Hubby Gets Middle Finger From Guy On A Motor Scooter

[RavenStarr]

My husband was driving home from the store. Where he was driving, there were four lanes. He told me about coming up behind a guy on a motor. He decided to pass him. So he does. He looks in his rearview mirror to make sure it's clear, and there's the guy flipping him off.

Now there was no reason to do this. My hubby did not tailgate him nor did he cut the guy off when he moved back over. Even if he had, that's still no reason to flip him off. Hasn't this guy ever heard of road rage? I mean my brother-in-law was a victim of road rage, and he wasn't even in vehicle. He was right in his front yard.

My hubby just laughed it off. One day though he's gonna flip off the wrong person.

[Aut]

I'm getting to where I hate driving anymore. At least within the metropolitan areas. There are idiots on the road everywhere.

[Andara Bledin]

The boyfriend works in the shipping department of the same company I work for, and every morning he goes to the post office to pick up our mail. (and sometimes, they've even bothered to sort it... >.< )

The local PO is maybe two miles away, and between the PO and the social services building (practically around the corner from our building) and the local DMV, he sees more condensed stupid, idiotic, and downright dangerous driving that many a long roadtrip we've taken.

I don't think anywhere we've ever been can even come close to the shenanigans that go on in that short trip. Although, on Fridays, when the DMV is closed, it's much saner.

^-.-^

[blas]

Lately, I've been noticing far more idiots and shenanigans on Friday/Saturday afternoons/evenings/nights than in the entire work week during my commutes.

Closest to home is where all the idiocy happens.

[dalesys]

I loved a story about my high school's wresting coach (A short man 5'0-5'2) circa 1970.

He was taking the team up Big Cottonwood Canyon (before they widened the road) and some greaseball on a hog was tailgating them. Greaseball finally manages to pass and flips them off.

Coach and team pull into the picnic area and see hog & lardlump. Coach walks over and says "Did you make an obscene gesture at us?" "What's it to ya, pops?" and repeats.

Coach grabs finger and breaks it.

[tropicsgoddess]

I was driving to work one morning. I was going through the green light at the speed limit and then this ass clown decides it was good and clear for him to make a left turn from his lane (4 way intersection) AT A RED LIGHT . I could've had a head-on collision because of his stupidity and I yelled and called him a moron. He heard me and when he saw me from a few lanes away, he flips me off.

[protege]

My husband was driving home from the store. Where he was driving, there were four lanes. He told me about coming up behind a guy on a motor. He decided to pass him. So he does. He looks in his rearview mirror to make sure it's clear, and there's the guy flipping him off.

Let me get this straight. Some tool on a motor scooter flipped him off? Sounds like he's jealous that he can't afford a *real* mode of transportation Seriously, what is it with people on those things--especially the idiots who choose to ride them on main roads (including the parkway and Route 28)...and then can't understand why 99.9% of traffic is either blowing their horns, or flipping them off when they finally get the chance to pass. Sorry asshole, but if your vehicle can't at least keep up with traffic, then it shouldn't be there. Get off the scooter, and get yourself a damn bus pass before someone decides not to play nice, and runs your ass off the road!

[Magpie]

Let me get this straight. Some tool on a motor scooter flipped him off? Sounds like he's jealous that he can't afford a *real* mode of transportation Seriously, what is it with people on those things--especially the idiots who choose to ride them on main roads (including the parkway and Route 28)...and then can't understand why 99.9% of traffic is either blowing their horns, or flipping them off when they finally get the chance to pass. Sorry asshole, but if your vehicle can't at least keep up with traffic, then it shouldn't be there. Get off the scooter, and get yourself a damn bus pass before someone decides not to play nice, and runs your ass off the road!

I thought people used scooters for the same reason they used bikes - so that they weren't stuck driving a car.

Are those highways? Because city streets, I will admit to a lack of sympathy for cars. Yes, I will pull over illegally close to the curb when I'm in a two lane street so they can pass, but it's not my fault they're stuck in a car. I am traffic, therefore traffic speed is currently 20. Live with it. Granted, if where I live had proper transit I might bike less, but then again, I'd have even less sympathy for people in cars. (To me "proper" transit includes park & ride lots, because it's rather chauvinistic to not have them).

[protege]

I thought people used scooters for the same reason they used bikes - so that they weren't stuck driving a car.

I'm sure there are people who buy them for that reason. Locally, you don't see many scooters around--they can't handle some of the hills But the guy on Route 28, is an idiot. He's *barely* doing 40mph, in a 55mph zone. Meaning, he's below the *minimum* allowable highway speed (which is 45mph in PA's 55 and up zones), and holding everyone else up. That vehicle shouldn't be on that road to begin with. That's why most motorists on that road flip him off.

[Magpie]

Oh, completely agree. Scooters, e-bikes, bikes, buggies are for secondary roads and city streets.

[Geek King]

I am traffic, therefore traffic speed is currently 20. Live with it.

Yes you are, and therefore likely subject to slow moving vehicle laws. Check local listings, because these can apply to city streets, as well.

Not that I've ever seen that law enforced locally.

[blas]

I remember I got a nice middle finger from tooting my horn at an idiot who was so busy yapping on their phone or fiddling with something that they were still sitting there when we got the green arrow....which doesn't stay green long.

A little toot, an immediate middle finger at me, and them turning and tearing off as fast as possible was what I got.

[Magpie]

Yes you are, and therefore likely subject to slow moving vehicle laws. Check local listings, because these can apply to city streets, as well.

Not that I've ever seen that law enforced locally.

For some reason, Ontario doesn't require bikes to wear the slow moving vehicle triangle, I've never understood why. Bikes actually get special mention in the HTA here. Basically, we get to do anything we want as long as we follow the basic rules of the road, and stay to the right. I think that whoever wrote that law really hated motorists.

[protege]

I remember I got a nice middle finger from tooting my horn at an idiot who was so busy yapping on their phone or fiddling with something that they were still sitting there when we got the green arrow....which doesn't stay green long.

Not slamming you, Blas. But there are people who will lay on the horn the second the light turns green. I mean, I haven't even let the damn clutch out yet and the guy behind me is blasting the horn! Is he in such a hurry they can't wait a second or two for me to shift into first? To those idiots, I give them the Pittsburgh Salute out the window

Seriously though, there are some lights in town that are simply too short. Too many people sit there and can't figure out what to do when they change colors, especially in Mt. Lebanon...which has recently announced that they're purposely messing with the lights to slow people down. (Of course, this same borough then wonders why their main drag is a parking lot...but that's beside the point ) Throw an old guy trying to parallel-park his land yacht, and it's no wonder there's gridlock over there at all hours.

[blas]

Been there, done that protege. Happened to me last Saturday on my way to the gym.

I mean, the nanosecond that that light turned green, the bitch behind me was tooting away at me to go.