+1, I lose it at bad drivers. I have a short temper to begin with and then bad drivers get mixed up and I go nuts. But i don't swerve around and put anyone in danger.

 

You can usually tell I'm annoyed with slow or oblivious drivers when I start driving like a maniac on purpose to get around them...fighting obnoxious with obnoxious if you will. Out in the suburbs is usually where you get the worst offenders who think it's Sunday all week. I'm not going to start some sort of direct confrontation with drivers like this though...what's the point.

People do get pretty bent out of shape though behind the wheel of their stupid-mobile. I've seen some crazy stuff on occasion. Scary sometimes. Angry tempers, people who get out of their car with weapons and such. Super not worth it.

 

I get pissed at moronic drivers but its not like you can change them. I was a passenger a few weeks ago when some hillbilly tried running my brother off the road. We then got stopped in a traffic jam. I had to calm my brother down because it wasn't going to end well. Carrying a gun 24/7, I'm not going to risk my life or a loved ones life over some nut.

 

Not anymore. I was a real hot head when I was younger but not anymore....shit's not worth getting hurt/shot/killed over. Too many crazy motherfuckers out there. If I find myself losing control, I'll just pull over and take a few minutes to cool down or even stop and just walk around.

 

Nope. I've seen too much stupidity behind the wheel to realize it will never change. And I'd be a liar to claim that there haven't been times when I've done stupid things while driving myself. Anyone who thinks it's necessary to "school" others is only overestimating their abilities or compensating for their shortcomings.

Now I just shrug it off if someone acts foolishly. I take the effort to protect myself and not to put others in danger when I'm on the road. Life's too short to think otherwise.





Terry

 

Good wisdom, it's crazy to play games with 2 ton vehicles. I did a few things I'm not proud of a couple decades ago, but now-a-days I sluff it off.

Unfortunately I've been a witness in two separate vehicular manslaughter trials. I had to testify in one for over 3 hours. It's eerie to describe the accident description and timeline in excruciating details while the victim's and defendant's families and rest of the court are listening to you.

 

With all of these self-proclaimed good drivers, where are the bad ones??

Certainly there are a host of things which bother me that others do on our highways, but I am not in a position to get upset to the point of anger or vindictiveness because I carry a little something on my person which precludes me from doing this.

 

I used to have road rage in my teen years and early 20s; I guess it comes with the territory and girls! But now, I could care less of what other driver's do. If I see something stupid a another driver is doing, I just slow down or speed up to pass. I only honk when the driver isn't paying attention, such as at a red light, stop sign or changing lane. I don't over-react, as it will only escalate the problem. I guess that's one of the reason my clean driving record for 20+ years helps with insurance premiums.

 

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When I was younger I used to pull some stunts once in a while, but no longer (and never anything major). Maybe it's age... who knows. But now I just shrug it off. I really don't care. Even when people tailgate me, I don't care. Let them hit me... it will be their fault and all of a sudden my neck will start hurting. Plus, I'm in a truck and most of the time they're in a car... so they'll be taking the brunt of the damage...

 

Speaking of honking. I don't know what it is but I hate honking. It's like an obnoxious yell to me. I RARELY use my horn. I either wait it out or rev my engine.

 

Honking isnt an obnoxious yell. I mean it CAN be one...but if someone beeps me quickly because I am not paying attention to the light - I deserve it.

 

Bad ones usually don't come out and tell you so....and most of the times, they just don't know it or admit they're bad drivers. You will only notice it on the road.

 

This reminds me of the days in the Caribbeans. Over there, the 2 most important parts, besides other things, of your car were your BRAKES and HORN. You constantly brake like crazy and honk like crazy. Honking the horn is a norm; if you don't honk, you will get into an accident because few follows traffic signs or directions.

Exactly.

 

I get road rage yes!

I need to stop though

 

Words cannot express...

 

Nope.
And I think people who do, really need a mind-check. Getting pissed off doesn't make traffic move any faster, doesn't make idiot drivers suddenly follow the rules of the road, and doesn't make your day go any better; all it does is raise your blood pressure and put you in potentially dangerous situations. Taking years off your life over a traffic jam or someone cutting you off is :ghey:

 

What the hell is a mind-check?

 

I try to control my temper, but my patience wears a little thin when it is clear that people are intentionally being assholes.

