Red Light Shenanigans

[AMCRambler]

Lately it seems like I'm seeing a lot of weird shit when stopped at a red light. Here's my list of weird stuff, post yours if you like.

1. Car load of teenage boys pulls up next to me at the stop light. I was looking at a building on the other side of their car. All of a sudden one in the back starts waving at me and making stupid faces. Ohhhhhkkaayyyy...

2. Yesterday pulled up to a light next to a beat up looking Ford Ranger with the tailgate down. Bumper said something about "I drive ATV's and I vote" whatever that means. Just before the light goes green I hear this squealing noise coming from next to me. I look over and I realize the dude in the Ranger is doing a brake stand lol. Not to be out done I took the traction control off and dumped the clutch and smoked em pretty good back at him. He took off hooting and hollering. I guess I kinda get maybe he wanted to see if the GTO would lay down decent rubber, I dunno.

3. My all time favorite is looking over and catching the person next to me with their finger all the way up their nose. Like to the second knuckle. I'll smile at them till they look over and make eye contact and get embarrassed. This happens occasionally.

4. Had a Chevy Cavalier with a fat chick driving pull up next to me at a light. The stereo is blasting some girl rock really loud and her and her girlfriends were all giggling. I was checking out the girl in the passenger seat who might have been decent looking I couldn't see her all the way around the b pillar. Anyway fatty sees me looking over and starts singing and moving to the music while looking at me! GAH!!!!!! I revved the fuck outta the engine and when the light turned green I hauled outta there! She looked like she wanted to eat me.

That's all I got for now. Probably have another one after driving home today.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I came up to light over the weekend on my motorcycle (not a literbike ) and the guy next to me pulled up and asked me if I was going to blow the light. I thought he was joking so I just didn't say anything so he asked me again and I said, "no, of course not." He then told me he liked my bike. Maybe he was a LEO...I don't know.

It was just a weird out of the blue thing for a stranger to ask me I thought. Personally, I've never seen anyone on a motorcycle "blow a light" I have seen car and truck drivers intentionally do that though.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Lately it seems like I'm seeing a lot of weird shit when stopped at a red light. Here's my list of weird stuff, post yours if you like.

1. Car load of teenage boys pulls up next to me at the stop light. I was looking at a building on the other side of their car. All of a sudden one in the back starts waving at me and making stupid faces. Ohhhhhkkaayyyy...

2. Yesterday pulled up to a light next to a beat up looking Ford Ranger with the tailgate down. Bumper said something about "I drive ATV's and I vote" whatever that means. Just before the light goes green I hear this squealing noise coming from next to me. I look over and I realize the dude in the Ranger is doing a brake stand lol. Not to be out done I took the traction control off and dumped the clutch and smoked em pretty good back at him. He took off hooting and hollering. I guess I kinda get maybe he wanted to see if the GTO would lay down decent rubber, I dunno.

3. My all time favorite is looking over and catching the person next to me with their finger all the way up their nose. Like to the second knuckle. I'll smile at them till they look over and make eye contact and get embarrassed. This happens occasionally.

4. Had a Chevy Cavalier with a fat chick driving pull up next to me at a light. The stereo is blasting some girl rock really loud and her and her girlfriends were all giggling. I was checking out the girl in the passenger seat who might have been decent looking I couldn't see her all the way around the b pillar. Anyway fatty sees me looking over and starts singing and moving to the music while looking at me! GAH!!!!!! I revved the fuck outta the engine and when the light turned green I hauled outta there! She looked like she wanted to eat me.

That's all I got for now. Probably have another one after driving home today.

So, fat chicks dig you then?

It seems like revving your engine and/or doing burnouts is your answer to every stoplight encounter.

 

[satyajitmenon]

I came up to light over the weekend on my motorcycle (not a literbike ) and the guy next to me pulled up and asked me if I was going to blow the light. I thought he was joking so I just didn't say anything so he asked me again and I said, "no, of course not." He then told me he liked my bike. Maybe he was a LEO...I don't know.

It was just a weird out of the blue thing for a stranger to ask me I thought. Personally, I've never seen anyone on a motorcycle "blow a light" I have seen car and truck drivers intentionally do that though.

Maybe it was some sort of pick up line :sneaky:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Maybe it was some sort of pick up line :sneaky:

His fat wife was in the car with him. They were in their mid-late 50s I'd say and he was driving an older blue GM sedan.

I'm betting he was a retired LEO or off duty. I didn't have plates on my bike yet so maybe he was just assuming I was some sort of hooligan and was getting ready for a chase.

 

[ayabe]

About a month ago I was sitting at a light with my windows down after a particularly crummy day at work.

See someone pull up next to me out of the corner of my eye, quickly followed by a couple revs to fuel cut. Sounds like a Honda to me and I'm in no mood.

So without even thinking, I turn my head and yell at nearly volume, "Are you fucking serious?!"

Then my eyes flashed down to the driver, a cute little Asian chick in her S2000 and she looked like she was about to cry. She quickly rolled up her window and took a right, probably thinking I'm some psycho murderer, which I may have been at the time given my mood.

Felt bad about it and still do to a certain degree, had it been some dude I wouldn't have given two craps about yelling.

 

[AMCRambler]

So, fat chicks dig you then?

It seems like revving your engine and/or doing burnouts is your answer to every stoplight encounter.

Fatties love me. What can I say?

Revving the engine, doing burnouts intentionally or not is definitely the solution to all red light weirdness. Effectively sais "eat my ass" to those nucking fut jobs.

Don't you agree?

Literbikeliterbikeliterbike

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

About a month ago I was sitting at a light with my windows down after a particularly crummy day at work.

See someone pull up next to me out of the corner of my eye, quickly followed by a couple revs to fuel cut. Sounds like a Honda to me and I'm in no mood.

So without even thinking, I turn my head and yell at nearly volume, "Are you fucking serious?!"

Then my eyes flashed down to the driver, a cute little Asian chick in her S2000 and she looked like she was about to cry. She quickly rolled up her window and took a right, probably thinking I'm some psycho murderer, which I may have been at the time given my mood.

Felt bad about it and still do to a certain degree, had it been some dude I wouldn't have given two craps about yelling.

ya dude, youre an asshole.
jk!

I finally got my mr2 chiming pretty good and at a light the other day this yellow Cavalier pulled up next to me. The passenger yelled to me, "light em up!" They revved their engine (lol) and let out a light squeek as they took off. I grannied it, didnt rev at all and let them look like idiots as the photoradar lady was right there and snapped their photo as they went by way too fast, lol. I saw her a mile away.

 

[exar333]

About a month ago I was sitting at a light with my windows down after a particularly crummy day at work.

See someone pull up next to me out of the corner of my eye, quickly followed by a couple revs to fuel cut. Sounds like a Honda to me and I'm in no mood.

So without even thinking, I turn my head and yell at nearly volume, "Are you fucking serious?!"

Then my eyes flashed down to the driver, a cute little Asian chick in her S2000 and she looked like she was about to cry. She quickly rolled up her window and took a right, probably thinking I'm some psycho murderer, which I may have been at the time given my mood.

Felt bad about it and still do to a certain degree, had it been some dude I wouldn't have given two craps about yelling.

Understandable, but I feel bad for the chick! She's having some fun in her car and you send her packing. haha

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

ya dude, youre an asshole.
jk!

I finally got my mr2 chiming pretty good and at a light the other day this yellow Cavalier pulled up next to me. The passenger yelled to me, "light em up!" They revved their engine (lol) and let out a light squeek as they took off. I grannied it, didnt rev at all and let them look like idiots as the photoradar lady was right there and snapped their photo as they went by way too fast, lol. I saw her a mile away.

Its always fun when they think they are cool.

 

[AMCRambler]

About a month ago I was sitting at a light with my windows down after a particularly crummy day at work.

