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It was yesterday around like 8:30 pm when all lanes were hogged up on the highway which would be 4 lanes going in the same direction. For no reason this person was going in the left lane and almost same limit as everyone. The left is for passing which I don’t understand why people don’t get. I saw an opening and suddenly this person speeds up from the left to try and block me but I got in front of that idiot.
What is that idiot gonna tell the cops/insurance if he rear ends me for trying to block me from passing?
--OR-- What are you going to tell your insurance agent, the police, and your family when you're laid-up in the hospital because you chose to play stupid games with a stupid person. Sorry, but I avoid getting angry when driving, especially these days. You could end up dead if you get po'd with the wrong knucklehead.
Be safe to the best of your ability. You can only control your own actions/reactions.
I've held a driving licence for 72 years and am still driving daily. I have to admit to having been a rash driver and impatient speedster in my early years and was lucky not to have any major accidents. That was in the days before we even had speed signs on our roads. We learn by our mistakes.
I stick to all of the driving laws these days, but I see plenty of impatient drivers. They are mostly young drivers on 'Provisional' licences. We call them "P-Platers". These drivers have the ability to out-speed anybody else and to change lanes frequently at will. Now the ONLY reason they can do that is because everybody else is PATIENTLY sticking to the rules and driving patiently. If we all drove that way and changed lanes at will, Our cars would be colliding with one another all over the place.
It is my opinion that the safest behavior in which the OP (or anyone else for that matter) found himself would have been to tolerate the bad behaviour of the other driver, use self talk such as "There goes another idiot driving like a 'P-Plater" or "There goes an accident waiting to happen" and to sit PATIENTLY where he was, until such time as it was safe to change lanes. Family and friends will see you around for longer.
FWIW, that's my attitude to other annoying drivers these days and I'm still getting home unruffled each day.
I've held a driving licence for 72 years and am still driving daily. I have to admit to having been a rash driver and impatient speedster in my early years and was lucky not to have any major accidents. That was in the days before we even had speed signs on our roads. We learn by our mistakes.
I stick to all of the driving laws these days, but I see plenty of impatient drivers. They are mostly young drivers on 'Provisional' licences. We call them "P-Platers". These drivers have the ability to out-speed anybody else and to change lanes frequently at will. Now the ONLY reason they can do that is because everybody else is PATIENTLY sticking to the rules and driving patiently. If we all drove that way and changed lanes at will, Our cars would be colliding with one another all over the place.
It is my opinion that the safest behavior in which the OP (or anyone else for that matter) found himself would have been to tolerate the bad behaviour of the other driver, use self talk such as "There goes another idiot driving like a 'P-Plater" or "There goes an accident waiting to happen" and to sit PATIENTLY where he was, until such time as it was safe to change lanes. Family and friends will see you around for longer.
FWIW, that's my attitude to other annoying drivers these days and I'm still getting home unruffled each day.
But why did that person speed up as soon as I was changing to the left lane when he was going slow. I was behind him for like 5 minute and I saw an opening so I took it and he decides to speed up just to **** me off for no reason.
I don’t get people and I don’t think I ever will.
But why did that person speed up as soon as I was changing to the left lane when he was going slow. I was behind him for like 5 minute and I saw an opening so I took it and he decides to speed up just to **** me off for no reason.
I don’t get people and I don’t think I ever will.
No, he wasn't trying to **** you off (although it appears he was successful) but just the mind set of some drivers. It's epidemic here in the DC area, "I'm more important than you and must be in front".
Apologies helpmeout1. It sounds as if you had been patiently waiting for an opening and then this driver deliberately chopped you off.
I would think that North Beach Person's explanation is more on the money. It sounds deliberate and if it was, then he is a road menace. But once again I think the best policy is just to regard him as a selfish idiot and to suck it up in such events on the roads.
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