"cazzyodo" (cazzyodo)
10/26/2016 at 09:20 • Filed to: rant
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"cazzyodo" (cazzyodo)
10/26/2016 at 09:20 • Filed to: rant | 6
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Two things from this morning seemed to be a recurring pain in the ass on my commute.
1) Lack of signaling.
2) Passing lane hogging.
I’ll address this one at a time.
1) The lack of signaling typically is not an issue. It’s expected. We all have various feelings and opinions on the topic of signal usage but I pretty much default to signaling for anything just so someone somewhere isn’t 100% caught off-guard by my intent.
And I say intent because I try to signal before acting...rather than during.
There were several instances today where I’m going along on my merry way with some space between myself and the car in front of me and someone from the slower lane that I was passing kind of just goes “DERP.” Good on them for leaving a foot in front of me but FUCK YOU at the same time. This happens more in bumper to bumper traffic and I’ve accepted that leaving it in gear and chugging along with some space will do that. It’s inviting. I’ve accepted the invitation before. But at 70mph MOVE YOUR FUCKIN’ ASS FROM IN FRONT OF MY CAR.
Multiple times. Not one was a BMW, either.
2) We all have the same understanding of the passing lane.
See? Even has the Jello-picnic watermark.
So there’s always at least one person on the drive where you have to pass on the right. You give them some time, a chance, to correct their ways but typically you just move on. This morning had several offenders...my most hated was an Audi A6.
Silver A6 cruising along in left lane. I’m cruising along in the middle lane, approaching a Corolla. Change lanes to one behind A6. A6 and Corolla are offset now but practically pacing each other. A6 driver pulls the wiper fluid move.
Wiper fluid.
I wasn’t tailgating. I was behind him less than 20 seconds before this.
Corolla apparently sees my predicament and slows a bit, I change lanes, move along. There wasn’t a single vehicle in any lane for a FUCKING MILE after that. Not sure how that happened but it did. FUCK THAT GUY IN PARTICULAR.
Side story: last week in Illinois/Indiana (I was on 94 I think) I go to pass a semi truck in the middle lane. Some random sedan was in the passing lane and doesn’t move. Now I’m stuck in the left lane behind dipshit and a closing in semi truck. I don’t want to change back to the middle because there’s almost no room between me and the truck so I get closer to the lane hog. Another vehicle moves up behind me and I think, shit. Some daylight appears and I make the lane change quickly and move from the pack of semis that formed. I check my mirror and see the car that moved up behind me still on the lane hog’s tail. Then the blue lights flash. HE WAS AN UNMARKED OFFICER. Lane hog doesn’t react. Officer moves to the shoulder. Lane hog doesn’t react. Siren. Hog reacts and almost puts himself into the highway barrier.
TysMagic
> cazzyodo
10/26/2016 at 10:00 |
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I enjoy a good commute rant. To which I give you:
Yesterday I had the same FJ cruiser guy who has been behind me many times before acting like the same fool as always. He’s got aftermarket headlight bulbs that are the so white they look blue kind, so you know he’s cool.
There are a couple spots on my drive home from work that, if timed properly, shave a good 5/10 minutes off the drive - assuming you know how to merge. I get over in one of those spots, he tries to push me out of the space that I was already in (keep in mind the small size of the fiat so I imagine he sees it as possible to get around me in a single lane) by quickly changing lanes and getting all up in my business like I cut him off. Nothing new, he’s done it before. This gets better when we come to a red light, emphasis RED LIGHT, and we’re maybe 4 cars from the front waiting to turn right. There is a steady stream of cross traffic, pretty obvious there is no opportunity for the front car to turn. HE BEGINS TO HONK HIS HORN OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Apparently he rages hard at traffic lights.
While annoying, I’d be at least okay with his actions if his child wasn’t sitting in the front seat learning all of this as well. That part is what really drives me nuts. I don’t have kids, but I imagine their safety is a much higher priority than the few minutes saved via road rage induced ridiculous driving.
Milky
> cazzyodo
10/26/2016 at 10:04 |
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I know its wrong to think this way but I’m going to say it anyways.
Fucking Canadians on my commute suck. Drive like shit in your own country. I live by the border downtown Detroit so the Americans I commute with are also Detroiters and dgaf about speed limits. Many Canadian plated cars move out of the lane but over half the passing lane hogs (on a 3-4 lane highway mind you) are from Windsor.
Some how that pisses me off more.
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> cazzyodo
10/26/2016 at 10:14 |
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Virginia driver flow chart:
Alone? Speed must be variable.
Near someone? NASCAR pace lap.
Are you behind someone? You MUST go 5MPH faster!
Can someone get around you? if yes, 15MPH over the speed limit, if n, 10MPH under.
Appropriate distance from cars...
Parallel parking: 10'
Interstate freeway: 5'
How to merge on the freeway:
Drive 45MPH until the very end (remember, nobody can get around you!)
