I mean WTF lady?!

[jersiq]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: JoeKing
...snip

call the cops on her. use of a cell phone (except 911) by a driver is illegal in md

If he called, then he would be as culpable as her, unless you want him to call 911 for a honking horn.

Besides, I think that would be a he said, she said situation.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: coldmeat
You should make sure there's enough room for you to make it through the intersection before pulling out.

EXACTLY.

:thumbsup:

I'll give the OP the benefit of the doubt and assume he didn't realize he was going to get stuck in the intersection.

But there are plenty of people who will turn across your path when you have the right of way simply because they know you can't do anything about it. Like when there's a line of cars turning left with an arrow, and their arrow ends, you can see them bunch up as close together as possible and each one will cut the corner a little tighter. Had that happen the other day - I was turning right, and I would have been turning parallel to a guy who was turning left from the road that I was turning onto to the road that I was turning from. There were two lanes and a gap to my left, so essentially the width of 3 traffic lanes before he got his "entrance" to the road, and he nearly hit ME because he had cut onto the opposite side of the road to try to squeeze in before some traffic that had just gotten a green light coming in the opposite direction.

 

[RichUK]

You need some roundabouts over in yank land.

 

[Narse]

You would get a ticket here if you blocked the intersection like that. I hate it when people think that just because the light is green they can block an intersection.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Man, I was in Virginia driving back from Baltimore (when I visited the area a few months back) and this asshole guy tries to pass me. He couldn't because this bigrig slowed down considerably in the lane he was using the pass me. He thinks I sped up, when I really couldn't because I was a solid 2-car distance behind the car in front of me.

Well, he slows down, swerves to the other lane and gives me the bird. I get pissed, floor it and highbeam/tailgate him for miles. He stops all of a sudden, and does the same to me, then proceeds to stop to a cwral (less than 5 mph in the freeway).. I'm super angry and I know I'm in the wrong for doing what I did, but I was very pissed and very moronic. He pulls up next to me and since I'm not driving my own car, I invade his lane...mere inches away from his car. I was looking for anything to throw at him.

When I couldn't, I cut him off and slammed on the brakes. Damn that lexus has some good brakes. I screamed at my cousin to give me something to hit this guy with. Unfortunately, no golf balls or stick was in the car.

After miles of going back and forth between two assholes (that guy and I), I bailed out the exit since nothing will really come out of it. I wanted to follow the guy to his house and give him some choice words, but I didn't know the area that well, and I really had to exit since it was the only exit I know of.

I really have an issue with letting things go. I should take some anger management classes or something.

Another time, this asshole lady pissed me of by tailgating me, then passes me giving me the look, then cuts me off. This was going down hill, and the signal light up ahead was RED. So she wanted to get to the light faster? Didn't make sense. I was just coasting and felt no need to accelerate to the red light any faster. Dumb bich... I got pissed. I lead out the high beams, and followed her to her house and just waited outside of her house for a good 10 minutes staring her down, and writing down her address.


Damn..I really need to learn to let things go. I just escalate things and needlessly endanger my life and the life of others through my retaliatory actions.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: RichUK
You need some roundabouts over in yank land.

Maybe over there, in sensible countries, roundabouts work. Over here it'll turn commuting into a fucking demolition derby.

 

[torpid]

Now that we have cleared things up with the diagram, please create a GIF animation of your mimicry motion of her on her cell phone.

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Man, I was in Virginia driving back from Baltimore (when I visited the area a few months back) and this asshole guy tries to pass me. He couldn't because this bigrig slowed down considerably in the lane he was using the pass me. He thinks I sped up, when I really couldn't because I was a solid 2-car distance behind the car in front of me.

Well, he slows down, swerves to the other lane and gives me the bird. I get pissed, floor it and highbeam/tailgate him for miles. He stops all of a sudden, and does the same to me, then proceeds to stop to a cwral (less than 5 mph in the freeway).. I'm super angry and I know I'm in the wrong for doing what I did, but I was very pissed and very moronic. He pulls up next to me and since I'm not driving my own car, I invade his lane...mere inches away from his car. I was looking for anything to throw at him.

When I couldn't, I cut him off and slammed on the brakes. Damn that lexus has some good brakes. I screamed at my cousin to give me something to hit this guy with. Unfortunately, no golf balls or stick was in the car.

After miles of going back and forth between two assholes (that guy and I), I bailed out the exit since nothing will really come out of it. I wanted to follow the guy to his house and give him some choice words, but I didn't know the area that well, and I really had to exit since it was the only exit I know of.

I really have an issue with letting things go. I should take some anger management classes or something.

