Idiot drivers (1 Viewer)

[dino259]

Raining today. There's a long line at a light where double lanes merge into one after the light a little ways ahead. Now normal conditions, I'll usually move up the one open lane and merge in because traffic is moving. Today it was stopped and again pouring. So I just stay in the line and flow with everyone. This one lady starts coming up the empty lane like she's going to just zoom by us all. Now in normal conditions where we're moving she would have never gotten that far. Since were standing still she's passing lots of cars. I'm at about the merge point so I pull over a bit to kindly let her know you've gone far enough. She proceeds to beep her horn and I ignore it. You got that much lady, enjoy it.

So then we get about 3 miles down the road where it opens up to two lanes again and I'm stopped at a light behind 5 or 6 cars. She pulls into the empty lane and stops right next to me with no cars in front of her. She then proceeds to wave her finger at me with an evil glare. ##### not only didn't realize what she did was in the wrong from an etiquette stand point, she has to go the full doosh route and stare me down when I'm in a line behind other cars? She's lucky I'm not a lunatic because I felt the urge to chase her down but refrained because I'm not a maniac.

You are wrong. You state you were standing still. Once the merge portion starts to stand still, it is full on zipper merge time.

 

[dino259]

Going up a hill on a highway this morning, on the right of two lanes. Got stuck behind someone going relatively slowly while there was a line of cars in the left lane passing us. I looked back and saw a decent window a ways back, where there was a 6 or 7 car length distance between two cars. I waited patiently, checking to be sure it was still there as it got closer. When it got to me, the gap was still the same size, so the the car behind was clearly not going any faster than the car in front all that time. I made the lane change and quickly sped up to the rate they were all going so that no one had to slow down at all while I got in. But a few seconds later, there's the guy behind me riding my butt, which he proceeded to do for the next mile while we passed more cars on the right and before I could get back in the right lane and make an exit.

I don't get people. He was content to have space in front of him before, and my actions wouldn't have affected his speed at all if he hadn't sped up momentarily just to tailgate me.

It was like I kicked his puppy or something when I made that lane change.

I see this a lot. I unfortunately do it myself but am aware of it and try not to. I think the hate comes from the time you let someone in and then they procede to slow down. If you are not going to keep with traffic you don't need to be in front of me in the left lane.

 

[jhib]

Going up a hill on a highway this morning, on the right of two lanes. Got stuck behind someone going relatively slowly while there was a line of cars in the left lane passing us. I looked back and saw a decent window a ways back, where there was a 6 or 7 car length distance between two cars. I waited patiently, checking to be sure it was still there as it got closer. When it got to me, the gap was still the same size, so the the car behind was clearly not going any faster than the car in front all that time. I made the lane change and quickly sped up to the rate they were all going so that no one had to slow down at all while I got in. But a few seconds later, there's the guy behind me riding my butt, which he proceeded to do for the next mile while we passed more cars on the right and before I could get back in the right lane and make an exit.

I don't get people. He was content to have space in front of him before, and my actions wouldn't have affected his speed at all if he hadn't sped up momentarily just to tailgate me.

It was like I kicked his puppy or something when I made that lane change.

I see this a lot. I unfortunately do it myself but am aware of it and try not to. I think the hate comes from the time you let someone in and then they procede to slow down. If you are not going to keep with traffic you don't need to be in front of me in the left lane.

Yeah, I can't stand that, either. But when it's clear the guy that pulls in front of you is keeping up with the car in front of him (who you'd be behind anyway), there's no reason to speed up and tailgate.

I'm surprised he didn't try to close the gap before I made the change. I guess he must not have noticed my turn signal in time. It's no wonder that people end up not even using their turn signals when changing lanes in that kind of situation.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Last night, in rush hour traffic.

On an entrance ramp that links one interstate to another. The road I'm merging onto is solid traffic moving about 3 mph. As I approach the merge point, there are about 6 cars in front of me that are dead stopped, waiting to merge in. We are all pretty much zippering in, but it is taking some time due to the traffic jam.

Car behind me comes to a stop, then pulls onto the shoulder to go around me. Only problem is, the shoulder stops right at the merge point. He realizes he can't get by and puts his turn signal on. The cars that have waited in line, myself included, slowly begin to merge into the traffic. At this point the guy lays on his horn at me because I'm not letting him in front of me. The car behind me was nice enough to leave his space open from where he had just left it to head onto the shoulder, so he dips back into his spot. He starts flashing his high beams and flipping me off. He is livid, to say the least.

