Moronic ineptitude at the wheel

[AKAMAC]

Just had to know how you folks feel when the driver in front of you in the left lane paces traffic at speed limit in the next lane only to speed up when they see the front grill of truck 2' away from their trunk leaving the gap in right lane after they accelerate too small to pass then do it again at the next clump of cars.



God I'm sooooooo ****** at the little ******



The only thing that held me from following him to his destination was the probability of the impending felony charge that would follow me when we arrived.



Just had to vent.

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Yea I could go on and on, I travel 50 miles to work and 45 of it is on a 3 lane highway. Did you know the right hand lane is only to be traveled in at an angle, as in when your exiting from the second lane or coming onto the highway going to the second lane. Saturday night on the way home, I had to get around 5 different "rolling roadblocks", 3 people side by side all doing 66 mph, I know this because one of the morons had a big LED speedometer and it was reading 66. If you're all going to go the same speed you should be one behind another not side by side. Tonight there was some moron doing less than 55 in the middle lane (it's a 65 zone) I guess these people are afraid they are going to fall off the road if they move over. I like to stare at people as I am passing on their right side in the first lane. I've decided that when I grow up I want to be commissioner of motor vehicles and everyone has to take their driving test with me. The roads would be alot less crowded!

 

[Chris N5CWM]

Oh I should write a book! I've seen that and everything else. I won't get started though.



My favorite is when the morons run the speed limit or 5 over when there are two lanes same direction, then when it merges to one lane and you can't pass them, they slow down to 52 MPH in a 60 for example. . no passing lane either! Top it off the moronette behind me is so close to my bumper they might as well hook up and save gas!



What about when the traffic is heavy and some dude in a DuraMax wants to play. . you get stuck 3 cars back from the light behind Tempos and minivans. Murphys law. . when I'm coming home late and there's no traffic, there are no chance meetings with any type of prey to smoke.



The other day, had two Duramaxes, one white and one dark grey. The white one wanted to play and we caught a yellow light but the dumbass ran it. The other DMax and I were lined up first in line. I look over and it's a blonde babe on a cellphone. So much for my fix! :{ (She had no interest in running me, only chatting on the phone. It'd been perfect if the white DMax would have stopped).



OK, next rant...

 

[catoiler]

You guys forget to take your medicine today! You know the folks at the DMV have to slip in a couple of losers every now and then so the cops will have someone to ticket for doing what it takes to get around the morons,Ever notice how when after several miles of this stupidity and you finally get a chance to pass their is always a cop waiting?:{ Another thing that needs attention is teaching these people that at a stop sign the person on the right has the right of way. These people around here will look at each other and nobody has a clue as to who should go!Did you know that the meaning of "merge"is for everybody to slow down to match your your speed while you get on the freeway! Oh well the doctor said it is time for my medicine gotta go(just hope they got my white coat cleaned!)

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

aaahhhh, merge, why do people try to get on the highway at 40 mph? That one has always baffled me. And the wrong time wrong place thing, I thought I was nailed two nights ago when this moron in front of me wouldn't move over and there really was room to go around him (on a three lane) and when we would come to a big truck he would slow down to almost the same speed as it to pass it, 60 mph in a 65. so finally I get open room to the right and start to go around him, well I'm doing 75 and he's right beside me and I'm coming up on one of those idiots in the middle lane, so I go to the first lane and run up to about 80-85, all of a sudden I see brake lights, I look over in the median and there's mr. policeman, ah poop I say, well he didn't come after me so that was good and now the moron is too scared to go over 65 and I'm still doing 73 so I finally get away from him. Sorry had to vent a little more

 

[bmoeller]

Originally posted by Turbo Tim 1

aaahhhh, merge, why do people try to get on the highway at 40 mph?

Do have to excuse the big trucks though, have no choice loaded. In the pickup, different story. If it safe to do so, hammer down!



Even worse while driving large farm machinery, dealing with idiots. #@$%!



Had one last night. Was driving the combine down the road with the 8 row corn head on (Only had to go about 1/4 mile to other fiield). No one was coming when I got onto the road, and had a T intersection maybe 700' ahead, and shortly after, some jerk comes flying around the corner. I had mailboxes, road markers and other crap on my right, and had to get to a driveway past the boxes to get to, so he could get past me. It was almost dark and flips on his high-beams on(like I couldn't already see him, and doesn't help me any). Once I was able to get over for him, he comes up, going past me and blowing his horn at me. The guy behind him didn't. Most people wave when I can get over and wait for them to pass. I do the same.



Sorry, had to vent.

 

[Doc Tinker]

I don't like the guys who don't look when they are merging into traffic on the expressway. They just putt-putt down the ramp and expect everyone to move over and let them in. It seems to happen most often while I'm towing the trailer and there is a lot of traffic, so I can't pull into the left lane. Once, a guy almost drove into the side of my trailer. After the near miss, he sped up and passed me on the shoulder, after running out of ramp, waving his IQ at me.



