Impatient drivers passing on shoulder

#21
the guy in the small pickup felt he got slighted, so he was balls to the wall to get back at the lorry, somehow
that's what FACE does to people in Thailand

The same thing will happen when they cause a near miss by their own illegal actions on the highway & they'll be hell bent that the other driver is at fault.

there's literally a plethora of seriously bad Thai drivers posted on YT
my friends & I share them online, because we've experienced it ourselves

I've been a lot of places & I can safely say that Thailand rates pretty high for dangerous driving, second to Cambodia in Asia.
If you want worse, you need to go to Africa.
 
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Old Garage-Bander said:
I love driving the speed limit if I know it's pissing off some hothead behind me. :eyebrow:

I also feel an obligation to maintain a safe following distance behind me when someone is up my tailpipe.
I slow down so the guy behind me has room to stop for the speed in play. :meh:
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My solution is to wash my windshield. Especially effective against convertibles.
 
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Killed_by_Death said:
the guy in the small pickup felt he got slighted, so he was balls to the wall to get back at the lorry, somehow
that's what FACE does to people in Thailand
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I used to drive big rigs, and I had some guy try to commit suicide in front of me on the highway by cutting in front of me and stopping dead. Well, after the second time he stopped dead in front of me, I figured out he was road raging, so I called the police. He eventually took off and disappeared. I would have much rather pulled a Thailand move and just run over his car.
 
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Old Garage-Bander said:
I also feel an obligation to maintain a safe following distance behind me when someone is up my tailpipe.
I slow down so the guy behind me has room to stop for the speed in play. :meh:
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That reminds me of an incident from long ago. I was 18 and had a night job which ended at 2 am, just about the same time as the drunks were emptying out of the bars. While driving home along the lonely country roads in my old rust bucket '79 Camaro, a set of headlights came up behind me pretty quickly and then the driver tailgated me very, very closely for about a minute. I assumed that since I was doing exactly the 55 mph speed limit that he would pass if I slowed down to 50 mph. I did and he didn't. After about 30 seconds I slowed again to about 40 mph but he still didn't pass and kept right on my bumper, much too close for safety. I tapped the brake pedal several times to flash my brake lights and even slowed down to 35 mph but he just hung there on my bumper.

By this time, I started to get worried and wondered if this was some maniac, maybe on drugs or something and I might be in danger of him running me off the road, either accidentally or on purpose.

So I floored the go-pedal and left him behind. With a warmed over 350 under the hood I assumed that I had seen the last of him. I was wrong. I had the car up to 120 mph for about 5 miles and then slowed back down to the speed limit as I got close to town about a mile from my house. All of a sudden the same car came zooming up behind me and he had obviously matched my speed. I was beginning to get genuinely scared.

Then the red and blue lights started flashing on top of the car behind me. I actually said, out loud, "You've got to be ******** me!" It was a cop car that had been riding my bumper for 5 minutes with his headlights blazing in my mirrors and making me think he was a crazy person out to get me. Obviously, he assumed that a scraggly long-hair like me driving a rust bucket like mine along a country road at 2 am would be a prime target for catching a drunk driver or a bad guy with contraband or warrants or something else worth busting.

I pulled over to the shoulder, literally a block from my house, and the cop asked me if I knew why he pulled me over. I replied that it was probably because I was speeding but I added that I was driving so fast because I thought he was a maniac who was tailgating me for no reason and wouldn't pass even though I slowed down to 35 mph and gave him plenty of opportunity to go around. He ignored that and gave me the usual questions. Where was I going. Where was I coming from. Had I been drinking. Is there anything illegal in my vehicle. He even stuck his nose through my window and took a sniff, presumably checking for alcohol of weed. I hadn't done anything wrong but I was worrying that I could be about to get a reckless driving charge and be dragged off to jail.

After he ran my license and I came back clean, he just said that I should watch my speed, wished me a good evening and then got back into his car and drove away.

Jerk.
 
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hondo4life said:
Aim one of your nozzles so it goes straight over your roof. Even better, if you have a rear wiper/washer, just point it straight back
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I've actually tried that but found that at speeds above forty or so it would go over the offending driver as well. But I drive a beetle and it has aerodynamics that force surface-level mist to more or less follow its shape, to my advantage. Science.
 
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Killed_by_Death said:
the guy in the small pickup felt he got slighted, so he was balls to the wall to get back at the lorry, somehow
that's what FACE does to people in Thailand

The same thing will happen when they cause a near miss by their own illegal actions on the highway & they'll be hell bent that the other driver is at fault.

there's literally a plethora of seriously bad Thai drivers posted on YT
my friends & I share them online, because we've experienced it ourselves

I've been a lot of places & I can safely say that Thailand rates pretty high for dangerous driving, second to Cambodia in Asia.
If you want worse, you need to go to Africa.
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Hmm, I thought drivers in L.A. sucked...............

hbarcat said:
That reminds me of an incident from long ago. I was 18 and had a night job which ended at 2 am, just about the same time as the drunks were emptying out of the bars. While driving home along the lonely country roads in my old rust bucket '79 Camaro, a set of headlights came up behind me pretty quickly and then the driver tailgated me very, very closely for about a minute. I assumed that since I was doing exactly the 55 mph speed limit that he would pass if I slowed down to 50 mph. I did and he didn't. After about 30 seconds I slowed again to about 40 mph but he still didn't pass and kept right on my bumper, much too close for safety. I tapped the brake pedal several times to flash my brake lights and even slowed down to 35 mph but he just hung there on my bumper.

