Road Rage

[TheIntrepid]

You have a car? ...

Though justice is sweet.

[James Young]

I am currently traveling through So Cal, having driven from Tulsa out I-40, the heavy metal version of Route 66.  The highways were all clear and dry despite the icy weather in OK. 

The past two days I was in LA and cruising the 210 through Pasadena, Sierra Madre, et al where normal speeds (traffic permitting) are about 75.    Last night, coming down the 15 into Temecula, traffic was running 80 and the Chippies simply ignored us.

When I left Tulsa, it was 7 degrees.  Yesterday in Pasadena, it was 70 degrees.  Tomorrow in Palm Desert, it will be about 75.  The problem here is traffic:  how to keep it moving with little attempt to try to slow it down.   Officer Bob is to So Cal what a bicycle is to a fish. 

I did see a Los Angeles  County sheriff?s deputy running an ?enhanced? black Mustang, (5PCT507) running down PCH near Manhattan Beach trying to coax other kids to race him.  People were ignoring him. 

[pommes-t]

My most dangerous experience was in my dad's old Passat. I was driving a bit over 200, which was the topspeed. In a very short distance a woman in a Madza MX5 suddenly pulls into my left lane to overtake another car. She was driving about 120. I hit the brakes as hard as possible. There were less than 2 metres left as I came down to her speed. If I hadn't reacted as quick as pre-20 years old people can do best, I would have hit her with a VERY much higher speed.

[Rupert]

You have a car? ...

Though justice is sweet.

Yeah, didn't you hear?

[Raghavan]

00h, burnt.

[TheIntrepid]

Yeah, didn't you hear?

Holy shit that thing is SEXY..

and I wasn't calling you out jackass, I was just asking how you're driving given you just sold your car.

[The Pirate]

I think you just answered it yourself homeslice.  He just sold his car, meaning he owned one (or several) in the past.

[SaltyDog]

He said it happened a few minutes ago(a few minutes before he wrote it, that is).  Still, who cares, he didn't even say it was his car.  He could have borrowed it or was serving DD time with a friend's car.

[BENZ BOY15]

I am currently traveling through So Cal, having driven from Tulsa out I-40, the heavy metal version of Route 66.  The highways were all clear and dry despite the icy weather in OK. 

The past two days I was in LA and cruising the 210 through Pasadena, Sierra Madre, et al where normal speeds (traffic permitting) are about 75.    Last night, coming down the 15 into Temecula, traffic was running 80 and the Chippies simply ignored us.

When I left Tulsa, it was 7 degrees.  Yesterday in Pasadena, it was 70 degrees.  Tomorrow in Palm Desert, it will be about 75.  The problem here is traffic:  how to keep it moving with little attempt to try to slow it down.   Officer Bob is to So Cal what a bicycle is to a fish. 

I did see a Los Angeles  County sheriff?s deputy running an ?enhanced? black Mustang, (5PCT507) running down PCH near Manhattan Beach trying to coax other kids to race him.  People were ignoring him. 

It gets faster than that. When the freeways aren't parking lots in L.A, people drive fast. Not just the twenty year old males, but 35 year old soccer moms in SUVs and everyone else it seems. I've driven up to  Torrence from N. County San Diego quite a bit to visit my Grandma and I'm shocked at how fast the average speed is. I was just up there a couple of weeks ago and the crusing speed was 85. In the fast lane, I was doing 90+ and still had people riding my ass. And guess who it was....a soccer mom on the cell phone in her Range ( I had a good laugh). What is even worse is that everyone, while doing 85+, is talking on the phone. Only in L.A.

I think it has to do with the fact that people in L.A seem to be very stressed out and when they aren't in a parking lot on the 405, they have to find a way to let their stress out.

As for the CHP, I really don't think they care since EVERYONE is speeding.

[Rupert]

Holy shit that thing is SEXY..

and I wasn't calling you out jackass, I was just asking how you're driving given you just sold your car.

Easy, big guy...

Yeah, I was DDing for my room mate. Buncha fuckin' kids (well, they acted like a bunch of fuckin kids...) doing jello shots isn't a very fun drinking environment for those of us with more mature alcohol tastes

[dsred]

I have a tough time with folks who tailgate me even when I am doing 10-15mph over the speed limit.?

A funny story about a friend of mine from New Hampster:

He was cruising down this stretch of road before our dealership which is 30, but everyone usually goes about 40, which he was.? He had another coworker with him.? This guy proceeds to tailgate him furiously for the next mile or so, only to eventually pull off at a restaurant.? My friend sees him pulling off and pulls over himself, backs up to him and screams "My ten over wasn't %$#&ing fast enough for ya huh?"? The offending party was some old cranky fart who swore back and acted all offended.? My friend wanted to get out and pound the crap outta him, but luckily our coworker restrained him.? "I don't want to have to explain that I had to bail you out of jail for beating the sh!t outta some old man, and that's why we're late for work."? lol!

Were there two lanes in your direction of travel? Was your friend in the left one?

