Asshat Drivers

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Dateline - February 6, 2006 - Washington D.C.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") announced today that as a class of drivers people driving all-wheel drive ("AWD") cars have officially passed those driving both minivans and sport utility vehicles ("SUVs") as the "worst" most bone headed dumb assed dickwad drivers in the United States. Usually the NHTSA does not single out a specific model of car but in this case they have identified those driving Subaru WRXs as easily the worst drivers on the roadways. The NHTSA cited the superb handling and powerful engine as among the factors that cause otherwise mild mannered men and women to drive WRXs with their heads rammed firmly up their asses...

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Holy shit but did I see a lot of dumb fuckers out in those things over the weekend. I've about run out of patience with these little bastards and just as a friendly reminder: me and the semi truck that you cut off, either one will FUCKING CRUSH YOUR LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT RICE ROCKET. Please learn to just chill, you're only making the backups worse with your asshat agressive driving and changing lanes 25 times in 3 miles got you exactly....3 cars FURTHER BEHIND me.

Thank you for allowing me to vent a bit.

Not a WRX, but anyhoo....
http://www.betablocker.co.uk/traffic_bchwnrpursuitr.jpg

I wonder what Altagirl and DTM have to say about this? (Not inteneded as an insult)

not two rain on your I-70 hate parade, but being back in UT over the weekend reminded me that the worst drivers on the planet are the morons in RWD rentals who drive right past the "CHAINS OR 4WD REQUIRED" signs with the yellow lights flashing.
They then speed up at the first few passing places only to slow to 8 mph when they start to fishtail.
asshooooooolee.

Pa- There's a lot of people here that drive them little fuggin things (WRXs, loutbacks, A4-8s, V XC's etc...etc...etc...): If they're not jagoffs then they're not and they shouldn't be bothered. After all the nature of a stereotype is that they're not perfectly applicable.

That said, day in and day out the AWD sedan/wagoners are fucking awful at driving.

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Originally Posted by Woodsy

not two rain on your I-70 hate parade, but being back in UT over the weekend reminded me that the worst drivers on the planet are the morons in RWD rentals who drive right past the "CHAINS OR 4WD REQUIRED" signs with the yellow lights flashing.
They then speed up at the first few passing places only to slow to 8 mph when they start to fishtail.
asshooooooolee.

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Do they manage the california put the chains on the front wheels when the fishtailing begins?

woodsy- Oh yeah, I love them people too. Ain't such a big problem here though, those people usually take the expresses (which are a big problem).

As a whole I would have to agree that most wrx drivers are right up there with some of the dumbest drivers out there. That said- I drive a wrx and I drive it pretty mellow and do not drive it like most of the assholes out there- I do not cut people off or speed in and out of cars so just make sure you don't stereotype all wrx drivers. I do not wish to be lumped in with most asshats just because of the car I drive so don't get all agro on me just cause of what I drive you fuckin dipshit (not intended at you but I have encountered some wrx hatred while just minding my own business on the freeway)

IMO, and as a WRX owner, I see more morons driving pickup trucks than WRXs.
It's especially great at night when Mr. Ram 3500 gets 2" behind ya blinding you with his high beams.

Can't let regular SUV owners off the hook either. On the way back from Breck this morning I was almost rear ended by an SUV sliding at 30 mph. Luckily I looked in my rear view mirror and was able to turn my car just slightly to the left as the SUV went sliding into the snowbank on the side of the road.

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Originally Posted by cj001f

Do they manage the california put the chains on the front wheels when the fishtailing begins?

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they dont bother with chains.
once you pass the BIG FUCKING SIGN WITH YELLOW FLASHING LIGHTS
there are not too many places to chain up.

I wrote a letter to the SL County council thaty a great revenue source and way to make the roads safer would be to triple the fines for it andactually enforce it.

and LB, does it make you mad they go better up hill in snow than you?
I mean just from my personal experience.....

Plenty of idiots drive all kinds of vehicles. I will say that when I've been passed in the storm by some jackass, and I later see said jackass on the shoulder, said jackass is most often in an SUV or 4wd pickup, rarely an AWD car, WRX or not. I say this as the owner of an '04 Suburban.

woodsy- nope, I couldn't care a bit how well they do or do not perform in the snow vis a vis my truck. Performance is relative, asshole driving is absolute :)

comeon- there's gotta be more indignant werxers than just funken and nutjob!

