It wasn't dark, which is the only time my car can be confused for a cop car. I should have clarified that. During the day, it is blatantly obvious that my car is a four banger econobox.
He got pissed because I passed his fancy car in my cheap one. I'm betting he didn't do a second time because the woman in his car (which I assume was his wife) called him out on it after the first time...or he proved his point, one way or the other.
The most satisfying thing I've seen while driving with someone was to race with someone on a two-lane (two lanes in one direction) until you find a normal-speed car. Then you drive next to that normal car at normal speed to block the speedy guy.
They get super pissed and try to get as close to your tail as they can.
That's when you give your brakes a tiny tap - and watch them freak out in your rear view mirror.
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oic. Still, if that's the case then he's a bit of a tool for having his pride hurt because a slow car passes him, especially if he's driving a Porsche.Originally Posted by Ryllharu
In my case, it's a little less obvious/evident that I'd destroy most cars on the road. I'd have to hit 5k rpm and burn through gas to fully demonstrate the ability of my car to go faster than those who want to race or pass me. Since I don't want to race/waste gas/drive my car too hard, I often feel a little miffed/emasculated when other drivers want to race. Since I won't race, I end up looking like I drive a slow car or that I don't have the balls to race.
I'm guilty of doing this sometimes to dangerous drivers like people who cut through traffic. I try to do it in such a way that it's not evident I'm messing with him, since I live in America and people like guns.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
louis ck has a great bit on driving behavior
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Found out Monday is a holiday and have the day off!
Although funny, I don't really get Louis CK's point in that clip. He seems to be feeling guilty about getting angry at other people for being careless, but it is to be expected as people have to be on edge when driving (so they can react when shit happens). Also leaning in to a person on the elevator hardly presents the same level of risk as someone unexpectedly getting in your lane. I would be alot more forgiving of the person getting angry at someone's carelessness than the person being careless themselves.
It's a bit extreme to want someone to die because they scared you or made you nervous by edging into your lane. I understand because I feel that way all the time when I see someone edge into my lane. I even posted in the bitching thread about the time I got pulled over for going ape shit at a guy who went into my lane and almost made me wreck. I also agree with you though that their carelessness shouldn't just be shirked off because they could actually cause you to be in an accident or die.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
In some cases, yes. However, road rage can happen over any reason, like the person in front of you is driving too slow, or doesn't notice the traffic light turn green and just sits there.
I think it has less to do with the inherent dangers, and more to do with lack of transparency between you and other drivers. It's like talking to someone over the internet. If you can't see their face and hear their voice, then you lose the human connection with that person. If you feel like you're just talking to a pixelated image, while behind a veil of your own, you might be more inclined to throw common courtesy out the window.
When I get mad at another driver, I'm not getting mad at that individual. I'm just getting mad at a strawman I use to represent my stereotype of a typical bumbling idiot driver.
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I know I only became a particular aggressive driver due to a particular highway and rural route combo in the US for my daily commute. Now that I don't drive it anymore, I'm surprisingly blasé about driving.
I might still get miffed about someone going slow, but that is a rare thing.
That said, I still harbor a deeply rooted hatred toward all configurations of Prius. They must either be passed or coerced to go 80 mph (negating the mileage gain).
I harbor extreme hatred over against horrible drivers. In your cases, it might be unwarranted, since it is all simply about "edging into your lane" or "driving too slow" but horrible drivers over here are way different. The driving behaviors that cause my migraines and wrath are:
1) When someone couldn't wait because the road is congested, then decides to counter flow but eventually meets a car head on, then they just get stuck there for 20 minutes facing each other down, causing a traffic jam.
2) When someone decides to block an entire 2 lanes (thereby cutting the flow of traffic going one direction) by trying to cross an intersection when there is no space to go because the road ahead is congested.
3) When motorcycle riders decide to suddenly pop out from your car's passenger seat side then overtake you by inches for no apparent reason.
4) When public utility buses or jeeps just stop in the middle of the road to pick up or drop off passengers.
All of these are actually illegal, but I encounter each of them at least once or twice EVERYDAY I drive to and from work.
Yes, I would like them to die, and I don't think I am being harsh at all. I have always been a firm believer that the cause of suffering in this world aren't really evil people, but dumb people who do not even try to think of the consequences of their actions. People like horrible drivers.
Peace.
I don't really get "angry" with anybody except in this situation (picture to show lights only, not the specific red/green combo):
In Australian intersections (we drive on the left), a right arrow light has the following meaning:
green: you can turn right
yellow: stop turning right unless it's unsafe to do so
red: do not turn right, stay behind your stop-line. Do not enter the intersection
blank light (no arrow), green "normal light": Cars driving straight can do so. Cars turning right should drive halfway out onto the intersection and prepare to turn right at the next safest moment. Once you have entered the intersection in such a manner, you're supposed to turn right when you can, regardless of the colour of your lights.
