Inconsiderate jerks on the road

[DesignFox]

This got to me big time today.

I hate it when inconsiderate fuckwads go out of their way to cut you off, only to proceed at exactly 5 mph under the speed limit.

I mean, seriously?! This asshole was so damn impatient that he passed me on the right (which is illegal, but everyone in New Jersey ignores this) at the traffic light so he could OMG BE FIRST...and then he drove SLOWER than the goddamn limit. WTF???

To the jerk in the white pick up truck loaded with shit-
If you're going to be an inconsiderate fuckface and cut people off, you'd best go all the way and be speeding like NASCAR. Don't fucking get in front of me and then go SLOW. *mutters*

I had to get that out. I feel better now.

[Norton]

I deal with that all the time. I can't stand it. What's even worse is when you're the only car coming down the road, and the jerk decides to cut you off instead of waiting 1.5 seconds for you to pass.

I've been guilty of cutting people off as well, but I always made sure to speed up and get out of the way after doing so.

[DesignFox]

oooh I hate that! The worst is when I'm with my instructor and she's driving the truck with the horse trailer... People will cut her off like crazy! With the rig, you can't stop on a dime, and slowing down dramatically can cause issues with the trailer and for the poor horses!

[blas87]

This by no means excuses this kind of behavior, but my belief is that these people are either Sociopathic drivers, or are just obsessed with being "first", or not having anyone behind them.

It too puzzles me, these people are so desperate to get ahead of you, yet once they are, they proceed to putz.

[LadyBarbossa]

Cutting off and then slowing down is an epidemic down here, I'm certain of it. Also, does it irritate anyone else when people pass in the opposite lane when you're turning off, instead of just waiting for you to be out of their way? Seriously, unless you've got a serious case of diarrhea, you don't need to be doing that.

[AFPheonix]

oooh I hate that! The worst is when I'm with my instructor and she's driving the truck with the horse trailer... People will cut her off like crazy! With the rig, you can't stop on a dime, and slowing down dramatically can cause issues with the trailer and for the poor horses!

Seriously. Horse trailers are idiot magnets like nothing else. That is the only good thing about having an old beater of a pickup truck though, it looks like it's hit stuff and wouldn't mind doing it again People stay out of its way for the most part.

I did have some old guy sideswipe the trailer one time when we were on our way to lessons. He said we were in his blindspot
Dude, we stick out of both sides of your blindspot. Ah well, the horse was ok at least. Scared, but unhurt.

[Norton]

does it irritate anyone else when people pass in the opposite lane when you're turning off, instead of just waiting for you to be out of their way?

It irritates me. In fact, some idiot smashed his passenger headlight into my passenger rear bumper because he passed a left-turning van on the shoulder as I was making a left coming from the opposite direction. He must have either been speeding, or following the van too closely to not see me. Jerk even lied to the police saying I ran a stop sign and cut him off.

[DesignFox]

He said we were in his blindspot

It's a freakin' horse trailer! HOW on earth can you NOT see it?!

People are so stupid.

My instructor told me a story about how she ended up jackknifing the trailer because some dumbshit passed her on the left, while a simultaneous dumbshit passed her on the shoulder. The two dumbshits almost sideswipped each other right in front of her and she was forced to slam on the breaks to avoid plowing through them both. Two cars ended up off the road, the tailer spun in the middle of the road, the horses fell down...miraculously, no one was hurt.

This all took place on a backroad where the speed limit is 55 and the road is straight and clear. As it was, she was going 70- yet there was still a line of cars behind her, and those two morons decided she wasn't going fast enough.

To your situation Norton- Everyone does it, but passing on the right hand shoulder is still illegal. That guy probably tried not to get busted.

[blas87]

How about this gem, Fox?

The type of Sociopathic driver who is put putting along, you go to pass, he/she notices and guns it, so you say hell with it and go back to behind them, they slow way down again, you go to pass and they gun it again, rinse wash repeat...

Who has the time of day to do this crap day in and day out?

Oh wait...nevermind. Lots of people.

