Bounce it off the rev limiter

 

My biggest pet peave as of late is people using on-ramps to get a few car lenghts ahead. It's like jumping ahead of the line. The exit I take off the highway always gets backed up, and the on-ramp at this location is quite long. Pisses me off to have to slow down or stop to let some MOMO that was behind me in infront of me. I try and cut them off as best I can. One time I wouldn't let this loser in cause I saw him jump onto the on-ramp, he rode the shoulder with me next to him the whole time until the barrier started. There was NO WAY I was letting off! I've seen truckers block the on-ramp to stop people from doing that.

 

Speaking of which... Here's another peeve of mine. I hate when the right lane ends in like a mile or two, and people in the lane next to it, feel the need to straddle both lanes, to prevent people from using the right lane. Zipper merging at the choke point of the merge is much more efficient than randomly merging in, often times stopping, waiting for an opening.

It's a perfectly valid lane, and are within your right to USE IT!. The sign does not say, "MERGE RIGHT NOW"... In fact, I remember someone telling me they actually have signs at some places that say, "Right Lane Ends 1 mile ahead", followed by another sign that says, "Use ALL Lanes until Lane actually ends".

 

Err but i hate when people realize they have to get over, floor it and try and cut in front of everyone just to get 2-3 cars lenghts ahead, IM BLOCKING BOTH LANEzzz

 

There are a lot of crazy drivers in this world. Understand you are still in this world to complain about it. I can not stand people that drink and drive and kill people and there familys. Do I need to say more? Great thread guys
Dennis

 

Don't even get me started on this one! Ride a motorcycle a couple of hundred thousand miles on out streets in the US! It's like having bionic goggles on.........if you survive that is! Every driver (except for the ones on this forum ) CANNOT drive, call me an egomaniac or whatever you want, the truth hurts!

My driving record: (500K ++ miles on four wheels and 200K + miles on two wheels) Tickets don't count (but I do currently have a "good driver" discount), accidents definately do!

ZERO accidents on four wheels
2 SOLO tip overs on 2 wheels

Don't ask about my tip overs on two wheels on the track!

 

Not everyone that is in that lane is flooring it to "cut in front" of people. Do you understand what a merge is? The lane ends. Where the lane ends, you MERGE. Not before, and not after. What you suggest people do, would be like going on the freeway on-ramp, and driving across the cross hatch to get on the freeway, because the lane ends ahead.

Driving in the lane that is about to end, is ALWAYS legal. Blocking both lanes is NEVER legal. If you didn't stomp the gas to prevent people from merging in, maybe we wouldn't have all these problems.

But I'm mostly talking about people straddling both lanes a half mile or more before the choke point. It happens every day on my way to work. And FWIW, I have seen the Police pull people over that straddle both lanes, or purposely pull out, to block other cars.

In Washington and California, when a lane ends, they don't paint the huge arrows on the pavement until the choke point. If they meant for you to merge "immediately", back where the sign was, they would've painted those arrows back there.

In Oregon, they don't paint those arrows at all. Perhaps that is why so many in Oregon don't know how to merge.

 

Man most people don't get this. They think if someone want to get in front of them then they are egotistical a-hole that just need to be in front of someone. Truth is that you should use all lanes. Anyone who give you a hard time when there are white lines on both sides of you just doesn't get it.

The reason I don't carry loaded weapons is that I would use them on the prik that thinks he should cut me off in a LEGAL TRAVEL LANE that just happens to end soon with a faster flow of travel than the adjacent lane that doesn't end. If it has white lines next to it then you should use it. No coke remarks please.

Another peeve is that while people in the Northeast mwill never allow you to merge if you are timid, they respect a person with decisive and confidently executed lane changes and merges, usually. In the south where I've lived in AL, GA, FL, NC they all are overly polite when letting you merge and turn so much so that they cause pileups. In Raleigh there was some fudgelicker that actually stopped on the freeway to let a guy merge on from the emergency lane. Then the same day a guy stopped in the through-lane of a major intersection with 60 mph traffic stacked behind him to let someone turn left in front of them. HELLO please don't try to be so frikkin polite such that you cause death and firey hell for innocents.

 

Call me an azzhole, but whenever I see a pedestrian J-walking, I purposely speed up, downshift, and rev to scare the chit out of them. I don't care how old, man, woman, or child. I'll forgive you if you are quick about it, but if I see you taking your sweet time, I will definitely give you a scare. It must be all those years working in Newark taking its toll on me. All these tough guys walking across the street staring me down. I just love watching them run clinging to their baggy azz pants when they hear me coming.

 

here's a tasty dish i got courtesy of south carolina. happened almost everyday driving to school. feel free to use my sketch below for reference:
-u come to a T-type intersection with 2 designated right turns. one turn takes the driver to the outside... and one to the inside.
-the letter 'U' designates yourself... while 'I' designates the idiot next to U.
-u make the turn on a green light and in theory both vehicles should follow the designated orange arrows.
-unfortunately driver 'I' decides to make his own path without signaling or checking... as demonstrated via the purple path.
-'B' is the reported BOOM you here as 'I' runs into 'U'!!

i encountered a lot of strange driving habits down in the south. but the above really takes the cake for me. the only last one i'd like to add is the superstars that believed their 4x4/SUV's stick to ice when they drive during an ice storm down in south carolina. they would fly by me on the road... to only end up in the ditch ... scratching their heads wondering why their suv didn't make the turn with their 22" spinners and summer performance tires on????

 

LOL! I know what you mean. I got through three busy intersections exactly like that every day. I don't mind the scenario above so much, as I always take the turn wide if I'm on the outside to compensate for the idiots. What really gets me, is the inverse of that. If I'm on the inside, and the idiot is on the outside, but comes into my lane.

 

Cell phone drifters....Or just simple morons without regard for anyone else.

I once came accross someone on Rt1 in NC that was travelling 30 mph in a 55 in a old POS corsica or beretta. She blocked up traffic pretty good and when people came to close to her as they swerved to avoid hitting her she would slam on her brakes to create more problems for them. There's an attitude with some old schoolers down there of "why is everyone in such a hurry?" Well cuz this ain't Walton mountain and we like to drive all the way to the speed limit cuz OUR cars won't fall apart if they approach 50 mph. I think some people actually know what they are doing when they drift along trying to disrupt people with lives.

Another peeve and I'm done. I wait a long time to let a left lane cloggger move over to the right lane but after a few minutes I go into the right lane if it's clear. Usually in the south the person is waiting for you to move over and then they cut in front of you just as you are trying to get over. THey are looking for the front end "english" that tells them you are moving over even before you throw your signal stalk up. I used to lose it when I lived down there. Philly is a dream compared to back woods or even Raleigh NC. Just busier than hell

 

i HATE it when DAMN dump truck drivers think they are speedracers and get in the damn fast lane and then drop all there f**king rocks all over my G!!!!
and are other ppl stupid?? they just stay behind them like nothing is hittin their cars?!?!?!?!

 

man my biggest peeve is when your behind someone and they toss their cig butt out the window and it lands infront of my car or hits the front of the car. thats when I wish I was equipped with sidewinder missles.

 

or spit out there window while they are movin and it lands on ur car!!!!!!!!!!!!!