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Stupid drivers
2010-07-21, 7:38 PM #81
Speed limits??
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2010-07-21, 8:50 PM #82
Where we're going we don't need speed limits!
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2010-07-21, 10:42 PM #83
If you drive the speed limit in the 1 or 2 lane, you will get my ire. If you drive excessively slow for no apparent reason, you will get my ire. Basically going slow gets my ire and I will swerve and weave around your slow ass so I can get up to my normal cruising speed of 85-90 MPH.

Originally posted by Thrawn(numbarz):
The roads where I live are windy and narrow, with no bike lanes (unless you count a foot of crumbling asphalt with a line next to it as a bike lane). It's in the forest, and most corners are blind. There aren't many straightaways--any time you want to pass a cyclist on this road you're basically putting yourself in a certain amount of danger. So basically ANY cyclist is a hassle at best.

So when some of them do stupid ****, it's pretty frustrating. Like when they ride right in the middle of the lane, going as fast as they possibly can (which is usually like 20mph), making it almost impossible to pass them with a modicum of safety. Or the people who can't even bike well or aren't paying attention, who fumble and start weaving as people try to pass them.

I think by law here in CA is that if there are no bike lanes, they have just as much right to the road as you and you are supposed to yield to them. Places like Leucadia (just south of Carlsbad in SD County) where the 101 has no bike lanes and cyclists have to swerve around parked cars onto the road can make for sketchy commutes.
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2010-07-22, 6:58 AM #84
Sounds like all of your commutes are sketchy, dalf. I'm glad I don't drive near where you drive :/
2010-07-22, 6:59 AM #85
But I still love your supple sense of humor and your hilarious body.
2010-07-22, 7:03 AM #86
I would like to know how you folks treat tailgaters. I like to spray their windshield w/ window washing fluid. It typically causes them to brake &/or swerve & it always makes me giggle when I see their wipers come on. I'd prefer having a compartment under my rear bumper that drops nails at the press of a button but I've been told that this is illegal.
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2010-07-22, 7:14 AM #87
Going slower in front of tailgaters is stupid and dangerous. Most people that tailgate are either oblivious to what they're doing, or are incredibly impatient and think that being six feet from you will get you to speed up. If they're oblivious, going slower is just going to confuse them. If they're impatient, going slower just pisses them off and puts them in a position to make a bad decision. You're better off just getting out of there. If you can, a brake check (or three) sometimes helps people realize they are too close.

But yeah, in general doing the "he's pissing me off so I'll try to piss him off" is incredibly stupid.
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2010-07-22, 2:09 PM #88
Originally posted by dalf:
If you drive the speed limit in the 1 or 2 lane, you will get my ire. If you drive excessively slow for no apparent reason, you will get my ire. Basically going slow gets my ire and I will swerve and weave around your slow ass so I can get up to my normal cruising speed of 85-90 MPH.


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I hate to say it, but I might have trouble feeling sorry for you when you get in a serious accident.
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2010-07-22, 2:29 PM #89
Originally posted by Emon:
Going slower in front of tailgaters is stupid and dangerous.


This is what you're *supposed* to do. You're supposed to open up more space between yourself and the car in front of you, so that you and the tailgater both have space to stop. Basically, you're building a cushion for the tailgater by increasing your cushion.

The problem is, though, that in congested societies, that large cushion immediately gets occupied by other vehicles.
2010-07-22, 7:30 PM #90
I like to down shift and clutch check tail gaiters.

It just really irritates me, especially if I'm already going way over the speed limit in the far left lane. If I can't see your hood you have to be within about three feet of my trailer hitch.
2010-07-22, 7:54 PM #91
The safest thing to do when being tailgated is merge right if possible. Otherwise, slow down. You'll give yourself enough room to do a stop-roll-stop if you need to stop quickly. You tap your brakes to get the tailgaters attention, roll forward to keep them from hitting you, and then do your panic stop.
2010-07-22, 7:57 PM #92
My grandpa's method supposedly works well also:

Drive normally, hit the brakes normally, and when they hit your rear end, get a new car.
2010-07-22, 7:58 PM #93
I'd say tap your brakes and make sure they noticed you giving them the finger.
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2010-07-22, 7:58 PM #94
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
My grandpa's method supposedly works well also:

Drive normally, hit the brakes normally, and when they hit your rear end, get a new car.