I'd say this is a one time thing, but I see this everyday on my commute. Car tries to move around me in traffic and then is upset because I didn't stop to let them in. I seriously have no clue what goes through their mind where they think they are somehow being wronged.

 

[El Floppo]

Last night, in rush hour traffic.

On an entrance ramp that links one interstate to another. The road I'm merging onto is solid traffic moving about 3 mph. As I approach the merge point, there are about 6 cars in front of me that are dead stopped, waiting to merge in. We are all pretty much zippering in, but it is taking some time due to the traffic jam.

Car behind me comes to a stop, then pulls onto the shoulder to go around me. Only problem is, the shoulder stops right at the merge point. He realizes he can't get by and puts his turn signal on. The cars that have waited in line, myself included, slowly begin to merge into the traffic. At this point the guy lays on his horn at me because I'm not letting him in front of me. The car behind me was nice enough to leave his space open from where he had just left it to head onto the shoulder, so he dips back into his spot. He starts flashing his high beams and flipping me off. He is livid, to say the least.

I'd say this is a one time thing, but I see this everyday on my commute. Car tries to move around me in traffic and then is upset because I didn't stop to let them in. I seriously have no clue what goes through their mind where they think they are somehow being wronged.

hate that.

and I do exactly what you did with these people- no way they're getting in front of me.

 

[Mister Martie]

A couple months ago, I was driving through Michigan, just south of Grand Rapids. I think it was I-296. Anyway, we get to a sign that says says one of the two lanes will be closed for construction about 5 miles ahead. We continue driving and I notice a bunch of traffic forming. I have honestly never seen something like this in my life but apparently everyone decided to merge into one lane approximately 4 miles before the lane closure? The left lane was completely empty and everyone was kind driving 5-10 miles an hour in the right lane. Some people were just driving in the middle of the road. I was so confused. After about 10 minutes, I tried to pull into the left lane and someone pulled out in front of me and waived their arms like I was running over their child. Eventually, we got to the lane closure which was about a quarter mile in total. Then we all went back to driving 75 miles an hour. Honestly, this was probably the strangest thing I've seen while driving. Is this a regional thing or something? Why would you turn a quarter mile lane closure into a 4.5 mile lane closure? It basically caused a 45 minute traffic jam for no reason.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Last night, in rush hour traffic.

On an entrance ramp that links one interstate to another. The road I'm merging onto is solid traffic moving about 3 mph. As I approach the merge point, there are about 6 cars in front of me that are dead stopped, waiting to merge in. We are all pretty much zippering in, but it is taking some time due to the traffic jam.

Car behind me comes to a stop, then pulls onto the shoulder to go around me. Only problem is, the shoulder stops right at the merge point. He realizes he can't get by and puts his turn signal on. The cars that have waited in line, myself included, slowly begin to merge into the traffic. At this point the guy lays on his horn at me because I'm not letting him in front of me. The car behind me was nice enough to leave his space open from where he had just left it to head onto the shoulder, so he dips back into his spot. He starts flashing his high beams and flipping me off. He is livid, to say the least.

I'd say this is a one time thing, but I see this everyday on my commute. Car tries to move around me in traffic and then is upset because I didn't stop to let them in. I seriously have no clue what goes through their mind where they think they are somehow being wronged.

Maybe his pregnant wife was laying dpwn in the backseat, laboring.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Last night, in rush hour traffic.

On an entrance ramp that links one interstate to another. The road I'm merging onto is solid traffic moving about 3 mph. As I approach the merge point, there are about 6 cars in front of me that are dead stopped, waiting to merge in. We are all pretty much zippering in, but it is taking some time due to the traffic jam.

Car behind me comes to a stop, then pulls onto the shoulder to go around me. Only problem is, the shoulder stops right at the merge point. He realizes he can't get by and puts his turn signal on. The cars that have waited in line, myself included, slowly begin to merge into the traffic. At this point the guy lays on his horn at me because I'm not letting him in front of me. The car behind me was nice enough to leave his space open from where he had just left it to head onto the shoulder, so he dips back into his spot. He starts flashing his high beams and flipping me off. He is livid, to say the least.

I'd say this is a one time thing, but I see this everyday on my commute. Car tries to move around me in traffic and then is upset because I didn't stop to let them in. I seriously have no clue what goes through their mind where they think they are somehow being wronged.

Maybe his pregnant wife was laying dpwn in the backseat, laboring.

Good.

