Idiot driving experiences

[Doggiedog]

I was driving on the highway a couple days ago in the passing lane going about 75-80 and passing some cars when some guy in a Honda Accord come riding my ass. I quickly accelerate to pass the line of cars to my right and move over. Then this guy in the Accord passes me at probably 90MPH. When he passes me, I notice he is riding on a donut!

What an idiot! Plus, the guy continued driving in the passing lane despite no one around him for as far as I could see.

 

[Tauren]

I have a friend who got rear-ended by a guy who was putting on his seatbelt.

 

[gittyup]

Slam on your breakes. That will get him off your behind.

 

[bacillus]

<< Slam on your breakes. That will get him off your behind >>


that's more likely to make him kiss your rear! :Q

 

[MrBond]

<< Slam on your breakes. That will get him off your behind. >>



Yeah, and into his back seat

One time, shortly after my sister got her license, I thought I'd be a nice brother and let her drive home from school (cause I had a splitting headache). Well, we came to the our road, and to turn onto it, she pulled into the left lane, in front of oncoming traffic, and made the turn. I haven't rode in a car with her since, even though she insists she's a better driver

 

[GrimmX]

That isn't good advice to slam on your brakes if it (combined with the mentioned bad drivers speed) causes an accident and gets someone killed.

I know a guy who was a taxi driver for 4 months. When he realized that he either was going to be mad all the time or just get over other peoples stupidity. He went for getting over it. Relax, ignore it.
There are always going to be morons on the road. Watch your own ass and don't get mad, unless someone is going to get you killed, then just take their number and call the police. Don't get mad, it dosn't help you at all.

 

[metallibloke]

Driving back from my parents a few weeks ago. Theres a junction where its two lanes, up to some stop lights, then over the lights, the right lane comes to and end and they have to merge with the left lane. So, when the lights go green off we go, quite a lot of traffic around, suddenly, after i pass the lights, a big mercedes comes along side, then starts to cut in. I'm sure there was only an inch or so in it before he realised what was going to happen. Then he moves in behind me, and starts shaking his fist and flashing his lights at me, as if its all my fault. Goddam idiot!! So i gave him a one fingered salute which he wasnt impressed about, he he!!

 

[gittyup]

Slam on your breakes. That will get him off your behind

Clearly this was a joke. I was thinking of the driving scene in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

 

[Doggiedog]

metallibloke, I had the same experience a couple months ago. I was entering the Lincoln Tunnel in NYC and this guy in a new MB S500 came barrelling down the breakdown lane and cut me off missing my BMW by an inch. I had to swerve into the left lane to avoid getting hit. Then the guy had the nerve to cut me off again. Forcing me to go over another lane. Then I got fed up with this jerk and I shifted my car into 1st gear and blew by him and cut him off. Then he had the nerve to start honking me and put his high beams on. We got into the tunnel with him tailgating me and still high beaming me going about 45 MPH. So I used a trick my friend told me. I opened my sunroof up and grabbed a whole bunch of change from my change bin and just chucked it out of my car.

The guy was immediately 10 car lengths behind me. We both gave each other the finger after we left the tunnel.

 

[Amused]

<< metallibloke, I had the same experience a couple months ago. I was entering the Lincoln Tunnel in NYC and this guy in a new MB S500 came barrelling down the breakdown lane and cut me off missing my BMW by an inch. I had to swerve into the left lane to avoid getting hit. Then the guy had the nerve to cut me off again. Forcing me to go over another lane. Then I got fed up with this jerk and I shifted my car into 1st gear and blew by him and cut him off. Then he had the nerve to start honking me and put his high beams on. We got into the tunnel with him tailgating me and still high beaming me going about 45 MPH. So I used a trick my friend told me. I opened my sunroof up and grabbed a whole bunch of change from my change bin and just chucked it out of my car.

The guy was immediately 10 car lengths behind me. We both gave each other the finger after we left the tunnel. >>



I know this is bad, but it's so damn funny!!!