This sounds good too.
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2010-07-22, 10:55 PM #95
Originally posted by JediNeo:
My stories usually involve me being on my bicycle and stupid drivers doing stupid things.
In the last few Saturday bunch rides we've had a drink thrown at us, people have overtaken us on blind corners and blind crests. Last Saturday a guy passed us within about a foot of my handlebars. There was a whole empty lane for him to use, but no he just had to use ours.


You deserve it. Damn bicycles.
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2010-07-23, 2:04 AM #96
I once tried to install the Nvidia WHQL 196.75 drivers with reported 'fan speed issues'. That was pretty stupid.
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2010-07-23, 5:17 AM #97
Originally posted by JM:
The safest thing to do when being tailgated is merge right if possible. Otherwise, slow down. You'll give yourself enough room to do a stop-roll-stop if you need to stop quickly. You tap your brakes to get the tailgaters attention, roll forward to keep them from hitting you, and then do your panic stop.


I mostly get tailgaited on the highway.

I've only had a couple of panic stops on the highway. The last one was so bad that I ended up having to brake hard (locked my brakes up), crab right, release, accelerate, crab left across two lanes and ended up in the median (AKA a big ****ing ditch). There was an accident in front of me. I wouldn't have ended up in the ditch if at the very moment I locked my wheels the first time a brake line didn't bust.

It was essentially one big skid mark from where I started off the highway. White knuckles and cold sweaty head for sure. Lots of hyperventilating.

The bad thing is that I left plenty of space, it just happened really suddenly, and the speed limit on 65 south of the louisville metro is 70.
2010-07-23, 6:31 AM #98
I get tailgated several times per day because I don't exceed the speed limit & everyone else does. On the expressway they get furious when their inability to think ahead causes them to get stuck behind me while those that pass us refuse to let them over. I'd love to get some bumper stickers that say things like "pace car", "welcome to the speed limit" or "give cruise control a try". I also tend to purposely cut off or trap people that attempt to pass me in the slow lane as I'm attempting to courteously, legally & safely pass someone in the center lane. I also put on my blinker very early for everything so if I pull out in front of you at 55 & you're going 90 that's your fault because there's a special place in hell for those of you that interrupt my cruise control.
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2010-07-23, 6:38 AM #99
..Or when people think that they have to slow down to 1 MPH to make a turn, especially when they are driving a sports car.

You know what else is annoying? Big vehicles, I can't stand when I cannot see around the vehicle in front of me because they drive a lane hog.
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2010-07-23, 6:41 AM #100
Originally posted by zanardi:
You know what else is annoying? Big vehicles, I can't stand when I cannot see around the vehicle in front of me because they drive a lane hog.

Big vehicles that tailgate are annoying too because they often want you to move out of their way but then they block you from seeing around them in your mirrors. I personally find that those that drive big vehicles (sport utility vehicles, tractor trailers, pickup trucks, etc.) are the most aggressive drivers. I think that their seats having more altitude gives them a false sense of security &/or superiority.
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2010-07-23, 6:49 AM #101
People who try to drive their SUVs like a sports car make me laugh. Mostly because I'm pretty sure those type of people account for 99% of all rollover accidents.
2010-07-23, 6:55 AM #102
I hate big vehicles in parking lots. If you have an SUV and a van next to you in a parking lot, you will NOT be able to see anything when you try to get out. And forget trying to avoid parking next to them; you'll end up with them parked next to you when you get back to your car anyway.
2010-07-23, 7:04 AM #103
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
I hate big vehicles in parking lots. If you have an SUV and a van next to you in a parking lot, you will NOT be able to see anything when you try to get out. And forget trying to avoid parking next to them; you'll end up with them parked next to you when you get back to your car anyway.


This. There should be sections of parking that ban Trucks and SUVs.
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2010-07-23, 8:07 AM #104
Originally posted by Steven:
This is what you're *supposed* to do. You're supposed to open up more space between yourself and the car in front of you

Er, I meant when you are being tailgated. You have someone following you too closely, you do not fix it by slowing down. You're just closing the gap. Some people think "**** this ******* that's behind me, I'll slow down and show him!" which will probably just enrage the other driver.
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2010-07-23, 8:19 AM #105
Originally posted by KOP_AoEJedi:
This. There should be sections of parking that ban Trucks and SUVs.