 

[bryhamm]

Last night, in rush hour traffic.

On an entrance ramp that links one interstate to another. The road I'm merging onto is solid traffic moving about 3 mph. As I approach the merge point, there are about 6 cars in front of me that are dead stopped, waiting to merge in. We are all pretty much zippering in, but it is taking some time due to the traffic jam.

Car behind me comes to a stop, then pulls onto the shoulder to go around me. Only problem is, the shoulder stops right at the merge point. He realizes he can't get by and puts his turn signal on. The cars that have waited in line, myself included, slowly begin to merge into the traffic. At this point the guy lays on his horn at me because I'm not letting him in front of me. The car behind me was nice enough to leave his space open from where he had just left it to head onto the shoulder, so he dips back into his spot. He starts flashing his high beams and flipping me off. He is livid, to say the least.

I'd say this is a one time thing, but I see this everyday on my commute. Car tries to move around me in traffic and then is upset because I didn't stop to let them in. I seriously have no clue what goes through their mind where they think they are somehow being wronged.

hate that.

and I do exactly what you did with these people- no way they're getting in front of me.

 

[jhib]

Here's another merging issue that I've run into a couple times recently. I'm pretty sure my actions fall into the "two wrongs don't make a right" category, but I didn't really care much at the time.

On ramp to a highway, going down a hill from an overpass, not much traffic on the two lanes in that direction on the highway. There was someone a couple of cars ahead on the ramp going pretty slow, which is pretty frustrating when you are trying to speed up to highway speed. I figured I'd be able to pass soon enough once we were on the highway, though, so no big deal. The problem was that some guy three cars behind me decided to move early, crossing one solid line and then another (the sides of the curved triangle between the on ramp and the right lane of the highway) and all the way into the left lane in one move. By the time I was on the highway with my signal on to change lanes, he was already coming up pretty fast. Screw him, I changed lanes anyway and got him upset. I'm sure he didn't have to brake, but probably had to take some off the gas. But if I had waited for him, there'd be the chance that I'd then have to wait for everyone else behind me as they changed lanes as well as I got stuck behind the slow moving vehicle.

Anyway, I made the pass quickly, got into the clear right lane and then laughed as the girl in his passenger seat gave me the finger as they passed. Of course, once he was by me, he apparently wasn't in such a hurry anymore because he slowed down to about my speed a bit ahead, staying in the left lane with a few cars right behind him probably cursing at him for not moving over.

 

[bryhamm]

Here's another merging issue that I've run into a couple times recently. I'm pretty sure my actions fall into the "two wrongs don't make a right" category, but I didn't really care much at the time.

On ramp to a highway, going down a hill from an overpass, not much traffic on the two lanes in that direction on the highway. There was someone a couple of cars ahead on the ramp going pretty slow, which is pretty frustrating when you are trying to speed up to highway speed. I figured I'd be able to pass soon enough once we were on the highway, though, so no big deal. The problem was that some guy three cars behind me decided to move early, crossing one solid line and then another (the sides of the curved triangle between the on ramp and the right lane of the highway) and all the way into the left lane in one move. By the time I was on the highway with my signal on to change lanes, he was already coming up pretty fast. Screw him, I changed lanes anyway and got him upset. I'm sure he didn't have to brake, but probably had to take some off the gas. But if I had waited for him, there'd be the chance that I'd then have to wait for everyone else behind me as they changed lanes as well as I got stuck behind the slow moving vehicle.

Anyway, I made the pass quickly, got into the clear right lane and then laughed as the girl in his passenger seat gave me the finger as they passed. Of course, once he was by me, he apparently wasn't in such a hurry anymore because he slowed down to about my speed a bit ahead, staying in the left lane with a few cars right behind him probably cursing at him for not moving over.

biggest doosh move imo

 

[TheIronSheik]

I also get this one in the morning.

I get on the interstate at a spot that is mildly congested for people getting off of the interstate. There is usually traffic moving at about 5 mph on the road. So many cars get off there that my ramp doesn't merge, but becomes its own lane. Of course that lane immediately exits, along with the right lane. If it sounds confusing it's not as much as I'm making it sound.

|A|B|C|

C is the entrance ramp while A and B are the interstate. B and C are exit lanes to the area I have just come from. My goal is to get from lane C to lane A, which has no traffic. Anyone getting on where I do has no reason to move to lane B unless their goal is to then move to lane A. Yet every morning I face idiots who won't let me across. They pull up as close to the car in front to keep me from getting over. I eventually will just start merging over while that person lays on their horn. Then I hop into lane A and drive away, leaving them no worse than where they started.

