Road Rage Random Thoughts Thread

[Food Lady]

We all have those little incidents that don't warrant a whole post. Here's my bus mini-rant: Dear Lady Bus Driver, Why are you the only one who doesn't lower the bus for people with carts, heavy stuff, etc? The buses are built to do that. J and S do it when they see me coming, even before I'm at the bus. It makes the difference between being in pain for most of the next day or only part of it. I shouldn't have to ask you to do it; it's part of your job.

[April]

There is a nifty stick on the side of your steering wheel that magically lets others know what you are planning to do. Turn signals! use them!

[Catwoman2965]

To all the people who have to merge left from the right lane, into MY center lane. If your car is ahead of me, I'll let you go in front. But if the very front of your car is even with my BACK door, nope, sorry, you can get behind me. Trying to maneuver up and cut me off to go in front of me will not endear you to me, or anyone else.

[Crossbow]

If I put on my turn signal to move over, do not speed up to block me like a jerk. Speeding up to block me and then laughing about it will not go well for you.

[EricKei]

This one goes out to all the red-light jumpers out there (especially back home in NOLA):

I see that you're first in line, waiting for the light to turn green. You're revving your engine, your car is so far past the crosswalk that your entire front tire is on the cross-street's right lane. As soon as the light even THINKS of going green, you're gonna floor it. And yet, you do this, knowing that many, many people -- yourself included, most likely -- take yellow lights as a indication that one should double one's speed, rather than "stop if you can safely do so..."

[notalwaysright]

There are not two lanes here, there's a lane and then street parking. Yes, I know it's not super well marked. Still, hovering over near the sidewalk, and then seeing a car parked where you are currently driving should indicate the idea that you are not in a lane.

When you realize you are not driving in a lane, maybe turn on your blinker and merge, instead of just moving over slowly. Why? Oh, I dunno. Possibly because my car is currently occupying the space that you are drifting into. I suspect that you have driven on this street before because you seem to know that you need to turn right at the next light. If you have driven here before you should know this is not a lane.

I'm looking at you, transit authority van.

[mjr]

LEARN TO F***ING DRIVE!

If you morons in the other lanes would learn to drive, I wouldn't have a problem!

That is all.

[Valentinian]

If you stuff up and then wave an apology to the person you cut off, that does go a long way towards making me Not Mad at you. However, this doesn't mean you can see me coming from a long way off and still sail into the roundabout in front of me without even touching the brakes, already turned in my direction and waving "~sorry!~"

[greek_jester]

It is a dual carriageway. Unless signage indicates otherwise, that means that you should only enter the outside lane when overtaking someone doing under the speed limit in the outside lane. That means YOU DON'T DRIVE FOR A COUPLE OF MILES IN THE OUTSIDE LANE DOING 15 UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT!

Guess what? I once asked a cop and they said that so long as I'm already in the inside lane and I'm doing whatever speed is safe and legal then passing you on the inside doesn't count as undertaking. Guess who happily sailed past and gave you a little wave? Yep, that was me.

[Aria]

This is a really residential area. The road is a winding one, meandering back and forth with park on either side. Crosswalks are everywhere. It's a four lane road and I'm doing 60 in a 50 zone. The guy in front of me and to my right is roughly the same speed.

How fast are YOU going, that you zoom past me, switch lanes and then zoom past him?!? That's completely unsafe! How the hell will you stop for the crosswalks? I'm guessing you won't.

I hope the cops catch you.

[KuariKaydrith]

1) Turn signals are NOT AN OPTION! Use the damn things!!

2) I'm in the middle of a crosswalk. Don't honk your damn horn at me and holler at your window for me to hurry up. Better yet, don't try to blast past me and narrowly miss me. Douchewaffle -_-

3) That street you love to use as a short cut and speed down? It's a residential street. I know it looks a lot like a back alley, but I'm sure if you looked you'd see the front doors of the houses you love to speed by while blaring your shitty music at all hours of the day and night. Besides, when I watch you turn left at the end I can only laugh because you would have been better served to stay on the street you were on before turning down my street. Dickknob.

4) Who the hell taught you how to merge? Almost running into the side of another car and then having the balls to lay on the horn when you're the one at fault? Yeah, not cool. Dickless wonder bunny.

5) Yes, that is a red light. You are expected to stop. You're not in Quebec where red lights are only a suggestion. Don't flip me the bird when I holler at you, your car stopped mere inches from my legs. I'm not the asshole here. Find a mirror if you want to see who the real asshole is. May a thousand sand fleas infest your nether regions.

Ugh.

[pudddykat]

Dear accordion bus at the four way stop I understand why you are turning right a lane over from the right turn lane, you are big and make big turns. Coming nose to nose with my car currently planted in the left turn lane on MY side of the road and looking at me like I'm dumb? Hey not my fault you can't turn. Perhaps you are not cut out to drive the accordion bus.

For all other dum dums on the road: no you can not/may not occupy the same point in space and time that I am currently occupying. For the love of ceiling cat I am a silver Toyota Carolla not Wonder Woman's invisible airplane. Also please STOP LOOK and then proceed when you are clear. I prefer the side of my car just as it is especially since my BFF is usually seated on that side and I like her just as she is too. K? Thx. Bye

[RealUnimportant]

Look, I know some of the road layouts around here can be confusing, but if there's more than one lane then there's every chance that you need to be in the one that's the same side of the road as your eventual turn-off, and not the one in the middle - or worst of all, the one on the opposite side of the street. No, I won't let you merge across just because you now have your indicator on, you should have joined the back of the queue like all the rest of us suckers.

[eltf177]

Look, I know some of the road layouts around here can be confusing, but if there's more than one lane then there's every chance that you need to be in the one that's the same side of the road as your eventual turn-off, and not the one in the middle - or worst of all, the one on the opposite side of the street. No, I won't let you merge across just because you now have your indicator on, you should have joined the back of the queue like all the rest of us suckers.

Just ran into this douchnozzle's brother on the way home. In the left through lane but wants to get into the right turn lane. So let's stop, put your blinker on and let everyone in the right through lane wizz by while holding up everyone in the left through lane by until you can jump the two lanes. Then give US the single digit salute for honking our horns at your oblivious ass.

Buy a freaking clue, you moron!

[Ghel]

Time for one of my biggest driving peeves: Learn the order of operations at a 4-way stop! The person going straight goes first, then the person going the opposite direction turns left behind them. It's faster and safer than having the person turning left go first. Practically everyone around here does this wrong, and then looks irritated at me when I wait for them to go straight before I turn left behind them.