Damn asshole get off the cell-phone and stop tailing my ass!!

[LynneSin]

:grr:

If you're going more than 55mph then there better be enough room between you and the car in front of you that is at least the length of one car. I had this asshole tailing me so closely that I couldn't see his headlights in my rearview mirror. It would be profound to think that possibly I was driving too slow or something, but the road was crowded but I was doing the same speed as the car in front of me.

So after I tap on my breaks to get him off my tail he proceeds to go to the other lane where he tails a tractor trailer. That's when I looked over and saw that the asshole was talking on the cell phone.

Seriously, assholes like this need giant neon signs on their cars that say "I drive like an asshole". That way we know to avoid him on the roads!

[Starlight]

1. I was in bumper-to-bumper, 10 mph, rush hour traffic once and the moran

behind me kept honking & flashing his lights. :grr: If only I would have gotten out of his way, it would have been clear sailing for him, apparently. :freak:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Hey...LynneSin...stop typing and drive.

;) :P :hug: Have a good day, dear.

[Richardo]

8. .

:rofl:

:hi: MrsG!

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. Richardo!

:hi: That's just the silly image I got.

[henslee]

3. I just slowly de-accelerate till they reach the point of frustration.

Then if I am feeling particularly vengeful (a rarity).... I cut them off as they are trying to pass me. Here in S. Florida -- driving right up someones arse is the norm -- rudest suckiest drivers in the world.

[Deja Q]

4. Maybe he's into being anal?

:shrug:

I don't blame you though, those people are accidents waiting to happen.

[meegbear]

5. Shouldn't you not be posting while driving?

[Strong Atheist]

6. I hate tailgaters more than anything else on the road.

As far as I am concerned, they are trying to kill me. Therefore, I tap my brakes to kill them, just like you did.

Edited to add: My previous post on this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4360996#4361654

[pinniped]

7. I'm getting sick of all reckless driving fucks, c-phones or not.

I like the fucks who think they're badass and can pass a big rig and a couple cars around a curve at freeway speeds.

Just what I like to see when coming around a curve, some asshole headed straight for me in my lane.

[RebelOne]

9. I had some moron tailgating me on 575 in North Georgia.

He finally went over to the left lane and tailgated another car. Well, this car stopped suddently and the tailgating idiot couldn't stop soon enough. He ran off the road and overturned in a ditch. I bet he won't be tailgating anymore.

[anarch]

10. There have been so many times I've wished for an oil slick

or something to pop their tires, you know, to shoot out the back of the car like in a Bond film. Tailgaters are the worst! I was driving down I-95 this weekend, and saw the same tailgating car in front of me almost wreck twice. Luckily for me, I was keeping a safe distance between myself and this jackass. He was following the next car up so closely at 80mph that he actually skidded and almost hit the jersey barrier when traffic slowed down at one point. What a dipshit!

[Ellen Forradalom]

12. Stop posting to the Lounge from your car

:P

[huskerlaw]

13. Amen!

I have another "get off your damn cell phone" story. Yesterday I was driving down Fairfax (major street...between Santa Monica Blvd. and Beverly in Hollywood) and suddenly I realize that the far right lane (the one I'm in, of course) has come to a dead stop.

People ahead of me start merging into the freely flowing left lane. I figure they're just being impatient and I see an Escalade with it's reverse lights on, looking as though it's going to parallel park. Ok, fine...this could take a while because the space looks way too small, but I wasn't in a huge hurry.

So I sit there, waiting for said Escalade to begin the process of parking, but it never really happens. Meanwhile, people are still merging into the other lane. I personally witness 3 very-near misses involving moving vehicles and touching bumpers.

Finally I give up and go around. Yeah. Escalade driver was never going to actually park the car. She was sitting in the middle of a very busy street TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE.

Hey, genius, when people say you should pull over to talk, they mean for you to GET THE FUCK OFF THE ROAD FIRST! Asshole.