 

[Fat Nick]

Last night, in rush hour traffic.

On an entrance ramp that links one interstate to another. The road I'm merging onto is solid traffic moving about 3 mph. As I approach the merge point, there are about 6 cars in front of me that are dead stopped, waiting to merge in. We are all pretty much zippering in, but it is taking some time due to the traffic jam.

Car behind me comes to a stop, then pulls onto the shoulder to go around me. Only problem is, the shoulder stops right at the merge point. He realizes he can't get by and puts his turn signal on. The cars that have waited in line, myself included, slowly begin to merge into the traffic. At this point the guy lays on his horn at me because I'm not letting him in front of me. The car behind me was nice enough to leave his space open from where he had just left it to head onto the shoulder, so he dips back into his spot. He starts flashing his high beams and flipping me off. He is livid, to say the least.

I'd say this is a one time thing, but I see this everyday on my commute. Car tries to move around me in traffic and then is upset because I didn't stop to let them in. I seriously have no clue what goes through their mind where they think they are somehow being wronged.

hate that.

and I do exactly what you did with these people- no way they're getting in front of me.

I'm with you guys in the above scenario, but I had something a bit backwards happen to me last week that really ###### me off.

So I was merging on to I-78 East...The merge where I get on is about 50 yards long. There is almost always slow or stopped traffic in all 3 lanes where I go to merge in. I was behind about 5 cars. As the merge got the dotted line where you can merge over, there were about 4 tractor trailers in a row. I knew I couldn't get in front of them, but I was already past the back one...I figured if I was pretty clearly NOT trying to be a jerk and cut in front of all of them, someone would let me in. I had no way to really get over though, as all 4 were stopped in the right lane, and very close to each other. I put my turn signal on, let the cars in front of me go forward, and moved to the gap between two of the trucks. I figured he'd let me in when he saw that there really was no other place for me to merge because of the 4 trucks. The one truck in the back very clearly accelerated and then wouldn't let me over. He basically rode me to the shoulder, and then honked at me when I rode the shoulder for 20 yards still trying to get over. An SUV behind him flashed me in.

I pulled out to go around him, and when I got beside him, he was laughing. I gave him a few choice words and a few fingers and then drove off. Karma will get that jack@## someday...

 

[Swing 51]

You can tell the holidays are approaching. "They" are out there all over the place.

 

[nirad3]

People that make protected left turns at about 3 mph and/or wait until the person ahead of them is 15 car lengths ahead of them before going. Hey jerkwad, the green arrow only lasts so long. You waiting for a written invitation to go? Hit the gas (it's the long skinny one on the right) and just GO.

Also, idiot millenials that text while driving and at stop lights. If you're going to do it, you better be good at it and pay f'in attention.

 

[Fat Nick]

It's been a bad (good?) week for idiot drivers. I was hoping for lighter holiday commutes, but no luck.

-Idiot lady was basically IN the intersection when I was trying to make a left this AM...if you're already that far out, just go. I don't want to have to stop (when I have the right-of-way) and let you go, but it's a huge pain to try and swing out wide and sharp because you're not stopped where you should be.

-Guy in a Jeep brake checked me when I was trying to merge off the highway. I was going middle-lane to right lane then to exit, and as I rolled in to merge between 2 trucks in the right lane, the Jeep in front of me just randomly decided to brake check me. I will never get that concept. Probably one of the 2 or 3 most dangerous things you can do on the highway. I wasn't even trying to pass him...I just needed to merge over.

-Long interchange ramp. I had driven down a ways, and was about to merge into the interchange lane. Girl in a Golf was at a dead stop in the interchange lane and the cars in front of her had already started moving up...probably 20 yards at that point. I based my speed on the fact that I thought she would move too...well, she was too busy texting to notice, so I had to come to a stop quickly behind her. I guess she didn't like that so she honked and flipped me off, then went right back to her phone. Unreal.

Merry Christmas folks. So glad I'm working from home tomorrow.

 

[Billy Bats]

I really enjoy the dickwad who passes me on the left, then gets in front of me and slows down to a speed lower than me.

 

[gmbacm]

I really enjoy the dickwad who passes me on the left, then gets in front of me and slows down to a speed lower than me.

Does passing on the left make him more or less dickwad

 

[wadegarrett]

I really enjoy the dickwad who passes me on the left, then gets in front of me and slows down to a speed lower than me.

