The official idiot driver thread

[Zorba]

Hey - anyone here ever encounter a 3 lane highway? Where the center lane is a passing lane - in BOTH directions...

Used to be one between Watsonville and Santa Cruz, Ca. 2 lanes uphill, 1 lane downhill on hills; but 1 lane each way with the center two way passing lane on the flat. Look and see if someone's using the passing lane opposing you - if not, turn on flashers and go for it! It was replaced by a proper freeway sometime before 1970 as I recall, but I remember that thing from when I was a small child.

 

[Zorba]

Saw this LULU today...

3 lanes at a stoplight. 2 of them straight, 1 is a left turn. I saw this from the other side of the intersection. Guy in a Kia of some kind is rolling to a stop in the left turn lane - obviously it was turning red. Guy in some kind of little white turd of a car in the center lane (same direction), pulls a sharp - and I mean SHARP left turn across the guy in the Kia to run the red light making a left turn right in front of the guy - "Crossing his T" as the saying goes. If the guy in the Kia had been one of the many idiots in this state who run red lights, he would have T-boned the idiot in the white turd. As it was, the white turd got away from it, and I suppose the guy in the Kia had to check his shorts...

 

[KennethS]

It’s either a sense of entitlement or profound stupidity. Maybe both.

 

[Zorba]

Another one I'm increasingly seeing is what I call "throttle crackers". Light changes and these fools all crack their throttles open a whole 1mm, 2mm tops. You don't have to floor it, but for Goddess's sake, throw an extra scoop of coal in the firebox! Used to see this in Commiefornia when there was a large gas price increase, I have no idea what's causing it here and now. It can take 2 or 3 miles to get up to the speed limit, I'm boxed in by multiples doing this more often than I'd like. Sigh...

 

[KennethS]

Another one I'm increasingly seeing is what I call "throttle crackers". Light changes and these fools all crack their throttles open a whole 1mm, 2mm tops. You don't have to floor it, but for Goddess's sake, throw an extra scoop of coal in the firebox! Used to see this in Commiefornia when there was a large gas price increase, I have no idea what's causing it here and now. It can take 2 or 3 miles to get up to the speed limit, I'm boxed in by multiples doing this more often than I'd like. Sigh...

I’ve experienced that, too. Start to take off normally and have to jam the brakes because Fred Flintstone in front of me isn’t pedaling fast enough.

 

[DuckNut]

Another one I'm increasingly seeing is what I call "throttle crackers". Light changes and these fools all crack their throttles open a whole 1mm, 2mm tops. You don't have to floor it, but for Goddess's sake, throw an extra scoop of coal in the firebox! Used to see this in Commiefornia when there was a large gas price increase, I have no idea what's causing it here and now. It can take 2 or 3 miles to get up to the speed limit, I'm boxed in by multiples doing this more often than I'd like. Sigh...

Hurry up and wait is what I call these drivers....light turns green, smash the pedal, race 5 blocks and slam on the brakes for the next red light.

 

[Zorba]

Hurry up and wait is what I call these drivers....light turns green, smash the pedal, race 5 blocks and slam on the brakes for the next red light.

That's the exact opposite - and I'd settle for that. These clowns take 3 blocks to get up to 30!

 

[suicideking]

Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed with people that stop too long at stop signs. I'm trying to time my braking with them stopping briefly. Instead they're stopping for what seems like 10 seconds. I have to pass them so I don't rear end them at the next stop. It's CA, I don't even really stop unless there is cross traffic.

It also seems like people are falling asleep at red lights. Especially during my morning commute. I've started making myself wait 5 seconds before honking at them. When you honk, instead of going, they turn around to see who honked. Then they take off extra slow like you hurt their feelings.

 

[lBasket]

Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed with people that stop too long at stop signs. I'm trying to time my braking with them stopping briefly. Instead they're stopping for what seems like 10 seconds. I have to pass them so I don't rear end them at the next stop. It's CA, I don't even really stop unless there is cross traffic.

It also seems like people are falling asleep at red lights. Especially during my morning commute. I've started making myself wait 5 seconds before honking at them. When you honk, instead of going, they turn around to see who honked. Then they take off extra slow like you hurt their feelings.

People being butthurt about being honked at instead of just not being retarded (the cause of the honk) instead is so annoying

 

[suicideking]

People being butthurt about being honked at instead of just not being retarded (the cause of the honk) instead is so annoying

It's not personal, just wake up and get the F* out of my way haha.

 

[lBasket]

It's not personal, just wake up and get the F* out of my way haha.

Right!! People take it so personally. Like dude.... You're just in the middle of the road sitting there, not paying attention. You know what you're doing

 

[Zorba]

Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed with people that stop too long at stop signs. I'm trying to time my braking with them stopping briefly. Instead they're stopping for what seems like 10 seconds. I have to pass them so I don't rear end them at the next stop. It's CA, I don't even really stop unless there is cross traffic.

It also seems like people are falling asleep at red lights. Especially during my morning commute. I've started making myself wait 5 seconds before honking at them. When you honk, instead of going, they turn around to see who honked. Then they take off extra slow like you hurt their feelings.

The flip side of this is a stop sign is exactly that: STOP. So I do. If its clear, I go, if it isn't I don't.

As for people falling asleep at red lites - that's brought to us by the PHOOOOOONNE. Even people who go when the red lite turns green take a couple of seconds. If I'm in front, when that lite changes, I go - NOW. I may be forced to stop in 5 feet because of some Florididiot running a red - but I go. I'm usually across the intersection by the time anyone else gets moving.

 

[Apparition]

People being butthurt about being honked at instead of just not being retarded (the cause of the honk) instead is so annoying

On another forum I’m on there’s a thread about someone complaining about getting honked at too much at lights.

 

[KennethS]

I understand the slow starters, but some days there’s a molasses driver who Fred Flintstone could outrun. The Jeep is slow as hell, so when I’m taking off I expect to be shifting from 1st to 2nd, not hitting the brakes before entering the intersection.

 

[Zorba]

I understand the slow starters, but some days there’s a molasses driver who Fred Flintstone could outrun. The Jeep is slow as hell, so when I’m taking off I expect to be shifting from 1st to 2nd, not hitting the brakes before entering the intersection.

"Throttle Crackers."

 

[lBasket]

On another forum I’m on there’s a thread about someone complaining about getting honked at too much at lights.

Move Grandma!! Get off the phoooooooooooone

 

[Apparition]

Move Grandma!! Get off the phoooooooooooone

I told him maybe it was because he was slow.

 

[lBasket]

I told him maybe it was because he was slow.

Which forum?

 

[Apparition]

Which forum?

A gun forum

 

[TJ Jim]

Move Grandma!! Get off the phoooooooooooone

Oh no! Not another one!