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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Vudak on September 04, 2007, 05:49:49 PM
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So today on my lunch break I was heading up Route 9 N/B when traffic ground to a halt. There was a nasty accident up ahead, and both lanes were closed down, with traffic being ushered by on the right raver saver.
Now, there was plenty of room to accomplish this, and no reason why we couldn't all mosey along in a nice line at 10-15 mph and make some progress.
Well, at least that's how it would work out, if there weren't so many people in this world who are stuck on stupid, or just plain inconsiderate jerks.
You know the ones I'm talking about. The ladies and gentlemen who fly by on the left lane until the last possible moment, when they try to merge over to the right ahead of everyone else who has been waiting patiently.
For those of you who haven't noticed, this is a primary cause of traffic congestion, and if you're the type of person who practices this, and you aren't racing towards the hospital to give birth, die.
After a few minutes of seeing this happen, and thus having our right lane completely mired, a very bright woman just ahead of me had a great idea. She positioned her car in a left forward echelon to mine as so:
..........Car in front of her
HER ...Empty Space
..........ME
By adopting this formation, we were able to continue advancing at a reasonable pace, and this heroine's slot was secured for when she returned. There was much finger waving, beeping, and cursing from the two or three people directly behind her, but we got through it without any casualties.
So here's to you, amazing female driver! If only I had you for a wingman more often, I might never be late again :aok
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Ive seen big rig drivers use formation type stuff in situations like that. their avantage is they got a big-motherF@#$ing-truck to block 2 lanes worth if they wanted. :)
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I drive medical transport vehicle and practice this often. I've never been subjected to any beeping, cursing, etc though.
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Originally posted by SteveBailey
I drive medical transport vehicle and practice this often. I've never been subjected to any beeping, cursing, etc though.
Well, I mean, there's kind of a difference between beeping at an ambulance and a pinto, Steve :D
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Originally posted by Vudak
Well, I mean, there's kind of a difference between beeping at an ambulance and a pinto, Steve :D
people honk at my dads truck when he occasionally trys to help. its a old 96' Chevy Silverado (Z71) :)
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the butt munches I can't stand are the motorcyclists who cut through stopped traffic in between cars, and then hit some car and cause a bigger delay while they scrape them off the road. most motorcyclists that I see wait just like everyone else, but theres always one putz.
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Those three are probabally the same type of people that think they have to do 90 mph down back country roads. Not county highways, but backroads that just have enough room for two vehicles to pass.
If I am in a truck and those SOB's are flying from behind like a bat out of hell, I will refuse to move over. I will stay right in the middle and ONLY move over for oncoming traffic. Once an oncoming car has passed, im back in the middle. If they want around, they have two choices.
#1 - deal with it
#2 - go off into the shoulder/ditch and get around. (If they do that and wreck or get stuck, they have absolutely no sympathy from me, I'll just keep on puttering down the road)
I dont care how mad they get, but there are a lot of SMV's now due to the area farmers cutting corn. If I can keep one speeding bastard behind me and get him slowed down, then thats all that matters.
There has already been too many accidents here because of speeding idiots on a cell phone hitting a tractor/toolbar/combine, etc.
Oh.......A guy I work with chips roads in the summer. He almost always comes back telling how people just blow through the "fresh oil" barricade and drive down freshly oiled roads about 50-60 mph. (NOTE - Fresh OIL, not chipped yet). Half wipe out and and up in the ditch or in someones yard, the other half blaze all the way through. Both of them always have a solid black thick sheet of oil about from their door handle all the way to the bottom of the car, ususally running off in sheets.
They dont pull them out, just let them sit and use them as markers as where to start/stop. Their philosophy - you ruin the road, you are screwed. (Plus they get a ticket from the sheriff for vandalising the roads)
We are all a bunch of bastards, no sympathy whatsoever for excessive speeders
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gotta love the guy who drifts into your lane while on his cell phone then flips you off over it.
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I have pulled the "block the last minute joiners" many times, and normally the guy behind me saves my slot. I hate those who rush to the front and want to merge. On one highway by me, we have fools who will do it on the shoulder.
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Originally posted by Dago
On one highway by me, we have fools who will do it on the shoulder.
must be from Rhode Island.
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Originally posted by Vudak
raver saver.
LMAO;)
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I fluff'n hate the motorcyclist who think its a good idea to pop wheelies while riding infront of you on I-95 in heavy traffic. Seen it more than ever this summer.
