Getting Pretty Tired

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 02/19/2019 at 13:01 • Filed to: None

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of people yelling at me for THEIR bad driving.

Example 1 - 3 way stop. I’m clearly 2nd to the stop so i wait for the guy on my left. and wait. nothing. 5 seconds at least, which is a long time at a stop. So I go, then he suddenly starts going. We do that stop start thing a few times then I roll through and then as I pass he gives me a sarcastic thumbs up. Really? Holding a phone in the other hand.

Example 2 - In the intersection waiting to turn left, the light is turning yellow. About 100 yards from the light in the opposing lane a truck and an accord are approaching the light. I start to turn as the light turns red. Not in a hurry, just clearing the intersection per the law. Here comes accord running a very red light and nearly hitting me. He slows to a stop and swerves out of my way...flips me off and yells “what are you doing?!”. What am I doing?! Keep in mind that he saw a yellow light 100 yards at least before he decided to run it.

The hell people?!

Tristan > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:08

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Personal responsibility is obsolete. I blame the parents.

feather-throttle-not-hair > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:12

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Ugh. I was at a four way stop recently. Came to a complete stop, started creeping forward because people always try to cut me off, saw the person to my left stop and then immediately get on it and then honk at me like i just ran a stop sign. Sure.

A week later, same stop sign, way more snow on the ground, the same thing happened minus the honk. The worst part though, was that the person behind them then just blew the stop sign. So i got a nice 2 for 1 on getting cut off that night. Because its snowy out, lets ignore stop signs. 

Nibby > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:14

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dude stop being a bad driver

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:14

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I usually assume the worst of every driver, I’m seldom wrong.

HammerheadFistpunch > Nibby 02/19/2019 at 13:17

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Seriously, I shouldn’t have followed the rules. Rules are for sucks.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:20

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Example 1 happens to me so often I wonder if people are doing it on purpose.

I think, what I would like to see is a “The Sims” like bubble above everyone’s car indicating state.

“Looking phone” “Undecided” “Wanting to turn left” “Ignoring right-of-way” “Drunk” “Abraham Lincoln”

One can dream. 

Tristan > vicali 02/19/2019 at 13:23

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On Saturday, my wife and I went out for an evening walk. While we were out I asked her “when you see a car do you automatically assume they’re about to do the dumbest thing possible or is it just me?” Pushing a stroller around neighborhood streets is stressful.

vicali > Tristan 02/19/2019 at 13:31

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No doubt, stroller life was terrifying.. Now at least kids are better at jumping out of the way. Still scary though..

Our Elementary school has a parent drop off loop, and then a bus loop. The bus loop is 20ft closer to the door and means it gradually plugs up with parents trying to give their spawn an advantage at life.. I walk from a block back with both kiddos and it’s hectic getting by on the sidewalk.

facw > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 02/19/2019 at 13:35

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Wonder how close we could get with augmented reality and V 2V communications...

OPPOsaurus WRX > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:36

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i have to go through a 4 way stop every day on t he way to work in back. I’ve come to realize that its too much for people to comprehend so if i wait a few seconds and they don’ t take their turn i just gas it.

Tristan > vicali 02/19/2019 at 13:37

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That’s one major advantage to our location... The elementary school is about .3 miles, and the middle school is about the same. F***  sitting in that car line.

DipodomysDeserti > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:41

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Those straight front axles can get a bit bouncy

Urambo Tauro > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:49

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Yup.

I just don’t understand how someone can have t he gall to rage against somebody who was obviously paying mo r e attention than they w ere. People need to be more respectful of right-of-way and stop being hypocritical about who needs to be more careful .

Honeybunchesofgoats > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:56

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I find that as I get older, a good old-fashioned “dead head shake of disappointment” is a lot more fulfilling than flipping off bad drivers. But I still do that a lot, too.

shop-teacher > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 13:59

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Regarding #1, and maybe I’m being an A-hole here, but if I’m at a 4-way stop and nobody is going after a 2-count, I just go. Whether it’s my turn or not. I figure in the long run, I’m making traffic flow smoother. If nobody is willing to accept the right of way, I’ll take it. I get almost no push- back from that either.

BigBlock440 > shop-teacher 02/19/2019 at 14:22

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Yep, no need to hold up traffic further if the other party is clearly not going to move.  And if they were but were just slow on the start, you’ll be clear of the intersection before they’d get to you anyway.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 14:31

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Example two is why i will never go through the light until opposing traffic has stopped or made clear indications of stopping , no matter how red the light is. I see way too many people “just go for it” when I am approaching a light. I mean, have fun getting to wherever you are going 3 seconds faster. In LA, nobody follows traffic laws of any sort so I always expect red light runners. 

Tripper > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 14:42

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A few months ago, I had some guy try to run me off the road for letting him go in front of me where two lanes merge into one before a roundabout. People are f u c k i n g nuts!

Future next gen S2000 owner > HammerheadFistpunch 02/19/2019 at 14:43

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You seem to have forgotten, people are awful.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Honeybunchesofgoats 02/19/2019 at 16:19

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I’ve found a sarcastic thumbs up gives me pleasure and gets the point across quite well.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > HammerheadFistpunch 02/20/2019 at 06:29

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They are not rules... merely guidelines.

VCeXpedition > HammerheadFistpunch 02/20/2019 at 18:14

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I find that if I’m driving my wife’s minivan, there are very different responses than when I’m in the Landcruiser. LC get’s more respect, Same driver, same habits and style, different result. Minivan’s are for pleebs.

HammerheadFistpunch > VCeXpedition 02/20/2019 at 19:26

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this is shockingly true. ou r gx is with the in laws this week so they can have 4wd and we got their Van. people enjoy cutting the van off and tailgating and generally being d ick s

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 02/21/2019 at 11:08

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