On the Road Rant Thread

This is the place for ranting about idiots on the road.

I hate electro-luminescent gauges. They make people think their lights are on when they're not.

Monday I had some guy come up behind me, probably doing 90, and he had his hazards on. Why? I have no clue. Let him by and he continued on.

People who drive without their lights on in rain, snow, and fog piss me off.

Had a couple run ins with Semi Truck drivers who think their trucks have better traction on icy roads where you can't see the lines and chose to pass everyone driving a safe speed, spraying everyone with slush that your wipers just can't seem to clear fast enough.

Sorry, had a lot built up over the last couple weeks.

I thought this was going to be bitching about traveling for work. Nevermind.

Actually ran across someone that thought the "emergency flashers" turned your vehicle into an emergency vehicle and couldn't understand why no one moved out of their way when they used them. They also couldn't grasp the concept that they were hazard flashers and not emergency flashers.

The past few weeks it has been foggy as hell here. Like, you can't see one car length in front of you foggy. I almost nailed a silver Toyota Highlander who did not have her lights on. The damn thing might as well been invisible.

The windshield in my Wrangler is absolutely destroyed. It looks like it has been sandblasted and has 2 large cracks; one that runs the length of the windshield about 5" from the bottom and one that runs vertically from the top to the middle on the passenger side. All of this from rock strikes. See, when it snows here, the DoT doesn't plow. They just dump TONS of gravel and sand on the road. The snow lasted all of a week and now the roads are covered in loose gravel and sand. The dumb motherberkeleying drivers cannot stay in the middle of the lane and thus throw all kinds of E36 M3 when they cross over the fog line or the dotted lines. All of the damage happened within a window of 2 weeks. It's infuriating.

I thought it was going to be bitching about the Kerouac novel.

I used to get upset by the things people do on the road, but eventually figured out that unless their actions were putting me in danger, they weren't worth getting upset about. My life is now filled with peace and tranquility.

bravenrace wrote: I used to get upset by the things people do on the road, but eventually figured out that unless their actions were putting me in danger, they weren't worth getting upset about. My life is now filled with peace and tranquility.

I have the same outlook, except I'm still POed 90% of the time I'm driving.

Too many idiots trying to kill me

stanger_missle wrote: The past few weeks it has been foggy as hell here. Like, you can't see one car length in front of you foggy. I almost nailed a silver Toyota Highlander who did not have her lights on. The damn thing might as well been invisible. The windshield in my Wrangler is absolutely destroyed. It looks like it has been sandblasted and has 2 large cracks; one that runs the length of the windshield about 5" from the bottom and one that runs vertically from the top to the middle on the passenger side. All of this from rock strikes. See, when it snows here, the DoT doesn't plow. They just dump TONS of gravel and sand on the road. The snow lasted all of a week and now the roads are covered in loose gravel and sand. The dumb motherberkeleying drivers cannot stay in the middle of the lane and thus throw all kinds of E36 M3 when they cross over the fog line or the dotted lines. All of the damage happened within a window of 2 weeks. It's infuriating.

wow, that must really suck ass on a motorcycle.

As I get older I am more sensitive to fog lights. Seems every idiot in the world has to have them on their SUV and must use them at all times, needed or not.

Allright, jeez you are blinding everyone on a clear night!

I met a guy last night with a set of LED fog lights at the base of his windshield. On. In the city. On a clear evening.

I'm gonna go get a handheld million candlepower lamp to demonstrate my disdain for their practices.

As everyone knows, Mother Nature has basically been running a train on us up here in New England, pummeling us with with record snow amounts in the past two weeks with no relief in sight.

Every year up here it snows. And every year I see idiots rolling around on the highways and side roads with cars that still have snow-covered windows and a foot or more of snow on the roof. And I'm not just talking about giant SUV's and box trucks. I saw a woman this morning driving a PT Loser Cruiser with basically a little peep hole for her to see out of and about two feet of snow everywhere else on the car. It was basically a snow bank with wheels. HOW THE berkeley CAN YOU BE THAT berkeleyING LAZY?????? And it has been snowing here pretty much every day for two weeks! NO EXCUSE.

Every day since this snow pattern started, I've seen the MA State Police Twitter feed posting pics of accidents caused by snow flying off of vehicles or operators not seeing other drivers because of snow-covered windows. It's 100% against the law up here, and at least they are looking for these shiny happy people now and punishing them.

The PIT maneuver should be a lawful means of removing a slow car from the fast lane and removing a texting driver from the road all together.

I did replace my horn with one rated at 140 db. It does scare the crap out of the texting crowd. I'm looking forward to warmer weather when they will have their windows down.

SilverFleet wrote: As everyone knows, Mother Nature has basically been running a train on us up here in New England, pummeling us with with record snow amounts in the past two weeks with no relief in sight. Every year up here it snows. And every year I see idiots rolling around on the highways and side roads with cars that still have snow-covered windows and a foot or more of snow on the roof. And I'm not just talking about giant SUV's and box trucks. I saw a woman this morning driving a PT Loser Cruiser with basically a little peep hole for her to see out of and about two feet of snow everywhere else on the car. It was basically a snow bank with wheels. HOW THE berkeley CAN YOU BE THAT berkeleyING LAZY?????? And it has been snowing here pretty much every day for two weeks! NO EXCUSE. Every day since this snow pattern started, I've seen the MA State Police Twitter feed posting pics of accidents caused by snow flying off of vehicles or operators not seeing other drivers because of snow-covered windows. It's 100% against the law up here, and at least they are looking for these shiny happy people now and punishing them.

