Road Rage

[Dray]

I want to put a bumper sticker on my PU that says, "I may be slow but I'm in front of you!"

[brainpause]

I want to put a bumper sticker on my PU that says, "I may be slow but I'm in front of you!"

A long time ago, I came up with a saying that I put in my signature: "I may be slow, you may be passing me. But I'm going camping!"

Popupexplorer.com made it into a bumper sticker and sold it for a long time, but I can't find it at their website anymore.

Larry

[A2SuperCrew]

I mostly ignore the idiots who drive so poorly around me.  I figure if they are driving that bady, and are in such a hurry, they must really have to PEE!!!   :eyecrazy:

Don't let them ruin your camping trip!

What I really enjoy is rolling up next to them at the next red light.  See, driving like that got you nowhere!  

[chasd60]

The two-second rule is what I was taught in driver's ed 28 years ago.

I thought that must be a new thing, guess I was right.
32 years ago we were taught the 1 car length per 10mph rule.
 
In drivers ed we had a simulator that measured reaction time. A light turned red at random intervals and it timed how long it took for you to apply the brakes.
 
They should do that now with the person dialing a cell phone to make it real.

[wavery]

I thought that must be a new thing, guess I was right.
32 years ago we were taught the 1 car length per 10mph rule.
 
In drivers ed we had a simulator that measured reaction time. A light turned red at random intervals and it timed how long it took for you to apply the brakes.
They should do that now with the person dialing a cell phone to make it real.

Chas60........just remember....when you were in drivers ed, they were still using candles. It took a while to blow out the yellow one and light the red one :p .

[fallsrider]

In drivers ed we had a simulator that measured reaction time. A light turned red at random intervals and it timed how long it took for you to apply the brakes.
 
They should do that now with the person dialing a cell phone to make it real.

Yeah, we did that, too. It was more about being the fastest kid in your class with reaction time than it was learning about how slow we really are. But the reality of it is that you were sitting there focused intently on that light. How many of us focus our attention that intently ahead of us while barreling down the road at 65+ mph. I know I don't.

And like you said, throw a cell phone into the equation. Reaction time would probably slow down 10-fold.

[harleywolf]

I admit I struggle with getting really angry at the way others drive, but I am working on it. The thing I hate the most is tailgating, it still works me up when I can

[Used 2B PopUPTimes]

2 weeks ago some jerk on I-95 pulling a travel trailer pulled up next to me and moved into my lane sending me onto the shoulder. I was pulling a new trailer and having sway problems and couldn't speed up to repay the favor which  enraged me even more.  I'm sure his #$%%# !@ ears were ringing.

[wavery]

Well about 15 minutes later I get called to the principals office (yes 20 years later and I STILL get sent to the principal) who said he just got a complaint from a parent. I asked what the complaint was, he told me the parent told him what had happened, her tailgating and everything! By the end of our conversation we STILL could not really identify what her complaint was! But she certainly felt justified enough to try and get me in trouble at work! We had a good laugh. I think people forget that school people have feelings too and they think that we

[tink]

Just this last weekend, we were driving through Center City in Philadelphia, and felt the car move at a red light even though my dh had his foot on the brake.  I got out and ran around the back of the car to see if there was any damage, and then when I saw, I had to laugh.  I forgot the tow ball was still attached to my TV, and the car that hit us had a nice dent in her front bumper!

[campdaddy]

ok, so i'm working a late night shift. Got off work at about 2:30AM. I'm on the interstate highway completely alone traveling at exactly the legal speed limit -65mph- in the right lane, just minding my own buisness. There's not another car the road with me in sight. After a few miles I see a set head lights in my rear view mirror way way back there. In a matter of a minute or less he's right on my rear bumper and I mean his headlights have disapeared into my back bumper.  I become quite concerned, man this guy is nuts and I don't have a clue what his intentions are. I'm not armed and my cell phone is not with me and it is just him and me out there, not another car in sight. I wait a little bit and then I move quickly to the left lane and this idiot doesn't lose an inch......he's right with me. Back to the right lane I go and so does he. Man, I am mad as hell now and scared. I considered stomping the brakes let him eat my a$$ but I think better of it......so I start VERY slowly backing down the speed. When I got down to to about 60mph, he pulls to the left lane and accelerates past me...........in his cop car!!!

