Driving pet peeves

I believe this happened either on the PA Turnpike or I-95; One of my coworkers was cut off by a guy in a diesel pickup while driving her 2005 Lexus RX330, maybe six years ago...?

She responded by flipping off the guy in the truck; Unfortunately, she had her windows down because it was a nice day...

The driver of the pickup reciprocated by slowing down, positioning his tailpipe next to her window, and rolling coal; He then proceeded to drive off in a cloud of black smoke before she could even get his license plate!

 

This also happened on 611 in Warrington, fairly late at night when there were virtually no other cars on the road; It after I got the job at Puck but before I had the backup camera installed in my truck (I think it was the spring or summer of 2016, but I can't remember for sure...

A late 90s Dodge Ram Cummins with a lift kit and a loud (possibly nonexistent) exhaust roared up next to me, on my left, at a red light...

The driver of the Dodge (likely drunk considering that it was close to midnight), proceeded to rev his engine and then gun it when the light turned green...

I just ignored him; I don't know if he was trying to race me or what, but this went on at two or three more red lights before he finally gave up and made a pathetic attempt to roll coal on my truck before taking off.

 

Holy hell, that is terrible. Gotta be careful with stuff like that. My dad got in a pretty bad fit of road rage a long time ago, pulled next to the guy and yelled etc. Guy proceeded to get ahead of us, threw his Big Gulp on our windshield and then hung a tow hitch out the window like he was going to throw it.

 

seat reclined all the way back w one arm on steering wheel

 

One time in 2017, I was behind two people in a shitty white 2000-2005 Chevy Impala; They were in the left lane and going obnoxiously slow...

I never have any qualms about passing people on the right, but the right lane was packed with traffic and I couldn't do shit; I beeped, and they slowed down. I beeped again, and I believe I may have been flipped off or given a death stare. Finally, the right lane opened up, and I drove around the white Impala without even a second glance...

I wound up at red light just down the road, still in the right lane; I happened to look in my side view mirror and notice that Impala was pulling up in the left lane and the front seat passenger was rolling down his window...

I repositioned my dashcam so it was facing the Impala occupants, tapped it with my pointer finger, and gave them a smug "Don't fuck with me" look; The window promptly went back up and they drove off...

Dashcam FTW!!!

 

Someone watching movies on an laptop or tablet positioned on their dashboard, while driving!

 

People with dogs in their laps while driving. Nobody thinks your dog is cute except you. Leave it at home.

 

im still amazed how many people let dog lick their face since they licked balls/ahole prior

 

Oh man, that reminds me of something that happened a long time ago. It was back when I was younger and somewhat of a hot-head, and looking back, it wasn't such a great idea.

I was driving up a narrow access road that was flanked on either side by overgrown vegetation and rusty guardrails. The road itself was poorly maintained and covered in potholes, and in some areas the surface of the road had buckled due to subsidence and hillside "creep." Needless to say, most people didn't know about it but I did, and I also knew that it was an awesome shortcut between two neighborhoods in the city. Usually I was the only person on it.

Anyway, I was driving up this steep and narrow road when I see this old Ford Explorer heading up the hill behind me, and this dude was really moving. He was taking the road so fast that I could see the front end of his SUV jumping up and down.
He flew up behind me and got within a foot of my rear bumper before he finally slowed down, and it was close enough that I was sure he was going to crash into me. Then, as we made our way up the hill, he was keeping that same close range and weaving back and forth, as if trying to find an opportunity to pass. Mind you I wasn't even driving slow, it's just that this guy was being a total prick. I don't like having my personal space violated like that, and this dude never once backed off.

We eventually get toward the top of the hill near the stop sign, and the whole time I can see nothing in my rear view but the grille of his SUV. There was this HUGE patch of dirt, dust and gravel near the stop sign due to washouts from rain flowing down the hillside. I was driving an older Thunderbird at the time, and it had really wide tires on the back with a limited slip axle. When the coast was clear, I absolutely stomped on it and boiled the road, spewing a massive cloud of dust, dirt and gravel all over the front of this prick's Explorer. There was nothing behind me but a huge cloud of brown and gray dust. It was summertime so I'm thinking he probably had his windows down too.
My car wasn't slow, so I took off after the stop sign and he never had a chance to catch up to me. It was incredible and I was laughing like an idiot, but looking back, I'm surprised he didn't try to chase me down and start a fight... or worse.

 

Definitely need to get one. It was raining this past year and someone cut out in front of me on the freeway so I had to brake pretty quick and skid a bit. Guy behind me pulled up next to me and did a "finger gun" motion at me and sped away. People are dumb as hell.

 

Yeah that's nasty.

 

I don't know if this guy was either oblivious or blatantly being an asshole (often these two things go hand in hand)…

This happened in early 2010; My friend and I were walking around in New Hope, Pennsylvania (an overpopulated, overcrowded, overpriced, glorified tourist trap); This guy in a 1987-1990 Dodge Dakota pickup decided to make an attempt at a burnout. He buried the gas pedal, but unfortunately his rear tires were right atop a mix of gravel and rock salt; Instead of doing an epic burnout and leaving skidmarks, he only succeeded in spraying my friend directly in the face with road grit!

My friend wanted to kick this guy's ass, but he was long gone before the resulting dust cloud cleared...

What amazes the most is that an early Dakota with the 125hp six-gerbils-in-exercise-wheels powerplant Dodge called the 3.9L V6 was able generate that much power!

 

What kind of rig you roll in?

I do roll-off at the moment... but came from OTR duties not to look ago.

 

but BrO!!!!

horn honk would be acceptable imo

 

These days, use of the horn seems equivalent to giving the finger or insulting someone's mother...

 

There's this alley in front of the bar where I used to work, and it's one-way; One time an older model black Suburban drove the wrong way, going way too fast...

The windows were down, and I yelled after them that it was one-way; The front seat passenger stuck his arm out the window and flipped me off!

 

I gave a short toot toot to let him know I was behind him ... nothing.

 

People that pass me (in my semi driving speed limit) on two lane roads then turn left less than a mile down the road

 

Here’s good one...

Try having high-functioning autism and driving with two of your friends who also have high-functioning autism!

Most of the time, nothing happens, but when something does happen all hell can break loose!

 

I can count the number of times I've used the middle seat in my RC on one hand, and I've had my truck for over a decade!

One time between April 2013 and September 2016 (After I upgraded the stereo in my truck but before I got the double-DIN HU and backup camera), I had the two aforementioned friends in my truck. My best friend Mike was crammed into the middle because he was the smallest. Mike kept playing with USB cord plugged into my radio, and this was incredibly distracting to me; I had to tell him at least three times not to mess with the damn thing!