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View Poll Results: Have you ever flipped off another motorist?
Yes 136 79.53%
No 35 20.47%
Voters: 171. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-14-2016, 11:32 AM
 
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Yesterday when I was making a protected left turn in an intersection with two left turn lanes another driver that was turning from the other protected left turn lane pulled up to me at the next red and signaled me to lower my window. Idk wtf he wanted but I ignored him which only got him angrier.

There's no way I would lower my window just because another driver wants to talk to me.
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I've had folks do that to let me know I have a low tire or a light not working. Some folks really do just want to be helpful.
Yep, go check your brake/taillights, and tires
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Old 09-14-2016, 12:54 PM
 
Location: West of Asheville
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I once flipped off a driver in the 80's. It turned out he was a FL State Trooper.


That moment of impulsiveness earned me three tickets. Needless to say, it cured me of that habit.
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Old 09-14-2016, 01:45 PM
 
Location: Austintown, OH
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Not today, I haven't. Yet!
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Old 09-14-2016, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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I've done it and not ashamed to admit it and will probably do it in the future. If you lived in the DC area you'd understand.
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Old 09-14-2016, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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ARE YOU KIDDING?

Every day. Pretty much.
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Old 09-14-2016, 09:19 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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I've done it and not ashamed to admit it and will probably do it in the future. If you lived in the DC area you'd understand.
Hahaha, yes, my friend lives in Arlington and when I visit her, I'm like "Damn, there IS a place where the traffic is worse than New Jersey."

I drive from NJ through Staten Island over the Verrazano into Brooklyn, where I have to drive down a long avenue with a yeshiva on every block, each of which has about five school buses dropping off kids. No, I don't give the kids the finger, ever, but sometimes the school bus drivers get it. And the garbage trucks.

The trip is 42 miles. Today it took me two hours and 20 minutes to get there. That's only because there were accidents. Usually it's an hour and 20, hour and a half. The summer was better, an hour and five, but now that people are home from vacation and the schools are open, it's just hell.
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Old 09-14-2016, 09:23 PM
 
Location: Nashville TN, Cincinnati, OH
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I drive defensive I like my cars they are nice and I don't want them dinged up and no I do not flip anybody off, no point in doing that.
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Old 09-14-2016, 10:13 PM
 
Location: USA
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I have when I was younger but it's not worth it especially since there's causes of people literally fighting over something pity. Too many parlous and unstable drivers out there so I'd rather just be an adult and carry on with my day rather than turn it into a blood bath. I don't know why the U.S. doesn't have a psychological test before receiving a drivers license. They're not going to do that. Why? Because the government just wants your money.
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Old 09-14-2016, 10:40 PM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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I have never been sure whether it is a threat or an invitation.
therefore, I do not do it.
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Old 09-14-2016, 10:52 PM
 
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Yesterday. Damn Californies have no idea how to operate a vehicle. Somewhere around the 20th time one of them did something totally stupid I'd had enough.
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