Most certainly been mentioned but I love speed up to the red light guy/gal....guy/gal behind you who flies around you only to be stopped at the light up ahead he was never going to make anyway. Thus saving himself/herself a total of 0 seconds and wasting more gas than he/she needed to.

 

[pack100]

I like the guy who cuts me off in highway traffic only to slow down after doing so.

Or his cousin, the guy who is going slow, sees that you're going to pass him, speeds up, and then after you pass him he goes back to driving slow again.

I always find it funny on long trips when I put the cruise control on and pass someone at about 10 mph, only for them to speed up and blast past me for a good 500 yards, then I pass them again, over and over. Meanwhile, my speed hasn't changed, this idiot is apparently upset that I'm passing him.

I call them Jack Rabbits. I notice there's some kind of sub-conscious mental magnetism that causes drivers not using cruise control to join the faster pace of cars passing them until eventually it wears down and they fall back to their original speed. It is like some kind of gravitational pull phenomenon.

I do this to be in a pack when the cops are gunning

 

[17seconds]

People who are on a moderate downhill straightaway with no cars or traffic signals in front of them...

WHY DO YOU BRAKE? WHY? WHY? WHY?

 

[El Floppo]

People who are on a moderate downhill straightaway with no cars or traffic signals in front of them...

WHY DO YOU BRAKE? WHY? WHY? WHY?

braking guy doesn't need a hill to brake.

 

[belljr]

People who are on a moderate downhill straightaway with no cars or traffic signals in front of them...

WHY DO YOU BRAKE? WHY? WHY? WHY?

for the speed trap at the bottom

 

[steelerfan1]

if you want to be baffled and mesmerized for 4 plus minutes, watch the below link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcsW48HHXM

 

[Mario Kart]

One I see all to often and I try never to do it as well if I see a blinker on.

What happens:

A slow up in traffic happens. I put my blinker on and its been on for >5 seconds. I'm looking in my rear view and driver side mirror to wait for a gap in traffic to switch lanes. I see a gap coming up so after the next car passes me, it is safe for me to merge over. Remember, my blinker has been on for more than 5 seconds, now longer than 5 since the gap is now coming to me. So, as I am moving over, the driver behind me, with no blinker on btw, will whip himself in the lane and "cut" me off and prevent me from merging.

What should happen:

The driver behind can move into the gap but allow the driver, with the blinker on, in front of him to merge over. What is the need to whip in front of the driver you know is trying to merge? Can't you see the blinker on and have some decency instead of almost causing an accident? Idiot drivers.

 

[cstu]

One I see all to often and I try never to do it as well if I see a blinker on.

What happens:

A slow up in traffic happens. I put my blinker on and its been on for >5 seconds. I'm looking in my rear view and driver side mirror to wait for a gap in traffic to switch lanes. I see a gap coming up so after the next car passes me, it is safe for me to merge over. Remember, my blinker has been on for more than 5 seconds, now longer than 5 since the gap is now coming to me. So, as I am moving over, the driver behind me, with no blinker on btw, will whip himself in the lane and "cut" me off and prevent me from merging.

What should happen:

The driver behind can move into the gap but allow the driver, with the blinker on, in front of him to merge over. What is the need to whip in front of the driver you know is trying to merge? Can't you see the blinker on and have some decency instead of almost causing an accident? Idiot drivers.

Drives me crazy.

 

[Billy Bats]

I really enjoy the dickwad who passes me on the left, then gets in front of me and slows down to a speed lower than me.

Most certainly been mentioned but I love speed up to the red light guy/gal....guy/gal behind you who flies around you only to be stopped at the light up ahead he was never going to make anyway. Thus saving himself/herself a total of 0 seconds and wasting more gas than he/she needed to.

I look over and wave when I get there. Had an all time red light guy this week. I see this clown flying and weaving in and out in my rv mirror, then he cuts across 3 lanes and me to take the same exit and he takes off, all this about 1/4 mile from the exit. That's cool jerkoff, hope you don't crash. I get off the exit onto Borough side streets and who do I see TWO lights and another 1/4 mile later?? Haha yea same clown, he got no farther than me in a half mile of driving like a maniac.

 

[Bucky86]

People that make protected left turns at about 3 mph and/or wait until the person ahead of them is 15 car lengths ahead of them before going. Hey jerkwad, the green arrow only lasts so long. You waiting for a written invitation to go? Hit the gas (it's the long skinny one on the right) and just GO.