There are. They're called compact car spots.
2010-07-23, 8:40 AM #106
Originally posted by Darth:
There are. They're called compact car spots.


If you are being serious, I have never seen nor heard of this before ever.
2010-07-23, 8:52 AM #107
They exist here, but that section is usually where the biggest trucks park.
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2010-07-23, 9:09 AM #108
They're all over the place in major cities, especially in downtown areas where parking is usually at a premium. You're right though, most people ignore them, probably because the worst that's going to happen from them for parking in one is going to be like a $20 parking fine from the company running the garage/lot.
2010-07-23, 9:43 AM #109
Never seen a compact car spot, whoa! They are around at the places.
2010-07-23, 9:51 AM #110
Originally posted by Emon:
Er, I meant when you are being tailgated.


So did Steven.

That's what they tell you to do in driver's ed. It makes sense.

You slow down only temporarily to create more space between you and the car in front of you so that you have more time to stop, hopefully preventing the idiot behind you from hitting you.
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2010-07-23, 9:56 AM #111
Originally posted by Darth:
They're all over the place in major cities, especially in downtown areas where parking is usually at a premium. You're right though, most people ignore them, probably because the worst that's going to happen from them for parking in one is going to be like a $20 parking fine from the company running the garage/lot.


I guess Cincinnati isn't a major city :/
2010-07-23, 9:58 AM #112
Who said anything about a car in front of you?
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2010-07-23, 6:40 PM #113
Originally posted by Mentat:
I get tailgated several times per day because I don't exceed the speed limit & everyone else does. On the expressway they get furious when their inability to think ahead causes them to get stuck behind me while those that pass us refuse to let them over. I'd love to get some bumper stickers that say things like "pace car", "welcome to the speed limit" or "give cruise control a try". I also tend to purposely cut off or trap people that attempt to pass me in the slow lane as I'm attempting to courteously, legally & safely pass someone in the center lane. I also put on my blinker very early for everything so if I pull out in front of you at 55 & you're going 90 that's your fault because there's a special place in hell for those of you that interrupt my cruise control.


You're the jackass that should be run off the road because you purposefully screw with people by going slow as hell. I bet you're one of those ****tards that rides right next to somebody else going the same slow speed and won't move so all people behind you can go about their day. Thanks dick.
Little angel go away
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2010-07-23, 6:42 PM #114
Not that I condone his methods, but you have zero right to go any faster than the speed limit...so...you're a dick, too.
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2010-07-23, 6:46 PM #115
Crimson, you quoted the post, I read it, I read your response... and I can't help thinking we're reading entirely different posts.
EDIT- and absolutely agree with what BobTheMasher said.
Mentat's dickness sounds mostly with the law, also he never said anything about going really slow, he said he went the speed limit. If people piss you off by going the speed limit then yeah, you're probably a dick.
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2010-07-23, 7:04 PM #116
It's only a problem if the flow of traffic is so far above the speed limit that going the speed limit becomes hazardous. I think I've only really seen that happen once.
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2010-07-23, 7:10 PM #117
Then that's just a bunch of dicks all in the same place at once. Scientists call this a "California".
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2010-07-23, 7:12 PM #118
ahahahahahhaah

win
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2010-07-23, 7:34 PM #119
Originally posted by Mentat:
Big vehicles that tailgate are annoying too because they often want you to move out of their way but then they block you from seeing around them in your mirrors. I personally find that those that drive big vehicles (sport utility vehicles, tractor trailers, pickup trucks, etc.) are the most aggressive drivers. I think that their seats having more altitude gives them a false sense of security &/or superiority.


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2010-07-23, 7:37 PM #120
Originally posted by Emon:
Going slower in front of tailgaters is stupid and dangerous. Most people that tailgate are either oblivious to what they're doing, or are incredibly impatient and think that being six feet from you will get you to speed up. If they're oblivious, going slower is just going to confuse them. If they're impatient, going slower just pisses them off and puts them in a position to make a bad decision. You're better off just getting out of there. If you can, a brake check (or three) sometimes helps people realize they are too close.

But yeah, in general doing the "he's pissing me off so I'll try to piss him off" is incredibly stupid.


If you have a crap car and you aren't going 70 mph, the relative velocities are low enough that you probably won't get hurt.
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