[AustinBoston]

When I got down to to about 60mph, he pulls to the left lane and accelerates past me...........in his cop car!!!

I hope you reported him.  In his role, he has no business needlessly putting other people in danger.

Austin

[campdaddy]

I hope you reported him.  In his role, he has no business needlessly putting other people in danger.

Austin

I agree I probably should have but I was just glad the whole incident was over. It was an Ohio Highway Sate Patrol car. This was 7-8 years ago and back then I frequently worked those type of hours and was frequently on that strech of road, alone at that time of night coming home. I didn't want to do anythnig -like report him- where he would have had vendeta to settle latter.

I'd also like to make clear that in my 35+ years of driving this was the only time I can remember where a cop was anythnig but courtious and professional in our interactions. I think most police officers, especially Sheriffs Deputies and State Patrol Officers do a great job. I know when I 've needed them they have been right there for me. I am not anti-law enforcemnt at all; this was, I assume, just a rogue cop playing games for some reason and I would not want to paint them all with the same brush.

[AustinBoston]

I am not anti-law enforcemnt at all; this was, I assume, just a rogue cop playing games for some reason and I would not want to paint them all with the same brush.

I am not anti-law-enforcement either, but I am just a little jaded.  In the town I grew up, four different police chiefs were convicted of felonies in a 25-year period.  In about that same period, a 14 YO girl confided in my brother that a uniformed police officer had picked her up in the middle of the night and gave her a choice......My brother went to the DA.  Cop got out of it.

Same cop was later responsible for a 16 YO girl's death.  Supposedly, they made a suicide pact because his wife would not give him a divorce.  They both OD'd on coke, the girl died.  He got out of that..."I have a drug problem and want rehab..."  IMHO, he should have been charged with murder.

Same cop was responsible for breaking a 75 YO man's neck.  He stomped on it as part of an "armed and dangerous" report.  The man had never even had a parking ticket before.  He got out of that, too.

At one time, after a string of break-ins, he was given an award for craking the case.  About 20 teenagers were arrested.  For a long time, we heard nothing about the case after that.  Then it came out that nearly every teen had an alibi for nearly every break-in...and it was proven that some of the "evidence" against them had to have been planted...and guess who the only officer who could have done so was?

There were several other incidents that slip my mind right now.  It seemed like no matter what we did, we couldn't get rid of him.  He finally had a heart attack, which meant the town continued to pay his salary (a.k.a. full diability), but at least he wasn't breaking necks while wearign a badge.

There were 50 other officers on the force, and we never heard a thing about any of them.  But there is one in every bunch...

Austin

[mars00XJ]

One problem on the roads is the way people merge into traffic. As I am driving down the expressway at 65 mph I am not required to slow down to let merging traffic in. Merging traffic needs to speed up to the speed I am moving in order to blend with traffic. I know someone will correct me if I am wrong here, but I am tired of coming to a stop on the road to let someone who is going slow into traffic. Even if I am pulling a trailer I need to be going the same speed as traffic to blend in with it.

My wife actually got rearended because some moron decided to stop at the end of the ramp and the guy behind her slammed into her at 45mph.

I am tired of people who will not go the speed limit. That is all I ask is go the speed limit, if you can't, then get off the road. Coming home a week ago driving down I90 thru Wisc where it is 2 lanes, we came upon traffic backed up as far as the eye could see going about 50-55mph (SL is 65mph). By no means was I mad or upset, but we finally make it up to where the delay begins and there is an older couple (driver could barely see over the steering wheel) driving a dually pickup with a 30-40 foot 5er. Maybe I am weird, but cmon at least do the speed limit. I am not trying to set any land speed records towing my trailer.

Also on the same trip I came up on a slow moving trailer in the right lane, a slow moving truck in the center lane, and I jumped over into the left lane. I was going the speed limit passing the truck which now decides to speed up. I turn on my signal to move over behind the truck when I notice this. A white car behind me, that I could only see part of the roof of over the pup, decides to jump over there just as I start moving over to that lane. Needless to say I scared to poop out of him by continuing to move over to that lane.  :yikes: