I'm glad I have a Titan

[Blakker08]

Hello All,

WTF is with people who drive dead-locked on the speed limit, or under, and then when you go to pass them they all of a sudden remember they have a right foot?

I'm driving home from the restaurant tonight, wife and kids in the truck. We're driving behind this moldy tw@t in a Lexus. She's doing anywhere from 35 to 40 in a 45mph zone. It's pretty quiet on the road, just us two. It was only a two lane (1x1) for most of the way.

Finally, after I've endured more mental anguish than any human being should have to endure, the road splits into 2x2 lanes, to the left. So I move to the left, and gradually accellarate to get away from her and her constant braking for every shadow of a tree branch that hits the road. As I'm accelerating to get around her, she begins to pick up speed. I look down and instead of the average 38mph, all of a sudden she's doing 52mph keeping up with me.

My wife looks at me and says "what the hell is wrong with her?". I've got the kids in the back, so it's not like I could just flat out punch it. So I slowed down gradually. What do ya know, the hag slows up right along with me. I looked at my wife and said "I don't know what her issue is but she can tell it to the tail lights". The Titan goes from 40 to 65 quite nicely

I made it around her, and maintained about 50mph. Sure enough she maintained her speed, and left me alone.

I'm still trying to determine if people consciously do this, or is there some dip**** gene that some folks have that make them do that, as well as.....

1. Wait for stop signs to turn green
2. Come to a complete stop when making a left across an oncoming lane, even though no cars are coming.
3. Move from the right to left lane as you're approaching, and then proceed to go the same speed as the right lane.
4. Pull out in front of you from a side street, even though there are no cars to be seen behind you for miles.

...and the list goes on.

I don't know what's in the water here, but I've been to many different states. Pennsylvania, by a HUGE margin, has the worst drivers I have ever encountered. That includes NYC, LA, Atlanta, Houston, Austin, and basically all the states on the east coast. I'm starting to think Germany deported all the folks who couldn't function on the Autobahn.

-B

[Troll Crap]

I like you. I feel that way to.

[BK19702]

Originally Posted by Blakker08

Hello All,

WTF is with people who drive dead-locked on the speed limit, or under, and then when you go to pass them they all of a sudden remember they have a right foot?

I'm driving home from the restaurant tonight, wife and kids in the truck. We're driving behind this moldy tw@t in a Lexus. She's doing anywhere from 35 to 40 in a 45mph zone. It's pretty quiet on the road, just us two. It was only a two lane (1x1) for most of the way.

Finally, after I've endured more mental anguish than any human being should have to endure, the road splits into 2x2 lanes, to the left. So I move to the left, and gradually accellarate to get away from her and her constant braking for every shadow of a tree branch that hits the road. As I'm accelerating to get around her, she begins to pick up speed. I look down and instead of the average 38mph, all of a sudden she's doing 52mph keeping up with me.

My wife looks at me and says "what the hell is wrong with her?". I've got the kids in the back, so it's not like I could just flat out punch it. So I slowed down gradually. What do ya know, the hag slows up right along with me. I looked at my wife and said "I don't know what her issue is but she can tell it to the tail lights". The Titan goes from 40 to 65 quite nicely

I made it around her, and maintained about 50mph. Sure enough she maintained her speed, and left me alone.

I'm still trying to determine if people consciously do this, or is there some dip**** gene that some folks have that make them do that, as well as.....

1. Wait for stop signs to turn green
2. Come to a complete stop when making a left across an oncoming lane, even though no cars are coming.
3. Move from the right to left lane as you're approaching, and then proceed to go the same speed as the right lane.
4. Pull out in front of you from a side street, even though there are no cars to be seen behind you for miles.

...and the list goes on.

I don't know what's in the water here, but I've been to many different states. Pennsylvania, by a HUGE margin, has the worst drivers I have ever encountered. That includes NYC, LA, Atlanta, Houston, Austin, and basically all the states on the east coast. I'm starting to think Germany deported all the folks who couldn't function on the Autobahn.

-B

LMAO...Pennsylvania has some pretty bad drivers, but don't go through Delaware unless you really want to lose your mind! Absolutely terrible down here. This is the only state where NO ONE seems to know where they are going. By this I mean, "let me just cut over two lanes to make a right...with no turn signal...at the last minute" type of crap that happens all the time. The two lanes into one merge also seems to confuse people here. On more than one occasion I've had to blow by them in the Titan to save my sanity. Hang in there man; I feel your pain.

[07cajuntitan]

Louisiana is just as bad - or WORSE!!! If the road rage incidents you hear about on the news have anything to do with drivers such as this I can see how it could happen.

[Blakker08]

Originally Posted by BK19702

LMAO...Pennsylvania has some pretty bad drivers, but don't go through Delaware unless you really want to lose your mind! Absolutely terrible down here. This is the only state where NO ONE seems to know where they are going. By this I mean, "let me just cut over two lanes to make a right...with no turn signal...at the last minute" type of crap that happens all the time. The two lanes into one merge also seems to confuse people here. On more than one occasion I've had to blow by them in the Titan to save my sanity. Hang in there man; I feel your pain.

Yeah but Deleware is practically PA, but with a much better tax code

It makes ya wonder if it really isn't something in the region? Maybe there's uranium in the mountains, and it's rotting people's brains?

It's not everybody of course, but it is 30 to 35%. That's enough to drive the rest of us crazy. That's why you will always see two, three, or four cars bunched up on a road in PA, with nobody else around. The one in front is the problem

-B

[CHEVY05CREW]

Originally Posted by 07cajuntitan

Louisiana is just as bad - or WORSE!!! If the road rage incidents you hear about on the news have anything to do with drivers such as this I can see how it could happen.

I agree, Louisiana has some bad drivers. Just this morning I had someone driving in my blind spot. If I would speed up or slow down they would do the same. It was almost as if they noticed the dark windows on my truck and was hoping I didn't see them and would switch lanes and get into a wreck with them. Guess they were hoping for a case or something.

I've been thinking about installing a PA system in my truck, like the cops have, so I can ask some of these people "What the fk you doing" then tell them to get their head out of their a$$ and drive.

[Blakker08]

Originally Posted by CHEVY05CREW

I agree, Louisiana has some bad drivers. Just this morning I had someone driving in my blind spot. If I would speed up or slow down they would do the same. It was almost as if they noticed the dark windows on my truck and was hoping I didn't see them and would switch lanes and get into a wreck with them. Guess they were hoping for a case or something.

I've been thinking about installing a PA system in my truck, like the cops have, so I can ask some of these people "What the fk you doing" then tell them to get their head out of their a$$ and drive.

Y'know I heard that about La . I have a friend in BR-La, and she could make a sailor blush with the crap that comes out of her mouth while driving, yelling at other drivers.

It's getting bad all over though. The two main problems are either a complete lack of driver courtesy, or these other "regulators" as I call them. You know the ones who think they should decide how fast the left lane goes?

My all time faves are still the ones with MapQuest printouts who think "Well since I don't know where I'm going, you all should just slow down to 25mph with me while I try to read and drive." ............certainly wouldn't want them to pull over to a safe spot when they're taking their eyes off the road to read directions, now would we?

-B

[DeadRiver]

Welcome to PA!

The west coast is much worse IMHO though. I've driven from coast to coast and the east is pretty bad, but gridlock on the west... oughf ah.

NYC is completely insane....

[Blackbeauty]

Originally Posted by DeadRiver

Welcome to PA!

The west coast is much worse IMHO though. I've driven from coast to coast and the east is pretty bad, but gridlock on the west... oughf ah.

NYC is completely insane....

Can't argue with you there... In NYC, they are actually AIMING for your vehicle! It's like a bad videogame.... "See if you can make it out alive!"

Oh, and let's not forget about the whole New Jersey, "turnsignals are a sign of weakness" theory...

[Blakker08]

Originally Posted by DeadRiver

Welcome to PA!

The west coast is much worse IMHO though. I've driven from coast to coast and the east is pretty bad, but gridlock on the west... oughf ah.

NYC is completely insane....

I actually love NYC drivers. Everybody wants to "get where they are going".
I can appreciate that. The same on the West Coast. People seem to want to just get going.

PA on the other hand, lol. I am still trying to figure out why people do the things they do. I call it "strategic driving". It's like they don't want to just friggen MOVE, but they don't want you to move either. So they do idiotic things to get in your way.

Case in point. While pulling up to a red light behind one of the natives, if I pull to the right as if I want to make a right turn, they almost always go right with me to make sure I can't get around them.