[dsred]

Left lane campers really annoy me a lot as do impatient passers (I'll speed up so that I can get over as soon as possible, unless you tailgate me in which case I will pace the car beside me just to piss you off). But, I've never been as pissed off as I was last week when a truck (of the eighteen wheeled variety) moved to the left lane at a light because there was one CAR in the right lane! Oh I was pissed.

Left lane campers annoy you but you'll become one if you have someone who dares drive faster than you pull up behind you? I smell a hypocrite.

[dsred]

Never had a problem.? If they're driving slower than me, I pass them, if they're driving faster than me, I yield to them.

If only everyonew had your philosophy....which happens to be mine! 

[dsred]

There are two groups of people who piss me off:

1) People who tailgate me when I'm already speeding or going the limit.

And what lane are you doing this in?

[heelntoe]

welcome to teh forums.

[Vinsanity]

I did see a Los Angeles? County sheriff?s deputy running an ?enhanced? black Mustang, (5PCT507) running down PCH near Manhattan Beach trying to coax other kids to race him.? People were ignoring him.?

lol good looking out, pal

interesting, though. I like to use PCH to drive home from work on nice days, and I don't come across too many drivers who would "bite"...oh well, at least I know I'm smarter than that.

btw, how did you know the Mustang was really the fuzz?

[TBR]

Left lane campers annoy you but you'll become one if you have someone who dares drive faster than you pull up behind you? I smell a hypocrite.

I only camp when provoked, there is  big difference . I don't just hang out in the left lane because there are fewer cars in it. Even if I am going 20-25 mph faster than everybody else I'll get over whenever there is room after passing just in case. But if I pull out to pass someone and am passing them at a decent pace yet some idiot decides to tailgate me anyway, yes I will retilate. Trying to teach other drivers a lesson maybe childish and immature, but I am only 17, that is what should be expected from me :P

Of course the ironic thing is that people tend to tailgate more often in the right lane which makes no sense.

[TheIntrepid]

Yesterday, when the roads were pretty icy, this smartass in a red Focus sedan decided to pull out of a side street right in front of me. I may have been doing about ~58kph in a 50 zone. I flashed my beams at him and honked once to let him know I could have slid and hit him braking. The guy proceeds to drive at precisely 35kph...15 under the limit. I tailgate him a bit as I was 15 minutes late for work. The idiot decides to brake-check me... and the defensive driver that I am, I pulled beside him and mashed it to try and pass. Unfortunately for me, a car was coming in the oncoming lane so I had to pull back in. The fuckwad then turns off after giving me a light wave through his window.

[TBR]

I don't see what he did wrong, in fact you appear to be the ass. The roads were dangerous, the other driver compensated for this so you tailgated him and are now calling him the idiot? Uh-huh.

[93JC]

Yeah man, wow... You're the one coming across as the ass-hat.

[SaltyDog]

Sorry, I was thinking the same thing when you said roads were icy but you were going 8 over.  Still, he should pull right in front fo somebody.

[TBR]

Of course if he had been driving for the conditions it wouldn't have been as much of an issue.

[TheIntrepid]

I was going with the flow. All the other cars were going 8-over and it was a pretty fast-moving road. The guy pulled in front of me knowing this.

[afty]

The fuckwad then turns off after giving me a light wave through his window.

This is my favorite move to deal with an asshat who thinks I'm not driving fast enough or that I shouldn't brake for that pedestrian in the cross walk.  Give them a wave and a smile as they fly by.   

[93JC]

I was going with the flow. All the other cars were going 8-over and it was a pretty fast-moving road. The guy pulled in front of me knowing this.

Better than pulling this:

I pulled beside him and mashed it to try and pass. Unfortunately for me, a car was coming in the oncoming lane so I had to pull back in. The fuckwad then turns off after giving me a light wave through his window.

[TheIntrepid]

Okay maybe I was being a bit too pissy. Ugh I have to work on this temper.

[Raza]

Hahahaha!  That sounds like something I would do.  I wave, wink, or even blow a kiss instead of giving the finger.  It pisses people off to no end!

The blowing a kiss thing combined with a wink will send every would-be fratboy teenager over the edge.

[SaltyDog]

My psych teacher was saying that all the media reports that road rage is on the rise is BS.  They show a few accounts of it happening in the area are want you to assume there are many other like cases.  In reality, they just got a clever new term for something that has been happening for as long as there have been cars and roads.  Studys show road rage is actually going down in recent years.

[JYODER240]

Hahahaha!? That sounds like something I would do.? I wave, wink, or even blow a kiss instead of giving the finger.? It pisses people off to no end!

The blowing a kiss thing combined with a wink will send every would-be fratboy teenager over the edge.

It's even better to pull up next to a ricer who has a girl in the passenger seat look over blow a kiss and then wink at her. The ricer will then try to race you. It fun to hit on his girl and then embarass his car.

[TheIntrepid]

It's even better to pull up next to a ricer who has a girl in the passenger seat look over blow a kiss and then wink at her. The ricer will then try to race you. It fun to hit on his girl and then embarass his car.

Generally the Asian ones around here have knives. That wouldn't be too smart.