Morons on the road

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-04-06 11:06am

Welcome to my Reality HDS!

we have idiots trying to do a rock filled Steep winding grade at 90kph/55mph where the limit signs clearly say Rockfalls, Deer Crossing, Icy Roads etc and the limit really is 30kph/20mph.

then we have the nice valley, down hill zone which I casually blow through at a functional speed of exactly the fastest I can go without breaking any laws, I signal and manuver around them like they are standing still (in many cases they have literally stopped in the middle of the road to take pictures of some animal or a tree), having achieved a level of awareness that extends to all of the rangers, where vehicles are, animals and small children suddenly jumping out between cars, I can continue driving without ever hitting the break, and just moderating my gas feed, in an element of near zen driving.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-04-06 11:19am

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Dahak wrote: What I hate are idiots crawling out from behind a truck to the left lane doing 80km/h, and can FUCKING SEE YOU coming in with 200km/h...
One of these days I long for a rocket launcher in my car...
You wouldn't last long driving in the States.

From what I heard here, American roads are quite docile compared to a German Autobahn...

Ravenwing · Post by **Ravenwing** » 2004-04-06 11:34am

Dahak wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:
Dahak wrote: What I hate are idiots crawling out from behind a truck to the left lane doing 80km/h, and can FUCKING SEE YOU coming in with 200km/h...
One of these days I long for a rocket launcher in my car...
You wouldn't last long driving in the States.
From what I heard here, American roads are quite docile compared to a German Autobahn...

and yet at the mere mention of a round-about they suddenly forget all road sense

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-04-06 01:22pm

Ravenwing wrote:
Dahak wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote: You wouldn't last long driving in the States.
From what I heard here, American roads are quite docile compared to a German Autobahn...
and yet at the mere mention of a round-about they suddenly forget all road sense

What road sense?

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-04-07 01:22am

EmKay wrote:Idiot drivers in Poland are far too numerous. The make up for the majority of the drivers.
Im no safety-freak, but whenever I drive fast or slow, aggressively or normally, whenever Im in hurry or not, I try to behave responsibly and have other people in mind. But when a small Fiat, driving at 40km/h changes middle lane to left lane, where Im driving at 80km/h, without looking in the mirror and putting me in one crappy situation...my personal aggression rating goes through the roof.

You think thats nuts? Shit man, thats a daily occurance down here in the mid-south. Whenever it snows, theres an accident practically at every intersection.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2004-04-07 03:05am

Dahak, they began installing roundabouts here in Washington, people were getting screwed up for months, hell, they *still* don't know how to signal in the damn things. (no, moron, you *DON'T* signal going in, you signal going *OUT*)

You think the US roads are tame? Try driving in LA at the wrong times, you're dodging the cops and bullets trying to get the fuck out of dodge from what I've heard. (Yes, I really want to go down there driving around, just to have some fun some day.) I'd have to say the overall quality of driving in the US is dropping like a rock, too many people, overcrowded roads, unqualified/slackoff drivers, too much caffeine, lots of road rage.

Yeah, I hear you on the rocket launcher. I'm planning to get some old beater Nova or similar, rig it up like the Information Society - "Hack" CD cover car with a marine radar unit on top (bork up radar detectors and their owners, as well as giving me telemetry on the road), a cellphone jammer (send the idiot soccer moms into the ditch since they *can't* drive unless they're yapping on the fucking cellphone and taking up both lanes of the road), a message bar in the back window on top of a bank of high-beam headlights (for the tailgaters), and some other "tweeks".

I already checked, the entire mess would cost me about $1000 after the car. (Who in the hell would fuck around with the junky jet-black car with antennas, a marine radar unit, and all sorts of odd junk strapped to it going down the road?)

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-04-07 03:36am

Sheez. Spring break, right?

Ok, I'm parked along one of the streets that runs past my college, since I forgot my parking permit at home and couldn't use the lots. Getting out, I am forced to jockey around due to lack of space, and when I'm finally ready to go there's a break in traffic.

Right? Well, about half a block behind me there's a flock of cars coming up at 40MPH. No problem, I think; I can accelerate to that speed in less than a half block easily. So I pour on the throttle, and since I need to make a left turn at the next intersection, I get into the left lane.

Well, some genius in the left lane, way back there, sees my turn signal on and decides he'll do 60 MPH. He comes up behind me, veers into the center turn lane (horn blaring), passes (although I'm running close to flat-out, still accelerating, he had a headstart) and then sharply cuts in front of me. I'm forced to slam on my brakes to avoid rear-ending the jerk, and he happily drives off.