Jam yourself in
Accelerate until you’re 5MPH faster than the person infront of you
School bus stop procedure:
Flip on red lights as soon as you can
Take as long as you want, extra time if you’re just picking up one kid on the right side of a 4 lane road
Punch it before flipping the lights off so nobody can get around you before you have to make them stop again
fintail
> TysMagic
10/26/2016 at 10:16 |
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Pic, video, plate number, youtube video with clear description, public shaming. It needs to happen.
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TysMagic
> fintail
10/26/2016 at 10:18 |
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I’ll save that for my local facebook group filled with stay at home moms ready to take the charge.
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fintail
> cazzyodo
10/26/2016 at 10:20 |
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You should have got in front of the A6 and stood on your brakes. Not that I condone such moves.
I think all of the election hoopla has fried peoples brains more than usual. It’s awfully stupid on the road everywhere right now. On Sunday I had an old guy in a ~08 Impreza pull out in front of me like I wasn’t there, while I was driving the fintail (how can anyone not see that car?). Luckily it has brakes. It’d be interesting to see what a MB W111 would do to a transportation pod like that when t-boning it at 35 mph.
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> Milky
10/26/2016 at 10:20 |
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Well, fuck you too. /s
I get it. Detroit traffic (OK, at least the outskirts, not too familiar with the heart) moves fast. Lights are well synchronized, limits are higher. And yet Ontarians will still come over, continuing to be left lane police at our OWN limit of ~60mph on a 70mph highway where many, if not most, people are doing 80. And continue to drive between stoplights at the same “meh the next one’s red” pace as they do at home, completely oblivious to the fact that the lights are synchronized so that it will be green by the time they get there. And so it goes. And lets not even get started on the u-turns instead of left turns (which I LOVE btw) and the flashing yellows at night (ditto). So... sorry, eh.
Basically, it’s being used to one thing and refusing the “when in Rome” principle. I ran into something similar this summer... When returning from Manitoba to Ontario, I found myself being held up by many Manitoba-plated vehicles. Here’s my reasoning. In Manitoba, you don’t push the limit too hard. Cops are touchy. In Ontario, you’re *usually* good for +20 (except from basically London to the Michigan border, which explains your import driver issues). In Manitoba, curves are few and far between. Just before the Ontario border, it starts getting twisty. And, the limit drops by 10kph at the border. So immediately you have Manitobans scrubbing speed where Ontarians keep moving, and again at many of the corners. On the plus side, they’re usually more courteous than Ontarians and will often move over, so there’s that...
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fintail
> TysMagic
10/26/2016 at 10:21 |
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Probably one of their husbands. Anyway, dashcams were made for that kind of thing. All I ever catch is ineptitude, which is required here to earn/buy a license.
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TysMagic
> fintail
10/26/2016 at 10:24 |
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a dash cam is definitely on the want list - front and rear seems to be needed
Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
> cazzyodo
10/26/2016 at 10:25 |
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I recently purchased a house that reduced a 30ish minute commute involving three of the busiest roads in town to a 10 minute leisurely drive down two fairly rural roads. I knew I’d enjoy not having to make that drive twice a day, but I really underestimated how much it would do for stress/happiness. It’s absolutely amazing how much reducing the number of daily interactions with dipshits improves ones quality of life.
marshknute
> cazzyodo
10/26/2016 at 10:30 |
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My commute consists of exiting my apartment on foot, crossing one street, and entering my workplace.
Today I missed the crosswalk by seconds and I was raging HARD!!!
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fintail
> TysMagic
10/26/2016 at 10:32 |
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I have a front/rear setup. Wasn’t easy or cheap, but it is fun and peace of mind.
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TysMagic
> fintail
10/26/2016 at 10:34 |
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kit or self engineered? Link(s) either way?
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Milky
> Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
10/26/2016 at 11:08 |
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You said it exactly “...left lane police at our OWN limit of ~60mph on a 70mph highway where many, if not most, people are doing 80.” It just really messes up the flow of traffic.
This is me most days at least once:
CAR_IS_MI
> cazzyodo
10/26/2016 at 11:12 |
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Thank you for calling it the passing lane and not the fast lane.
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cazzyodo
> TysMagic
10/26/2016 at 12:03 |
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I got one for the front but unfortunately rarely use it. I’d have to wire it in with an add-a-fuse or something cuz the cable to the outlet drapes right over the gear shift. I would love a wireless option that I just charge but haven’t looked hard enough to see if it’s an option haha.
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cazzyodo
> Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
10/26/2016 at 12:07 |
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My commute used to be 5 minutes. Then I moved and it was 15. Then I changed jobs and it was 50. Then I moved and it was 30.
All highway.
Cazzyodo likes going fast in straight lines...within allowable limits cuz he also has a bright red car in a sea of neutral tones.
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fintail
> TysMagic
10/26/2016 at 15:03 |
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Kit, like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Blackvue-DR650GW-2CH-Built-Wi-Fi-Recorder/dp/B00MC56AXM
It works pretty well, every now and then a MicroSD hiccup, but I am pleased overall.
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TysMagic
> fintail
10/26/2016 at 15:55 |
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snazzy, thanks!