Also, idiot millenials that text while driving and at stop lights. If you're going to do it, you better be good at it and pay f'in attention.

Yeah. I hate cars that don't pull completely out into the intersection on green lights waiting to turn left. Then they wait for the light to turn yellow and then make their turn. Either the next car up is forced to run a red, or wait for the next light. Meanwhile traffic is backing up from the left hand turn lane into the other lane continuing straight.

 

[TheIronSheik]

People that make protected left turns at about 3 mph and/or wait until the person ahead of them is 15 car lengths ahead of them before going. Hey jerkwad, the green arrow only lasts so long. You waiting for a written invitation to go? Hit the gas (it's the long skinny one on the right) and just GO.

Also, idiot millenials that text while driving and at stop lights. If you're going to do it, you better be good at it and pay f'in attention.

Yeah. I hate cars that don't pull completely out into the intersection on green lights waiting to turn left. Then they wait for the light to turn yellow and then make their turn. Either the next car up is forced to run a red, or wait for the next light. Meanwhile traffic is backing up from the left hand turn lane into the other lane continuing straight.

Got behind a lady (I assume) last night in a huge SUV. We were both making lefts and waiting on traffic. She's in the intersection and I'm pretty much at the line. Light turns yellow... then red. She didn't turn. But now she's blocking the intersection for cross traffic. So I see her reverse lights come on. Only problem is, there's a line of cars behind her starting with me. So what does she do? Honks her horn to let me know she needs to back up.

OK. I just need to wait for the 500 cars behind me to back up first so I can back up and let you in. OR.... you could have just turned when it was your turn. Traffic couldn't get around her, but she sat there until her light turned green again. Cars honking at her. Her honking at me. It was insane.

 

[gameday]

One I see all to often and I try never to do it as well if I see a blinker on.

What happens:

A slow up in traffic happens. I put my blinker on and its been on for >5 seconds. I'm looking in my rear view and driver side mirror to wait for a gap in traffic to switch lanes. I see a gap coming up so after the next car passes me, it is safe for me to merge over. Remember, my blinker has been on for more than 5 seconds, now longer than 5 since the gap is now coming to me. So, as I am moving over, the driver behind me, with no blinker on btw, will whip himself in the lane and "cut" me off and prevent me from merging.

What should happen:

The driver behind can move into the gap but allow the driver, with the blinker on, in front of him to merge over. What is the need to whip in front of the driver you know is trying to merge? Can't you see the blinker on and have some decency instead of almost causing an accident? Idiot drivers.

If I see someone with a blinker on for that long I assume it's some senile old fart who forgot he turned it on and has no plans to change lanes.

 

[StrikeS2k]

One I see all to often and I try never to do it as well if I see a blinker on.

What happens:

A slow up in traffic happens. I put my blinker on and its been on for >5 seconds. I'm looking in my rear view and driver side mirror to wait for a gap in traffic to switch lanes. I see a gap coming up so after the next car passes me, it is safe for me to merge over. Remember, my blinker has been on for more than 5 seconds, now longer than 5 since the gap is now coming to me. So, as I am moving over, the driver behind me, with no blinker on btw, will whip himself in the lane and "cut" me off and prevent me from merging.

What should happen:

The driver behind can move into the gap but allow the driver, with the blinker on, in front of him to merge over. What is the need to whip in front of the driver you know is trying to merge? Can't you see the blinker on and have some decency instead of almost causing an accident? Idiot drivers.

So let's say you're in the right lane and it slows up. The left lane is moving faster so you want to move over. There's a gap and the guy behind you wants it too. The only difference is he didn't use his blinker but you did. Your expectation is that he switch lanes, and then not speed up to the speed of the faster lane but maintain a slower speed such that you can also switch lanes, thus slowing down the left lane for everyone behind the gap that you both saw?

 

[Keerock]

People that make protected left turns at about 3 mph and/or wait until the person ahead of them is 15 car lengths ahead of them before going. Hey jerkwad, the green arrow only lasts so long. You waiting for a written invitation to go? Hit the gas (it's the long skinny one on the right) and just GO.

Also, idiot millenials that text while driving and at stop lights. If you're going to do it, you better be good at it and pay f'in attention.

Yeah. I hate cars that don't pull completely out into the intersection on green lights waiting to turn left. Then they wait for the light to turn yellow and then make their turn. Either the next car up is forced to run a red, or wait for the next light. Meanwhile traffic is backing up from the left hand turn lane into the other lane continuing straight.

