F... idiot drivers

[jbcjr14]

F all those idiot drivers!

[SmootSmack]

People not using turn signals is a huge pet peeve of mine. But so are people who put the turn signal on then don't do anything. Like when you're driving and you see the person in the other lane put the turn signal on so you slow down a bit to let them in. And they just keep driving and you keep waiting. Finally you say to yourself "well they're not changing lanes I guess" so you speed up and then that's when they decide to get in your lane

Anyway, here's a story for you guys. I'm on a two-lane road one day that's about to merge into a one lane road. This car starts tailgating behind me then at the last second gets in the second lane and cuts me right off. No signal, nothing. And it was so last second I had to slam my brakes on. So do the cars behind me. Everyone is honking their horn at me. And of course this clown just drives off. Anyhow I see him a little further down about to make a left turn onto a side street. And he's driving a black Mercedes convertible so I'm like I'm going to pull beside him on the shoulder and let him know what's up. So I pull up beside him look over at him and honk my horn. He turns his head my way....and it's freakin' Riddick Bowe! So I just smiled, gave him a thumbs up. He gave me one back and I went about my day. I was angry, but I still had my bones and brain cells intact and I wanted to keep it that way.

[Duffman003]

I'm all about the wave... i use my signal then give the wave

[FRPLG]

What blows em away is drivers who are so damn oblivious to the other cars on the road. People being jerks pisses me off but people causing problems because they are not even paying attention to what is going on around them makes me want to stab my eye with a pencil.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I've noticed that around here too. It pisses me off that what's supposed to be the good ol' south (I'm not saying rednecks) is turning into NEW Jersey. Like when I meet someone new in town and they seem like assholes I'm like, "Are you from NJ?" and at least 9 out of 10 times they are. For some reason, all the NYers that move down here are nothing but nice. What is it about that state?

[firstdown]

I only see that in Nags Head area and not around here. Maybe the people moving here from NJ are a little more relaxed and thats why the move this far down. Who knows but they are bring alot of cash with them and not taking up jobs. Our area just got hit with the news yesterday that the Ford Plant is closing and it employes about 2,400 people. Then you have all the other small businesses that support their opperations which it will hurt.

[Sociofan]

I'm always amused when I hear people outside of the D.C. area bitch about road jerks. It's so pervasive here we just learn to deal with it, but every once in a while when I'm in a particularly bad mood and some dumbass pulls a move, I can go nearly apoplectic.

However, let me tell you a good story. My wife picked me up from the Vienna Metro one afternoon and we were heading west on I-66 in the HOV lane. Now MY pet peeve is single drivers who feel that they alone are privileged enough to crowd up those lanes. Around Centreville, traffic is slowing and this woman cuts us off to get into the HOV lane. We are tooling along at a crawl and we see a state trooper with a car pulled for an HOV violation. The woman in front of us immediately tries to get back into the snail lanes but no one would let her in. My wife starts honking at the trooper and pointing at the woman in front of us. He nods and flags the woman to the side of the road. As we drove past the jerkette, my wife just smiled and waved.

Kind of made my day.

[saden1]

This should make you giggle: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...31162673210702

[skinsfanthru&thru]

I had some dumb ass almost smash into me today. I was moving into the middle of 3 lanes after having my signal on for about a second or 2 and after I'm half way into the lane this douche on a cell phone, whom I had tried to get away from, (I hate drivers on their phones) who had been in the far left lane starts slamming on his horn. he then pulls up next to me as we r driving and tries talking trash so I just turn up my music, start swaying my head, and smiling as to not even acknowledge his existence and piss me off even more. as we r going down the road I watch as he rides up the bumpers of the cars in front of him and zipping from lane to lane without any signals. I absolutely hate the way so many people drive in VA and some of the worst r people in big cars that seem to think that just cuz they r in big cars that the have the right to force their way into your lane.
and like a couple others have mentioned I'm the type that will be nice occasionally and let people with their signals on get in ahead of me, but not if they speed up to do so when there is plenty of room behind me. that gets a big F U and a smile while doing so.
and whats up with people not being able to realize it might be a better idea to go a little further up than u had planned and doing a u-turn or something instead of coming close to making multiple crash while cutting across traffic?

[BDBohnzie]

I'm convinced that once you've driven in the DC Area, everywhere else (aside from NYC and LA) is a cakewalk. I drive almost 70 miles roundtrip every day, and see the most asinine things on my journey. Women putting their makeup on, people talking on their cell phones (no hands free), drinking coffee and driving, people reading a book, paper, map...in the far left lane. My biggest pet peeve is people driving in the fast lane, doing the speed limit because they are talking on their cell phone...look up to realize they have to get off right now, and cut across 4 lanes of traffic to do so, instead of going up to the next exit to turn around.

And...I'm notorious for trying to trap HOV violators in the HOV lane. There are days where 6-7 out of 10 cars that pass me in the HOV lane are single riders. Who do these people think they are?!?!?!

What makes my blood boil is when trying to merge onto an interstate, that is 4 lanes wide, you have someone hugging the right lane (the lane you are trying to merge into) and will not move over (even though there is plenty of room to do so)...will speed up so that you have to hit your brakes...and then slow down once you are behind them, to have to hit your brakes again.

I do have my faults...I'll ride the merging lane until the end, however I will have my turn signal on, and will merge over earlier if there is ample room to do so without people having to hit their brakes. If done properly, a zipper merge is quite effective.

[jbcjr14]

I must say I learned to drive in the DC area and yes, once you can do that with all you crazy sob's you can drive anywhere! Especially on the 495-95 meet there at Springfield, what a cluster fuck that is!

[dblanch66]

I've lived in DC and LA. Sorry to tell you, but LA takes the cake when it comes to traffic and douchebag drivers. LA is like DC x 10!! I have had to learn to breathe and count because otherwise I'd be in jail for assault with a deadly weapon (my truck). I can't tell you how many times I have had to stop my self from using my vehicle like a tank.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

I've lived in DC and LA. Sorry to tell you, but LA takes the cake when it comes to traffic and douchebag drivers. LA is like DC x 10!! I have had to learn to breathe and count because otherwise I'd be in jail for assault with a deadly weapon (my truck). I can't tell you how many times I have had to stop my self from using my vehicle like a tank.

There's nothing like driving in Puerto Rico. Most people there act like using their turn signal will blow up their car. And you can always bet people will turn out of a middle lane. And left turns on red lights? No problem at all for the Ricans

[TheMalcolmConnection]

And it's sad because not everyone was raised as a douchebag.

[EXoffender]

Sorry guys. I guess I'm wrong for doing what I do. Oh well. At least I can admit to it.