The "that driver" thread

[fr33th3w33d]

I am normally a pretty patient guy when driving. i live in jersey, where due to the overpopulation there is no shortage of "what the fugg" moments behind the wheel. if it wasn't for weed and my unusually high tolerance of stupidity, i would probably have bashed in a few windshields by now. regardless of this patience, once in a blue moon i see something that truly makes me wonder.

i normally don't bitch about this kind of stuff and don't intend to, but i figure some of you have some interesting stories accumulated over the years. feel free to share.

to get the ball rolling, this happened the other day.

"that driver"- huge asshole in a huge pick-up.

me and some friends were taking a cruise down a famous spooky road in jersey that winds around a lake for a few miles. when i say winds.. it gets to the point that your making 90 degree and greater (dead mans curve) turns. a foreigner would have no problem totalling their car.

so midway through the ride a huge lifted pick up catches up to us and decides to tailgate the shit out of our car. im not going to risk crashing on this road because some asshole is tailgating me, not to mention i was already over the speed limit. after a few minutes i look back and notice his lights are gone, but there were no streets or anything. weird.. i look back again and they flash on a few feet behind us. at this point weird turns to "what the ****".. normally, after something like this i would consider driving slower or maybe even brake checking the asshole, just to piss him off some more. but i normally just go on my way.

before i know it, this dudes double lining me and on the other side of the road. this was right before a blind turn, and a pair of headlights began to grow steadily from around the bend until surprise surprise.. a car emerged. the dude slams on the breaks and gets back behind me with a few seconds to spare. mr. tough guy just left. meet mr. nowilooklikeadouch. he stayed in check for another mile and turned onto some side road.. all that over like an extra 2 minutes.

 

[HuffAndPuff]

TOO FUNNY! I have been thinking about a thread along these lines for a while now. I totally hear you on the Dirty Jerz- I swear the state has some of the worst drivers ever. Plus the whole, "go right to go left" thing is one big pain in the ass.

I have dealt with the mongo on roids driving the lifted vehicles many times. I had a guy in one of those things up my ass, and I was already like 8 over the speed limit with some grass in the car. I pulled over onto the shoulder, he passed me and gave me the finger. About 5 miles down the road, I came upon him, stopped, and an officer who was just approaching the driver's vehicle. I suspect that when I gave him the finger, it stung just a bit more.

Some other personal peeves I have with people on the road... It is the PASSING lane, not the FAST lane. I dont care if you are doing 80, if there is nobody in the lane to your right, that's where you need to be.

Cellphones- Why is it everytime I come up on a car that is holding up a half a mile of traffic, it's always some broad in an SUV talking on her cellphone? GET OFF THE DAMN PHONE! If you gotta be on it, be in the lane as far right as possible.

People who don't signal when they weave in and out, and people who will signal for nine miles with no idea that their blinker is even on.

People who drive Chevy Impalas, and Ford Crown Vics. Almost always old people, who drive the speed limit, just like a cop will do when he is not driving 120 mph for no reason at all.

Stay Safe
HuffAndPuff

 

[Classyathome]

I used to commute about 80 miles a day - 40 each way. One day a woman in the middle of 3 lanes, doin' 120 kpm, putting on her makeup, did a lane change right in front of me, into the passing lane, ended up in front of my car by about a foot. She then looked in her rearview - saw me - hit her brakes (hard) and started screaming at me and flipping me off. I almost died because of that stupid c**t, and she was tearing a strip off my ass for the privelege.

She stayed there - driving slow as hell, all the way to where I was going - screaming and gesturing the whole way.

Then she made a 3 lanes in 20 feet lane change to take her cutoff.

"If I had a rocket launcher - some sonofabitch would die."

 

[icky420]

I was at a Flea market today and when leaving there was a major traffic jam in the parking lot, I finally -after 10-15min of sitting -moved out of 1 of the parking aisles into the Main Exiting Aisle. Well as I'm creeping down the road this bitch in a Kia decides she has waited long enough and she is going to get in front of me. Well I didnt take to kindly to that, and started to hug the ass end of the car in front of me, she starts to do the same yet from the left side. So of course I inch up, and she inches up almost hitting the front of my car, so I said right to her(she was like next to me) "Ya know if ya hit me in the side, its YOUR fault?" LOL... She gave me this look and put her window up, then tried to inch up some more bumping into the car in front of me. Lucky for her the person in front of me didnt even notice(I DONT KNOW HOW NOT)..She got embarrassed and swerved to the left made her own lane, and cut off the person in front of the car in front of me. I was like whatever, when we made it out onto the Road, I went past her waving.....This is why I dont like people.