By this time, I started to get worried and wondered if this was some maniac, maybe on drugs or something and I might be in danger of him running me off the road, either accidentally or on purpose.

So I floored the go-pedal and left him behind. With a warmed over 350 under the hood I assumed that I had seen the last of him. I was wrong. I had the car up to 120 mph for about 5 miles and then slowed back down to the speed limit as I got close to town about a mile from my house. All of a sudden the same car came zooming up behind me and he had obviously matched my speed. I was beginning to get genuinely scared.

Then the red and blue lights started flashing on top of the car behind me. I actually said, out loud, "You've got to be ******** me!" It was a cop car that had been riding my bumper for 5 minutes with his headlights blazing in my mirrors and making me think he was a crazy person out to get me. Obviously, he assumed that a scraggly long-hair like me driving a rust bucket like mine along a country road at 2 am would be a prime target for catching a drunk driver or a bad guy with contraband or warrants or something else worth busting.

I pulled over to the shoulder, literally a block from my house, and the cop asked me if I knew why he pulled me over. I replied that it was probably because I was speeding but I added that I was driving so fast because I thought he was a maniac who was tailgating me for no reason and wouldn't pass even though I slowed down to 35 mph and gave him plenty of opportunity to go around. He ignored that and gave me the usual questions. Where was I going. Where was I coming from. Had I been drinking. Is there anything illegal in my vehicle. He even stuck his nose through my window and took a sniff, presumably checking for alcohol of weed. I hadn't done anything wrong but I was worrying that I could be about to get a reckless driving charge and be dragged off to jail.

After he ran my license and I came back clean, he just said that I should watch my speed, wished me a good evening and then got back into his car and drove away.

Jerk.
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Did you report him to the media? I would have.
 
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In my community, I've seen more and more people blowing stop signs and red lights. It's usually young people.
It feels to meet like they think traffic laws are just suggestions to be obeyed if convenient.

I saw and heard a fire truck in my rear view mirror this afternoon, and promptly pulled to the side of the road and stopped my car completely.
I had some kid riding my bumper so hard, I thought for sure he'd hit me. He swerved over at the last second, smashed on the gas and gave me the finger as he went screaming by. He never stopped to let the fire truck go by, stayed in front of it until it turned.

-Mike
 
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Jeff Scott said:
I thought drivers in L.A. sucked...............
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Los Angeles & Bangkok (Groong Thep Mahanakorn) both means City of Angels, but L.A. is a cakewalk in comparison.
and I drove a lot in L.A., spent countless hours parked on I-5 or the 101

Where Bangkok is better is parking, I hated trying to find a place to park in L.A..
In BKK they can build huge parking towers, since there's no earthquakes.
 
#32
I don't drive on the sidewalks. But I do slightly road rage almost daily.

1) Leading left- If the oncoming traffic and the traffic going your way gets the green light, and you are turning left, PULL OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION! Once the light turns red, quickly, safely, and LEGALLY turn left and get out of the way. If done properly, two or three cars can get through. If not done at all, we all SIT THERE for several light cycles while twofer fantasizes about your head exploding.

2) Speed limit - If you can't drive it, you are mentally incapable of driving. Turn in your license and take a cab.

3) Cutting me off - If I am going down a two-lane road going about 9 miles over the speed limit, and you turn out in front of me so you can drive 9 miles under the speed limit, prepare to have my headlights in your rear view for the foreseeable future. You're a dipstick.

Never mind my edit. I didn't save the pic. Three is enough for now.
 
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Jeff Scott said:
Did you report him to the media? I would have.
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I was an 18 year old doofus and looked like a street thug. I wasn't. Never drove drunk, never used drugs, stayed out of trouble and did my best to drive sensibly and not exceed the speed limit by more than a few mph. But with my personal appearance and the visual state of vehicles I used to drive, I was pulled over at least 2-3 times a month just because cops everywhere saw a likely target for a bust.

I got used to the routine. When asked if I knew why I was pulled over I would always simply answer "No, sir" and nothing more. The officer is asking that question in the hopes that if you are doing something illegal that you'll get nervous and start babbling and give something away. I had nothing to hide but I wasn't about to play the silly game. Got better things to do.

So then the cop would usually say I strayed from my lane or failed to use a turn signal or didn't come to a complete stop at a stop sign or some other little white lie. I'd get the typical pile of questions which I would answer truthfully and politely, but in as few words as absolutely possible. Again, I just want this nuisance to be done with because I've got better things to do than sit by the side of the road with a flashlight in my face carrying on a pointless conversation that always ends with me being sent on my way, as before, with the obligatory, "Have a nice evening."

Now that I'm older, I wouldn't put up with such profiling and harassment. Ironically, I don't have to because I now own cars that troublemakers wouldn't drive and I never get pulled over these days.
 
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This really isn't new. But there is probably about double the population now compared to when this was made, who knows how many more cars on the road, and of course the Internet with all the various ways for stuff to be brought up to everyone. And new things like cellphones, both to cause issues and to record them.

Russ
 
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How would peoples driving be different if they were walking.
Is driving psychology any different from the internet badass psychology compared to walking?

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RedLefty said:
I have often dreamed of putting "Billy Bobs Nuclear Waste Transport" on the door of my truck complete with yellow 55 gallon drums in the bed.
I drive a retired F350 service truck
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In their early, touring days Penn and Teller adorned their POS station wagon with signs which indicated toxic medical waste onboard. The car was never broken into.
 
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