That rule means that at least one car should leave the queue once the arrow has blanked out. Many drivers here stay behind the stop line instead of entering the intersection, meaning that they can't move during the "every light is red" window (a car sitting halfway into the intersection can, since they have an obligation to clear the intersection). That puts people in the queue and means more waiting.
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Weird, I think I currently have that same affliction. On what would otherwise be a nice drive on a speedy highway and a 20 minute drive to work, I still manage to get my blood pressure up and drive very aggressively, tail-gating slow drivers in the left lane, cutting in front of the same slow drivers when I manage to get past them (no signal just to make the point), and driving 80 in a 65 that could easily be a speed trap for TX state troopers.
In my experience, Prius drivers are douchebags who drive fast and aggressively because they think they're holier than the rest of us because they drive eco friendly cars.
@Buff: good lord that's too specific and too complicated a bitch. Be more concise and fewer people will skim that shit.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Paid off the note on my truck today. That's the third of three auto loans that I've paid off well in advance of their maturity dates. I know it doesn't help my credit score to pay off early but it's no big deal since my score is in the 800s already, and it's one less debt that comes out of my accounts each month. Makes me smile.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
nr 2 happens in here all the fucking time. once i've been blocked in traffic jam for 2h, when it should take 10 minutes tops(including congested roads AND every red light on every possible intersection) because of this.
generally lights in Poland are kinda similarI don't really get "angry" with anybody except in this situation (picture to show lights only, not the specific red/green combo):
In Australian intersections (we drive on the left), a right arrow light has the following meaning:
green: you can turn right
yellow: stop turning right unless it's unsafe to do so
red: do not turn right, stay behind your stop-line. Do not enter the intersection
blank light (no arrow), green "normal light": Cars driving straight can do so. Cars turning right should drive halfway out onto the intersection and prepare to turn right at the next safest moment. Once you have entered the intersection in such a manner, you're supposed to turn right when you can, regardless of the colour of your lights.
That rule means that at least one car should leave the queue once the arrow has blanked out. Many drivers here stay behind the stop line instead of entering the intersection, meaning that they can't move during the "every light is red" window (a car sitting halfway into the intersection can, since they have an obligation to clear the intersection). That puts people in the queue and means more waiting.
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any arrow light - green you are 100% safe, and nothing is blocking your way to go. yellow prepare to stop/start(ignored, which is annyoing as fuck - stop part i can get - it is usually timed in such way that one more car can pass without causing any problems... but the start part is annoying - it would mean that 1 or 2 more cars could pass through, but nope - someone starts putting in the gear when it turns green)
red: do not move, stop.
if there are no arrows:
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green -driving forward is safe, turning right(obv from rightmost lane only) is safe. if you wand to turn left(leftmost lane only) you have to wait at the centre of intersection for a chance to safely finish the turn(obv they have their own lane).
yellow - prepare to start/stop
red - do not move, stop.
there is sometimes a small arrow light(just one) near normal lights - it means that you can pass the stop line when there is RED light IF you are turning in the direction of the arrow, and wait for chance to turn. they are mostly for right turns, but i know 2 left ones in my city.
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Rule #1 about lights in the US: If the light turned green (including short green arrows), you're never 100% safe. Look anyway, someone might be blowing the red light (probably will be) after a few ran the yellow. This is why there is usually a slight delay in a light turning green. All will be red for at least a half second.
All those arrows are crazy. We force our drivers to look around.
wtf is the 3rd set from the right??
edit: oh.. right, it's u-turn + turn left. It confused me because the diagram starts off by going left instead of going straight, then left.
In Australia, you can't do a u-turn unless a separate sign underneath the traffic lights say you can. Liberties are taken though. Yellow lights generally last for around 2 seconds, while there's a 0.5 to 1 second gap when everything is red, like Ryll says. It's... generally pretty safe here when you see a green. I've only seen one guy run a red without looking, and I was a pedestrian crossing.
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If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Running red lights is normal here. It is even stranger not to see one in every light change in busy major intersections. The traffic police tolerate it because stopping them to give them a ticket will worsen the delay of traffic even more.
Peace.
Isn't looking a common sense? someone might be disregarding his red light. there is a longer delay in here - depends, but it is few seconds.
3rd set from right? you can either turn left, or do an U-turn. you can't do U-turns ONLY if there is a sign forbidding it.
same here.. also police doesn't bother with even being near crossings most of the time - they find a sweet spots with messed up signs to get free 'pocket' money from unaware drivers.
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It seems traffic police all over the world share the same characteristics.
Peace.
It's not the police's fault that the local populace are too spineless to stand up to corruption. If people don't protest it or stand up against it, then they tacitly condone it. Don't hate the players, hate the game and the nutless curs who let it happen.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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