 

[FallenBuddha]

hey huff and puff, i drive an impala and am not a senior citizen, nor am i one of them keeper of the speed assholes, i only hang at 5 over the limit when burning one and the following 15 mins.

my personal pet peave on the road is the luxury car driver that thinks they own the road because they drive a one. if there are any lexus owners out there, is being a complete asshole pre-requisite for owning one? me driving an impala was brought on by being hit in my 1998 pontiac bonneville by a jag off in a lexus, who even though it was clear he ran the red light tried to sue me even though there was a cop sitting stopped going the opposite direction of the car that hit me at the same traffic light(the only time i was ever happy to see one!) cut and dried!

another pet peave, and i dont mean to sound racist, but where i live there are lots of middle eastern women (ya can tell by their head scarves) who dont seem to know what the phukk a turn signal is or a stop sign, they tend to be behind the wheel of large escalades, land rovers, navigators, and path finders. phukk al-qaeda these women are the the biggest threat to domestic safety.

and what the phukk is up with these lil macho pricks in their hopped up mazda's, scion's, kia's and what ever the hell else they drive, generally characterized by a round muffler that makes it sound like the car is farting. what ever happened to good old fashioned american muscle cars? when i was a kid (i'll be 38 tuesday) guys had good old fashioned detroit iron, gto's, cutlass', camaro's, chargers, mustangs (mach I's and shelby's included) nova's and chevelles. i guess gas prices do hurt these days.

and one last thing, these little pricks on their rice rocket bikes that go flying by at over 100 mph in a 45 mph zone. the thing that really gets me, i have great eyesite, is how many are in shorts and gym shoes, they must not know what road rash is.

wow man, y'all brought a rant out of me!

peace -fb

 

[Mr Celsius]

So I'm in SF a while back in my girls honda civic coupe... we go to the zoo and have a nice time, see some friends, eat some good food... almost go hit by 4 SUV's... like they couldn't even see me or something; or maybe it was the whole "fu,ck it, if I hit them, I'll be fine."

Be European, drive a small car and maybe you wont hit someone and kill em.

 

[NserUame]

Driving would be so much better if Driving Tests actually tested your driving...instead of stupid ass questions there wouldn't be as many idiots on the road.

Other day I come to a four way stop. On my right a mini van is about 10 yards away from the stop sign and white line. I turn left...asshole in the caravan keeps going. He slams on his brakes and his HORN. Then starts following me all the while laying on his horn.

Not only was the guy too stupid to stop, he didn't even realize he was in the wrong. Finally get to a red light, I put the car in park and step out (I'll be damned if I'm going to be harassed all the way to my house) and backs into a driveway and turns around.

I hate people so much.

 

[AlaskaGrows]

i cant think of anything good, except the other day i was at a 4 -way stop, some dude in a minivan's turn, i sit and wait, start waving at him, THEN he waves at me, i proceed to the middle of the intersection, then he hits the acceleraotr (me my brake) as he goes in front of me.......wtf??stupid tard

 

[BirdDawg]

I used to live and work in Chicago's North Shore suburbs. The driving philosophy there seems to be somewhat opposed to the standard Rules of the Road. For instance, 1) At a 4 way stop almost everyone believes in the following: I stopped, therefore I can go, regardless of what anyone else is doing in the intersection. 2) I drive a more expensive/bigger car than you, so I have the right of way. 3) If I put on my turn signal, it gives me the right of way. I actually got hit by a woman who was pulling out of a parallel parking space as I was traveling down the road. She used this argument, "I had my turn signal on." Fortunately, the cop that showed up disagreed and ticketed her. Meanwhile, I was out my car for a week to have the entire right side repaired!

 

[Guest]

we have a lot of folks who like to ride in the left lane around here and just drive slowly...i don't let it bother me, its so bad that the right lanes are oftentimes wide open so i just blast around those fools, i have no qualms passing someone on the right...also how bout the loser that is going slow, then tries to speed up so u don't pass him, then as soon as u get a car length in front of the guy all of a sudden he like loses 10 mph?? the best way to deal with some asshole driving slow in the left lane at night is to just get up behind them and flip on the brights, they usually speed up pretty quick, either that or they'll get a migraine, lol...