I also hate the people who don't allow traffic from the on ramp to merge onto the highway...Let them merge, and we will move. Speed up and block them and your just a dlck, and going to slow down traffic.
I also hate the people who merge onto an extended on ramp to pass maybe 2 or 3 cars for that 100 yards of "three lanes".
I also hate people who drive on the shoulder during stop and go traffic. I actually saw a biker looking dude kick on his hazards in his F-150, and go into the break down lane and get hit by some idiot teenager trying to beat traffic.
Finally, I hate people that wont let other cars pass in the fast lane....I don't care if you are already over the limit. It's not your job to control how fast other people are going, and if you just stay there, all your going to accomplish is someone riding your butt 2 inches away from your bumper, creating a potentially bad scenario.
Oh yea...Traffic in Connecticut absolutely sucks. From the Hutch at CO-OP city to the Merritt to Trumbull during the afternoon is awful....95 in New Haven is a parking lot, and 95 by the casinos is always a freaking crawl, because people cant handle driving in 2 lanes.
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Originally posted by Geary420
LMAO;)
:lol
Glad someone got it :aok
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Out here our taxi drivers are the worst. They drive the shoulders, run every red light, and even go down empty one way streets. And when they nearly hit you head on, because theyre going the wrong way, they get out, (Leaving their passenger scared) and try to start a street fight.
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Originally posted by cav58d .
Oh yea...Traffic in Connecticut absolutely sucks. From the Hutch at CO-OP city to the Merritt to Trumbull during the afternoon is awful....95 in New Haven is a parking lot, and 95 by the casinos is always a freaking crawl, because people cant handle driving in 2 lanes.
Well, Route 9 is *usually* a free moving highway. If there isn't an accident, there's never traffic (Holiday season by the mall exit notwithstanding, but it never slows down below 45mph and that's only for 2 miles or so). Middletown's also an exception, but it's not really a "highway" there. There's stoplights and all.
On the other hand, traffic around the state does in fact, absolutely suck. I feel especially bad for you, having to contend with all the traffic in and out of NYC (I-95 near Bridgeport was backed up even Sunday night at 9pm).
Hartford's not exactly a bowl of peaches, either. If you grew up near it, and dated a girl from Danbury, you'd know what hell trying to get through Waterbury on I-84W was. They were "fixing" that road for how many years? Perpetual construction.
Then a few months ago, they finally finish it, the road clears up, life is beautiful, and they promptly discover that some idiot messed the whole project up, and it has to be completely redone :mad:
Sorry for hijacking my own thread, but Cav is right, CT traffic is horrible!
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VUD- As bad as the roads are, at least we have one thing to gloat about!
"Our bridges that were built upside down (old sikorsky) are better than yours that are right side up!" MWAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA:noid
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Even though China is a 10th world (not even third world) country, it does do one thing better than the US.
The roads here simply have no rules.. it is utter chaos. Drive where you want, how you want and if someone wants to cut in, just cut him out more, he'll go onto a curb, or maybe you will, but in the end it all works out just fine.
Hell, if you feel the need, you can also drive into on-comming traffic in the opposite lane just to avoid the need to people who are busy cutting each other off in YOUR proper side of the road, *** it.. who cares it's normality here. The funny thing is that although it's utter ridiculousness, it seems to work.
Oh, and street lights / signs don't mean anything here,..they are just decorations. :aok
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Originally posted by Vudak
:lol
Glad someone got it :aok
<------ See avatard. lol
I had never heard that term before, but it is now entrenched in my vocabulary.
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Way back in my early trucking days I was driving a rock truck around Dallas. The roads were very congested and you always had road ragers in this one particular area that had overgrown the country roads. It went from cowpastures to condos overnight.
One morning it took a very long time (about 15 minutes) to get thru a light because of the congestion. I'm in the middle of the pack of bumper to bumper traffic that has cleared the light on this 2 lane road when I see a car flying past everyone on the right shoulder. He was about about 500 ft behind me.
:)<- YES NO ->:t
I put on my flashers, whipped over on the shoulder and slammed on the brakes. (Oopsy, I have an air leak)
The guy had milliseconds to react. He was driving a black 1969 ElCamino. He yanked hard right and went sliding sideways down a steep slope of dew covered grass running about 90. It must have been Dale Earnhardt because somehow this idiot managed to keep his foot in the gas and powerskid back up onto the highway barely missing a roadsign in the process. I'm pretty sure he didn't try that maneuver again any time soon.