I haven't noticed many terrible drivers driving WRX's, but I think that is because I live in Old-people-paradise. I am more concerned with people driving ten under the limit, forgetting to make right-on-reds, turning from straight lanes and going striaght from turning lanes, etc. then worring about young people whiping around and cutting me off.

I agree with Funken, at least for this area. Pick up drivers, especially guys in BIG pick ups, are terrible. Talk about tailgaiting, they love to ride up my ass and blast their high beams in my rear views. :cussing:

LB, not trying to say you are one of those guys, that just seems to be the trend around here, were big trucks are all anybody wants. (Except me, I love little cars)

I drive a WRX wagon, and I drive like a total freakin lunatic! ;)

Don't get me started on minivan drivers, who think they are driving a WRX. Or people that drive with cellphones in the leftmost lane - that is the worst.

Nevermind, you edited your post.

Still working on the edit function... Forgot to add the kicker before posting.

Did anyone see the two SUV wrecks on the way up to Kirkwood yesterday on 88? Too fast for the conditions and they just rolled over when they hit a small patch of ice. On a different note I was heading up 88 about a month ago when I got passed on 88 by an asshat in a WRX at the crest of a hill, the driver was kind enough to show me his bird mid pass - a cop was waiting on the other side and picked him and the car infront of him off. The cop waived me by.

for those who find themselves oft tailgated a really simple and stunningly effective way to stop it is to wash your windshield. Works almost every time, I have no idea why though.

Mcwop- I take no offense nor intend to defend pickup or suv drivers, they bad too. Hell, probably a full 35% of people shouldn't be allowed to drive IMNSHO. ;)

Wow, I guess I'm an asshat.

I do not go in and out of lanes when traffic is tight, but when it opens up, yeah I do haul ass.

And I don't really care if anyone thinks I am an awful driver.

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Originally Posted by lemon boy

for those who find themselves oft tailgated a really simple and stunningly effective way to stop it is to wash your windshield. Works almost every time, I have no idea why though.

Mcwop- I take no offense nor intend to defend pickup or suv drivers, they bad too. Hell, probably a full 35% of people shouldn't be allowed to drive IMNSHO. ;)

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So people don't follow as closely when you have a clean windshield?:confused:

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Originally Posted by funkendrenchman

So people don't follow as closely when you have a clean windshield?:confused:

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I think the idea is that they get sprayed by your washers and realize that, if they're that close, maybe they should backdafuckup.

The question is - why are people tailgating you? If you are going 80 mph in the left lane, then maybe that is why. I'm sick of these fucking idiots who think they can just camp out in the left lane. Why not just move over when you know you can move over.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

Wow, I guess I'm an asshat.

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yeah but you already cracked that car up so we knew it already ;) ;) :fm: :fm: :p (<---note explicit use of smilies eh)

funken- the water gets on their windshield if they're too close (even works with my quite long truck). I have no insight into the thought process that causes people to back off (or pass you) but it works...almost like magic or something.

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Originally Posted by lemon boy

yeah but you already cracked that car up so we knew it already ;) ;) :fm: :fm: :p (<---note explicit use of smilies eh)

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Not my fault though.

Edit: Smilies noted :)

As an independant insurance appraiser, I earn a nice living from asshats. Deer also provide me with a steady income.

I Attachment 10169 asshat drivers

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Originally Posted by lemon boy

for those who find themselves oft tailgated a really simple and stunningly effective way to stop it is to wash your windshield. Works almost every time, I have no idea why though.

Mcwop- I take no offense nor intend to defend pickup or suv drivers, they bad too. Hell, probably a full 35% of people shouldn't be allowed to drive IMNSHO. ;)

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The windshield thing doesn't work for me because it doesn't really get shot over my car like many other models. I also agree with the 35% have no business driving.



On a different note, how do you guys feel about honking? I use my horn quite a bit, but rarely when it is unwarented. Case in point:

Last thurdsay, while driving home from a Pens game, I am sitting behind a minivan at a t-intersection red light. We are on the street in the T where you can only go left or right, not straight. There is no turning lane. It is late, there is little traffic on either road, and the guy in the minivan sat there with his right turn signal on. He sat for a good ten seconds with no cars coming, so I blipped my horn, just trying to remind him that he can turn.