See someone pull up next to me out of the corner of my eye, quickly followed by a couple revs to fuel cut. Sounds like a Honda to me and I'm in no mood.

So without even thinking, I turn my head and yell at nearly volume, "Are you fucking serious?!"

Then my eyes flashed down to the driver, a cute little Asian chick in her S2000 and she looked like she was about to cry. She quickly rolled up her window and took a right, probably thinking I'm some psycho murderer, which I may have been at the time given my mood.

Felt bad about it and still do to a certain degree, had it been some dude I wouldn't have given two craps about yelling.

Hehe. That's pretty funny. I think I'm gonna start using that on here.

::guns literbike::

"ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!"

 

[Tristicus]

About a month ago I was sitting at a light with my windows down after a particularly crummy day at work.

See someone pull up next to me out of the corner of my eye, quickly followed by a couple revs to fuel cut. Sounds like a Honda to me and I'm in no mood.

So without even thinking, I turn my head and yell at nearly volume, "Are you fucking serious?!"

Then my eyes flashed down to the driver, a cute little Asian chick in her S2000 and she looked like she was about to cry. She quickly rolled up her window and took a right, probably thinking I'm some psycho murderer, which I may have been at the time given my mood.

Felt bad about it and still do to a certain degree, had it been some dude I wouldn't have given two craps about yelling.

That was fuckin' great, lol. I Lol'd.

 

[Arkaign]

About a month ago I was sitting at a light with my windows down after a particularly crummy day at work.

See someone pull up next to me out of the corner of my eye, quickly followed by a couple revs to fuel cut. Sounds like a Honda to me and I'm in no mood.

So without even thinking, I turn my head and yell at nearly volume, "Are you fucking serious?!"

Then my eyes flashed down to the driver, a cute little Asian chick in her S2000 and she looked like she was about to cry. She quickly rolled up her window and took a right, probably thinking I'm some psycho murderer, which I may have been at the time given my mood.

Felt bad about it and still do to a certain degree, had it been some dude I wouldn't have given two craps about yelling.

Bahahaha! That could have ended so differently, but at least you have a hilarious story to tell about it. This could totally be a fffuuuuuu comics strip.

 

[Mermaidman]

(not at red light, but worth posting?)

Blinged Cadillac occupied by several young males, behind me on Interstate on-ramp. Passenger door looks funny from my rear-view mirror. Whatever.
Now going 70+ on Interstate. Caddy still close behind me . . . and I realized its passenger door is open about 1/3 WTF??!! It looked like the guy was doing it on purpose too. This continued for a few miles and then I exited.

I hope it isn't some stupid new fad - "Look I'm so cool ridin' at 70 MPH with an open car door!"

 

[goobernoodles]

1. Car load of teenage boys pulls up next to me at the stop light. I was looking at a building on the other side of their car. All of a sudden one in the back starts waving at me and making stupid faces. Ohhhhhkkaayyyy...

Had something like that happen to me today. Two kids (at most 17-18) in an Outback were next to me, and I noticed a lot of movement, so I looked over... the driver is bouncing up and down in his seat singing or mouthing lyrics or something, looking right at me. The passenger was giggling. Idiots... lol

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

(not at red light, but worth posting?)

Blinged Cadillac occupied by several young males, behind me on Interstate on-ramp. Passenger door looks funny from my rear-view mirror. Whatever.
Now going 70+ on Interstate. Caddy still close behind me . . . and I realized its passenger door is open about 1/3 WTF??!! It looked like the guy was doing it on purpose too. This continued for a few miles and then I exited.

I hope it isn't some stupid new fad - "Look I'm so cool ridin' at 70 MPH with an open car door!"

puking? Ive done and seen that done before. Guys so sick they gotta hold the door open and let it fly. gets the side of the car a little dirty though.

 

[punjabiplaya]

chinese fire drill ftw

 

[Doppel]

literbike!