Doc

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

And then there's the people who stop at the end of the ramp, and the person they should have merged intelligently and smoothly in front of, STOPS ON the Capitol beltway, and sits there for 5 seconds trying to figure out what to do, while traffic is doing 70 in the other 3 lanes. It all stems from lack of driver's training. In Md, the requirement is 6 hours behind the wheel and 30 hours classroom. In my mind, that's not enough training for something you are going to be doing for the rest of your life, and that could get you, or someone else, killed.



Jim

 

[lschultz]

Hell you ought to see them when I am in my VW. They are right on my arse want let you in,pull out in front of you,cut in front of you and and and. They don't bother me much in the truck till you get one of them :{ idiots behind the wheel.

 

[Mike Ellis]

I am the only guy in Texas who drives the speed limit I guess, but I do stay in the right lane except to pass.



I disagree with a lot of the laws, for example the seatbelt laws make me but I do my duty as a citizen and obey them. I have always wondered though about those of you who habitually speed and break the law - what's your rationale?



I have always found it kind of interesting to watch Moms and Dads teach their kiddoes the importance of being good citizens, only to break the law brazenly in front of the same kiddoes every time they get on the road! Bet it gives the kiddies a lot to think on, as far as which rules are worth following and which are not...

 

[catoiler]

They are only laws when you get caught!

 

[Peter Campbell]

Speed limits seem to be dictated from the congress and the statehouse. If taken by a popular vote the speed limits would be much higher. They used to be high- 75 MPH and some above before the fuel crisis. Limits were set by seeing what people would travel. If 85% of the vehicles did 75 MPH- that was the speed limit. Once the oil crisis came around and the low unpopular speed limits to save fuel - enforced by safety points and fines- its not safety it is fuel savings- even the government can't get thier lies straight. Now ther is an industry. Countless state police barracks, courts insurance companies. The police are now a profit center, a puppet of the insurance companies and state houses to produce revenue. It is much easier to catch speeders than the morons who cause the accidents- left lane slow, clueless merges, inconsideration and downright sabotage of peoples trips. Lets go back to the days of 55MPH for everyone. Get the truckers on board with it so they can have rolling roadblocks preveting even 1 MPH over the limit- no one speeds. No tickets- safety for everyone- state troopers finding drug dealers and terrorists and costing the taxpayers tax money intead of fine money-- doing thier original job- never happen. Or maybe the speed limits should be 75 almost everywhere. Stay to the right except to pass. Speeding 25$ --- failure to yield for passing vehicle 100$.

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

I have always wondered though about those of you who habitually speed and break the law - what's your rationale?

It's actually safer to keep up with traffic, than to drive slower than the rest of the traffic around you, even if you are doing the speed limit. That's one of the reasons people weave in and out. Traffic flows a lot smoother if everyone is doing the same speed.



Jim

 

[Chris N5CWM]

Last year Harris County (Houston) Texas local gov't took it upon themselves to lower the speed limit to 55 based on EPA pollution ratings. Every county bordering Harris County was affected as well. Overnight (it seemed) the 70/65/60 signs came down and the 55 went up. People still did 75+! For months we went thru this beurocratic BS. The Gov't said it was because the cars & trucks were creating smog. The "smart" folks (ones in the local gov't that weren't afraid to speak up) revealed that the cause of the pollution was not automobiles but the refineries and other chemical/manufacturing plants! DUH! Eventually public outcry got the speed limits back up... but wait there's more.



All of the speed limits were raised to 65 MPH max. So what landfill did all of the old 70 MPH signs go to? And who's relative of which gov't official got the contract to make all of the NEW speed limit signs to replace the thousands that came down that could not be used? Couldn't they just put the old signs back up and only cost the Taxpayers' with the labor cost? NOOOOO!! They had to have brand new signs made!

 

[barkerdl]

Change the Law

Here in Nevada we passed a law that the speed limit must be set at the design speed of the road. Keeps the "55" people in line. Might want to try it eleswhere?



Dennis

 

[Mike Ellis]

I don't know fellows, my observation has been that regardless of the speed limit, people will push for that extra 10%. Just got back last week from a trip to Albuquerque, and in New Mexico the speed limits are 75 mph on the highways. I set the cruise on 75, had people blasting by me like I was standing still. I reckon they could set the limit at 100 mph and there would still be people exceeding it.

 

[Sticks]

Years of Motorcycle riding in city traffic have taught me that I am going to live significantly longer if I am going 5 mph faster than the flow of traffic (read screw the speed limit). I only have to worry about the soccer moms and cell phones next to me for two seconds and the watch the cluster f*** in front of me, and the 1% coming up on my rear, but they already see me, the bike is half as big as their car. The only time that I start encountering near misses is when I am going at the flow of traffic or slower.



Driving my truck, I am in the middle lane (or right if it only a two laner) and quite content to do the speed limit. Much too big to go darting through traffic.



My big gripe is the guys that close the gap as soon as you turn on your signal to change lanes, whether to pass, and most frequently in the lane to the right, and the worst is in the right lane. I am a inter-department mail currier for the state and drive 120 miles a day, all in the city of Denver. Every day I have to fight to get into the right lane to exit the highway, and see morons that can not understand the concept of a double turn intersection. The inside lane swings wide (or goes straight - they are the turn only lane - that was a fun accident) or cuts the corner when they are in the outside lane.