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i think it's funny that people driving on the roads complain that it's all the "other" cars that are causing the traffic jam.
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Hording gangers.. 2:1? WTG! :rolleyes:
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When I lived in Toronto it was always a pet peeve to watch people who were getting onto a highway drive all the way to the last possible few yards of the on ramp and then squeeze into traffic. Similar thing to the original post, just no accident.
One day I refused to budge for a BMW or Mercedes (can't remember which) and the guy almost hit my car because he simply assumed I would give way.
I could see he was upset...lots of foaming at the mouth and arm waving. I returned his gestures with one of my own...a single finger salute.
Well, road rage got the better of this guy and he climbed out of his car and headed for mine. He got about 5 or 10 feet from his car and the log jam of traffic that was present when he got out disappeared. Suddenly his car was blocking a major highway and everyone in the immediate area started to honk their horns at him. Mine was blaring the loudest.
As I drove off I gave him the double single finger salute. Both hands.
Then I realised that I was on my way to meet a client and wondered with horror if this guy was the person I was supposed to meet. Fortunatley it wasn't...but that would have made for an interesting end to the story...and my job at the time.
:)
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Four lane highway...'Left Lane Closed Ahead--2 Miles"
"Left Lane Closed Ahead--1 Mile"
"Left Lane Closed Ahead--1/2 Mile"
There are still prettythanghats in the left lane at >100 yards...signalling to get into the right lane after most everyone else has mover over to the right lane a mile ago....
IDIOTS....yes, I repeat....IDIOTS LET THEM IN.....
I NEVER let them in.
Please....do not REWARD IDIOTS.
After they sit there signalling a couple of hours, they might actually LEARN something.
68ROX
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we got the same thing in england
the ones i find the worse are the mothers in there 4x4s with little jonny standing on the back seat.
believe me they soon go white when faced with a 26tonne refuse truck that aint gona give a crap if they are late for school or not.
When will people learn a little politeness works and it gets more done then being a *******
i was stoped in a road,cars parked either side with a line of cars behind me
with a line infront pulled to one side so i can move forward when a silly tart in her 4x4 can flying past the other cars and stoped on my front bumper.
then proceded to tell me to reverse down the road so she could get past.
that was so much fun watching her reverse not only past the cars she had overtaken but all the way to the end of the road because no one would let her in a gap
:lol
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I thought it was bad in the states till I went to Mexico. On a highway with 1 and a half lanes (yes, they have half lanes) going either direction, there was some construction going on that stopped traffic for a little while. What normally held two lines of cars suddenly became seven lines abreast with oncoming traffic having to use the shoulder to get by.
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I block people off that try to cut just like that, hang out just enough to block. My friend in his 4x4 f-5billion ford just runs them off the road or forces them to miss the exit.
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Originally posted by 68ROX
IDIOTS....yes, I repeat....IDIOTS LET THEM IN.....
I NEVER let them in.
Denying those jerkoffs is one of lifes simple pleasures. It makes my blood boil when the car in front of me lets one in though.
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Originally posted by john9001
i think it's funny that people driving on the roads complain that it's all the "other" cars that are causing the traffic jam.
You stay in line... It moves... Yes, you start off a bit further back... But, the line moves...
Every single time someone tries to cut the line... It stops...
The logical conclusion is that it is the "other" cars (ie, the line cutters) that are causing this particular type of traffic jam.
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Originally posted by Curval
Then I realised that I was on my way to meet a client and wondered with horror if this guy was the person I was supposed to meet. Fortunatley it wasn't...but that would have made for an interesting end to the story...and my job at the time.
:)
Oh groan...one day I was late for Guard weekend at the base. I got stuk behind a guy who was doing 35 in a 45. I was on this jerk's bumper hoping he'd get the clue to at least do the speed limit. He'd just glare in his rear view mirror while I drummed my fingers on the steering wheel, glaring back.
Then he turned onto the road to the base.
Then he turned onto the base
Uh oh, then the guard saluted him
Then he parked by the hangar I work at.
Long story short...it was the Lt Col above my boss with his wife's car. My boss got a phone call then ....well, you know :)
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Did you ask him why the Col. was scared of the car?
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Originally posted by rpm
Did you ask him why the Col. was scared of the car?
Naw it was the wife he was scared of if he had scratched or dinged the car.
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you don't see much of that here. if you do it's usually someone from the northeast in a rental car.