My blip had no effect, so I gave him a double blip, and again, go nothing, although I know he heard it because he pulled up a few feet and stopped again. This time I laid on the horn until he got annoyed and made the right. As he is pulling out his woman in the passanger seat flips me the bird, so naturally I flip one back as I pass them when they pull into a turning lane a few hundred feet after making the right red.

Ok, so the story kind of sucks, but I am just wondering, was I wrong to honk? I probably shouldn't have given them the finger back, but did I derserve to be flipped off for honking when they were being pretty damn stupid?

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Originally Posted by lemon boy

for those who find themselves oft tailgated a really simple and stunningly effective way to stop it is to wash your windshield. Works almost every time, I have no idea why though.

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I usually drive a bit out of my lane so I can kick up gravel on their windshield. It works better in winter when there is tiny pebbles from the sand truck everywhere. It doesn't work well at slower speeds though.

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Originally Posted by slippy

I usually drive a bit out of my lane so I can kick up gravel on their windshield. It works better in winter when there is tiny pebbles from the sand truck everywhere. It doesn't work well at slower speeds though.

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If it's dry conditions a little weaving a la F1 warmup lap works wonders.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

The question is - why are people tailgating you? If you are going 80 mph in the left lane, then maybe that is why. I'm sick of these fucking idiots who think they can just camp out in the left lane. Why not just move over when you know you can move over.

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Stupid old people in the left lane going 15mph OVER the speed limit!;)

I hate left lane drivers too, but if they are already going quite a bit over the limit I just let them cruise a little ways in front and find any cops for me.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

The question is - why are people tailgating you? If you are going 80 mph in the left lane, then maybe that is why. I'm sick of these fucking idiots who think they can just camp out in the left lane. Why not just move over when you know you can move over.

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The max speed limit in PA is 65, so 80 is actually pretty fast. That being said, I don't camp in the left lane. I tend to do about five over the speed limit because I can't afford tickets. If that isn't fast enough for someone, they can pass me. If they don't want to pass me and just want to ride my ass, I just take my foot off the gas and see how long they stay behind me as I coast to a stop. Typically by the time my speed hits 45 they pass me, often with a one finger salute.

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Originally Posted by Slider&BucketO'nails

Still working on the edit function... Forgot to add the kicker before posting.

Did anyone see the two SUV wrecks on the way up to Kirkwood yesterday on 88? Too fast for the conditions and they just rolled over when they hit a small patch of ice. On a different note I was heading up 88 about a month ago when I got passed on 88 by an asshat in a WRX at the crest of a hill, the driver was kind enough to show me his bird mid pass - a cop was waiting on the other side and picked him and the car infront of him off. The cop waived me by.

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Ya, he did:

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Originally Posted by Superstar Punani

(Edit: PSA to Gay Area SUV drivers: If you're gonna drive like a NASCAR hick on a curve and roll over on hwy88, please have the FUCKING CONSIDERATION to roll over by the side of the road instead of the middle of the road, so that other drivers can get by. Thank You)

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Originally Posted by funkendrenchman

find any cops for me.

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That's what my Passport is for. ;) :D

Even though I drive fast, I still get over into the middle lane if it is open, so for those of you who think, well I'm already going 15 mph over the speed limit, I'll just stay in the left lane - wrong, just move over, is it really that difficult?

Edit: I am not a tailgater. I don't let the left lane campers bother me anymore. I just wait for an opening, gun it and go around. No salute, or anything. Maybe a quick look to see who is driving and that's about it.

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Originally Posted by PaSucks

Last thurdsay, while driving home from a Pens game, I am sitting behind a minivan at a t-intersection red light. We are on the street in the T where you can only go left or right, not straight. There is no turning lane. It is late, there is little traffic on either road, and the guy in the minivan sat there with his right turn signal on. He sat for a good ten seconds with no cars coming, so I blipped my horn, just trying to remind him that he can turn.

My blip had no effect, so I gave him a double blip, and again, go nothing, although I know he heard it because he pulled up a few feet and stopped again. This time I laid on the horn until he got annoyed and made the right. As he is pulling out his woman in the passanger seat flips me the bird, so naturally I flip one back as I pass them when they pull into a turning lane a few hundred feet after making the right red.

