doing so they stop look....wait...then realise you are trying to let them in then they go. You should keep your speed steady which lets them plan on where you are going to be, which makes it easier for them to merge.

Totally makes sence when you think about it. If you brake you slow down the whole lane, disrupting the whole highway whereas if you stay stead and they just wait for an opening the highway is not disrupted.

Just my 5 cents =)

--John