Recently, the esteemed Bell wrote about things she sees on the street that make her rageface. Well, I have a confession:
I’m an angry driver too.
No, I’m not gonna use the horn or even the finger, but my tendency to sputter assorted epithets into the aether while driving is Very High. Here, then, in no particular order, are a list of triggers for me:
Tailgating. I really can’t think of anything more passive-aggressive. Yes, I see what you are trying to tell me, Mr. Two Inches Away From My Rear Bumper. You know what, I’m probably going over the speed limit, and it won’t kill you if you add an extra ten seconds to your travel time. Deal with it. Thanks.
(P.S. I am always super tempted to slam on my brakes here and use “I was trying to avoid hitting a squirrel” as my defense. Truth.)
People Who Won’t Slow Down Even Though the Traffic Light Has Been Yellow For Like 15 Seconds Already. I have no problem with speeding through the yellow light if it just turned yellow and you’re well on your way into the intersection. But if it’s going to have been red for quite some time by the time you get there… really? Really?
Related:
People Who Run Through Red Lights: This is particularly bad in this town, in fact I once heard a local joke go something like this: “What does a red light in Bozeman mean? … … … only three more cars to go! *ba dum psh*”
It’s so true, too.
Seriously, people. Slow down.
That said:
Lights That Are Red For No Reason: You know when there’s nobody at the intersection but the light turns red anyway? What’s up with that?
People Who Cut You Off And/Or Go at the Four-Way When It’s Not Their Turn. Self-explanatory.
Cop Hot Spots: You know what I’m talking about, right? There’s always that one intersection or that one road where cops just love to find some obscure spot to hide out in. Like good lab rats getting shocked, the entire world quickly figures out where these hot spots are and adjusts their behavior accordingly, so pretty soon you’ve got random stretches of road where everyone is going like 5-10mph under the speed limit. You know, just to be sure.
This:
People Who Drive the Heck Out of Their Cars. My car and I have a special relationship. I take good care of him… er, it (of course my car isn’t secretly a Transformer or anything… I mean, that would just be silly *shifty eyes* *cough*) and it takes care of me. I accelerate at a nice, steady pace and I don’t overdo it.
It really drives me up the wall when people try to push their car for more than it can handle. You can tell because it makes a horrible noise, and because I have mental issues and anthropomorphize everything I always picture the poor car just straining with its eyes shut, about to give out.
Like I said. Treat your car well and it will treat you well in return.
*pats her car, which is most certainly not secretly a Transformer or anything. Nope. Not at all.*
…
Greentexting because I feel like it.
>drive to anime convention
>pass by people lining up for passes in the parking lot
>roll down windows, blast rickroll from my speakers
>everyone groans and starts making ragefaces
>notasinglefckwasgiventhatday.bmp
My personal peeve is the people who use a turn only lane to shoot around traffic waiting at a red light and then force their way back into the line further up. This also applies to the people who do the same thing in places where there is road construction and instead of merging with traffic while it is still moving when they see that “Lane Closed Ahead” sign decide to stay in the lane until they can’t any longer and then force traffic to stop for them as the muscle their way back in.
I HATE people who don’t use their Turn Signals, or who turn them on really, really late.
Like the guy who is waiting at a red light in the left lane (which is both a left turn & a straight-ahead lane), who waits until the light turns Green before signaling he wants to turn left. To make things worse he doesn’t pull into the intersection until he can actually make the turn, so if you pulled up too close behind him you now don’t have the room to pull out and go around him. We always leave ourselves room now, because of idiots like that, and it’s amazing how many there are.
Dum de dum de dum. Oh, the light is green. Time to turn on my turn signal.
IDIOT!!! THE TIME TO TURN IT ON WAS AS YOU APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION!!!
I’ve had a lot of trouble lately with people who don’t understand how to take turns at a 4 way stop.
ATTN: If you are not stopped at the stop sign when your lane’s turn comes, IT’S NOT YOUR TURN.
1) People who change lanes without signaling. Its not hard. Seriously.
2) People who pass you in a turn only lane.
I swear to fuck, I cannot STAND people who don’t use turn signals. RAGE.
<3
We are quiet rage friends.
I would like to add "people who ride the line so you don't know if they're merging or not."
I WORK for the DMV up here in PA so all the things you mentioned make me rage, but like 10x worse because then these people get all up in our faces when they get their driver’s licenses suspended because they’re retarded and don’t know how to drive like a normal person.