Ok, so the story kind of sucks, but I am just wondering, was I wrong to honk? I probably shouldn't have given them the finger back, but did I derserve to be flipped off for honking when they were being pretty damn stupid?

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I would've done the same thing. At the intersection just outside of my office the left turn arrow only stays on for 2-3 seconds at most, allowing only 1 or 2 cars to pass through before turning red. Well if the first car in line doesn't go right away, then no one else can make it through and the intersection is so busy that you have to wait for the next light sequence. There's not a day that goes by when I don't get stuck behind some asshat on their cell phone, looking in the mirror, or just staring off into nowhere. If that light changes and I don't see their brakelights disappear immediately, then I'll lay on the horn until they move. I'm sick of drivers that seem to pay attention to everything besides the road and their surroundings.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

That's what my Passport is for. ;) :D

Even though I drive fast, I still get over into the middle lane if it is open, so for those of you who think, well I'm already going 15 mph over the speed limit, I'll just stay in the left lane - wrong, just move over, is it really that difficult?

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Exactly (only I rock the V1). See those signs that say "slower traffic keep right"? They're there for a reason! If you're in the left hand lane and someone is coming up behind you.....MOVE OVER! I don't care if you're doing 85 in a 65, I'm still going faster than you so kindly move over and let me pass.

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Originally Posted by Below Zero

Edit: I am not a tailgater.

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Can we survery those that have been in your passenger seat?;)

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Originally Posted by funkendrenchman

Can we survery those that have been in your passenger seat?;)

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Hahaha. Ok, maybe sometimes :) Seriously, though, I try not to do this.

wrx wagon owner here. Think I drive pretty mellow (no tickets, 65k miles, still on stock clutch). Also usually driving in the right lane on the joke known as i70.

I do agree with Lemon. I got my car in early 2003, and since then I've seen alot more people with these cars driving like total idiots. Can't tell you how many times I've had another come one up on me, and I'm thinking 'cool, another Wrx', then he cuts me and 2 other cars off and he flys by! :fuckyou:

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Originally Posted by Son1cdeth

and I'm thinking 'cool, another Wrx', then he cuts me and 2 other cars off and he flys by! :fuckyou:

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Fuck, sorry about that dude. ;)

Edit: Is it really cutting somebody off, if they don't have to brake?

My daily commute is through a certain stretch of I-70 that can be hairball in bad weather. My front wheel drive car with good snow tires is exceptional, because I don't drive like a jackass. Every day it snows, and that has been lots of days this winter, there is an accident. My informal data shows that people passing me way too fast and subsequently ending up in the ditch (or atop a jersey barrier) are in F-250 type trucks and Audi's.

As far as the left lane issue goes:
Us 'Murikans problem with it is that we call it the "fast lane" instead of the "passing lane" and it has important ramifications on how people view its usage.

PaSucks- You my man are what's known as a passive-aggressive road rage facilitator. I used to be one myself and while I do miss the unique pleasure of knowing just exactly how to blow some fuckwad's gasket and ruin his day (mexican roadblock = favorite)...after a number of years and a number of "incidents" with those people I've decided it ain't worth the people who want to fight or those who feel like comitting seppuku with their little ricer on my bumper and/or who'll go on to wipe out some poor family of 6 a few miles down the road cause they're still driving mad. Now I just let them go about their day.

And a sobering thought for the P-ARRF's and for you ragers: there are as many guns in this country as people (actually more IIRC) and lots of folks (me included) ride around with them a good % of the time.

BZ: A cutoff is strictly defined as getting over in such a manner as to preclude any chance of collision avoidance should any party have to bust into the brakes hard.

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Originally Posted by SnowRider4Life

See those signs that say "slower traffic keep right"? They're there for a reason! If you're in the left hand lane and someone is coming up behind you.....MOVE OVER! I don't care if you're doing 85 in a 65, I'm still going faster than you so kindly move over and let me pass.

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Bingo. If only the jackassses with the "Back Off" Yosmite Sam mudflaps and the "I brake for tailgaiters" stickers would learn this simple lesson. It's all about consideration, holding the left lane out of spite is just being a fuckwad. I long ago learned not to camp in the left lane, regardless of speed. Certain states actually make it illegal (passing lane only). I drive in the right lane 99% of the time when it's feasible.