Public service announcement - angry car drivers.

kserg · #1 06-23-2010, 08:01 PM

Say you are driving on a busy freeway... and you are keeping your distance, around 3 car lengths in bumper to bumper 25mph traffic then you suddenly see a car turning on a blinker... Don't speed up to "not let that guy in"

Say you did speed up like a little **** to prevent the driver ahead of you from getting in your lane, but you were too late and he was already in. Please, do not tailgate him and flush your lights... It makes you look like an idiot.

Say you flushed your lights and tailgated the car ahead of you in a busy traffic then is now going 40mph and almost hit the car next to you because you really wanted to get side by side to a driver... please, do no get side by side to the car you are tail gating...

If you did get side by side and now yelling, waving your arms and not looking at the road, do not cut him off and try to run him off the road... but even if you did all that, do not point at side a road like you want to fight him.

Say you were dumb enough to yell and try to get in a fight over someone legally merging lanes in front of you, don't get scared and run away like a little ***** when you see that the person you wanted to fight is 6.3" 350 pound guy and he is starting to pull over... and what ever you do, DO NOT get a ticket for being in a car pool lane trying to run away from fight you tried so hard to start.

Calm down angry driver, all i wanted to do is get you to pull over and keep on driving so you feel foolish on side of the road and then even more foolish by trying to get back into the traffic.

Cheers

bassteban · #2 06-23-2010, 08:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfRNZucoCyw

Jim Campbell · #3 06-23-2010, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kserg

Say you are driving on a busy freeway... and you are keeping your distance, around 3 car lengths in bumper to bumper 25mph traffic then you suddenly see a car turning on a blinker... Don't speed up to "not let that guy in"

Say you did speed up like a little **** to prevent the driver ahead of you from getting in your lane, but you were too late and he was already in. Please, do not tailgate him and flush your lights... It makes you look like an idiot.

Say you flushed your lights and tailgated the car ahead of you in a busy traffic then is now going 40mph and almost hit the car next to you because you really wanted to get side by side to a driver... please, do no get side by side to the car you are tail gating...

If you did get side by side and now yelling, waving your arms and not looking at the road, do not cut him off and try to run him off the road... but even if you did all that, do not point at side a road like you want to fight him.

Say you were dumb enough to yell and try to get in a fight over someone legally merging lanes in front of you, don't get scared and run away like a little ***** when you see that the person you wanted to fight is 6.3" 350 pound guy and he is starting to pull over... and what ever you do, DO NOT get a ticket for being in a car pool lane trying to run away from fight you tried so hard to start.

Calm down angry driver, all i wanted to do is get you to pull over and keep on driving so you feel foolish on side of the road and then even more foolish by trying to get back into the traffic.

Cheers

i'd always believed that you were obligated allow someone to change lanes if it is reasonable to do so,if not legally,at least in the name of "courtesy of the road".....i can't recall a time when folks did not allow me to merge onto the freeway.....

hover · #4 06-23-2010, 08:16 PM

Dude, it's tough on tha streetz of Cali.

**Staccato** · #5 06-23-2010, 09:19 PM

Drivers that look like a bad driving statistic are exponentially closer to crashing than the average driver?

If you driven the streets of Dallas, or Houston over a long period without creating, or being in car crashes--
you've effectively practiced surviving on the road and going with the flow...

MakiSupaStar · #6 06-23-2010, 09:59 PM

Love it. Thanks Serg.

ehque · #7 06-23-2010, 10:11 PM

Fantastic.

I generally let people in who signal. And hey, if they manage to cut me off, i guess they deserve the spot in front of me. I'm cool.

MIJ-VI · #8 06-23-2010, 10:23 PM

When caught in frustrating traffic my father was fond of saying "cars otta have nose guns".

MJ5150 · #9 06-23-2010, 10:36 PM

Say you, say me; say it for always
That's the way it should be
Say you, say me; say it together
Naturally

-Mike

MIJ-VI · #10 06-23-2010, 10:44 PM

^ GET 'IM!!!

cassanova · #11 06-24-2010, 01:10 AM

Its funny how people think using your turn signal is a request for permission. When, I put my turn signal on it is not asking permission to change lanes, it is indicating that I am about to change lane.

TheSuzie · #12 06-24-2010, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by cassanova

Its funny how people think using your turn signal is a request for permission. When, I put my turn signal on it is not asking permission to change lanes, it is indicating that I am about to change lane.

Don't know about your state (or this one) but the place where I used to live required the person changing lanes to determine that it safe to do so before changing lanes. Just signaling was not enough according to the law.

cassanova · #13 06-24-2010, 02:19 AM

It's like that here. It has to be safe to change lanes, but the fact still remains that when I put my turn signal on it's not a request for permission, it's letting you know I intend on changing lanes.

KeithBMI · #14 06-24-2010, 05:34 AM

macaroni tony · #15 06-24-2010, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kserg

Say you are driving on a busy freeway... and you are keeping your distance, around 3 car lengths in bumper to bumper 25mph traffic then you suddenly see a car turning on a blinker... Don't speed up to "not let that guy in"

Say you did speed up like a little **** to prevent the driver ahead of you from getting in your lane, but you were too late and he was already in. Please, do not tailgate him and flush your lights... It makes you look like an idiot.

Say you flushed your lights and tailgated the car ahead of you in a busy traffic then is now going 40mph and almost hit the car next to you because you really wanted to get side by side to a driver... please, do no get side by side to the car you are tail gating...

If you did get side by side and now yelling, waving your arms and not looking at the road, do not cut him off and try to run him off the road... but even if you did all that, do not point at side a road like you want to fight him.

Say you were dumb enough to yell and try to get in a fight over someone legally merging lanes in front of you, don't get scared and run away like a little ***** when you see that the person you wanted to fight is 6.3" 350 pound guy and he is starting to pull over... and what ever you do, DO NOT get a ticket for being in a car pool lane trying to run away from fight you tried so hard to start.

Calm down angry driver, all i wanted to do is get you to pull over and keep on driving so you feel foolish on side of the road and then even more foolish by trying to get back into the traffic.

Cheers

NorCal huh? Lemme say this in your language...That driver was hella whack yo!

MatticusMania · #16 06-24-2010, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KeithBMI

Hilarious!

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #17 06-24-2010, 10:54 AM

I let people over when they signal...unless they just blew by 200 cars sitting bumper to bumper waiting to exit in rush hour, then pull up to the very front of the line and signal. If they do this, they're on their own. As the cartoon demonstrates, people seem to think that behavior that would never fly in person is somehow acceptable when you're encased in a metal box with sunglasses on. If somebody tried the trick I described above at the local supermarket checkout line, they'd be tarred and feathered... if not killed.

Jonyak · #18 06-24-2010, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald

I let people over when they signal...unless they just blew by 200 cars sitting bumper to bumper waiting to exit in rush hour, then pull up to the very front of the line and signal. If they do this, they're on their own. As the cartoon demonstrates, people seem to think that behavior that would never fly in person is somehow acceptable when you're encased in a metal box with sunglasses on. If somebody tried the trick I described above at the local supermarket checkout line, they'd be tarred and feathered.

ya me too. I hate those people.

L-A · #19 06-24-2010, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell

i can't recall a time when folks did not allow me to merge onto the freeway.....

Oh. Well don't come to Québec then. We have absurdly low population density and, mysteriously, continuous traffic jams.

MatticusMania · #20 06-24-2010, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell

i can't recall a time when folks did not allow me to merge onto the freeway.....

Have you done much driving in California? I'm presuming you havent, because that aorta thing happens pretty much daily.