 

[metallibloke]

<< I opened my sunroof up and grabbed a whole bunch of change from my change bin and just chucked it out of my car.

The guy was immediately 10 car lengths behind me. We both gave each other the finger after we left the tunnel. >>



Thats not a bad idea. LOL!

 

[somethingwitty]

-I was waiting in a left turn only lane to make a left, watching traffic from the opposite direction for a break, when I got hit from behind. the lady who got out said something to the effects of &quot;oh, I'm sorry, I knew my brakes weren't working!&quot;.

-After driving the beltway with my driving instructor, I was directed to pick-up the next passenger, who would in turn drive me home. this girl, with beltway traffic moving at the speed limit or higher, apparently felt more safe doing 40 MPH.

 

[loup garou]

<< I opened my sunroof up and grabbed a whole bunch of change from my change bin and just chucked it out of my car >>



That'd get you shot round here.

 

[samgau]

Thats a good idea ... the coin chugging thing... now would it work if you don't have a sunroof... nah.. people will just think you are some crazy dude throuwing change out the window...

 

[Goldfish]

When I was learning to drive, my sister was getting me to park in a curved lot that was the teachers lot at the elementary school. I hit the gas instead of the brake, and went over the big concrete slab. I quickly stopped, stradling the bump.

There is a big ole ditch down there, too. I tried to reverse it, and get out that way. My sister insists otherwise and wants to drive out of the ditch. At the bottom, there was another part, about the height of the tires. Well, she fell in and we had to get a nearby SUV driver to tow us out.

 

[VRoOMdesigns]

I REALLY don't suggest using change.

Use your windshield washing stuff, it'll get all over the guy's car behind you. If you just got your car-washed and don't want to use the stuff, pop your head out of the window and do your best to look pyschotic.

Psychos scare me away.

 

[Linflas]

2 things that constantly happen that I find annoying.
1. You approach a stop light on a 2 or 3 lane road and in the right 2 lanes are trucks. Most of the cars naturally then go to the left lane presumably because they know that trucks accelerate at a very slow rate. When the light changes inevitably one of the morons that darted into the left lane in front of you tries to accelerate slower than the truck he did not want to be behind.
2. You approach a stop light on the same 2 or 3 lane road and there are trucks lined up beside one another in all the lanes. It's an annoying snail race at this point.

 

[NuclearNed]

Want scary driving stories? Go to the WalMart parking lot on any given day. I especially like the old ladies who drive all the way across the parking lot diagonally without any regard for lanes or other people. Or the idiots who go the wrong way down one of the lanes, and then look at you as if you and the five cars behind you are the ones causing the problem. Or the pedestrians who step right in front of moving traffic with their shopping carts.

 

[obiwaynekenobi]

You know I've seen a car accident there a guy was being tailgated and he slammed on his breaks. they were both going about 90 MPH.

Needless to say. the guy that was tailgating ended up with his engine in the front seat. almost directly on his lap. the heat generated by the engine, cause severe burns on his right leg that boiled his fleash. and ate almost directly to his leg bones.
well he lost his right left and will never drive again. A chairty purchased for him a special handicap car and he turned it down.

the guy in front suffered a minor neck injury, and was charged with &quot;Malicious intent&quot;

 

[Yeeny]

Copied from an older thread:

Ok, your asking for it. My husband is a terrible driver. On our first date, he was parellel parking, and backed into a truck. The guy got out, and he was Chinese. All he kept saying was &quot;What, you stupid? You stupid man?&quot; My husband just kept apologizing, and finally the guy waved his hand at him and said, &quot;You go away stupid man, I done&quot;. I almost died, I was so embarrassed.

One time we pulled up to a redlight, and in the lane next to us, a car hit the one in front of it in the rear. My husband looked and said &quot;Holy sh*t, did you see that hon? That guy just hit the other guy right in the a**. He no sooner said that and he crashed into the car in front of us.

