People who's driving says I'm more important than you

You can't tell me what to do!!

Out of my way peasant! Volkswagen Beetle coming through! (it's a diesel. And a stick. No, i don't have a flower in the damn bud vase. I keep a shot of scotch in it)

Try driving in Sao Paulo. I drive into Manhattan every day and after three months of driving in Brazil NYC seems like a pleasant drive through the country.

95% of the time, I am more important.. mainly because I hate being late.

I cannot stand crappy drivers.. If it says 45, go 45 or 50.. it won't kill you! When you get on a freeway ramp, don't brake at the top because of on-coming traffic or I will rear-end you.

Most importantly.. don't give the stink eye when I zoom around you because you don't know what the hell you are doing on the road!

Agreed. While I'm not a road rager, I am annoyed by the dips who can figure out how to STOP holding up traffic.

And to top it off some old woman turned right in front of an old teacher and GREAT guy last week, he was on a motorcycle and didn't make it. You can be too OLD to drive just as much as too young to drive!

95% of the time, I am more important.. mainly because I hate being late.

I cannot stand crappy drivers.. If it says 45, go 45 or 50.. it won't kill you! When you get on a freeway ramp, don't brake at the top because of on-coming traffic or I will rear-end you.

Most importantly.. don't give the stink eye when I zoom around you because you don't know what the hell you are doing on the road!

Then try hauling yourself out of bed ten minutes earlier?

I walk most of the places that I go and what I can't stand is any type of rudeness towards pedestrians for daring to be in the crosswalk, because you have to pause for a whole ten seconds to let them cross the street! This makes me especially angry because generally I have to give myself 45 minutes to an hour to get somewhere in my town that takes around 10-20 minutes to reach by car. Really in my town nothing is more than a 20 minute drive away. If you can't get up early enough to give yourself 20 minutes of driving time, you might need to reexamine your life. And yes, I can see it when you roll your eyes at me as I'm crossing the street, and no, I was here before you zoomed up and I do not have to sprint across because you happen to be in a hurry.

I hate those jack *kitten* who bypass everybody waiting at line where you merge for a construction zone. They are the ones who cause the line in the first place. Same with the ones who exit and then get back on at the onramp to bypass everyone waitng. :grumble:

I hate those jack *kitten* who bypass everybody waiting at line where you merge for a construction zone. They are the ones who cause the line in the first place. Same with the ones who exit and then get back on at the onramp to bypass everyone waitng. :grumble:

GOD YES! That is the only time I'll road rage...Usually by following the car in front of me but in the other lane so nobody can pass us.

I am more important.

And to clarify the "I'm sick of pedestrians". I see people PURPOSELY walking so slow in the street that you HAVE to slow down for them. Not a normal walk. Certainly not a quick walk. More like a sloth slumbering kind of walk.

When driving through a cross walk how many people will just pile out of an entrance to a store with ZERO concern for how long and how many people you may have already stopped and waited for.

I can't stand it when someone crosses in front of you at a steep angle instead of walking strait across. AGAIN SPEED THIS UP! Or in a parking lot someone walks right in the middle of the driving lanes.

That kinda thing.

THIS!!

THIS!!!

I always walk quickly, but I'm not going to walk faster than I already do because I'm walking in front of you. You are already going 4-5 times faster than I am and need to just chill the hell out. Waiting for someone to cross the street isn't going to kill you. I have to wait to cross the road until you get out of the way, and that can add 2-10 minutes to my travel time depending on the time of day, and you're whining about having to wait 2-10 seconds?

Also, I always cross diagonally if I am crossing two roads at once and it is safe to do so. One of the few perks of walking is that you get to take the shortest route between places. Again, if you have to wait an extra ten seconds at a stop light and you feel like whining about it, you need perspective or medication.

I hate those jack *kitten* who bypass everybody waiting at line where you merge for a construction zone. They are the ones who cause the line in the first place. Same with the ones who exit and then get back on at the onramp to bypass everyone waitng. :grumble:

I'll often position myself to block them if it won't further halt traffic behind me. It's one of my great pleasures in life and often makes the time spent sitting in traffic worthwhile when I see them bust a blood vessel while stuck behind me.

I hate those jack *kitten* who bypass everybody waiting at line where you merge for a construction zone. They are the ones who cause the line in the first place. Same with the ones who exit and then get back on at the onramp to bypass everyone waitng. :grumble:

I'll often position myself to block them if it won't further halt traffic behind me. It's one of my great pleasures in life and often makes the time spent sitting in traffic worthwhile when I see them bust a blood vessel while stuck behind me.

I just stick the front of my truck in there so they would have to either hit me or let me in. I don't see why people get so mad about it. It's not illegal and you could have done the same thing if you were smart enough. Also, I let everyone in, even if they "butt".

I just stick the front of my truck in there so they would have to either hit me or let me in. I don't see why people get so mad about it. It's not illegal and you could have done the same thing if you were smart enough. Also, I let everyone in, even if they "butt".

Actually it is, disobeying a traffic device (well, it is in NYC since people don't cut back in with a comfortable amount of time to make the turn or whatever, they try to cut in past where the line goes solid). If you're able to get your end of the car in, then you beat me. I don't let anyone in if possible.

I just stick the front of my truck in there so they would have to either hit me or let me in. I don't see why people get so mad about it. It's not illegal and you could have done the same thing if you were smart enough. Also, I let everyone in, even if they "butt".

Actually it is, disobeying a traffic device (well, it is in NYC since people don't cut back in with a comfortable amount of time to make the turn or whatever, they try to cut in past where the line goes solid). If you're able to get your end of the car in, then you beat me. I don't let anyone in if possible.

Here in Minnesota they started a campaign called the "zipper merge" http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/ where they encourage people to merge as late as possible and use both lanes because they claim its safer and reduces congestion. So I try to use whichever lane is shorter.

Here in Minnesota they started a campaign called the "zipper merge" http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/ where they encourage people to merge as late as possible and use both lanes because they claim its safer and reduces congestion. So I try to use whichever lane is shorter.

That's the proper way to do it. Stopping in the middle or beginning of the ending lane with your blinker on waiting to get in is what causes the most traffic.

That works for simple merges, once you get into scenarios with more complicated merges it's a bit more tricky. Getting onto the George Washington Bridge from the West Side Highway is a good example. Waiting to merge to take the faster thru-lanes is what causes a lot of the issues because then you're trying to hop across 3 or 4 lanes across people staying on 9A or getting on the Cross Bronx or whatever.

Signaling is my biggest pet peeve. I can forgive any number of idiotic moves on the road as long as they signal. They rarely do, though.

Signalling would involved forethought and consideration for other drivers therefore highly unlikely to happen.