What a STUPID FUCKER! If he'd stayed at the speed he was originally going, everybody would have been happy.

Jeez. Do people go to college to get stupid now or something?

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2004-04-08 03:30am

Crayz9000 wrote:Jeez. Do people go to college to get stupid now or something?

In a word, YES.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-04-08 11:16am

Hyperion wrote:I already checked, the entire mess would cost me about $1000 after the car. (Who in the hell would fuck around with the junky jet-black car with antennas, a marine radar unit, and all sorts of odd junk strapped to it going down the road?)

You mean a used marine radar, right? Because new ones (at least Raymarines) cost over $3000 just for the radome and receiver unit alone.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-04-08 12:26pm

FUCK!! I had some asshole in a big fucking pickup nearly sideswipe me, causing me to veer off the road, spin out. (hitting a not soft shoulder gravel at 55mph/90KPH because some idiot wants to pass you on double yellow, and doesn't fully leave their lane, is not fuckin fun.

Oh, I want roll bars over my grill....

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2004-04-09 03:26am

Let's see, my driving habits...

I signal my turns (an unheard of concept here in Wisconsin).
I go, at most, five mph above the speed limit.
I take the curves like a bat out of hell.
I drive a 96 Dodge Spirit, which apparently (I know jack shit about cars) has a vastly overpowered engine, which means many amusing looks of shock on peoples' faces as I easily out-accelerate their 2004 compacts.
I do NOT show any road-rage tendencies, ever. I just laugh as I pull up next to the fuckwits who though cutting me off and accelerating would get them somewhere, at the next red light.

-Damien

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2004-04-10 12:22am

Yes, a used marine radar unit.

The lost Prophet · Post by **The lost Prophet** » 2004-04-22 07:50pm

Arizona is #1 in red-light running. snowbirds go 50 mph in all lanes. turn signals are never used at all, but somehow they always think it is your fault when they hit you. crossing 3 lanes of traffic almost killing everyone is dayly and not to suprizing. If the driveing and intelegence of all these people gets anyworse it will turn into a demolition derbe and i dont think i am to far off. In Arizona NO ONE IS SAFE, especially pedestrians.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-04-22 09:11pm

I am befinning to think the few sane drivers out there need to get armour plating and anit-vehivle weapons as options.

Just for own protection from them...

No we haven't reached mad max level just yet but it feels like we're getting there....

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2004-04-23 09:33pm

Hyperion wrote:Dahak, they began installing roundabouts here in Washington, people were getting screwed up for months, hell, they *still* don't know how to signal in the damn things. (no, moron, you *DON'T* signal going in, you signal going *OUT*)

You think the US roads are tame? Try driving in LA at the wrong times, you're dodging the cops and bullets trying to get the fuck out of dodge from what I've heard. (Yes, I really want to go down there driving around, just to have some fun some day.) I'd have to say the overall quality of driving in the US is dropping like a rock, too many people, overcrowded roads, unqualified/slackoff drivers, too much caffeine, lots of road rage.

Yeah, I hear you on the rocket launcher. I'm planning to get some old beater Nova or similar, rig it up like the Information Society - "Hack" CD cover car with a marine radar unit on top (bork up radar detectors and their owners, as well as giving me telemetry on the road), a cellphone jammer (send the idiot soccer moms into the ditch since they *can't* drive unless they're yapping on the fucking cellphone and taking up both lanes of the road), a message bar in the back window on top of a bank of high-beam headlights (for the tailgaters), and some other "tweeks".

I already checked, the entire mess would cost me about $1000 after the car. (Who in the hell would fuck around with the junky jet-black car with antennas, a marine radar unit, and all sorts of odd junk strapped to it going down the road?)

Oh.
My.
God.

I just saw an old Caprice Classic just like that on my way home from work!

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-04-24 04:11pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:I am befinning to think the few sane drivers out there need to get armour plating and anit-vehivle weapons as options.

Just for own protection from them...

No we haven't reached mad max level just yet but it feels like we're getting there....

And Avery Brooks wonders why we don't have flying cars yet.....

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-04-25 01:12am

Well with the way some of those idiots drive SAM sales would go through the roof....

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-04-25 01:17am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Well with the way some of those idiots drive SAM sales would go through the roof....

That, (gotta keep the flying cars from crashing into your house) and other drivers would start buying AAMs. I think the sales of Russian R-13Ms would really go through the roof.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-04-25 01:53am

Cell phones with radar jammers and flare ad chafe constrolls would soon become very popular....