 

[nycdfan042]

i hate those guys...^^^ me personally i like to drive normally as possible and i dont like to "cluster fuX*C*K) that means just hanging out in a pack of morons leaving no lanes open for flow-age. we are the #1 rudest place to drive and no its Zoo York....but it is a zoo...out here if you dont think quick you will end up slammed into a wall or other moron. you cant drive in my car and not grip the oh shit handle for your life, lots n lots of down shifting and i do tend to do wacky stuff to get where i gotta go simplycuz i know im better a better driver than the guy in front of me.
My favorite is the guy who does 55 in front of you(the speed limit) in the left lane, and the minute you decide to pass him is when he decides to give it up and slide over into the right lane youve possibly already maneuvered to. or the guy will speed up to not allow you to over take him, those are the dangerous ones...

 

[Guest]

i agree nycd, the thing that tweaks me out is riding right next to someone...like if i pass someone i will hit the gas, get by them, then drive whatever speed i wish...i hate it when i'm in the right lane puffing or gotta make a call and some loser comes creeping by in the left lane and wants to pass me with his cruise control, so its like it takes friggin 10 minutes for him to actually pass me, and then they ease over directly in front of your bumper...when i see the 'slow passer' creeping on me i usually quit what i'm doing and kick it up to 85 or 90 for about 30 seconds to get some space between me and him, then go back to whatever...but i totally agree, the real danger is when people drive in big packs, five miles over the limit and they're all on friggin cruise control...my friends always bitch at me cause they say i speed up and slow down, they're like 'use the cruise'...i hate cruise control, its a great way to make an otherwise manageable driving situation into a nasty accident IMO...unless i'm totally out in the middle of absolutely nowhere and the weather is perfect i don't use cruise, when i was taught how to drive my dad told me the cruise control was only for lazy people and women, lol...personally i think all cars should have manual transmissions, i think people would pay attention a lot better if they weren't zonking out, poking the gas then poking the brakes...

 

[GOT_BUD?]

Driving would be so much better if Driving Tests actually tested your driving...instead of stupid ass questions there wouldn't be as many idiots on the road.

Other day I come to a four way stop. On my right a mini van is about 10 yards away from the stop sign and white line. I turn left...asshole in the caravan keeps going. He slams on his brakes and his HORN. Then starts following me all the while laying on his horn.

Not only was the guy too stupid to stop, he didn't even realize he was in the wrong. Finally get to a red light, I put the car in park and step out (I'll be damned if I'm going to be harassed all the way to my house) and backs into a driveway and turns around.

I hate people so much.

I did that to a woman several years ago. I got out of my car, and she got so scared, she threw her truck into reverse into the car behind her.

 

[Classyathome]

Oh, and when did "stop" signs and red traffic lights become "slow down slightly and if the other traffic isn't right there just roll thru and keep going" signs?

I had an old fart roll thru a red light and make a right hand turn right in front of me the other nite. Prob was, he was only doing 25 mph before during and after the turn, so I was on his ass in seconds. Without dashboard cam (I don't have), and witnesses (none) I coulda rear ended him BAD, and popos woulda hung me out to dry.

The parents in my neighbourhood, picking up and dropping off their kids at school are the worst. There is a T intersection right at the school, stop signs all way round. These dicks roll or just drive right thru - I've seen kids and parents walking that had to jump out of the way while in the crosswalk. They do rolling turns at full speed, and blast away up the street to home. My kids won't let me walk them to school anymore because I've yelled at a few of these douches to stop or slow down, and the swearing at me from the parents is aweful. But, if it was their kids that were being menaced - damn, the lawsuits would fill the air.

 

[GOT_BUD?]

The parents in my neighbourhood, picking up and dropping off their kids at school are the worst. There is a T intersection right at the school, stop signs all way round. These dicks roll or just drive right thru - I've seen kids and parents walking that had to jump out of the way while in the crosswalk. They do rolling turns at full speed, and blast away up the street to home. My kids won't let me walk them to school anymore because I've yelled at a few of these douches to stop or slow down, and the swearing at me from the parents is aweful. But, if it was their kids that were being menaced - damn, the lawsuits would fill the air.

Call the cops. Tell them you have witnessed several people roll through that stop sign, and many times children have almost been hit.

