Shit that annoys you

[MontuckyFried]

That RTD tries to pass this shit off as Bus Rapid Transit:

It also annoys me when American organizations like this try to brand their transportation as so-called "rapid transit." Whatever losers came up with that have obviously never visited Europe or Asia.

[Name Redacted]

It also annoys me when American organizations like this try to brand their transportation as so-called "rapid transit." Whatever losers came up with that have obviously never visited Europe or Asia.

Guys, Obama took care of this shit years ago!

[Danno]

Dear ladies I passed in the hall this morning as you walked the other way,

If I am still smelling your perfume some 50 paces after I passed you, you might want to consider using a little less of the stuff.

Signed,
Annoyed

[Name Redacted]

Dear ladies I passed in the hall this morning as you walked the other way,

If I am still smelling your perfume some 50 paces after I passed you, you might want to consider using a little less of the stuff.

Signed,
Annoyed

At least you didn't have to smell whatever it was covering up.

[The AD]

We've been over this one before, but yesterday someone honked at me because they were merging onto the freeway and I was in the right lane driving at a constant speed. Some people just don't get it. All I could do was laugh.

[wyeaster]

people who merge onto the 55mph freeway going 40

[skaredshtles]

We've been over this one before, but yesterday someone honked at me because they were merging onto the freeway and I was in the right lane driving at a constant speed. Some people just don't get it. All I could do was laugh.

Yeah - fuck those people.

[skaredshtles]

people who merge onto the 55mph freeway going 40

Was driving along the freeway just the other day, and there was a car STOPPED about 3/4 of the way down the entrance/merge lane. NO FUCKING WAY they were ever going to be able to get up to speed from where they were to merge safely.

Hell - for all I know, they're still there waiting for an opening.

[The AD]

Yeah - fuck those people.

The only conclusion that can be made is they feel they have a right to be in whatever lane they want to be in, regardless of another car's presence in that lane.

[plugboots]

Nope. They’re inept.

I used to at least try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I don’t anymore. Driving is so fucking easy and yet people can’t do it.

[Ted Striker]

cars have never been better, yet drivers have never been worse.

[plugboots]

^^^You may be onto something there. Cheap POS cars go to 60 in 7 seconds, stop on a dime, etc. Maybe it was just easier when the cars were all going 50 tops mph, and got there at relatively the same pace because it evened the playing field.
Not to mention that person on the ramp was probably staring at their phone directions/Waze realizing they should’ve been on the frontage road.

[skaredshtles]

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Driving is so fucking easy and yet people can’t do it.

It actually isn't. I've got experience with *two* permitted teenage drivers in the last two years, and *apparently* it is WAY more difficult than it seems.

Which is the reason for the inevitability of the robots. If, for nothing else, the consistency in behavior they will bring. I, for one, welcome it.

[Ted Striker]

If cars came equipped with a pointy steel spike in the center of the steering wheel, drivers would get a whole lot better real fast. Or there'd simply be fewer of them. win/win.

[mall walker]

If cars came equipped with a pointy steel spike in the center of the steering wheel, drivers would get a whole lot better real fast. Or there'd simply be fewer of them. win/win.

this would cut the population of utah by more than half lol

[prsboogie]

If cars came equipped with a pointy steel spike in the center of the steering wheel, drivers would get a whole lot better real fast. Or there'd simply be fewer of them. win/win.

Fuck why didn't I think of this!¡

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[old goat]

We've been over this one before, but yesterday someone honked at me because they were merging onto the freeway and I was in the right lane driving at a constant speed. Some people just don't get it. All I could do was laugh.

This is TGR. We only drive in the left lane, minimum of 10 over. Despite your 17K posts, you are banned.

[plugboots]

Fuck why didn't I think of this!¡

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Old news bub. Cadilacs had this, and it’s how Sammy Davis Jr. lost his eyeball.

[iceman]

Wow Sammy Davis was 64 when he died, I thought he was like 80 or something

[wooley12]

There were no Baby on Board window decals back then as I recall. The driver took total responsibility to not hit other cars. Called the idea "Defensive Driving" Weird idea huh?



What pisses me off is people in the right lane on cruise with an unobstructed view of me entering the highway and they don't have the skills to see that they need to add or subtract a couple mph to let me on. A lot of people can drive a car but operating a motor vehicle safely seems a lost skill. Fuck those guys. I got insurance.

[MontuckyFried]

What pisses me off is people in the right lane on cruise with an unobstructed view of me entering the highway and they don't have the skills to see that they need to add or subtract a couple mph to let me on.

Uhh, I think you have that backwards. You do realize that vehicles already on the highway have the right-of-way and merging vehicles are the ones required to adjust their speed, right? Pretty universal rule across the country. Despite whatever you think may or may not be polite, the responsibility is on YOU (the guy trying to get on the highway) to add or subtract a couple mph to merge safely. Thems the rules. It's not rocket science.

[riser4]

Uhh, I think you have that backwards. You do realize that vehicles already on the highway have the right-of-way and merging vehicles are the ones required to adjust their speed, right? Pretty universal rule across the country. Despite whatever you think may or may not be polite, the responsibility is on YOU (the guy trying to get on the highway) to add or subtract a couple mph to merge safely. Thems the rules. It's not rocket science.

I am with wooley on this one. It's like a zipper merge, or sex: It works best when both parties cooperate. And politeness goes a long way.

[plugboots]

^^^Fuck that. Do it right. Get that POS up to speed and merge.


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[MontuckyFried]

I am with wooley on this one. It's like a zipper merge, or sex: It works best when both parties cooperate. And politeness goes a long way.

That may be, and nothing wrong with being polite (unless it screws with the traffic behind you), but there still shouldn't be the expectation that people get out of your way so you can merge. It ain't the olden days of land yachts that had 0-60 times of "eventually," so a proper merge is easier than ever. Now if traffic's bumper to bumper and there's no room for said merger, then yeah, go ahead and make a little room for the poor guy to get on the freeway.

[old goat]

Apparently there is no law in the CA motor vehicle code specifically addressing merging onto the freeway, only entering or crossing a highway from "public or private property". According to the CHP the freeway on ramp is considered part of the freeway and is considered the same way as when two lanes merge into one--as a zipper merge, and the car behind should allow the car in front to merge. So if someone is entering the freeway far enough in front of you that you can't pass them before the ramp and the through lane merge, slow down to let them in. Or better yet--if the left lane is open, change into that lane. Other states may be different but the CA rule seems like common sense to me. (Locals hint--when EB on I80 passing the Donner lake interchange on ramp and then the 89 on ramp stay in the left lane if you can. The first ramp is very short and the second is a fairly steep uphill with cars on the ramp hidden from view until they are almost on the freeway--so in both cases cars entering the freeway will be unable to reach freeway speed before entering the through lane.)

https://www.pe.com/2011/01/03/who-ha...-onto-freeway/