Small case of road rage.

[Lora]

Venting:

To you agressive drivers out there: that space I leave in front of my car between me and the driver who is also traveling 70 mph is a space for safety purposes- (incase that driver brakes, I have time to break as well yadda yadda.)

The space is NOT for you to zoom into causing me to break for YOU.


AAAgh. I get so tired of people driving like they are more important than the rest of us, endangering OUR lives.

Sorry for the rant.

ps: My Pri's due date is tomorrow, Cinco de Mayo! Lets hope she arrives when the doctor predicted!

[kkister1492]

Good luck on a successful delivery!

We have a slightly different problem here--people stop at lights and leave 1 1/2 to 2 car lengths and end up messing up the light sensors and/or blocking the left-turn lanes. Seems like they are afraid that the traffic loop in the street might actually be a trap door!

Thanks for letting me share the rantfest.

[Prius Noir]

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Venting:

To you agressive drivers out there:  that space I leave in front of my car between me and the driver who is also traveling 70 mph  is a space for safety purposes- (incase that driver brakes, I have time to break as well yadda yadda.)

The space is NOT for you to zoom into causing me to break for YOU.


AAAgh.  I get so tired of people driving like they are more important than the rest of us, endangering OUR lives.

Sorry for the rant.

ps:  My Pri's due date is tomorrow, Cinco de Mayo!  Lets hope she arrives when the doctor predicted![/b]

That's not road rage in LA, that's everyday driving. Road rage is 8 freeway shootings in three weeks or is it 9 in two weeks? I lost count. :guns:

Face it, it'll never change.

Sorry for wedging in. :mrgreen:

[Tideland Prius]

lol

It's when someone behinds you who's been respectfully following you for a while overtakes then cuts in closely in front of you even when you're travelling a reasonable distance from the car in front.

[seasalsa]

For me it is those last 4 or 5 cars that make a left turn in front of you after the light has turned red.

[majordude]

The things that set me off are the idiots who get in the right lane of a road and then DON'T turn right as 15 people with blinkers on back up behind them.

The people who do the California Creep drive me nuts too. They take forever to stop and then proceed to inch forward for the next 2 minutes as the light sits there on red. When you have two or three California Creepers in front of you and you stand your ground, you look like an idiot because you have 12 feet in front of you because you actually came to a STOP.

Oh yeah, and those people who slow down for a turn before they put on their signal get to me too.

Oh and those that use the turn lane as a merge lane drive me nuts.

I'll stop here. I'm beginning to feel that blood vessel in my forehead again.

[Sassee]

I think my biggest pet peeve is being followed WAY too close. However.. 8).. I have found the "cure". I innocently turn on my windshield washers!! Backs um off purty quick!! :guns:

[catsbox]

Congrats on the new PRI! You will soon discover another purpose for that space in front of you. Coasting room to increase the MPG's! It really makes me mad when someone cuts in front of me, making me slam on my breaks and destroying my monthly stats on the MPGs!

[quote]Venting:

To you agressive drivers out there: that space I leave in front of my car between me and the driver who is also traveling 70 mph is a space for safety purposes- (incase that driver brakes, I have time to break as well yadda yadda.)

[V8Cobrakid]

i probably don't have too much room to complain, seeing i'm an agressive driver.

Two .... ok.. let's not set low numbers

1. people who cruise in the very right hand lane on the highway when there is another major road or highway merging. see.. people use that lane to merge onto the highway. when people are there, there is a brake dance which causes gridlock

2. people who merge at super low speeds who expect the flow of traffic to slow down for them because they don't understand what 65mph is. again.. causes gridlock

3. people who cruise in the fast lane on a 4 lane highway. if you want to cruise... cruise in the 2nd lane from the right.

4. i hate it when the fast lane is a train of cars. I enjoy everyone doing 70 to 80mph on 101.. but.. there is a train of cars, and the other 3 lanes look like deserts because people like to spread out in stead of just following the car in front of them. Us speeders are following cars in the fast lane, you can do it in the 2nd to slow lane.

5. In California, the left hand lane is a passing lane. It's stated to be illegal to drive in the fast lane ( like they ever enforced that one )... if someone comes up behind you.. it's legal for them to flash their lights. you should move at this point if the lane to the right is clear enough to move. if you don't move it's impeeding traffic. ( is that spelt right? ) California law states that 5 or more cars behind you is impeeding traffic too.



ya know.. i think that the highways need a couple improvements. average mph signs on merge ramps. it would make it more odvious to how fast you should be going. When there are a lot of merging lanes or offramps, there should be signs. " traffic keep left during merge"... this helps that little brake dance game that causes gridlock.

this one is a little crazy, but we would have some of the most awesome highways if we did it. Highway license. tickets would make money. registration would make money. we would have a lot more money for our highways and a lot of people who shouldn't be driving on fast highways won't be

but yeah.. those are some of my ideas. a few of many. i get this from driving about 200 miles a day. i watch traffic all day long.

another thing. USE B gear or take off overdrive when in traffic. Yeah.. i know.. worse mpg .. but the suble slow down makes for a lot less breaking. less breaking means a higher low speed. I've had cars following me and the group behind me cruising and non breaking and the group a while in front of me is breaking and stopping. i was holding a fast pace but not enough to catch up to the gridlocked cars. i don't think we dropped below 25mph that day. we also didn't go above 45. it's a nicer commute when you cruise at lower speeds instead of stopping.. speeding up to 70 or so. and then stopping again.

that's all for me * bows *

[vprius]

So you are the one that comes up in back of me when I'm going 70-72 in the fast lane (speed limit 65) and flashes me! I'm going over the speed limit and don't think I should have to slow down and get in the middle lane (only three lanes on hwy 99). The right lane is for trucks and exiting. If I move to the middle to let you by you will quickly run up on the driver in front of me and fash them...is everyone suppose to move over because you want to go 80? Now I do agree if you have an emergency flashing is OK, or if somebody is going UNDER the speed limit in one of the left lanes, but otherwise I think it is just plain rude and one of my pet peeves. Am I the only one that feels this way? I know the law says to move over, so I do, grudgingly, but somehow I doubt 90% of those speed deamon flashers have emergencies! Sorry v8cobra...just hit a nerve ops: