Driving & Drivers

[erpap]

I use to love driving. Now it cause anxiety.

Does anyone else find it maddening when someone is actually riding your bumper? I always do the speed limit and most times I’m doing more than speed limit so it’s not like I’m moving at a snails pace.

Do these people seriously think that riding my bumper is going to make me speed up! NOT! it’s disrespectful and dangerous.

 

[MickeyLee]

People have collectively gone off the rails. Driving skills took a hard punch to the sternum.

Normal, pre-batshit breakdown, maybe one almost accident ahead of me *no involvement just an observer* Now? Like four almost collisions going to Taco Bell. Less than two miles.

Plus college boys in sports cars.....ugh!! Nothing screams penis issues like glasspacks and burnouts out of Starbucks.

 

[MickeyLee]

If we had a Preach!!! ranking OP would get it. Bumper riding is the worst.

 

[rbkwp]

People have collectively gone off the rails. Driving skills took a hard punch to the sternum.

Normal, pre-batshit breakdown, maybe one almost accident ahead of me *no involvement just an observer* Now? Like four almost collisions going to Taco Bell. Less than two miles.

Plus college boys in sports cars.....ugh!! Nothing screams penis issues like glasspacks and burnouts out of Starbucks.

call them boy racers,but,keep them from the kids
fortunately,they tend to come out at night

and/or
need a 48 chev sedan truck horn on a car,to scare the shits out of tailgataters
after,you eventually let them pass

 

[EllieP]

A few years ago I was in a pretty major accident with an 18-wheeler that tried to defy the law of physics. They extracted me from what was left of my pickup truck and surprised to find that I was alive. I was kind of surprised myself!

It took a loooooong time before I even got on a divided highway again. When I'd come to a stop sign I'd get a tingling down my spine. It was probably two years before I could manage an interstate highway, and that was after much therapy, both physical and mental.

I left Atlanta over 20 years ago. I could never move back there primarily because of the traffic. My daughter lives there, and my husband has to drive when we get close to the city. I just can't do it.

This part of Florida used to be a nice place to drive but not anymore. People are too impatient. They'll cut corner short to get ahead of someone. They'll come right upon at a traffic light. And they have no hesitation to honk if I'm not quick on the accelerator when that light turns.

Drivers are just the worst people.

 

[lapdog2001]

I use to love driving. Now it cause anxiety.

Does anyone else find it maddening when someone is actually riding your bumper? I always do the speed limit and most times I’m doing more than speed limit so it’s not like I’m moving at a snails pace.

Do these people seriously think that riding my bumper is going to make me speed up! NOT! it’s disrespectful and dangerous.

If you are doing the speed limit in the left lane, and there's room in the next lane to the right, move over. It's the unwritten rule of the road. But do a 'brake check' first, to get them to back off.

If you're talking about a single lane road, then what I do is tap my brake with my left foot while maintaining speed (brake check) to get them to back off. Or, slow down to exactly the speed limit. Usually these type of a-hole drivers will pass you the first chance they get anyway.

A huge issue in our area is the blatant running of red lights, at almost every intersection. Not the old-school 'orange' light where the yellow transitions to red, but 1, 2, 3 or more seconds after the light has turned red and the cross traffic is already moving forward on their green light!

 

[EllieP]

If you are doing the speed limit in the left lane, and there's room in the next lane to the right, move over. It's the unwritten rule of the road. But do a 'brake check' first, to get them to back off.

If you're talking about a single lane road, then what I do is tap my brake with my left foot while maintaining speed (brake check) to get them to back off. Or, slow down to exactly the speed limit. Usually these type of a-hole drivers will pass you the first chance they get anyway.

A huge issue in our area is the blatant running of red lights, at almost every intersection. Not the old-school 'orange' light where the yellow transitions to red, but 1, 2, 3 or more seconds after the light has turned red and the cross traffic is already moving forward on their green light!

When I lived in Atlanta they arrested a woman doing the speed limit in the left lane. She was driving on I-85 in downtown Atlanta going 55mph while everyone around her was doing 80.

She was belligerent. She said she was legal because she was doing the speed limit.

The officer said she violated another law: Slower traffic keep right.

Basically, it came down to yes, everyone else was breaking the law but so was she. And because she had become a public nuisance she was singled out.

Don't know how it turned out in court, but it made perfect sense to me.

 

[lapdog2001]

When I lived in Atlanta they arrested a woman doing the speed limit in the left lane. She was driving on I-85 in downtown Atlanta going 55mph while everyone around her was doing 80.

She was belligerent. She said she was legal because she was doing the speed limit.

The officer said she violated another law: Slower traffic keep right.

Basically, it came down to yes, everyone else was breaking the law but so was she. And because she had become a public nuisance she was singled out.

Don't know how it turned out in court, but it made perfect sense to me.

Yes, we encounter state police on the interstate highways all the time, and they are usually going above the speed limit too! Go with the flow, and you'll be okay. Weave in and out, try to go 20-40 faster than everyone else, or be the slowpoke holding up the passing lane, and you deserve to get pulled over!

 

[Motion-of-the-Ocean]

Living in Florida...don't get me started ! It's like every bad, self-import driving habit endemic to every other state melds together here in a hodgepodge of clusterfuck drivers who got their license in a box of Cracker Jack. I-4. Worst. Highway. Ever.

Tailgating is also one of my biggest blood-pressure raising peeves, especially with my little Econobox four banger. Trust me, even doing the speed limit (or 5-10 miles above it) and assholes will still be hugging your bumper; wanting to run over you to get to wherever they are going half a second earlier. Worst are those with the giant pick-ups, BMW frat boys or young bucks with $10,000 worth of mods on a $5,000 car (that spoiler & racing stripe really makes you go faster ) who will be filling your rear-view mirror if you can't manage to accelerate from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds as soon as the light turns green. My only internal satisfaction is visualizing the oversized pick-em up, penile sized challenged, yahoos constantly having to fill up while complaining about high gas prices .

I have convinced myself some of these people are just psychologically damaged or not mature enough to deal with their personal demons and stress and road raging and aggressive driving is the only thing that makes them feel still in control. Yeah, I wasn't going fast enough you, so you had to make a big deal about finally going around me, only to cut back in front and make it to the red light one car length ahead of me! Such small victories in a loser existence! Even better are the ones who do this maneuver only to then turn right on the next street or entranceway, making you slam on your brakes.

So yeah, my frustration of dealing with these goobers on a daily basis (and even worse when I had to drive all day for a living), does wear thin, especially considering we continue to add a thousand more cars and drivers to my area alone every week for some masochistic reason.

 

[seventiesdemon]

Living in Florida...don't get me started ! It's like every bad, self-import driving habit endemic to every other state melds together here in a hodgepodge of clusterfuck drivers who got their license in a box of Cracker Jack. I-4. Worst. Highway. Ever.

Tailgating is also one of my biggest blood-pressure raising peeves, especially with my little Econobox four banger. Trust me, even doing the speed limit (or 5-10 miles above it) and assholes will still be hugging your bumper; wanting to run over you to get to wherever they are going half a second earlier. Worst are those with the giant pick-ups, BMW frat boys or young bucks with $10,000 worth of mods on a $5,000 car (that spoiler & racing stripe really makes you go faster ) who will be filling your rear-view mirror if you can't manage to accelerate from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds as soon as the light turns green. My only internal satisfaction is visualizing the oversized pick-em up, penile sized challenged, yahoos constantly having to fill up while complaining about high gas prices .

I have convinced myself some of these people are just psychologically damaged or not mature enough to deal with their personal demons and stress and road raging and aggressive driving is the only thing that makes them feel still in control. Yeah, I wasn't going fast enough you, so you had to make a big deal about finally going around me, only to cut back in front and make it to the red light one car length ahead of me! Such small victories in a loser existence! Even better are the ones who do this maneuver only to then turn right on the next street or entranceway, making you slam on your brakes.

So yeah, my frustration of dealing with these goobers on a daily basis (and even worse when I had to drive all day for a living), does wear thin, especially considering we continue to add a thousand more cars and drivers to my area alone every week for some masochistic reason.

Hmmmmm, little bit of road rage there

 

[Tight_End_SC]

I-4 (Florida), I-95 (FL to MA), and I-5 (anywhere) are all off the charts crazy. I would rather drive in mid-town Manhattan for a day than drive one hour on any of the mentioned Interstate Highways I listed.

 

[rbkwp]

nz roads and us drivers,are surerly smee of the worlds worst
incl such things as almost 25 years agoi used to go to australia
in sydney,the/a paunchy copper/traffic officer,woud 'furiously wave you on'already doing over the city speed limit

they were determined to keep the traffic flowing/moving
nz,even now,find any bloody excuse to stop/slow down /gawk,@ traffc going slow,probably asking them/ouselelves why,on the other lanes ffs

to be fair,likely a ww phenomenon

 

[BillM]

Los Angeles traffic where everyone is going 60plus!!

 

[rbkwp]

Los Angeles traffic where everyone is going 60plus!!

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thought you were going to say
'where everyone gets a bargain',bill
a nz supermarket catch cry

USA superfluous vehicles
reminds me of a doco i saw
how your honchos chose vehicles over rail
and forever and a day ridicule china,for itsd foresight/superb rail system

 

[lapdog2001]

Los Angeles traffic where everyone is going 60plus!!

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That's a live stream of Boston area traffic during Rush Hour!

 

[marlins]

Same here in south FL! Yikes.

 

[Tazman66]

Don't get me started about idiot drivers. I drive an 18 wheeler (30+ yrs now) and I see shit every day. In a hurry, impatient, on their phone, extreme speeding, cutting people off, I've seen it all and then some. Can't wait to retire and hang up my CDL!

 

[Motion-of-the-Ocean]

Don't get me started about idiot drivers. I drive an 18 wheeler (30+ yrs now) and I see shit every day. In a hurry, impatient, on their phone, extreme speeding, cutting people off, I've seen it all and then some. Can't wait to retire and hang up my CDL!

Having drove and worked on a Class 6 commercial vehicle in the past for several years, I've seen some real stupid shit as well. Both what people would do with their cars and what they would do in their cars, especially given it was real easy to see down in them.

Since almost all the trucks had speed governors, even grandma in her Lincoln Towncar would fly by me, but I never will forget the one young lady who I witnessed driving with her knees as she texted or swiped on her phone as she whizzed by me doing at least 80 like I was standing still. I had to stifle to urge to hit the air horn to make her think twice, since I didn't want her possible fiery death on my conscience.

 

[MilfBanger78]

Can't stand driving...was doing ubereats etc as a side gig.... FL has the worst drivers, old ppl, plus guys on crotchrockets weaving in and out .

Plus this season is the worst... tourists.... I live on a residential road that is used as a shortcut to the highway....they fly down my road at 60 mph.... I was backing out and someone almost nailed me, they had the nerve to honk the horn while I'm backing out of my own driveway and they're flying...i put that mf'er in park got out and said some really nice things to her and the hubby.

 

[edonline]

Does anyone bother to stop at stop signs any more? I swear over 90% of drivers either slow down but then continue to roll through or they simply just drive through without slowing down at all.