My mom got a ticket for rolling through a stop sign several years ago near a school. She claims she did no such thing, but I have riden with her enough to know better. Sometimes, people just need to get called on acting like an asshat.

 

[Guest]

People who drive Chevy Impalas, and Ford Crown Vics. Almost always old people, who drive the speed limit, just like a cop will do when he is not driving 120 mph for no reason at all.

Stay Safe
HuffAndPuff

so much of what you said struck a chord, bus especially this. It gets even worse at night when you can't see if they have the spotlight on them or not. ALmost worse is when there is someone who purchased a used cruiser and left the spotlight by the mirror on the car. Makes me drive unnecessarily slow.

People who drive in the left lane who think 70 in a 65 is fast enough, double lane blockers, people who won't let you slide by to make a right on red and instead insist on sitting right in the middle of the lane instead of sliding left a little. People who wait forever to pull out of a parking lot, etc. I'm talking 5-10 minutes, you're sitting there, you would have been ontime to wherever you were going, but this prick won't pull out.

WHen I can, I try to keep my one hitter right by me just in case i get stuck in traffic or get really bored driving, just so i can chill out and not care.

O, here are some more....
-people who tailgate in shite weather like ice, heavy snow, fog, downpours
-tourists who drive really slow and won't pull off into a tourist trap sightseeing spot.
-people who drive at a constant speed such as 40mph no matter if its a 55 or a 30..,just can't figure that one out.
-cops who pull out and ride my ass
-people who try to get you to drive faster when you know there's a cop cruising a few cars back and a lane over waiting for someone to F up.
-people who drive with a signal on all the time........its so hard to tell when its ok to make a safe pass on those.
-people who will tailgate you no matter if you're at the speed limit or speed up to 15 over.
-People who do't know how to use a 4 way stop

i think thats it for now

 

[420inprogress]

I live in a state:

-where the speed limit on the freeway through town is 50 mph

-people in the left lane go the speed limit

-in a merging lane, people allow the other car to cut in front of them...50 yards from the merge

-people don't know how to make a right turn using only 1 lane

-4-way stop means to stop and let the other cars go first

-written test for the driver's license is given in 4 languages other than English...yet all road signs and maps are in English?

-people in the nice sportscars drive the slowest....people in the junks drive the fastest...

-the drivers are so courtesous and nice, they allow the slow drivers to cut in front of them

 

[fr33th3w33d]

-written test for the driver's license is given in 4 languages other than English...yet all road signs and maps are in English?

hahah, never though about that.

 

[Haps]

I can not tolerate tailgaters, maybe it is the half dozen times I have been rear ended in traffic, or the 2x whiplash. I slow those bitches down. Last one was at night on a hiway, I was passing a semi, and a jack ass tried to climb up my ass.....so we stayed with that truck for about 5 miles, instead of passing, till the jack ass backed off, then I went ahead and passed the truck. When they finally passed me, I just smiled at them and gave the correct universal hand signal. I think the truckers liked it.
H

 

[HuffAndPuff]

Haps,
BOOOO! I hafta say, I think that although what you did may have made you feel better, it put everyone involved at risk. You said that as you were passing a semi, a "jackass" tried to climb up your ass. I am assuming this was a 2 lane road you guys were on, and that you were behind the truck before you moved into the PASSING lane. Where did the other car come from?

Was he passing other cars (or unfortunately traveling in the passing lane?) If he was, this means you had had some time to decide to pass the truck, but waited until this guy was already in your rear view mirror. If he wasn't, he was behind you in your lane, and like you, decided to get past the truck.

When you got into the lane to pass the truck, and the guy got on your ass, he was in the wrong. However, by keeping pace with the truck and not allowing him (or yourself, as you had intended) to pass is dangerous. If it was a 2 lane, there could have been someone in the breakdown lane that made the truck swerve. The 2 of you cars are now effed. Even if there were more lanes, that just means more idiots and more opportunity for something like this to happen.

I think that by egging someone on, you are just contributing to a bad situation. Fair enough, you like to "teach people a lesson", but what if they were in a legitimate hurry? Even if they weren't maybe they are that nutbag just looking for someone like you to piss them off.

Honestly, the road is no place for horseplay. I see where you're coming from with the tailgaiting, but two wrongs don't make a right. Plus, it's just bad karma. Hope you aren't offended by this, it's just my take on the sitcheeashun.

Stay Safe,
HuffAndPuff