 

[madoka]

I saw a Mustang convertible with a license plate that read "SassyQT"

Pulled up next to it, looked over and found a obese, balding Mexican guy with a goatee.

 

[Doppel]

I saw a stang convertible driven by a reasonably cute woman with plate "NOMINVAN" or something like that. Was sad, more or less advertising she's infertile but didn't realize it was saying that.

 

[exdeath]

Depends what car I'm in.

If it's the Camry, I get people who rev, creep, turn up their music for no reason other than to show off, take off as hard as they can and chirp the tires, etc. Even if their car isn't anything special either, they will do whatever it takes to get in front of me even if it's a mile later. Once they've made up their mind, they'll stop at nothing. Even when I maintain a constant speed and start catching up when they've slowed down, they have to gun it again as soon as I get anywhere near. I can go 10 over and everyone else has to +1 mph over anything I'm doing no matter what. People are always gunning it through the right lane, cutting me off in the 1/2 car spot in front of me just so they can slam their brakes and move into the left turn lane 100 feet later... when there is nobody else behind either of us. Gen 3 Camry = biggest asshole magnet there is.

If it's in the Cobra everyone seems to stop a car back from the line or they will only start moving very slowly after waiting for me to move first and everyone does 10 under making me double check my speed and feel like I'm driving like an aggressive douche when I'm not.

Stupid alpha bullshit. I just want to mind my own business and drive in peace without people trying to make it a heirarchial pissing match.

 

[JulesMaximus]

You guys just live in areas with nothing but complete dicks driving around? Christ...who pays any attention to the people around them much less mess with them. I had one idiot in an M3 who I've lined up at a light with a couple times on my commute who messed with me on my SV but 99.99% of drivers/riders don't even bother. With riders I sometimes chat with them at a light or at least give a nod or a wave to, that's pretty much it really though.

Nobody ever messes with me in the Maxima...I swear that car is invisible, maybe that's a good thing.

 

[Tsavo]

The only thing that comes to mind happened about 7 years ago. I was sitting at the front of a red light next to a Chivvy Fore-Buh-Fore that had a lift kit and requisite mismatched panels all the way around...and glass packs.

He started rivving his moder (rednecks riv their moders, the rest of us rev our motors). The next moment, he decided to show everyone how manly he was by squalling his tars (rednecks always squall their tars, you see) through the red.

Me, upright citizen that I am, pulled forward just enough to let the POLICE car behind me poke out and run the redneck down.

 

[punjabiplaya]

The only thing that comes to mind happened about 7 years ago. I was sitting at the front of a red light next to a Chivvy Fore-Buh-Fore that had a lift kit and requisite mismatched panels all the way around...and glass packs.

He started rivving his moder (rednecks riv their moders, the rest of us rev our motors). The next moment, he decided to show everyone how manly he was by squalling his tars (rednecks always squall their tars, you see) through the red.

Me, upright citizen that I am, pulled forward just enough to let the POLICE car behind me poke out and run the redneck down.

damn, all this time living in Texas I thought that was normal. It's either some vatos in their lowered truck or a redneck in a jacked up diesel rivving his moder. I guess the bright blue car with hood scoop and rear spoiler do something to them...

 

[SparkyJJO]

Not long after I got my 98 Camaro V6, I was at a red light and some guy in his Mustang Cobra pulled up next to me and revved. Seriously? I'm in a base V6... Maybe he just wanted easy prey lol. Anyway, I noticed there was a cop parked a little ways up the road. So when the light turned green I hit the gas just a tad bit harder to make the appearance of jumping off the line, and the Cobra guy nailed it, just to see the cop and slam his brakes on. I "shot" past him crusing at 35. Hah. Next light the guy just sheepishly drove off

That's the only one that really stands out as it was rather funny. I've since had other people try and act cool or tough or something for some reason.. I just ignore them usually. For some reason, I've had more people try to mess around since owning my Trailblazer for not quite a year, vs the Camaro that I owned for 3 years :|