Spinoff: Bad drivers (subie or not)
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Depends on the car, there is 0% chance you could get a U turn in the dodge 3500 dually without doing that. Its got the turning radius of a ocean liner.
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- People who wait until past the last second to get out of the exit only lane while merging on the freeway. (aka, have to go over solid white lines because they didn't decide to get on the freeway sooner, usually ending up in cutting someone off). Same thing for the opposite, people who wait until after the lines become solid to get off the freeway.
- People who floor it on the straight parts of the road and then slow down to 5 mph to make any significant turn. Makes it even worse when they floor it to pass you, just to hold you up in the turn.
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I really dislike the drivers who at the last minute cut in because the traffic line for the left turn lane was too long or a freeway on/off ramp line was too long, then when someone or myself does not give them room to slide their as$ in they get mad.
You have no idea the **** people will do when your in an ambulance, but it does kinda depend on the city. American canyon / Vallejo? Forget it, you will be cut off, people will stop in front of you, or drive straight at 25 mph in a 55. It's infuriating but you expect it in those city's. Other places are a bit more surprising when they do that **** (and more dangerous). I KNOW everyone in Vallejo doesn't give a crap about moving, but in napa it's like 70/30 % of ppl will do the right thing. The 30% that don't are the old ppl 2 inches from steering wheel or immigrants who panic. /endrant
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I just witnessed psychotic woman driving a bright green Chevy spark smart car that is sticker bombed, weaving in and out of all 3 lanes on El Camino Real in San Mateo just to gain a cars length. If you see he watch out, might be on the rag?
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It's really fun dealing with the combination of young drivers who do not think they need to follow the rules, other people who seem to not know of the existence of any rules, and elderly folks who are stickler for say one rule (eg, brake checks you if you get close to the speed limit but never stops at stop signs). Every once in a while I get behind one of those folks who needs to make sure you are doing 20 in a 25. Sigh.. Now, more and more I see people simply stopping in the middle of the road to go some other way, or pulling out of a left turn lane and stopping an entire road so they can go right, things like that. People have no problem stopping a bunch of people so they do not get inconvenienced.
Someone hit my daily driver last night, pushed in the corner of the bumper and scratched it up. Just sucks to share space with people these days. I swear nearly every day someone does something stupid/dangerous and then gets mad at you for it. So weird.
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Yeah people are crazy out there. Some lady in a green Sentra was doing the same on 101N near 92, and I guess I accidentally cut her off, so she stayed behind me honking/flashing lights, then got in front and did the windshield washer thing for a bit. The really funny thing was she did this a bunch to a few other people and never really gained anything. I could see her all the way till I got off on 380 swerving/flashing/washing.
Honestly that does not teach them anything, and if someone did that to me over some bull**** traffic infringement, I am not sure what I would do but I am 100% sure that I would not simply back off.
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and that's what the old D cell batteries in the glove box are for, the ones who don't get the hint. If you are being an ***, you deserve everything you get.
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