Thread: Road Rage

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My first cell phone came built into a briefcase and cost over $2500. Maybe they should still be that way and cost the same or more. They are a valuable tool for those in need. Perhaps the auto companies can build them in to their dashes in the cars and have them only activated for emergency calls. Not a day goes by when I don't see someone doing 85 in a 60 mph zone either on the phone or eating a burger. Biggest problem is that they were all born 30 years after me and didn't get any common sense when it was being handed out.

Originally Posted by T42

While Im not condoning road rage, I have to say that IMO you were in the wrong on the first count by riding in the left lane and not getting over fast enough for the other car to pass. If you're gonna cruise in the left lane stay aware of whats coming up behind you and get the heck outta the way quickly! I dont care how fast you are going, if the other guy is going faster get outta the way, plain and simple!

As for the lady cussing you out a giving you the finger, this makes me tend to believe you seem to be driving oblivious to your surroundings! If you cant tell me why she was going nutcakes on you, you really need to start paying attention to your driving habits! People for the most part dont start screaming and cursing strangers for no reason! I think oblivious or non caring drivers are whats wrong with people nowadays!

Jeez. Take a chill pill fella. I said there werent any other cars around me that morning and I didn't move over because she was driving so fast I didn't know what she was going to do. I've ridden motorcycles for 35 years and believe me I know what and who is around me when I'm on the road.

This may not be classified as "road rage" ....... then again, maybe it would, except that I was the one that got enraged.

Last Summer my wife and I blew the monthly budget on tickets to a musical production and drove to Fort Worth to take it in. Traffic on I-35W was fairly heavy and a little slow. We came alongside a new Buick with a fortyish lady driving alone. I glanced over and saw that she was driving with her left hand and had a long cigarette between her first two fingers, so she was holding the steering wheel with her thumb and little finger and the one next to it, and she was holding one of those "Big Gulp" king-size drink cups in her right hand!

As we started passing her I started delivering a loud, profane speech about what a dim-wit she must be. Then my wife told me "If you think that's bad, take another look!"

She had a cell phone tucked under her chin and was yakking away.

That's scary.

Jim

Originally Posted by Corvette64

Jeez. Take a chill pill fella. I said there werent any other cars around me that morning and I didn't move over because she was driving so fast I didn't know what she was going to do. I've ridden motorcycles for 35 years and believe me I know what and who is around me when I'm on the road.

Sorry, but I dont need to chill....Im just making a comment about your inattentive driving habits. It may be time for you to take a good look at some of your bad driving habits. Here is a direct quote from your first post: "....OK OK I admit I was driving in the left lane, but the right lane was completely empty......" If the right lane was completely empty, why were'nt you in it? ".....I had seen them coming up behind me albeit too late...." Since you saw them to late, (I assume meaning you would have moved sooner) I guess you didnt know what or who was around you. You may be on top of your game when on two wheels, but apparently you relax a little too much in your Silverado.

You still havent addressed this yet "....this WOMAN who has the green light pulls up to my right starts honking the horn....mouthing something...and flipping me the bird..." Like I said before, drivers, especially WOMAN drivers, dont usually curse and flip complete strangers the bird, unless something was done to provoke them. "...I just sat there with an oblivious look on my face..." Probably because you were oblivious to the situation.

Im not trying to get in your face, I just think maybe its time to start reevaluating your own driving habits.

Originally Posted by T42

Sorry, but I dont need to chill....Im just making a comment about your inattentive driving habits. It may be time for you to take a good look at some of your bad driving habits. Here is a direct quote from your first post: "....OK OK I admit I was driving in the left lane, but the right lane was completely empty......" If the right lane was completely empty, why were'nt you in it? ".....I had seen them coming up behind me albeit too late...." Since you saw them to late, (I assume meaning you would have moved sooner) I guess you didnt know what or who was around you. You may be on top of your game when on two wheels, but apparently you relax a little too much in your Silverado.