[DesignFox]

Blas- those people drive up the parkway and turnpike here all the time...

New Jersey- the road rage state!

[powerboy]

How about this gem, Fox?

The type of Sociopathic driver who is put putting along, you go to pass, he/she notices and guns it, so you say hell with it and go back to behind them, they slow way down again, you go to pass and they gun it again, rinse wash repeat...

Who has the time of day to do this crap day in and day out?

Oh wait...nevermind. Lots of people.

Had that the other night. Pisses me off when that happens

[AFPheonix]

I call those guys brainstem drivers. They're the morons who are going 45 on the highway until you pass them, and then they figure out they really should be moving at the same rate as traffic and then remember to speed up until you finally floor it and pass them, then they slow back down as the drool from their chin slowly dribbles onto their shirt.

Their asshole cousins are the dicks in slow moving traffic who won't let you merge in when you're coming on the highway from an on-ramp.

[Colchek]

I hate those people who gun it when you pass too. What I truly hate are the people driving big vehicles who /don't freakin' look/. One time I was driving my sister's little Plymouth Horizon on I-79, and a semi passes me. Now this dude /knows I was there/. He saw me as he came up on me and moved to pass. Long before he's fully passed me, he starts to merge back into my lane, running me off the road!

Then there was a time my wife and I were driving the company minivan on our way back from one of my business trips, and this big motor home passes us. Once again, instead of making sure they're past us, they start to merge! I lay on the horn and have to go onto the shoulder to avoid be smacked.

Some people on the roads need to learn to look where they're going.

[DesignFox]

Colchek, I've had that happen to me, too. People are just oblivious...I don't get it.

The incident that takes the cake for me (I just remembered this) occurred one day when I tried to merge onto the parkway.

This inconsiderate piece of crap spackle was going about 90. I was merging onto the parkway. There are 4 lanes. I'm coming on...I'm passing the morons who can't seem to find the gas pedal...and I go to merge to the left. This shithead comes SWERVING around another car and into my lane- nearly running me off the road. Thankfully, I was paying attention so I didn't get hit, nor did I hit him. (he literally almost pulled on top of my car)

I laid on the horn because...shit, it was close! So what does this fuckhead do?

He SLAMS the brakes. STOPS in the middle of the FREAKING PARKWAY! (in an attempt to get me to rear-end him)

Of course, me knowing my fellow Jersey drivers, slowed down. I hadn't gotten up to speed yet (not that I'd go 90 anyway...)

so yea.... 90 to stopped? WOW. That guy had a set of balls...especially after he nearly ran me over. I wished a trooper had seen that, but no such luck. The guy was gone before I could get his plate number, too.

I live in the crazy people state.

[Norton]

Long and Ranty

I also hate when people play "pace cars".

On a two lane road, you spy two cars ahead of you. One is going kind of slow, and the other is catching up to it in the next lane. You get behind the car catching up since of course it will pass the other one. When it is side by side with the slower car, the driver slows to match speed and never passes, preventing you from passing. It annoys me to no freaking end.


Then again, playing pace cars can have an advantage. Twice now I've had cars tailgate me on a two lane road, though I was going faster than traffic in the other lane. Once they're up my ass, I would slow down so I was slightly behind the car in the next lane. When the merge approached, I accelerated a bit, leaving the tailgater stuck behind the car that was next to me. The first tailgater I did that to was so enraged he kept swerving, honking, and flashing his lights.


Oh, another one! I hate people who brake unnecessarily. On highways, it seems as if cars keep accelerating until they feel like they're going too fast, then they hit the brakes though no one's in front of them for miles. I see it a lot, and it's my only explanation for why someone would brake on a straight, low-traffic highway.
On other roads, I notice cars accelerate until they get too close to the car in front of them, then hit the brakes - then proceed to do it over and over again. It's like they think that their foot always needs to be pressing on a pedal! All they'd have to do is ease up on the accelerator! Then the domino effect starts, and everyone behind the serial-braker brakes too! It's a great way to create traffic jams down the line on a busy road.

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