It seems that it is more prevalent this year than in the past. Yesterday, I saw an older car that looked like it had just backed out of the snow bank, there was so much snow on the front that I couldn't tell what make it was, let alone the headlights and directional.

Some guy in a LHD SUV with diplomatic plates and a Texas sticker on the rear glass tried to change lanes clean into me today. A rare occasion when I would have liked to have a horn, but I need that working power circuit for the radiator fan, so a combination of me dodging and him eventually looking did the trick.

You just reinforced a lot of stereotypes there buddy.

OK. I have one. You LEOs out there... I get that you are trying to get our attention to slow down for something ahead. But, facing me, with your brights on and all the berkeleying blue and red and LED spots flashing like a Copenhagen disco completely blinds me so I can't see anything at all and leaves a halo in my vision like staring at the sun. Can you please tone it down? I could see the flashers half a mile away and have already slowed down. Turn off the berkeleying whites.

Followed a guy in this morning who, at a red light, rolled down his window and casually tossed his cigarette butt out the window. As if littering and throwing flaming things out the window was perfectly OK. I really wish I could install a poo-flinging apparatus on my car to show an equal level of disdain for the environment and other drivers. I mean, I have dogs and I should be able to throw their poop on the hood of your car if I want too right? You flick butts at me. Allow me to return the favor with feces.

pinchvalve wrote: I mean, I have dogs and I should be able to throw their poop on the hood of your car if I want too right? You flick butts at me. Allow me to return the favor with feces.

Dog turds are actually much more eco-friendly than cigarette butts, eventually they'll make good fertilizer!

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: People who drive without their lights on in rain, snow, and fog piss me off.

I'd agree but if it is foggy, fog lights are useless if your headlights are on. The point of foglights is to cut under the fog with less glareback, if your headlights are on then you still get all of the glareback.

Of course, there are the people who drive with the foglights on all the time, which is almost as annoying as people who drive with their REAR foglights on. I figure it's a case of pushing every damn button on the dash to see what they do. (I've seen people do this.)

Toyman01 wrote: The PIT maneuver should be a lawful means of removing a slow car from the fast lane and removing a texting driver from the road all together. I did replace my horn with one rated at 140 db. It does scare the crap out of the texting crowd. I'm looking forward to warmer weather when they will have their windows down.

For a real fun time, try honking at someone who is texting at a red light. Ten bucks says they hit the gas and go before checking the light, then stop abruptly when they see it is still red.

Knurled wrote:

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: People who drive without their lights on in rain, snow, and fog piss me off.

I'd agree but if it is foggy, fog lights are useless if your headlights are on. The point of foglights is to cut under the fog with less glareback, if your headlights are on then you still get all of the glareback. Of course, there are the people who drive with the foglights on all the time, which is almost as annoying as people who drive with their REAR foglights on. I figure it's a case of pushing every damn button on the dash to see what they do. (I've seen people do this.)

one thing that you're forgetting is that most OEM fog lights aren't individually selectable … if you high beams are on they are off, if your low beams are on they are on … the first I was aware of this was with the Mustangs of the '90's or maybe the 80's

prior to that era all the fog lights that I was familiar with were activated with a separate switch, same as aftermarket ones now … though some installers will hook them into your headlight circuit a la OEM

rcutclif wrote:

Toyman01 wrote: The PIT maneuver should be a lawful means of removing a slow car from the fast lane and removing a texting driver from the road all together. I did replace my horn with one rated at 140 db. It does scare the crap out of the texting crowd. I'm looking forward to warmer weather when they will have their windows down.

For a real fun time, try honking at someone who is texting at a red light. Ten bucks says they hit the gas and go before checking the light, then stop abruptly when they see it is still red.

wbjones wrote: one thing that you're forgetting is that most OEM fog lights aren't individually selectable … if you high beams are on they are off, if your low beams are on they are on … the first I was aware of this was with the Mustangs of the '90's or maybe the 80's prior to that era all the fog lights that I was familiar with were activated with a separate switch, same as aftermarket ones now … though some installers will hook them into your headlight circuit a la OEM

I'm not forgetting it. In fact, I am pointing out that this method of implementation is stupid. This is why I usally call them "dipE36 M3 lights" because they are useless for anything other than identifying the dipE36 M3s on the road so that you can avoid them, or at least be ready for them to invariably do something really dumb.

pinchvalve wrote: Followed a guy in this morning who, at a red light, rolled down his window and casually tossed his cigarette butt out the window. As if littering and throwing flaming things out the window was perfectly OK. I really wish I could install a poo-flinging apparatus on my car to show an equal level of disdain for the environment and other drivers. I mean, I have dogs and I should be able to throw their poop on the hood of your car if I want too right? You flick butts at me. Allow me to return the favor with feces.

I will donate to that kickstarter

nepa03focus wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: Followed a guy in this morning who, at a red light, rolled down his window and casually tossed his cigarette butt out the window. As if littering and throwing flaming things out the window was perfectly OK. I really wish I could install a poo-flinging apparatus on my car to show an equal level of disdain for the environment and other drivers. I mean, I have dogs and I should be able to throw their poop on the hood of your car if I want too right? You flick butts at me. Allow me to return the favor with feces.

I will donate to that kickstarter

I'll donate poop for the Cause.