There are many more, but those two were the funniest, after they were all over with.

 

[Viper GTS]

&quot;You go away stupid man, I done&quot;

You're lucky I managed to keep the orange juice off my keyboard, I don't want to have to explain to my employer why their keyboard got sprayed with acidic liquid.



Viper GTS

 

[Rent]

Well around here in the DFW area we have all sorts of morons (I admit I am not the best driver in the world, however, I'm significantly better than probably 95% of the general population). The problem here is that the majority of vehicles are trucks and SUVs so getting nearly run off the road is a common occurance.

On with my idiot encounters - I was going down the access road to get on the highway. Well, about 50 ft. before the on ramp there is a road the connects with the access road and people are always cutting people off to get across 2 lanes of traffic to merge on the highway(Parker and I75 for the locals). Well this 17 year old b1tch cuts me off to the point where I swerve and rub the curb for a few seconds. I'm pissed off as I did have 2 passengers in the car, so we get on the highway and I floor it and quickly get up beside her. I look over at her and wait for her to look at me and when she eventually does, I give her the finger and lip &quot;FVCK YOU&quot;. She then gives me the finger and trys to get in front of me. WTF? :| :| :| I keep pace and block her into slower traffic. At this point my friends are cracking up and we rolled down the windows and gave her another one finger salute. Usually people aren't that bad, they'll wave and say &quot;sorr&quot; or something which I can take, but man...

 

[zimu]

i don't know whether you guys are familiar with a &quot;choke&quot; i guess they're in older cars.
well anyway my car had one, what it basically does is pump gas into the engine if you're having problems starting the car (i don't know why its &quot;choke&quot; then...).

so while driving my knee must have bumped it, and enabled the choke, and all of a sudden the car started accelerating, and i had no clue why... my foot wasn't even on the accelerator.

i ended out going on this long windy road from school with the brakes in, i couldn't even switch to neutral cause the revs would have burnt out my engine... so instead i practically wore out my brake pads before i realized that the choke had been pulled out.

NOT a fun experience...

 

[Linflas]

<< i don't know whether you guys are familiar with a &quot;choke&quot; i guess they're in older cars.
well anyway my car had one, what it basically does is pump gas into the engine if you're having problems starting the car (i don't know why its &quot;choke&quot; then...). >>


Actually on carbuerated cars they did choke off the air supply with a flap that blocked the intake. When they made them automatic they also added a high idle cam that caused the engine to idle at a higher speed while the choke was on. These things used to cause no end of problems on my old VW and I used to just disable it.

 

[amnesiac]

Man, living in LA I have a new story every day. Here are my best:

1. Driving to the Block at Orange - taking the ramp from the 405 to the 22, this girl behind me is ON MY A$$ when I'm already going 60 on a 45 ramp. I slow down gradually, she almost hits me and starts weaving back and forth, flashing her lights. I flip her off. After the ramp, she pulls a couple lanes over (illegaly) and soon after I pull a couple lanes over LEGALLY and end up cutting her off, only because she was TRYING to stop me from changing lanes. As I'm leaving the freeway I see her trying to hold a handmade sign up to her window..something about &quot;Stupid Mother@#$^@#&quot;. I think she had PMS.

2. I'm trying to parallel park.. AFAIK, when you parallel park you drive PAST the spot and back in, right? I was halfway in the spot when this lady drives up behind me and starts to pull in to the same spot. I was like WTF?!??! I just kept backing in, almost hitting her, until she got out of there. She looked at me and started yelling something about her seeing the spot first. What-ever. She was an old Asian woman; I could have taken her anyway.

3. Driving into LA on the 405, there's TONS of traffic, not moving. THere's an emergency lane/shoulder on the right. I see this car full of teens barrelling down the emergency lane, obviously thinking they can get somewhere more quickly. This cop nearly jumps out of the bushes in front of them and stands in front of their car. I was driving by slowly enough to hear the cop give them an earful.