Another time, this asshole lady pissed me of by tailgating me, then passes me giving me the look, then cuts me off. This was going down hill, and the signal light up ahead was RED. So she wanted to get to the light faster? Didn't make sense. I was just coasting and felt no need to accelerate to the red light any faster. Dumb bich... I got pissed. I lead out the high beams, and followed her to her house and just waited outside of her house for a good 10 minutes staring her down, and writing down her address.


Damn..I really need to learn to let things go. I just escalate things and needlessly endanger my life and the life of others through my retaliatory actions.

Wow...... I don't think you should be driving...

 

[Zenmervolt]

What we need to do is put a half-decent driver's ed program together. Getting a license here in America is a joke.

ZV

 

[isekii]

You should've gotten in front of her and drove really slow.

If you see her in your rear view mirror cursing you off or whatever, just throw up the finger.

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2

Originally posted by: RichUK
You need some roundabouts over in yank land.

Maybe over there, in sensible countries, roundabouts work. Over here it'll turn commuting into a fucking demolition derby.

Actually, they're already here and studies on most have concluded that they reduced traffic accidents over the design they replace.

 

[isekii]

It's always them female drivers.

*flamesuit on*

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: rbV5

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: rbV5
No offense, but I hate it when fvkers think they can go into heavy traffic intersections just because the light is green only to get stuck in the damn intersection...how about wait until there is room to actually exit the damn intersection before you enter?

there looked to be room, but the light right after the intersection (there's very little room between the two) changed.

OK, well we've all been in that position. Traffic engineers could do a better job of light timing, thats for sure.

http://xkcd.com/277/

 

[slayer202]

is this a parody thread?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: sutahz

Originally posted by: mugs
I'll give the OP the benefit of the doubt and assume he didn't realize he was going to get stuck in the intersection.

Why? It's not like he was driving through the intersection and suddenly 2 or 3 cars materialized out of nowhere to create a back up, he drove into the intersection knowing it was backed up.

WTF man, you're confusing me with your quoting of my post long before I posted it. :laugh: I'm assuming he was following the cars in front of him and not paying attention to the space in front of them. Which isn't particularly smart, but it makes him an inattentive driver rather than an asshole.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Dont enter an intersection before you can pass entirely through it. Yes, that means stop if you aren't sure.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
Dont enter an intersection before you can pass entirely through it. Yes, that means stop if you aren't sure.

Agreed. The lady shouldn't have been talking on the phone while driving, but you shouldn't have blocked the intersection.

 

[imported_Baloo]

Count yourself lucky. A cop would have ticketed you - if you can't clear an intersection before the light turns red, even if it's green when you enter, it's a tickable offense. It's not like you did not know traffic was backed up. In the future when you see traffic backed up like that, wait until there is room for you to clear the intersection before proceeding. Next time, a cop might see you. But I thought your response to her was funny.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: rbV5
No offense, but I hate it when fvkers think they can go into heavy traffic intersections just because the light is green only to get stuck in the damn intersection...how about wait until there is room to actually exit the damn intersection before you enter?

I have to agree, it's very annoying. I'm very careful about this when driving in town, even if it means pissing the people behind me off.

 

[Vic]

If it hasn't been mentioned 100 times already, the OP was in the wrong. Gridlock is a traffic infraction.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Judging by his diagram, if the lady was in the same lane as OP was trying to get to, then she wouldn't have gone any farther herself. However, if OP was blocking a different lane (and thus, the lane the lady was in), then shame on OP.

But c'mon ppl, I'm sure the OP doens't do this on a regular basis (at least I hope not) and who here can actually say they've never once blocked an intersection on accident?

 

[randay]

to answer the ops question, yes you over did it, and whats worse, you were a pussy about it. mocking someone really isnt very insulting, in fact, you probably just looked like a bigger jackass in the end.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
Judging by his diagram, if the lady was in the same lane as OP was trying to get to, then she wouldn't have gone any farther herself. However, if OP was blocking a different lane (and thus, the lane the lady was in), then shame on OP.

But c'mon ppl, I'm sure the OP doens't do this on a regular basis (at least I hope not) and who here can actually say they've never once blocked an intersection on accident?

If that was the case he should have given her the "I'm a moron, sorry" look and shrug. Instead he made a point of trying to escalate the situation.

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: Baked
After looking at the diagram, you're officially a jackass. Just 'cause you got the green doesn't mean you should enter the interaction if there are no room for you on the side of the intersection. I hate people who fuck up the intersection 'cause they see the green and block everything.

yeah stop smoking the hash pipe, grab some eye drops, and read. it looked like I'd make it through, but the light right after the intersection turned red causing a backup. Not to mention the next light and the light after that.

Your eyes don't work apparently. You didn't make it through.

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
You should make sure there's enough room for you to make it through the intersection before pulling out.