Aggressive drivers toward Jeeps?

Don't get me started about roundabouts! I live in small town Cali, so not much aggression here while I'm driving the jeep. I tend to drive a bit more spirited in my Jeep as I like working the 5 speed. My wife, on the other hand, has tards always wanting to race her when she drives her Z roadster. Something about a long, blonde haired woman driving a convertible engages the rage hormone.
 
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Modoc Guy said:
And it’s painfully obvious at intersections, on-ramps, and especially at roundabouts.
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Yea - like this one, that gets my goat every time:
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We have a lot of intersections like the lower left quadrant of this diagram. You do NOT FUCKING STOP, SLOW DOWN OR ANYTHING ELSE when using a right turn lane of this type (Pedestrians excepted, of course). The other three quadrants, one must yield to oncoming traffic (and stop first on red in both the right quadrants), but in the lower left example, there's NOTHING to yield to. Yet these Florididiots here will STOP much of the time! Its so bad that when I'm following someone into an intersection like this, I keep the foot poised over the brake and the hand poised over the horn! I've noticed that I'm not the only one...
 
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Modoc Guy said:
Well let’s just be honest about it, and say that unfortunately many people driving on the road today don’t have the visual judgment for speed estimates, or the ability to operate a vehicle around other vehicles out on the road.
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Not required for "Grand Theft Auto", which is where most people seemed to have "learned" to drive.
 
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RINC said:
So today after sundown in my neighborhood, a jacked up truck on 24's and rubber band off road tyres was tailgating me. 25mph zone. I was doing 25mph. He was all up on me till I went 25mph over one of those speed humps. My short wheelbase just glides over. He was not all up on my rear anymore.
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Zorba said:
Yea - like this one, that gets my goat every time:
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We have a lot of intersections like the lower left quadrant of this diagram. You do NOT FUCKING STOP, SLOW DOWN OR ANYTHING ELSE when using a right turn lane of this type (Pedestrians excepted, of course). The other three quadrants, one must yield to oncoming traffic (and stop first on red in both the right quadrants), but in the lower left example, there's NOTHING to yield to. Yet these Florididiots here will STOP much of the time! Its so bad that when I'm following someone into an intersection like this, I keep the foot poised over the brake and the hand poised over the horn! I've noticed that I'm not the only one...
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Similar issue here, mostly with people turning onto three lane roads who wait until all three lanes are clear so they can turn into the far left lane instead of turning into the close lane then merging to the left lane. Most do not know this is classified as an illegal turn and LEO uses it as an excuse to stop and check for DUI.
 
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Florida is a mixed bag. Southeast Florida, they drive like New York/New Jersey. Around here, it's mostly octogenarian Yankees who can't seem to drive faster than a stoned tortoise, with a few actual Floridians going insane trying to get around them.

But my REAL peeve is people on the highway who drive for miles with their emergency flashers on, just because it's raining.
 
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KennethS said:
Similar issue here, mostly with people turning onto three lane roads who wait until all three lanes are clear so they can turn into the far left lane instead of turning into the close lane then merging to the left lane. Most do not know this is classified as an illegal turn and LEO uses it as an excuse to stop and check for DUI.
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I was taught better.
 
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Gene Neill said:
Florida is a mixed bag. Southeast Florida, they drive like New York/New Jersey. Around here, it's mostly octogenarian Yankees who can't seem to drive faster than a stoned tortoise, with a few actual Floridians going insane trying to get around them.

But my REAL peeve is people on the highway who drive for miles with their emergency flashers on, just because it's raining.
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I still say that Foridians drive far better than Californians, but they do have their peculiarities. I'd be happy if the speed limits were enforced, but they're not. They weren't in California either.
 
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Zorba said:
I was taught better.
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As was I. I came up when we still had drivers’ ed in high school - which I believe made a huge difference - but not any more. Gone, along with wood shop, metal shop, and drafting.

We are doing our kids - and by extension society - a disservice.
 
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NashvilleTJ said:
As was I. I came up when we still had drivers’ ed in high school - which I believe made a huge difference - but not any more. Gone, along with wood shop, metal shop, and drafting.

We are doing our kids - and by extension society - a disservice.
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Gosh darn you are old. :cool:
 
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NashvilleTJ said:
As was I. I came up when we still had drivers’ ed in high school - which I believe made a huge difference - but not any more. Gone, along with wood shop, metal shop, and drafting.

We are doing our kids - and by extension society - a disservice.
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RINC said:
Gosh darn you are old. :cool:
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We had all those when I as in school, too. And yes, I AM old.:rolleyes: Old enough to know better, still too young to care.:LOL:
 
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steelhd said:
You are just a pup. I had all those classes too except drafting was done on a table.
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Yep, started on drafting boards and arm machines. when went to work in profession only had parallels and triangles and and array of hand tools. I was self taught in Autocad 10 when they introduced into my job around 1989. Took to it like duck to water.

Ya before copy machines being able to enlarge and reduce, we would use a photostat camera with crank handles. Like this camera

Things have been made a lot easier through the years since then with technology.
 
Hehe i understand where OP is coming from, i am fairly new in Maryland and noticed very fast how common is for people to sit on my ass.
Speed limit is 55 in my area and that is what i drive, unlike everyone else. So i understand that i am the one who is creating a back up, but i drive in the right lane, left lane is there for them to pass and fly as fast as they want for a reason, yet they insist to sit on my ass.

Initially it was irritating, but then why should i care? I am covered with metal, what is that modern thin metal plastic-fantastic is gonna do to me?
 
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