Take for instance the tool in the Saab that I had the misfortune of crossing paths with. The guy was driving like a dick already, cutting people off the entire way down a major thoroughfare and got stuck in a right-turn only lane when the street narrowed to one lane in each direction with turns lanes for both left and right turns. While he was feinting left try to jockey for space in bumper to bumper traffic, not once did he bother to use his signals. Finally, he just goes for it right in front of me nearly crashing his rear fender into the front my car and forcing me to slam on the brakes to avoid a collision. Again, a complete failure to signal and no real warning whatsoever. I just fucking lost it. This was not a case of someone being careless or failing to pay attention. This was clearly a maneuver executed with malice, consequences be damned.

When I laid on the horn for what seemed like minutes (not really, but I did give him a long honk of WTF?), the fucker tried twice to brake check me while proceeding to drive 5 miles under the speed limit the entire way down the street until the next signal.

So in that type of a situation, where there is clearly unprovoked malice, I find it hard to keep my cool, especially when someone has intentionally and unnecessarily endangered my life as well as the life of my passenger and the other drivers around us.

 

Prepare to get flamed.

 

r u trying to cut your life short! its once thing to yell and what not but you go up next to them and beep ur going to get there attention when the pull out a gun on you

 

Yep. And I carry a gun, so I have to mind my road manners. I rather not end a life over dumb stuff. I just let it go.

 

chances are, if they are dumb enough to drive around texting, they are too stupid to own a gun, or use it properly.

or they need to get back in the kitchen.

 

I didn't mean to say it like that though. I don't mind if I use it to prevent an accident.

I don't know but in my area, people use the horn for reasons I can't even explain. Like I would get honked at for going a little slower when going up a driveway because I'm lowered. I get honked at for waiting for pedestrians to complete their cross at a stop light. I get honked at because I stopped in the middle of a street to parallel park. Things like that just makes me hate the horn.

 

I get road rage on a daily basis. I take driving seriously and expect others to do the same.

 

I think its like a mind fuck from get him to the greek

 

Be careful, man....keep that up and one day you might wind up on the wrong end of a gun. You never know what the other driver is like or what he might have on him.

 

I have a 100W air horn in my car.

 

I'm a very calm driver compared to some of the assclowns my age. I know this comes up in every driving thread it seems, but I do get annoyed with tailgaters.

The other day, a Jetta was riding my ass to the point where I couldn't see the cars headlights. I was going 45 in a 35 to avoid my bumper being taken off. The car pulled up next to me at the next stop light. I figured it'd be a younger girl who was on the phone. He was a grown, 40 year old man, looking in the opposite direction to avoid eye contact. Both hands on the wheel, not on the phone, etc. Do people just ride other cars' asses because its fun? People somehow get balls of steel when they're in the own security and comfort of their car.

Other than that, I let things slide for the most part. I hate when people use their horn just to show that they're pissed off after a driver makes a bad move. Its not going to do much after the fact.

 

This reminds me...does anyone hesitate to turn your lights off/back on when you're approaching another driver with their headlights off?

 

I used to get road rage, nowadays that is pretty much internalized though. Brake checking = not cool at all. Funny story, I once was followed home by some dickhead and his friend because I merged in front of them and sort of but not really cut them off. They followed me all the way from one side of town to the other down side streets ect as I tried to lose them. I ended up pretending to call the cops on my phone as I was by myself and not about to try and fight two guys over basically nothing. Reflecting back on it I should have called the cops as they had no business getting so fucking bent over something they have prob done countless times themselves.

Seriously? Someday someone will take your plate down then your screwed big time. Also, what if they waved a gun back at you? You gonna have a shootout?

 

I drive a VW Bus so I don't even have the horsepower to be in the game to get road rage. I leave that business to everybody else.

 

I don't get road rage, I get road head instead.

 

I don't get road rage.
I may get annoyed by bad or inattentive driving by others, but not upset enough to act like a moron yelling, screaming, gesturing, honking, cutting the other driver off, pulling a gun, etc.

 

My biggest pet peeve.. stupid drivers / people. I don't try to 'parent' stupid driver's anymore. I still blurt out expletives.. but that's about it. There will always be some idiot who thinks darting in and around traffic will get him to work faster or cutting in front of you without signalling leaving less than a 1/2 gap is okay. I think being a good defensive driver involves many things, including not driving like a jackass to prove a point.

 

Now that I realized.. I did some stupid stupid things back when I was still in high school. I hated when people cut me off, so sometimes, I honked at the guy in front for almost full 60 seconds.. me

Nowaday, I just slow down or change lane and pass him/her.