Left Lane Idiots...
26-Feb-2005, 02:50 AM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: I used to have a Civic, now I'm spoolin'
Posts: 1,254
Left Lane Idiots...
Start of rant...
I'm driving down the 410 heading to work tonight, doing 110 in the left lane - light snow(gotta love Graspics.
I check out my rear view and a guy goes in the same lane over 10-15 car lengths behind me. Then he decides to flash his high beam to tell me to move out of the lane - remember - he is OVER 10 to 15 car lengths behind, never gaining. I say WTF? I keep steady on - road gets clearer - I'm up to 120, and he never gains - but he still flashes his high beam once in a while. This went on all the way down to Cawthra until we reached Burnhamthorpe....
I have to wonder - what was this guy on? He never stood a chance to overtake or pass,
End of rant...
I'm driving down the 410 heading to work tonight, doing 110 in the left lane - light snow(gotta love Graspics.
I check out my rear view and a guy goes in the same lane over 10-15 car lengths behind me. Then he decides to flash his high beam to tell me to move out of the lane - remember - he is OVER 10 to 15 car lengths behind, never gaining. I say WTF? I keep steady on - road gets clearer - I'm up to 120, and he never gains - but he still flashes his high beam once in a while. This went on all the way down to Cawthra until we reached Burnhamthorpe....I have to wonder - what was this guy on? He never stood a chance to overtake or pass,
End of rant...
26-Feb-2005, 03:10 AM
#4
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: 43° 41' N 79° 38' W
Posts: 9,277
I drive all over most days and avoid rush hour periods like the plague.
Some people just need to be shot..
Accept that some just have no clue..
I find a large horn swap scares most..
In this case you need a brake light flasher..
Disclaimer "Illegal but effective"
Some people just need to be shot..
Accept that some just have no clue..
I find a large horn swap scares most..
In this case you need a brake light flasher..
Disclaimer "Illegal but effective"
I love pissing people off like that cuz i hate tailgaters
Almost as much as i hate people who ride the left lane when others are open or they are moving slower then the rest of traffic
26-Feb-2005, 09:05 AM
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 23,881
Originally posted by Brett
I never do that for fear of being rear ended... At least not after getting into my twenties.
I never do that for fear of being rear ended... At least not after getting into my twenties.
26-Feb-2005, 09:16 AM
#13
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Barrie, Ontario Canada
Posts: 798
Originally posted by kIeRaN
its also fun tapping your brake lights when they are like 2 feet from your bumper too
its also fun tapping your brake lights when they are like 2 feet from your bumper too
26-Feb-2005, 09:55 AM
#15
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 7,745
Originally posted by rbjeepthing
The funnier thing is to flip your lights on if they arn't already on. You don't slow down at all and the person behind you thinks you are holding down the brake. I did this once and the guy behind me swerved and hit the gaurd rail totaled his car. I stop and get out to see if he was ok and he starts yelling at me for slamming on my brakes. I'm like "no idiot it was getting dark so I put my lights on!" I think he learned his lesson.
The funnier thing is to flip your lights on if they arn't already on. You don't slow down at all and the person behind you thinks you are holding down the brake. I did this once and the guy behind me swerved and hit the gaurd rail totaled his car. I stop and get out to see if he was ok and he starts yelling at me for slamming on my brakes. I'm like "no idiot it was getting dark so I put my lights on!" I think he learned his lesson.
i was kind of thinking of wiring up a switch to push that will light up my brake lights to scare tailgaters. hehe, im a little weasel
26-Feb-2005, 10:20 AM
#16
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: in the MOSH pit
Posts: 5,550
Tapping your brakes are dumb and a good way to get rear ended.
If you feel the need to do something when someone is riding your ***, throw on your hazzards.
This week on my way home, I was in the left lane, the last car in a long train of traffic, about 20 cars. Some idiot in an audio zooms up on me atleast 40 km/hr faster than traffic and starts high-beaming me to let him pass...
I was wondering the same thing... "where are you gonna go?"
If you feel the need to do something when someone is riding your ***, throw on your hazzards.
This week on my way home, I was in the left lane, the last car in a long train of traffic, about 20 cars. Some idiot in an audio zooms up on me atleast 40 km/hr faster than traffic and starts high-beaming me to let him pass...
I was wondering the same thing... "where are you gonna go?"
26-Feb-2005, 10:44 AM
#17
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 7,745
i dont see how u guys think that a slight tap of your brake pedal is gonna make someone rear end u, whenever i do it, i press the brake with my left foot and keep my right foot on the gas, I just basically try and make the brake lite turn on without affecting my speed. I dont slam on my brakes... That would be asking to get rear ended
