Not to stereotype, but....

York99 · Post by **York99** » July 7th, 2006, 12:57 pm

I'm an aggressive, road-raging driver. I admit that. Most people would consider me a bad driver. I take that in stride.

But... why the hell don't Texas drivers know that the left lane is the fast lane?

I have many more driving-related rants, but this one has gotten out of hand.

Jill Morris · Post by **Jill Morris** » July 7th, 2006, 1:16 pm

In Texas the left lane is the drunk lane.

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » July 7th, 2006, 1:34 pm

Jill Morris wrote:In Texas the left lane is the drunk lane.

Sounds like an Onion story or headline, Miss Morris.

Marc Majcher · Post by **Marc Majcher** » July 7th, 2006, 1:39 pm

I sympathize with you, brother. I don't mind slow-ass pokers, as long as they stay spread out enough for me to get through. Why, oh why, must people form a phalanx of blockery by driving 25 side-by-side in a 40?

(Me, I always drive properly. A bit fast, perhaps, but always with consummate skill and a natural feel for the road that even cops recognize.)

I will engage you or anyone in a driving rant on any number of angles. This lollygagging menace must be stopped! Or, at least complained about on the internet!

ChrisTrew.Com · Post by **ChrisTrew.Com** » July 7th, 2006, 1:46 pm

Can you guys just stop fighting?

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » July 7th, 2006, 3:05 pm

the redhot poker up my ass is people who don't use their turn signals.

which i'm sure everyone here uses EVERY TIME YOU TURN OR CHANGE LANES, right?

Mo Daviau · Post by **Mo Daviau** » July 7th, 2006, 3:42 pm

John, you should meet my stepdad. The man pointedly refuses to use turn signals. A neighbor once confronted him in his driveway about his failure to signal before turning in front of him which escalated into a huge fight and my stepdad threatened to call the cops on him! Once I confronted him on this transgression and he lied to me about his turn signals "not working," but he drives a brand-new Toyota. And he never touches them.

Another fun fact: his sister cut the seatbelts out of her car because, and I quote, "they're ugly."

Freaks!

Jules · Post by **Jules** » July 7th, 2006, 3:49 pm

I hate the people who can clearly see that you are trying to change lanes, or merge, and they speed up instead of letting you in. What the fuck? Oooh, you got ahead of me! Oooh, you are so much cooler than me. Fuckers.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · July 7th, 2006, 4:13 pm

Jules wrote:I hate the people who can clearly see that you are trying to change lanes, or merge, and they speed up instead of letting you in. What the fuck? Oooh, you got ahead of me! Oooh, you are so much cooler than me. Fuckers.

i will do this sometimes, but not in order to get ahead of the other person but because it's going to be faster for me to get ahead and clear that space behind than put on my brakes and fall behind (particularly if someone's riding my ass, which is one of MY pet peeves). but if it's going to be faster to slow down and fall back, then i'll do that instead. of course, if i'm clearly giving them enough room to come over, even waving them over, and they're just sitting there trying to make up their mind or something, then i'll slam on the gas and pass them with no qualms.

i agree with every other post in here, though. i drive fast, but i drive safe. and just about the only time i will lose my cool with no forewarning is when people are being stupid on the road, cutting people off, not using signals, etc. on the alternate end of Justin's original post, it really pisses me off if i'm in the left lane doing 80 in a 65 and someone gets up on my ass, like I'M going too slow. asshole.

York99 · Post by **York99** » July 7th, 2006, 5:13 pm

I, on the other hand, hate it when someone is going 80 in the fast lane but still won't get out of the way if I want to go 90. Another name for the fast lane is the passing lane. If you're not passing anyone, you still should pull to the right.

nadine · Post by **nadine** » July 7th, 2006, 6:34 pm

Mo Daviau wrote:John, you should meet my stepdad. The man pointedly refuses to use turn signals. A neighbor once confronted him in his driveway about his failure to signal before turning in front of him which escalated into a huge fight and my stepdad threatened to call the cops on him!

It's Texas law that you have to use turn signals if you're going to turn.
Tell that to your stepdad. It's one of my pet peeves, when a person in front of me slow downs to turn and doesn't bother to signal. Freaking lazy asses.

Nadine -- in the middle of a defensive drive course.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » July 7th, 2006, 6:58 pm

I used to really get pissed over the way people drive here in Texas. You can't go 100 feet on a highway without seeing some a-hole on a cell phone or putting on makeup or whatnot. Same goes for the morons who drive 55 in the left lane.

Then I realized something: Texas is a firearms-friendly state.

For a mere 150 bucks, you can get a concealed weapons permit. I'm living proof. So now I don't really get mad or such when I'm tooling down I 35 to Austin because I don't want to piss off some psychopathic redneck with a .44 magnum under his seat.

So I say let Darwinism thin the herd of the moronic drivers. Those who refuse to use turn signals will learn their lesson when a gravel truck turns their car into a mini cooper. Those without seatbelts will know what it feels like to impact a windshield at 60 mph, and those on cell phones will allow whomever they are speaking to at the time of the accident to hear the moron's last screaming pleas for help as the car flips over.

Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell · July 8th, 2006, 12:21 pm

York99 wrote:I, on the other hand, hate it when someone is going 80 in the fast lane but still won't get out of the way if I want to go 90. Another name for the fast lane is the passing lane. If you're not passing anyone, you still should pull to the right.

well then, sir, i'm afraid you and i must battle...TO THE DEATH!

and by death, i mean thumb wrestling. why the fuck are you going 90 anyway? you know you can't REALLY travel through time that way, right?

at least, not without a functional flux capacitor and 1.21 gigawatts of power.

York99 · Post by **York99** » July 8th, 2006, 1:41 pm

1.21 Gigawatts? Great Scott!! I don't even know what could generate that kind of power. It would have to be plutoni..... wait.... garbage!

I drive 90 mph because that is what my hero Jimi Hendrix did. I do what all dead rock stars tell me. Now excuse me while I enjoy this ham sandwich.