You still havent addressed this yet "....this WOMAN who has the green light pulls up to my right starts honking the horn....mouthing something...and flipping me the bird..." Like I said before, drivers, especially WOMAN drivers, dont usually curse and flip complete strangers the bird, unless something was done to provoke them. "...I just sat there with an oblivious look on my face..." Probably because you were oblivious to the situation.

Im not trying to get in your face, I just think maybe its time to start reevaluating your own driving habits.

Thanks for your expert psycho analysis what do I owe you?

Originally Posted by Corvette64

Thanks for your expert psycho analysis what do I owe you?

No charge to club members!

Originally Posted by T42

No charge to club members!

Ok the complaining/arguing can stop. Who cares what lane he was in if the bit** behind him wasn't doing the speed limit. The passing lane isn't a SPEEDING lane to go 85-90 MPH.
Anyways, this mourning on the local news paper they had a article about the I-485 freeway and ricers and Mustangs racing doing 165 MPH. 11 people doing this and got caught. Idiots like that are why people get killed and I hope they get in big trouble and if they do it again then maybe a fatal crash will teach them a lesson.

Originally Posted by FMXhellraiser

Ok the complaining/arguing can stop. Who cares what lane he was in if the bit** behind him wasn't doing the speed limit. The passing lane isn't a SPEEDING lane to go 85-90 MPH.
Anyways, this mourning on the local news paper they had a article about the I-485 freeway and ricers and Mustangs racing doing 165 MPH. 11 people doing this and got caught. Idiots like that are why people get killed and I hope they get in big trouble and if they do it again then maybe a fatal crash will teach them a lesson.

Don't roll your eye's at me sir! *SMACK* Go to your room!
haha, just kidding.

I've got to admit, one of my pet peaves is people who just loaf along in the left lane. I was taught to pass and get over and be courteous to the other drivers who want to pass. Living in Florida we get drivers from every other State, and certain license plates have the habit of treating it like it is just another lane.

I think some people do it to show you that they are going to control the speed limit. I do drive a little fast (when your 37 year old Sons, who drive fast themselves tell you that you better watch it, you probably drive too fast ) so I will sit behind them for a few minutes, and if they still refuse to get over I pass them on the right, and then I go back to the left lane. However, sometimes my back bumper cuts a little too close to their front bumper as I re-enter that lane. Then, some of them get the point and move over to let others past. Sometimes I look in the mirror, and see several other cars do exactly what I did. That usually motivates them to move over.

Don

My pet peeves:

high beams used to make me insane. I got over it somehow, but I'm still quick to flash them back.

speeding up in the passing lane after driving 5 MPH under the limit for 5 miles still irkes me good.

When, upon reaching the passing lane, the car in front of me takes the left hand lane, THEN DOESN'T PASS. Ohh, that one BURNS me good.

Tailgaters make me nervous. Luckily, most people seem to give me a little more lead room when I'm on the Indian ( maybe the loud pipe? )

Originally Posted by FMXhellraiser

Don't roll your eye's at me sir! *SMACK* Go to your room!
haha, just kidding.

Re-read what you wrote FMX,......"maybe a fatal accident will teach them a lesson."


johnboy

Don, Driving in Florida will reduce anyone's life line. I used to like driving on 75 but now only take 301. I don't mine driving fast (80+) as I do it every day on my work commute (when there is not a backup), but people on I75 (regardless of state plate) are just plain crazy. They think nothing of doing 95mph while talking on their cells and changing lanes at a rate of 1 lane change every 20 seconds. I would rather deal with the cops on speedtrap alley (301 from I10 to Ocala and beyond). I am sure it is no better in your neck of the swamp.

Wednesday afternoon (3/4/2007) on my way home from work I was southbound on this same highway driving in the right lane when a black Chrysler Aspen SUV exactly like this one passed me. I had my cruise set at 75 mph and this thing came around me like I was standing still. I looked over as it went by and noticed the driver- a woman- was dialing or texting a cell phone. Coincidence?

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