"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
01/29/2014 at 20:34 • Filed to: None
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
01/29/2014 at 20:34 • Filed to: None | 3
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I don't want to incriminate myself with many details but let's just say it has something to do with a very improper use of a right-hand turn lane - and its associated highway entry lane. I was awake and alert and I had a huge sight-line; traffic to my left was packed but to my right there wasn't anything, not even on the road on the perpendicular. Was it safe at that moment? I guess technically it was - I'm here after all, and nobody else got hurt or injured. Does that mean it's still safe? Hell no .
So why did I do it? Because a guy ahead of me was trying to box me in (or maybe not - I simply don't know) and something just clicked on my mind - there as an opportunity and I seized it. But it wasn't an opportunity for seizing in the first place. It was simply illegal and exactly the type of thing that wouldn't qualify me for Nationwide safe driving discounts (yeah I'm watching the commercial as I type this). Either way, I didn't want to escalate any more potential road-rage so I simply took another route home to completely avoid the guy boxing me in. Incidentally, in the process I discovered a faster route home anyway.
I suppose I should feel happy that that was the most reckless thing I can remember doing on the road, but it doesn't excuse what I did. I think the lesson I'm going to take from this is to modify my commute routine so hopefully I won't feel so frustrated or a pressing need for, what we call in the aviation industry "get-home-itis" and be tempted to seize such "opportunities" in the future.
What about you, OppoLock? I know at least some of you have tried some risky behavior. You don't have to give all the details because we're not incriminating anyone here - but feel free to confess all your road sins here.
Blondude
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 20:36 |
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Lemme guess, you downshifted to third and shouted "Release the kracken!!"
Manuél Ferrari
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 20:36 |
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It happens. None of us are perfect.
Don't beat yourself up over it.
briannutter1
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 20:41 |
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What would John Galt do?
hethoughtofcars
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 20:42 |
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Hey at least you didn't punch a bicyclist.
Korea Miéville
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 20:43 |
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One of life's many injustices is the fact that the most considerate and polite people are also the ones who beat themselves up the hardest over minor slights, while the biggest douchebags feel zero guilt about regularly screwing people over.
desertdog5051
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 20:52 |
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You are forgiven.
Bytemite
> hethoughtofcars
01/29/2014 at 20:54 |
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Or drive-by smack him/her in the ass. >.>
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Manuél Ferrari
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 21:09 |
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I just remembered a recent incident to share.
I was on a freeway and mistimed when I should start getting into the right lanes to get on the interchange to the next freeway.
Since I was making my move late I crossed over the lanes faster than I should have. I made an aggressive pull to the right.
I checked the traffic carefully before making my move. It was open.
What I wasn't able to realize is that a large SUV that was in one of the right lanes and going straight to get onto the interchange was going VERY fast. He didn't have to slam on his brakes or anything due to my lane change. But he didn't like what I did and get extremely pissed about it.
He flipped me off and tail gated me while we were on the interchange. I couldn't get out of his way as there was a car ahead of me and cars to the right of me at that point.
Once a hole opened to my right (that I could get into but he couldn't yet) I took it and sped the hell out of there so he wouldn't run into me. He tried his hardest to catch up but couldn't. It was simply a matter of physics, not will or skill (E90 M3 can take an interchange bend quicker than a large SUV).
Once I got onto the next freeway I slowed down to regular speeds and let him pass. He was still pissed and continued to speed like a mad man and create a big traffic hazard.
The whole thing was so weird because I didn't intentionally try to screw that driver over. I made a mistake and changed lanes too quickly. But I didn't cut right in front of him and put his life in danger. Nobody got hurt and it should have been over. But he had to take it to psycho levels and get within a few feet of my bumper and then proceed to drive like a maniac and put other people at risk. It sucked.
N/A POWAAAHH
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 21:32 |
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I didn't even catch what you did..
oldirtybootz
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/29/2014 at 21:42 |
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I have, not gonna lie. People are stupid, sometimes the rules need to be bent.
ihm96
> Manuél Ferrari
01/29/2014 at 22:11 |
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Yeah every once in a while I make a mistake and feel like a dick, but instead of accepting my apology of a sorry hand people will either get angry or act all high on the horse condescending like they could never, ever, make a mistake. People act like they are perfect and rude even when you are genuinely sorry. Especially when they see I'm 17 and I'm a teen. Do they not remember when they hadn't been driving for very long?
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Manuél Ferrari
> ihm96
01/29/2014 at 22:37 |
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It's just the worst when people are like that. It wouldn't matter if you were 40. You're still capable of making a mistake. It doesn't mean you were trying to screw that person over.
Retaliation is really not cool. Even if I think I know for sure that somebody did something on purpose while driving to mess with me I still don't retaliate. It's not safe for other drivers. And it's not safe for me. How do I know who has a gun cocked and ready to go?
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ihm96
> Manuél Ferrari
01/29/2014 at 22:40 |
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Yeah, when I see someone make a mistake and look sorry about it I don't mind, but everyone can't accept that it might be a mistake and that *GASP* you're not trying to screw them over. And even if they do drive aggressively or cut me off its best to leave them alone. I don't want to end up like that guy in NY with the bikers or the person near me who got run off the road and shot a couple of weeks ago on the PA turnpike.
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Manuél Ferrari
> ihm96
01/29/2014 at 22:43 |
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Exactly. Best to leave them alone. You never know who is totally nuts.
I would have made the I'm sorry gesture too but I don't know what the universal "I'm sorry" gesture is and I didn't want him to think I was actually telling him to go F himself, lol. So I just didn't make any gestures and tried to avoid him.
Some people think our mistakes were intentional to harm them because they think the world revolves around them!