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#19198 of 21746 Re: Care not for others [euphonium] by backy

Aug 11, 2012 (3:02 pm)

Replying to: euphonium (Aug 11, 2012 2:04 pm)
Extreme example of some folks being in WAY too much of a hurry on the roads.
 
MN DoT recently started a PS campaign re aggressive driving. There's a web site and at least one TV ad, which I think is pretty funny... unfortunately also pretty accurate in transposing common driver behaviors to other situations. I particularly like the one at the end of the video, a guy pounding on a rest room door: "C'mon, can't you go any faster?!"
 
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aggressivedriving/
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1y4tUIEb10

#19199 of 21746 people who cut you off... by goprius

Aug 11, 2012 (9:08 pm)

and then slam on their brakes in an attempt to have you rear end them.... and then they won't budge holding up traffic.

#19200 of 21746 The usual Louisville idiots- by roadburner

Aug 12, 2012 (11:51 am)

Taking corners and on/off ramps at 10-15 mph below the posted advisory speed, riding their brakes the whole time...

#19201 of 21746 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [roadburner] by fintail

Aug 12, 2012 (4:06 pm)

Replying to: roadburner (Aug 12, 2012 11:51 am)
Maybe you were just in "too much of a hurry". Speed kills, you know!
 
Had the old car out on I5 and 405 today. Traffic was moving for the most part, but it was a random mess. Chaos for lane discipline - far right lane would have someone going 80 while several under SL dawdlers were at left. Saw a Rendezvous in the carpool lane that had to have been going 45, and passed a RX going about 48, woman driving had a white knuckled death grip on the wheel. Sorry, if you can't maintain any speed on an interstate, you need to take side roads, as your other skills are likely to be poor as well, and eventually you'll just mess it up for everyone.
 
Saw another pet peeve in action twice today, smokers. Got behind a battered Civic driven by a young woman who was messing around at an on-ramp - tracking all over the place and losing speed on a turn where I really needed to gain it in that old car. Reason? Lighting her cig. Then on a surface street, got behind a woman in a New Beetle with a dead tail light (as most have) who stopped for a free right turn green arrow. The reason? Fumbling with her cig. Stay classy.

#19202 of 21746 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [roadburner] by xrunner2

Aug 12, 2012 (5:44 pm)

Replying to: roadburner (Aug 12, 2012 11:51 am)
Taking corners and on/off ramps at 10-15 mph below the posted advisory speed, riding their brakes the whole time...
 
Yeah. I have number of different ramps I use to get on and off. Most times the fools that will be on my bumper at one or one-half car length just before the ramp will be way back at the end of the ramp and merge. They are very brave in a straight line and can easily do a short tail gate in the straight but that is the extent of their so-called driving skills.
 
My good wife uses some of these same ramps and easily outdrives these fools. She tells me and I have witnessed it as a passenger of hers.

#19203 of 21746 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [xrunner2] by andres3

Aug 12, 2012 (8:14 pm)

Replying to: xrunner2 (Aug 12, 2012 5:44 pm)
How about drivers that drive 40 on a curvy windy 2-lane highway with a 50 MPH speed limit, and then on the passing straight (temporary 2 lanes in one direction) they go 65! Sometimes camping on the left, sometimes going fast on the right (50/50).
 
Are they purposefully making it difficult to pass during the temporary passing lane?

#19204 of 21746 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [andres3] by roadburner

Aug 12, 2012 (9:06 pm)

Replying to: andres3 (Aug 12, 2012 8:14 pm)
Are they purposefully making it difficult to pass during the temporary passing lane?
 
Two favorite stories that bear repeating:
 
1 Fall 1988: A doofus in an early 80's Z28 tries to keep up with my 1973 Bavaria 3.0 on a secluded rural two lane; I easily pull away in the twisties but when the road straightens out he really puts his foot into it to catch me. Problem is, I know the road has two huge frost heaves located 500' from the last corner (that leads on to a long straight).
He doesn't.
My Bavaria glides over the buckled pavement at 80+, but when Bowtie Boy hits them his front end bottoms out and the front crossmember and oil pan dig into the pavement creating a beautiful shower of sparks. Twice. The last time I saw Z man he was s-l-o-w-l-y pulling over to the shoulder.
  
2. Summer 2003: Jag XJS convertible cuts in front of my Club Sport as I'm taking an entrance ramp on to I-64. The driver is a textbook example of Mid-Life Crisis Man: comb-over hair, gold chains, and wrap-around sun glasses. His companion is a flashy blonde trophy wife/girlfriend/bimbo. The guy simply cannot stand for me to pass him, so the faster I go, the faster he goes. I settle in to a cruising speed of 85, trusting in my V1 and the fact that the Jag is serving as a "rabbit" in front of me. After several miles I notice the Jag is starting to smoke a bit. I speed up so-of course-the Jag speeds up. More smoke. I catch a whiff of antifreeze. This is just too good, so I turn up the wick a bit more; I can't believe the idiot hasn't noticed any problem. Oh well, I continue to push him up to about 95. At that point, the old Jag has had enough; clouds of steam suddenly billow out from under and around the hood. The sled finally pulls over to the emergency strip. My Club Sport now has a film of coolant covering the windshield, but it was well worth it...

#19205 of 21746 . by fintail

Aug 13, 2012 (10:33 am)

This morning saw an old man in a 450SL make a left turn directly in front of oncoming traffic, who had to brake. Nice.
 
Also saw endless yappers and texters. The WA state revenue enforcement groups have even stopped their anti-phone activity ads on TV. Another set of toothless laws, while going 70 in a 60 remains on par with shooting a nun.

#19206 of 21746 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [roadburner] by gogogodzilla

Aug 13, 2012 (4:46 pm)

Replying to: roadburner (Aug 12, 2012 11:51 am)
I see that a lot.
 
And then there are the mentally unfit who, after taking on/off ramps at 10-15 mph below the posted advisory speed, slam on their brakes to stop, making it impossible to speed up to highway speeds before merging.

#19207 of 21746 Re: The usual Louisville idiots- [gogogodzilla] by roadburner

Aug 13, 2012 (7:06 pm)

Replying to: gogogodzilla (Aug 13, 2012 4:46 pm)
And then there are the mentally unfit who, after taking on/off ramps at 10-15 mph below the posted advisory speed, slam on their brakes to stop, making it impossible to speed up to highway speeds before merging.
 
Yes, the imbeciles think that "Yield" means "Stop". Grrrr..........

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