It's like they drive out of their rear view mirror.

So I've learned to, provided there is nobody behind me, pull to the left when approaching a light like that. The dope in front of me almost always goes left with me. Then at the last second I swing right and go around them.

I'm learning to pick them out. For instance, for some odd reason those that have those "Wildlife" plates almost always drive like shmucks. Then there's the obvious mini-vans, ribbon clad SUV's, and Crown Victorias.

On the other hand, if I'm surrounded by people in performance cars, things go rather smoothly. Call me crazy, but that's what I see. Yes, Titan drivers are included in that lot. I've been in traffic with a few Titans and have never had an issue.

Another big problem in PA is there are no cell phone laws. This is a state in desperate need, desperate. I almost got "rubbed" by one of them last night in the lane next to me.

-B

[Blakker08]

Originally Posted by Blackbeauty

Can't argue with you there... In NYC, they are actually AIMING for your vehicle! It's like a bad videogame.... "See if you can make it out alive!"

Oh, and let's not forget about the whole New Jersey, "turnsignals are a sign of weakness" theory...

They're aiming for you because you're in the way. Honestly, that's why they do it. As soon as I get off the Verrazano bridge I have a little adjustment period where I have to "learn to drive " again. After about 2 miles I'm fine, but yes, to those who don't understand the rhythm, it can be intimidating.

-B

[lowlypawn]

I vote Las Vegas, tweakers and tourists

[CoeCEO]

Everyone beleives drivers are the worst in their cities....

My boss does that move where he speeds up when someone starts passing him, usually on highways. I don't get that, he's not trying to be a jerk or anything, he just does it like the car comming up and passing him has spooked him into realizing he should be going faster too.

I drive methodically. Middle lane with cruise on usually speed limit+10mph. As I approach someone I turn into the left passing lane pass them, then return to the middle.

[Blakker08]

Originally Posted by CoeCEO

Everyone beleives drivers are the worst in their cities....

My boss does that move where he speeds up when someone starts passing him, usually on highways. I don't get that, he's not trying to be a jerk or anything, he just does it like the car comming up and passing him has spooked him into realizing he should be going faster too.

I drive methodically. Middle lane with cruise on usually speed limit+10mph. As I approach someone I turn into the left passing lane pass them, then return to the middle.

NY is actually where I'm from, I don't feel that way at all.

I also happen to like Boston drivers. Scared the crap out of me when I first got there, but after 10 minutes I loved it.

....but when your boss speeds up, he will eventually slow down again. That's why he had to speed up in the first place, and that's what drives me nuts about those people. The right thing to do, if you know you drive like that, is get out of the way, lol.

I do it. When I'm doing 70mph in the left lane, and I see someone coming up behind me obviously wanting to do 80, I signal and get out of the way. Sometimes I don't want to be hawking underpasses and bushes for cops. I'd rather just cruise at an acceptable speed, but still a wee bit over the speed limit. So while I'm going faster than the other lanes, I don't want to do 90. Others do. Who am I to judge? I just move out of the way and let them go.

I wish everybody did that. To me it's just being courteous.

-B

[Matooch]

California also has it's own group of azzholes on the road. On my way home from work last year I came to a spot where the road went from two lanes into a one lane road. At the last second some guy in a convertible passes me on the right and almost clipped my front fender. Since it was a Friday I didn't let it get to me and kept my temper under control. At the next stoplight the car in front of us takes off on the green light but the guy with the top down convertible right in front of me just sat there and gives me a big look in his mirror. Then he revs his engine and puts it in gear and takes off with a little chirp of the tires and waves to me with his hand straight up in the air. I'm like WFT? At the next red light I notice the wind is blowing pretty hard from the back of my truck right towards his car, so I looked around for cops -none- rolled up my windows, power-braked my truck and almost instantly engulfed his convertible in a huge cloud of tire smoke. The wise guy was now waving his arms around like he was swatting bees, as you could barley even see his car in all that smoke. So I let off the gas, waited until the smoke cleared a little and then rolled down my window, gave him a little toot on my horn and waved back to him. I guess he didn't feel like waving anymore, as he just turned right after the light turned green. I know what I did wasn't the smartest thing to do, but I think he might have learned a lesson about being a smart-azz that day.