butthead beemers

LOL. Sorry not poking fun of you having to deal with the idoit. I deal with this everyday! I live around the Dallas, TX area and not only do you have people doing this in redicously expensive cars but in H2's, Expeditions, and F350's. Last night I was taking my girlfriend home and this huge dooley (sp wrong I know) drove up my nice person then swerved to the middle lane and then pushed his way between me and the other truck in the middle lane almost taking off the front of my car. What pissed me off the most was that I was going about 7 over the speed limit and the whole right lane was completely empty!!!! :angry: Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do except to stare at them at the next light. If I have someone who is really on my nice person, I like to keep going the same speed and just touch my brakes so the lights come on and then keep them on while continuing on......sometimes even speed up a little to get my point across. Nevertheless, there will always be dumb arses out there!!!!

 

When someone comes up behind you and is in a big hurry and driving dangerously, do what I do -- let them by!

It's not worth the trouble to hold them up. They are just dangerous and you don't want p*ssed off people on your back bumper. Drive safely, especially if those around you aren't.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jbarnhart @ May 2 2006, 05:33 AM) [snapback]248455[/snapback]</div>

I would have to agree, If you just provoke road rage doing the P & G let the angry driver pass its not worth you getting shot over is it? if it is then don't come complaining when someone knocks you off the road or follows you to your destination and shoots or beats you or even worse beats up your prius these people will sit there and boil the whole time they are stuck behind you until they snap or turn off... <_<

Prevent Road Rage

Prevent Escalation
If you are looking for protection from the road rage of others, your best protection is to:

Stay in the car
Do not respond with an angry gesture or action
Keep a "SORRY" sign in the car and use it when needed


Make a "SORRY" Sign
According to a regional survey conducted by Drs. Arnold P. Nerenberg and R. Jerry Adams, over half of drivers in the USA suffer from road rage. The average number of incidents per road rager is 27. That means that most of us will encounter road ragers many times in our lives. Road rage can lead to injuries or even death. The U.S. Highway Safety Office has testified to Congress that tens of thousands of accidents each year can be linked directly to aggressive driving, including road rage, and is now a leading cause of death for young children.

A road rager can become upset because you accidentally cut in front of him or her, or other reasons that were not intentional. A key factor in reversing the process is an apology. Over 85 percent of road ragers said that they would drop the matter if the other "careless" driver simply apologized. Instead, road ragers claim, the "careless" driver seems to be unconcerned about what they just did and, therefore, needs to be taught a lesson. :blink:

In a car, only one method is effective in conveying an apology: A sign. We have found that it is very effective in warding off anger. In fact, many drivers actually smile when we raise a "SORRY" sign to them after we have accidentally done something wrong. We keep a "SORRY" sign in the map holder on the driver's door and the passenger's door. It could also be kept under the sun visor if it is fastened with a clip or rubber band so that it doesn't hit you in the face when the visor comes down.


How to Make a "SORRY" Sign
The lettering should be thick, such as "arial rounded bold," and about two inches high. The lettering should be black and the background should be white. If you print it on regular paper, then you can have it laminated at a small business service center, such as Kinko's. Before laminating, cut the paper so that the sign has a border of 3/8 inch around the word "SORRY." Have the sign laminated with a 1/4 inch border of plastic extending beyond the paper; be sure to round the edges of the four corners of plastic so that the corners will not be pointed. Use the heaviest lamination available, a "10" weight, if possible. The completed sign should be approximately 9" wide by 3 1/2" high, including the 1/4" lamination around the edge. A sample graphic is available by clicking Here. (Print it in landscape size and then cut and place four on a page for copying in portrait size.)



SORRY



If it is night time, you may need to turn on your car's ceiling light so they can see your sign.

Warning: Use of common sense is essential in responding to road rage incidents. Quite often, getting out the sign or turning on the light will be a serious distraction from safe driving. If using the "Sorry" sign makes your driving unsafe, do not do it! Practice in using the sign when the car is not moving, such as in your driveway, will help to make use of it safer and easier. Practice will also help you determine whether using the sign in a particular situation will be more dangerous than not doing so.


Or just keep doing what you've been doing and get you a trunk monkey! :lol: :lol:

 

nahh just let her pass. Give her the opportunity to crash into a light pole. That's one less guzzler off the road

 

"Nevertheless, there will always be dumb arses out there!!!!"

Do you think many drivers think this about you?

I'm not trying to pick a fight or condone unsafe driving, regardless of vehicle. I'm just asking a question.

 

Some of the more amusing daily experiences for me are the "speedsters" who weave across lanes at ~10-15 MPH over the city speed limits and are sitting at the next traffic signal waiting for a "green" when I pull up alongside. My thoughts go something like "Oh boy, you beat me to the intersection and got to wait at the red light longer than I did!" Perhaps it's only my imagination, but it seems that Beemer drivers are consistently of this variety.

Becoming a Prius driver has perceptably changed my driving habits in a positive way.

 

I had a good laugh at someone else's road rage yesterday while cruising around town on my lunch break. I was on a 6-lane road (3 lanes in each direction), in the right lane with a white Camaro behind me. The car 2 cars ahead of me was making a (very slow) right turn into a parking lot, therefore both the person in front of me and I brake almost to a complete stop as a result.

The dude behind me really lays into his horn, then swerves into the middle lane while continuing to honk and gesture at ME, until he finally realizes that there was actually someone (2 someones really) in front of me causing the so-called 'holdup', then I'm sure he felt pretty stupid. As he passed me (this all happened in a matter of ~5 seconds), I threw up my hands in the air, in a 'what could I do? The people in front of me are braking so I had no choice...dumbass' sort of move.

Made me chuckle anyhow...seeing as we were maybe 50 yards from stopping at a red light and he was having palpitations caused from someone making a right turn somewhere ahead of him....

 

Hey TONY...

Would the word you seek be "ARROGANCE?"

...or... perhaps "CONCEIT?"

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Charles Suitt @ May 2 2006, 01:06 PM) [snapback]248613[/snapback]</div>

Every morning on my way to work there's someone who should have left 10 minutes earlier and is now flying down the road. If I happen to be in front of them, they fly up on my bumper and hang there until the tiniest gap opens up in the fast lane, after which they zoon past. Inevitably, I meet them at the next stoplight, which are spaced less than a mile apart.

As they pass, I scream, "GO MORON GO! See you at the stoplight!"

People don't understand that stoplights tend to equalize all traffic.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ May 2 2006, 03:11 PM) [snapback]248650[/snapback]</div>

Narccism?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ May 2 2006, 01:10 PM) [snapback]248615[/snapback]</div>

You may be describing SMUG. Think about it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Boxster...WRX...Prius? @ May 2 2006, 12:28 PM) [snapback]248660[/snapback]</div>

A friend of mine pulls up beside them at the stop light, rolls down his window and waves a checkered flag.