Got behind a lady (I assume) last night in a huge SUV. We were both making lefts and waiting on traffic. She's in the intersection and I'm pretty much at the line. Light turns yellow... then red. She didn't turn. But now she's blocking the intersection for cross traffic. So I see her reverse lights come on. Only problem is, there's a line of cars behind her starting with me. So what does she do? Honks her horn to let me know she needs to back up.

OK. I just need to wait for the 500 cars behind me to back up first so I can back up and let you in. OR.... you could have just turned when it was your turn. Traffic couldn't get around her, but she sat there until her light turned green again. Cars honking at her. Her honking at me. It was insane.

Holy crap I saw this same exact thing earlier this week...

 

[Mario Kart]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vupgBykQnko

 

[steelerfan1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vupgBykQnko

I did this with a rental car after being on the road all day and a little burned out. I got out of the car and the other guy at the pumps and I made eye contact and we both just starting cracking up and laughing.

I only did it 1 time through though....oh, and.....

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vupgBykQnko

I did this with a rental car after being on the road all day and a little burned out. I got out of the car and the other guy at the pumps and I made eye contact and we both just starting cracking up and laughing.

I only did it 1 time through though....oh, and.....

That was great. And I also point and laugh in your general direction.

 

[johnnycakes]

People that make protected left turns at about 3 mph and/or wait until the person ahead of them is 15 car lengths ahead of them before going. Hey jerkwad, the green arrow only lasts so long. You waiting for a written invitation to go? Hit the gas (it's the long skinny one on the right) and just GO.

Also, idiot millenials that text while driving and at stop lights. If you're going to do it, you better be good at it and pay f'in attention.

Yeah. I hate cars that don't pull completely out into the intersection on green lights waiting to turn left. Then they wait for the light to turn yellow and then make their turn. Either the next car up is forced to run a red, or wait for the next light. Meanwhile traffic is backing up from the left hand turn lane into the other lane continuing straight.

Got behind a lady (I assume) last night in a huge SUV. We were both making lefts and waiting on traffic. She's in the intersection and I'm pretty much at the line. Light turns yellow... then red. She didn't turn. But now she's blocking the intersection for cross traffic. So I see her reverse lights come on. Only problem is, there's a line of cars behind her starting with me. So what does she do? Honks her horn to let me know she needs to back up.

OK. I just need to wait for the 500 cars behind me to back up first so I can back up and let you in. OR.... you could have just turned when it was your turn. Traffic couldn't get around her, but she sat there until her light turned green again. Cars honking at her. Her honking at me. It was insane.

Whenever I hear someone honk, even if they aren't honking at me, I honk back just to chime in.

 

[jhib]

Had a lady in front of me slow down as we approached a traffic signal and then come to a complete stop. The light was green the whole time.

She was looking down at her cell. (Shocking, I know.)

 

[Osaurus]

Had someone in front of me this morning stopping at green light to make right turn. Was waiting for non existent traffic apparently.

 

[parasaurolophus]

There is a set of train tracks near me that is pretty close to a stoplight. At the tracks it is only one lane and then opens up into a left turn lane, straight lane and right turn lane right after them. At least once a week I pull up behind a car stopped at the train tracks with 0-2 cars in front of them because the light ahead is red. There is no sign that says stop here on red. There is only a sign that says don't stop on tracks. There is easily room for several cars on the other side of the tracks. I will cut some slack if the guy is driving a truck or van and there are already 3 cars on the other side. You can still easily fit, but I can understand not being sure how wide a train is and thinking if you were 10-15 feet from the tracks that your back end might still be too close. But if you are driving a car and there isnt even a single car there is zero reason to stop short of the tracks. I would actually love to hear one of their explanations.

It is a very short green and 90% of the time I turn right at this intersection. So there I sit waiting to turn right. If the idiot in front of me would have just pulled up to the stop light I would be able to turn right no problem. I used to honk at them, but they would never move. I would see them waving their arms in the air pointing at the tracks as if I didn't see them. I have come to accept that at least once a week I will be inconvenienced by some moron at this intersection.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I especially appreciate the morons who park their car so close to yours that you can't possibly open your door to get in the car. Idiots.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Last night, in rush hour traffic.

On an entrance ramp that links one interstate to another. The road I'm merging onto is solid traffic moving about 3 mph. As I approach the merge point, there are about 6 cars in front of me that are dead stopped, waiting to merge in. We are all pretty much zippering in, but it is taking some time due to the traffic jam.

Car behind me comes to a stop, then pulls onto the shoulder to go around me. Only problem is, the shoulder stops right at the merge point. He realizes he can't get by and puts his turn signal on. The cars that have waited in line, myself included, slowly begin to merge into the traffic. At this point the guy lays on his horn at me because I'm not letting him in front of me. The car behind me was nice enough to leave his space open from where he had just left it to head onto the shoulder, so he dips back into his spot. He starts flashing his high beams and flipping me off. He is livid, to say the least.

I'd say this is a one time thing, but I see this everyday on my commute. Car tries to move around me in traffic and then is upset because I didn't stop to let them in. I seriously have no clue what goes through their mind where they think they are somehow being wronged.

hate that.

and I do exactly what you did with these people- no way they're getting in front of me.

Completely support you. #### a bunch of that guy.

 

[Mario Kart]

This is one way for a driver to avoid being in an accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFgV4nuSxc

WTF?

 

[johnnycakes]

This is one way for a driver to avoid being in an accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFgV4nuSxc

Good thing she left it in drive.

 

[EYLive]

This is one way for a driver to avoid being in an accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFgV4nuSxc

Say what you will about bad Asian drivers, but they don't do that.

 

[johnnycakes]

This is one way for a driver to avoid being in an accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFgV4nuSxc

Say what you will about bad Asian drivers, but they don't do that.

Well.... at least not on purpose.

 

[Fat Nick]

This is one way for a driver to avoid being in an accident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFgV4nuSxc

"But officer, I wasn't driving...how is that my fault?"

 

[Fat Nick]

With that said - I think I need to get a dash camera. I've seen some #### that would be internet worthy on my commute (nothing like this ####, but still...)

Anybody have one or looked into one?

 

[Emerson Biggens]

With that said - I think I need to get a dash camera. I've seen some #### that would be internet worthy on my commute (nothing like this ####, but still...)

Anybody have one or looked into one?

I drive 200 miles a day and like you, have seen some crazy ####. I've had one for about a year and a half now. Just last week at 6:00 in the morning I saw the craziest yet. On a interstate I drive every day, half in a daze, sun barely over the horizon, I come over a hill after just going around an 18 wheeler to notice headlights on my side of the road. Sure enough, some idiot is going the wrong way down the interstate. They seemed to have no idea. A guy I work with came through the area 30 minutes later and saw nothing so I guess there was no catastrophic accident, but wow there could have been.http://youtu.be/FiQE_2ODmNA

Dashcam worth every penny.

 

[Fat Nick]

With that said - I think I need to get a dash camera. I've seen some #### that would be internet worthy on my commute (nothing like this ####, but still...)

Anybody have one or looked into one?

I drive 200 miles a day and like you, have seen some crazy ####. I've had one for about a year and a half now. Just last week at 6:00 in the morning I saw the craziest yet. On a interstate I drive every day, half in a daze, sun barely over the horizon, I come over a hill after just going around an 18 wheeler to notice headlights on my side of the road. Sure enough, some idiot is going the wrong way down the interstate. They seemed to have no idea. A guy I work with came through the area 30 minutes later and saw nothing so I guess there was no catastrophic accident, but wow there could have been.http://youtu.be/FiQE_2ODmNA

Dashcam worth every penny.

Holy ####. I've only ever seen that once, and it was just on a divided highway, not an interstate. Terrifying though as you don't know if the guy will swerve into you or what.

What dash cam do you have? Would you recommend it?

 

[Mr. Ected]

With that said - I think I need to get a dash camera. I've seen some #### that would be internet worthy on my commute (nothing like this ####, but still...)

Anybody have one or looked into one?

I drive 200 miles a day and like you, have seen some crazy ####. I've had one for about a year and a half now. Just last week at 6:00 in the morning I saw the craziest yet. On a interstate I drive every day, half in a daze, sun barely over the horizon, I come over a hill after just going around an 18 wheeler to notice headlights on my side of the road. Sure enough, some idiot is going the wrong way down the interstate. They seemed to have no idea. A guy I work with came through the area 30 minutes later and saw nothing so I guess there was no catastrophic accident, but wow there could have been.http://youtu.be/FiQE_2ODmNA

Dashcam worth every penny.

Holy ####. I've only ever seen that once, and it was just on a divided highway, not an interstate. Terrifying though as you don't know if the guy will swerve into you or what.

What dash cam do you have? Would you recommend it?

"You're going the wrong way!!!"