Driving. Does it really bring out the MONSTERS in us???

[gizz72]

Greeings,

Since it's Monday(aaaarrrgh) again, here's somehing about driving that I never thought it would bring he MONSTER in all of us.

I'm usually a nice guy behind the wheel. Calm and cool driver usually, while driving along a bumber to bumber traffic on a typical day. I'm located at the left most part of the lane.

Ahead was a bottle neck curve that seems to block my whole lane, so I have o signal right.

While I'm still in line with the car in front of me. This JERK from rear left side cut me off. My initial reaction was 'I was ahead of you, why SHOULD I GIVE WAY!'. This jerk is trying hard to squeez his S*** car in my lane!!

Due this this, I was really p_ssed!!! The rest of the story goes is I tried my very best to get ahead of THIS jerk!!

Eventually I got ahead of him later and said
/me HA!! IN YOUR FACE DIRTBAG!!

My heart beats fast, adrenallyn level is at all time high! Gosh, if I had a heath problem, I could have had a heart attack!!

*Ahem.... keep your cool gizz.......*

OT/ Sorry about my brief burst of anger. But if his ever happen to you in traffic would you tend to be just like me. I'm a nice guy and all but, I never KNEW I'd be capable of such burst of emotion. I felt guilty afterwards, It could have been worst. I said to my self patience... keep calm and cool. My girlfriend was surprise I became an instant MONSTER in front of her and I apologize to her.

Regards,

Gizz

[Cyberus]

Driving. Does it really bring out the MONSTERS in us???

Yes
It can really wind me up sometimes.


But these days I let idiots go past me. Always think to yourself "Go and take your accident elsewhere"


My pet hate are BMW (every time in my experience) drivers who flash you to get you to pull over, when you're in the outside lane on the motorway going as fast as you can (there are cars in front, so you can't go any faster without driving into the back of the car in front). {bleep}ing arrogant {bleep}s. Think they own the road!!! {bleep}s. See, even thinking about driving has made me angry :lol:

[The_Editor]

YES

Next question !!


But seriously,  As a professional Truckie I'm supposed to be able to control my emotions in that type of scenario.  Still doesn't stop the blod pressure from going up though !!

[PMC]

@Gizz

Yup, bad driving usually brings out the hooligan in me too, although I've learned to control my annoyance.

I hate losing my temper at any time and I've had one or two nasty experiences with road rage (including one guy - with no driving license or insurance who got so mad at me because I was obeying 30mph speed limit that he caused an accident!), so I try and ignore my anger.

If someone is on a mission to cause an accident then I don't want to be part of it.

[redrumloa]

@Gizz

Yes it does. Actually I think anywhere which is not very rural has it's share of driving hell. I try not to be an aggressive driver, I really don't think it's my nature. However in reality it gets me. Drivers in south Florida must be among the worst.

I also think people become the car. I find mysekf driving much more aggressively in my Camaro than I do in my beater Ford PU. Unfortunately while I feel remorseful when I start driving aggressively(and usually back off when I realise it), most drivers down here literally don't give a s*** :pissed: Oh the things I've seen, the utter stupidity and reclessness :madashell:

[blobrana]

Hum,
i suppose it depends on what you drive...

[cecilia]

if you want to see real morons on the road, try LA - the land of the completely stupid!

people have accidents basically because they get distracted. (obviously this doesn't include a meteorite crashing down on you, but how often does that happen?) anyway, getting angry is a big distraction and that's why i try not to let the a$$holes get to me.

it seems to have worked. i've never had an accident.

(the things that these idiots do WHILE driving:
eat,
read (books and mags, etc)
yak in cel phones
put on makeup
think they own the freaking road and drive too fast for the situation, etc.
and maybe things i can't see - not even going there
)

[Cyberus]

I find that to be safe on the road, not only do you have to make sure that you drive safely, at an appropriate speed for the conditions (I do drive fast, but only when I know its safe), but you also have to keep an eye on all the other drivers.

Be ready to get out of a hole because of someone else's lack of judgement - like when you're driving along happily at about 60mph, and then some idiot coming the other way decides to overtake, and you have to break sharply so they can get in, as they're going FAST. You have to be ready at all times to rectify other people's mistakes - people pulling out on you, general stupidity, even people who are tired or have had too many :-(

I find myself getting angry when I see other people putting themselves at risk too. Often will I shout 'f'ing idiot!' when I see someone doing something dangerous.
But tend to be calmer when its just people wanting to overtake etc. I just think - maybe they're late for work, or for an interview, maybe they're rushing to see someone in hospital, relax.....breathe....relax :lol:

[PMC]

There are places on Britains roads where 70mph is ridiculously slow and others where 20mph is suicidally fast.  Often people don't appreciate this, they'll drive at a blanket 45mph everywhere and then complain when they get zapped for speeding.

A good maxim is "drive as fast as you can see", if you're coming up to a sharp and obscured bend on a narrow lane then plan ahead as sooner or later someone will come punting around it at warp speed.  Always paln for the worst and be aware of what's around you.

Oh and one last thing.  STOP HOGGING THE MIDDLE LANE OF THE MOTORWAY!

I feel better for that now.

[Cyberus]

STOP HOGGING THE MIDDLE LANE OF THE MOTORWAY!

Ohh, don't get me started on that! Ignorant lazy so-and-sos don't realise they make the traffic flow so much slower on the motorway by sitting in the middle lane.

Undertaking is dangerous, its illegal [for a very good reason], and it annoys me when I see cars (why is it always BMWs and Mercs?) weaving impatiently through the inside lanes. But I can kinda see why they feel the need to do it.
I find myself undertaking people without even realising it sometimes - I'm doing 80 in the inside lane - no slow moving lorries or anything, and you do end up going past people sitting in the middle lane doing 70. Now its somehow illegal for me to carry on driving at the same speed in my lane, because I'll pass them :-?, and technically, to pass them legally, I'd have to go all the way out to the outside lane, go past them and then come all the way back to the inside lane.

Ignorant {bleep}s.

Oh and queue jumpers. Why should everyone else wait, and then let someone in who goes whizzing past the queue and then forces their way in? If everyone was an arsehole like that, there'd be chaos.

[PMC]

Has anyone mentioned caravanners?

You'll be happily driving along a single carriageway on a windy road somewhere when all of a sudden you'll be stuck behind one of Satan's Portakabins with no way past.

Only rarely do they ever pull aside and let traffic through.
These selfish idiots pay the same road tax as the rest of us and are responsible for causing absolute mayhem.  

I think they should quadruple road tax for caravans and ban them from the roads between the hours of 02:00 AM to 24:00 PM....