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Guy flipped me off just now... ATOT tell me what I did wrong here.

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Nothing. They are all just impatient.
The young service woman who rear ended my truck yesterday came up behind me the first time I stopped in traffic and swerved out to see what the holdup was, like she would just blow on by. She rammed the truck about two minutes later. We were following a couple of school buses dropping off kids.
She *thought* she was late!
 
I get annoyed when people go really slow over speed bumps and such, but, I dont be a dick about it.

My guess is that guy "slowwed down" to 20mph for the speed bump, and the OP slowed down a lot more ... to like 2mph ... because he is like a grandpa whenever hes on 4 wheels.
 
Kaido said:
One of these days I'll get a dashcam with a front & rear camera so I can see what triggers people like this. I've had this happen too.
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IMHO, most people are triggered long b/4 the event happened - so cameras won't help. Maybe someone denied him a return at a store, of his GF just dumped him, or his boss was a prick that morning...
 
BurnItDwn said:
I get annoyed when people go really slow over speed bumps and such, but, I dont be a dick about it.

My guess is that guy "slowwed down" to 20mph for the speed bump, and the OP slowed down a lot more ... to like 2mph ... because he is like a grandpa whenever hes on 4 wheels.
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Carson Dyle said:
Dunno if I'd call them "massive".

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.955...4!1skZx751iaVeOmrGbnhXSryg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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They're taller than they look. Trust me, you wouldn't want to be going much faster than a few mph over them. I crawl over them because my car is low and fairly stiffly sprung.

I wouldn't go fast over them on my motorcycle either. I tend to just go around them when I'm riding it though.

By the way, that google maps link is EXACTLY where he passed me and there are 4 fairly tall speed bumps before you get to that traffic light. Still, we ended up at the light, both of us waiting for it to change. And that lot was full of cars today. Not like it is in that google street view image.
 
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JulesMaximus said:
They're taller than they look. Trust me, you wouldn't want to be going much faster than a few mph over them. I crawl over them because my car is low and fairly stiffly sprung.

I wouldn't go fast over them on my motorcycle either. I tend to just go around them when I'm riding it though.
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I just go normal speed, 15-20 for parking lots over the speed bumps. Those big bumps are a bit annoying, but the most annoying was when they had a pair of 2 normal size speed bumps in a row. My fozzy rolls right over em like nothing, but my previous car, a 300M would bottom out if I went to fast.
 
IronWing said:
He knew you were listening to vinyl and were, therefore, a hipster douchebag.
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It's just one of the presets I have stored. I could have just as easily been listening to Howard Stern. 😀

soulcougher73 said:
You are supposed to get out of your car and beat his ass like any real man would do and let him know why he is a twatwaffle.
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I don't know, he looked kind of big... and angry. I generally try to avoid confrontations with large crazy people if I can help it. Plus, even if I did that he would still be a twatwaffle. Trouble is I would be one too.

I'm content letting him be the twatwaffle. 😀
 
Sounds like he was having a bad day and was being an impatient douchebag.

About 8 months ago, my son and a neighborhood girl had a carpool arrangement. It was a Friday afternoon and my son was going home with a friend, so it was just me and the girl driving home. We don't get a ton of traffic in my area but it's certainly heavier at ~4pm on a Friday afternoon than usual.

While stopped at a red light, I saw a guy in my rear view basically using the turn lane behind me as a passing lane to get ahead of several stopped cars. After the light turned green, I kept an eye on him in my rear view and he kept weaving in and out of traffic behind me. I was in the left lane and he passed me on the right, then darted in front of me missing me by inches and causing me to slam my brakes. Apparently he cared less about his early 90s black Geo Metro than I did for my car. I flashed my lights at him (no hand gestures with the young lady in the car), and this apparently sent him into a road rage fury.

Over the next 2 or 3 miles, now that he was in front of me, he kept flipping me off and brake checking me. I was tolerating him surprisingly well, and finally got an opportunity to quickly pass him on the right and get ahead of him. He continued to flip me off in my rear view but I really didn't care at this point. Then I guess his destination approached because he got into the left turn lane, drove next to me for a few hundred feet, leaned over to his passenger side and gave me the middle finger salute before finally turning left. What surprised me most was that it was a guy with a gray pony tail, probably early 50s, and not a young kid. I pointed and laughed at him for as long as he could see.

Fast forward a few months and I'm on the same street but about 6 or 8 miles closer to my house. Lo and behold I see the same black Geo Metro turning into a local restaurant. Free from my burden of being a model citizen in front of our carpooler, I turned in behind him and pulled up beside him in the parking lot. When he got out of the car, I noticed he was no more than about 5'4" and 130 pounds. I got out and asked if he remembered our encounter, but he assured me it wasn't him. I told him he must have a gray haired, pony tailed, shitbox driving doppleganger in the area and gave him another opportunity to tell me whatever he was trying to tell me back then when I was unable to discuss the situation but he refused. I told him to be a little more careful out there and left.

So yeah, there are some impatient hotheaded douchebags out there. Maybe you'll get the opportunity to see him in a few months.
 
SearchMaster said:
I told him he must have a gray haired, pony tailed, shitbox driving doppleganger in the area and gave him another opportunity to tell me whatever he was trying to tell me back then when I was unable to discuss the situation but he refused. I told him to be a little more careful out there and left.
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yeah that's fine and good until one of those dbags become unhinged and this becomes you:

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purbeast0 said:
What are those gray things in the sky? I've never seen those before in San Diego.
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Weather has been cool and overcast the last few days. It's a change from the always sunny and warm weather we usually have.

I wish it would rain but I'll take cool and cloudy. Still, it's not as though I can't wear a short sleeve polo shirt and no jacket and be comfortable outside. 😀
 
SearchMaster said:
While stopped at a red light, I saw a guy in my rear view basically using the turn lane behind me as a passing lane to get ahead of several stopped cars.
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Your story reminded me of something that happened to me yesterday and a huge peeve of mine.

I'm approaching an intersection with a right turn lane, planning on turning right, with my turn signal on. And before the markings for the turn lane start, the dickwad behind me pulls to the right and accelerates, completely oblivious of my intention to turn. This seems to happen regularly, because everyone is in such a f'n hurry and their lives are more important than anyone else's.
 
Reminds me of this one incident where we were coming down an on-ramp that merges with a long exit lane. This was during rush hour in Socal so it's hard to find an opening in the freeway to merge in. The car in front was a little slow in trying to merge and finally does but I guess it was too slow for the a-hole a few cars back. He comes flying down the right shoulder in an attempt to pass us but couldn't pass me so he had to get in behind me before the lane had to exit. I did speed up but not because I was trying to block him out but because I needed catch an opening to merge. I hate late mergers so don't think this was last second. We were still 1/4 mile from the exit. Being the tough guy he was he waited until he exited to honk and give me the bird.

I've seen late mergers get honked at cause they cut in at the very last second and still have the nerve to flip the other driver off. Too easy to escalate things when simple things like this are happening.
 
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