People that drive slowly in the left lane.

If you're going to be in front, you have to keep up.

You leap to get in front of me, and then slow down with open road in front of you, you are a douche. Please don't be a douche. And a signal every now and then probably wouldn't kill you either...

High talkers and sidlers.

AbbeySomeone: Yesterday I had some clown in a jeep riding my ass, honking the horn and flashing his lights because he wanted to pass me. I was trying to cut into the lane next to me and was waiting for a break. Since I had to wait, I slowed down and gave him the finger.
Also, people texting while driving or trying to hold lapdogs should be flogged.

A few years ago, traffic one the highway was sort of fluid, and I had a guy who insisted on riding my touchis, so I let him by, and then traffic got a little tight, and the right lane actually moved a bit faster than the left. We hit an open patch, and I slid into the left lane to not ride the poor bastiches there, and lo, there was tailgater again after ten minutes. Riding my touchis again. Let him by, and he surged ahead, and then traffic constricted down again, and I got in the right lane again, as it was the one moving. A few miles down the road, tailgater again rolls up, and this time he's honking and gunning towards my bumper. Apparently, he took offense to not reading traffic, and my car was his red flag. Likewise, you are supposed to merge on top of folks in the right when there isn't space to merge. Who knew?

People who can't see the big picture.

AbbeySomeone: Yesterday I had some clown in a jeep riding my ass, honking the horn and flashing his lights because he wanted to pass me. I was trying to cut into the lane next to me and was waiting for a break. Since I had to wait, I slowed down and gave him the finger.



Was this him?

You know who I hate? Really really hate. People who judge others.

FTFA:Of course there are times fists are shaken at us or the finger given, even by females.

Rosita Friel, Buckfield YOU are the problem!

Most of the comments in TFA are the a$$holes I hate. When its common for you to recieve the one finger salute on the road YOU are the problem. Not the person you have annoyed beyond the point of remaining civil.

One time in my 25 years behind the wheel I had someone go off on me. I do not know what I did to annoy them to this day. I was doing 10 over. I have driven far more than average. Most of those miles have been up and down the east coast. SO one time I get flipped off after driving 100's of thousands of mile in NJ, D.C., ATL, NYC, PHL, all places known for aggressive drivers. If it happens to you more than once a year you suck at driving and I hate you.

Attention Whores.

They're the worst.

You know what bugs the hell out of me? People who don't use their blinkers.

Use them when you're doing something I can't predict, like turning into a driveway. I don't usually care if you blink when changing lanes. I probably anticipated the move anyway. You drifted a little to the left as you looked to see if I was in your way or likely to run you over if you cut me off. If I didn't anticipate the move, giving a single flash a quarter second before or after you change lanes doesn't help anyway. What are you saying? "Yeah, I cut you off intentionally instead of drifting 12 feet to the left because I was reaching for my phone." Doesn't help.

Move biatch! Get out tha way! nswf lyrics

Guy going 10 mph below in the left lane is a douchebag. Guy tailgating me when I'm stuck 7 cars deep in that mess is worse.

Seattle's response to the style of driving shown here: left lane, slow down, piss you off, you try and do something, you get aggressive, you eventually get your way and fly by angrily.

Possible results, more or less in order of likelihood.

1) Smug satisfaction on the part of the original slow person: they've outed you as a newcomer, out of towner, asshat californian or other lowlife, and are now awash in a dopamine wave of smug superiority. You stand out, think the whole area is full of crap, post angrily to blogs, talk about it at work, get identified by your coworkers as the east coast asshat, smugly smirked about behind your back.

2) One of a dozen fellow commuters sees your antics, phones you in, you get pulled over for aggressive driving and ticketed.

3) Cop sees you doing this, he pulls you over, see (2).

3) As you road rage, you find you have angered a conceal and carry bipolar person who is now certain you need to die. He follows you angrily to the next exit, pulls alongside, shoots you and drives off.

I've driven in about every area of the country in the past two years; this is how we roll here. Fighting it just makes it worse. Leave if you don't like it. They outnumber you and they aren't changing how they are, most don't know any better, some take perverse delight at your perceived distress. Its all about the suppression of outward emotions, you are failing.

Truckers who decide to pass while going uphill. I think we can all agree on this.

Generation_D

Standard Internet Tough Guy response is to pass the slowpoke, slam on the brakes, get hit, and collect millions and send the slowpoke to jail. It wouldn't work around here. Cops don't care and you don't get rich off a routine rear-ender. Somebody's insurance replaces your crumpled rear end, that's all. Does it work in Seattle? I know in some places police are expected to ticket at least one driver after an accident.

There are dozens of ways to drive dangerously, and no reason to ever do it. If you left late for work, that's your fault, man up and don't drive like an ass to try and make up for your failure.

American drivers.

spontn80: People who can't see the big picture.

It's a sailboat isn't it. I can never get those magic eye things

I was going to troll this thread, but it's too dangerous. The guy who actually believes it will be here soon. The one that argues that the speed limit is there for a reason and 1 mile over unacceptable and that there is no such thing as "the flow of traffic." Only he wouldn't have drawn the comparison to mob mentality in riots, he'll get just as much rage.

I don't mind tailgaters, I mind tailgaters that take up 7 spots so there's no place to park.


/Wrong kind of tailgater?

Insane chauffeurs.

Dead for Tax Reasons: spontn80: People who can't see the big picture.

It's a sailboat isn't it. I can never get those magic eye things



/knows what you mean

Elevator Assholes. Those dipshiats who stand directly in front of the elevator door as it arrives. Hey, cock-knocker, let the people in the elevator get out before you smash your fat ass inside. If you stand there in front of the door as it arrives then you can't get in and nobody inside can get out. And turn your f*cking phone off when you're in there. It's not a phone booth. I hope a feral midget breaks into your home and rapes your mouth while you sleep.

People who chew with their mouths open. It's not a compliment to the chef, it is disgusting and needs to stop.

Doctor Funkenstein: Elevator Assholes. Those dipshiats who stand directly in front of the elevator door as it arrives. Hey, cock-knocker, let the people in the elevator get out before you smash your fat ass inside. If you stand there in front of the door as it arrives then you can't get in and nobody inside can get out. And turn your f*cking phone off when you're in there. It's not a phone booth. I hope a feral midget breaks into your home and rapes your mouth while you sleep.

See also: Classroom assholes. Yes, my class has held over a few minutes. Yes, we're still trying to leave the classroom. No, you can't try to waltz in the door when 30+ people are trying to get out. Move out of the way for just a minute longer, snowflake.

tequilasundae: people that have to stop in order to make a simple right turn,.

Or how about people that swing left to make a right turn?

Texting behind the wheel, driving 5 mph slower than the speed limit in the left lane, tailgaters, old people that can barely see over their steering wheel but are out faithfully to get their "early bird special", people talking on their cell phone with the hand glued to their ear rather than a ear piece, and don't forget the idiot who is so self absorbed in what they are doing that they drift out of their lanes or where ever...

And if you blow your horn to get their attention back on the road, what happens? Oh that's right, the 1 finger salute because it's all YOUR fault.

Some people are only still alive and driving because 50 cal underslung machine guns and grenade launchers are a bit difficult to come by for the average person...

But guess what? Almost all of us have done most of these transgressions some time or another...